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Evidence needed to support as daughter of Sir Richard Lechford, of Shelwood & Lady Anne Lechford

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• ID: I28242
• Name: Sara Lechford
• Sex: F
• Birth: 1573 in Ifield, Sussex Co., England
• Death: AFT 1638 in Ifield, Sussex Co., England
• Marriage 1 Benjamin Browne b: ABT 1565 in Ifield, Sussex Co., England

Children

1. 1. William Browne b: ABT 1595 in England
2. 2. Barnabas Browne b: ABT 1597 in England
3. 3. Thomas Browne b: ABT 1599 in England
4. 4. Sarah Browne b: ABT 1600 in Ifield, Sussex Co., England
5. 5. John Browne b: ABT 1601 in England
6. 6. Mary Browne b: ABT 1603 in England
7. 7. Elizabeth Browne b: ABT 1605 in England
8. 8. Beniamin Browne b: ABT 1607 in England

Sources:

The American Geneologist, Vol 15, Pg 85; Will of Benjamin Browne in The American Geneologist, Vol 36, Pg 37-38.

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Disputed origins

Sir Richard Lechford, Kt ... married (1) say about 1558, Anne Lusher, born say abt 1535-40; who perhaps died after 9 Sept 1572 since the visitation of that date does not call her deceased; daughter of George Lusher of Oxenford, co. Surrey. The children are: Henry; Richard; John; Thomas; Elenor; Elizabeth."

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Sources;

1. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File (R)", Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998.

2. Alton Gilbert, "GenForum posting", http://genforum.genealogy.com/tillinghast/messages/282.html.

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Sarah and Benjamin were married on 8 October 1596 in Horley, Surrey, England.
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"Fact 4. Sarah Lechford married Rev. Benjamin Browne on October 8, 1596 at Horley. The American Geneologist, Vol 15, Pg 85. Also Vital Records of Surrey.
Fact 5. Sarah Lechford Browne and Rev. Benjamin Browne died on the same date of August 28, 1638 and are buried in Ifield at the parish where he was the rector. Personal, visual inspection of the records at Ifield parish, numerous other references including Ifield, Sussex burial records."
[https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/tillinghast/282/]

References

1. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Sarah_Leachford_%281%29
2. https://www.davidleas.com/leas%20family%20genealogy/2/77097.htm