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Robert Bright

Robert Bright

Male 1795 - 1869  (74 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Robert BrightRobert Bright was born on 12 Aug 1795 in Ham Green, Bristol, Gloucestershire (son of Richard Bright and Sarah Heywood); died on 19 Sep 1869 in Abbots Leigh, Somerset.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 24 Feb 1796, Bristol, Gloucestershire; Lewins Mead Presbyterian or Unitarian, Bristol
    • Residence: 1851, Abbots Leigh, Somerset; Age: 55; Relation: Head
    • Residence: 1861, Abbots Leigh, Somerset
    • Probate Date: 23 Oct 1869

    Robert married Caroline Tyndall on 4 Jun 1821 in Bristol, Gloucestershire. Caroline (daughter of Thomas Tyndall and Marrianne Schimmelpennick) was born on 13 Jan 1796 in Bristol, Gloucestershire; died in Jan 1843 in Bedminster, Somerset; was buried on 16 Jan 1843 in Holy Trinity, Abbots Leigh, Somerset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Richard Bright was born on 14 Apr 1822 in Abbots Leigh, Somerset; died on 28 Feb 1878 in Stocks House, Tring, Hertfordshire.
    2. General Sir Robert Onesiphorus Bright, KCB was born on 8 Jul 1823 in Leigh Court, Bristol, Somerset; died on 15 Nov 1896 in Farnham, Hampshire; was buried on 19 Nov 1896 in Wyke, Surrey.
    3. Tyndall Bright was born on 13 Nov 1824 in Woodcote, Aigburth Road, Liverpool, Lancashire; died on 10 Sep 1902 in Abbots Leigh, Somerset ; was buried on 13 Sep 1902 in Holy Trinity, Abbots Leigh, Somerset .
    4. George Bright was born on 2 May 1826 in Abbots Leigh, Somerset; died in Dec 1919 in Keynsham, Somerset.
    5. Caroline Margaret Ann Bright was born in 1828 in Abbots Leigh, Somerset; died on 28 Aug 1917 in Long Ashton, Somerset; was buried on 31 Aug 1917 in Holy Trinity, Abbots Leigh, Somerset.
    6. Charles Edward Bright was born on 20 May 1829 in Abbots Leigh, Somerset; died on 17 Jul 1915 in Hertfordshire.
    7. Arthur Bright was born in 1831 in Abbots Leigh, Somerset; died in 1857 in India.
    8. Reginald Bright was born in 1833 in Abbots Leigh, Somerset; died on 10 Sep 1920 in Australia.
    9. Isabel Marianne Bright was born on 1 Mar 1835 in Abbots Leigh, Somerset; died on 22 Mar 1920 in Newbury, Berkshire.
    10. Constance Bright was born in 1838 in Abbots Leigh, Somerset; died on 27 May 1924 in Bristol, Gloucestershire.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Richard Bright was born on 21 Jul 1754 in Ham Green, Bristol, Somerset (son of Henry Bright and Sarah Meyler); died on 25 Jan 1840 in Somerset; was buried on 31 Jan 1840 in Brunswick Street Burial Ground, Bristol.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Christening: 15 Aug 1754, Independent Meeting House, Castle Green, Bristol

    Richard married Sarah Heywood in 1779 in St Thomas Church, Liverpool, Lancashire. Sarah (daughter of Benjamin Heywood and Phoebe Ogden) was born in 1758 in Liverpool, Lancashire; died on 18 Mar 1827; was buried on 9 Jan 1827 in Saint Giles In The Fields, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Sarah Heywood was born in 1758 in Liverpool, Lancashire (daughter of Benjamin Heywood and Phoebe Ogden); died on 18 Mar 1827; was buried on 9 Jan 1827 in Saint Giles In The Fields, England.
    Children:
    1. Henry Bright was born on 18 Jan 1784 in Brockbury, Herefordshire; died on 26 Mar 1869.
    2. Phoebe Bright was born in 1785 in Queen Square, Bristol, Gloucestershire; died in 1875 in Herefordshire.
    3. Benjamin Heywood Bright was born on 14 Aug 1787; died on 7 Aug 1843.
    4. Richard Bright, FRS was born on 29 Sep 1789 in Queens Square, Bristol, Gloucestershire; died on 16 Dec 1858 in Saville Row, London.
    5. Sarah Anne Bright was born on 3 Sep 1793 in Ham Green, Bristol, Somerset; died in 1866.
    6. 1. Robert Bright was born on 12 Aug 1795 in Ham Green, Bristol, Gloucestershire; died on 19 Sep 1869 in Abbots Leigh, Somerset.
    7. Samuel Bright, J.P. was born on 25 Sep 1799 in Sandheys, Liverpool, Lancashire; died on 28 Jan 1870.
    8. Elizabeth Mary Bright was born on 31 Aug 1805 in Ham Green, Bristol, Somerset.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Henry Bright was born on 21 Mar 1715 in Welland Court, Worcestershire (son of Henry Bright, Lord of the Manor of Brockbury and Mary Hill); died on 25 Nov 1777 in Bristol.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 21 Mar 1715, Ledbury, Hereford

    Henry married Sarah Meyler on 27 Sep 1746 in Redland Chapel, Westbury On Trym, Gloucester. Sarah was born on 15 Jun 1720; died on 7 Sep 1769. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Sarah Meyler was born on 15 Jun 1720; died on 7 Sep 1769.
    Children:
    1. 2. Richard Bright was born on 21 Jul 1754 in Ham Green, Bristol, Somerset; died on 25 Jan 1840 in Somerset; was buried on 31 Jan 1840 in Brunswick Street Burial Ground, Bristol.

  3. 6.  Benjamin Heywood was born in 1723 in Ormskirk, Lancashire; died in Aug 1795.

    Benjamin married Phoebe Ogden. Phoebe was born in 1718 in Liverpool, Lancashire; died in 1810. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Phoebe Ogden was born in 1718 in Liverpool, Lancashire; died in 1810.
    Children:
    1. 3. Sarah Heywood was born in 1758 in Liverpool, Lancashire; died on 18 Mar 1827; was buried on 9 Jan 1827 in Saint Giles In The Fields, England.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Henry Bright, Lord of the Manor of Brockbury was born on 8 Nov 1692 in Brockbury Hall, Colwall, Hereford (son of Robert Bright, Lord of the Manor of Brockbury and Joyce Cliffe); died in Jul 1726.

    Henry married Mary Hill on 6 Jun 1713 in Hentland, Hereford. Mary was born on 17 Nov 1692 in Wellington, Herefordshire; died in Jan 1780. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Mary Hill was born on 17 Nov 1692 in Wellington, Herefordshire; died in Jan 1780.
    Children:
    1. Robert Bright was born in 1714; died on 20 Jul 1758 in Jamaica.
    2. 4. Henry Bright was born on 21 Mar 1715 in Welland Court, Worcestershire; died on 25 Nov 1777 in Bristol.
    3. William Bright was born on 6 Nov 1717; died in 1762; was buried on 17 Jan 1762 in Bristol, Gloucestershire.
    4. Allen Bright was born on 12 Apr 1720 in Worcestershire; died in Jun 1763 in Worcestershire.
    5. Francis Bright was born in 1723 in Hereford, Herefordshire; died in 1754 in Kingston, Jamaica.