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William Bignett
Descent: Meghan Jane Leineweber ← Catherine Raye Lobb ← Patricia Jane Loomis ← Edward Byron Loomis ← Isaac Hayes Loomis ← Juliette Cordelia Hayes ← Nelson Hayes ← Rhoda Slaughter ← Lois Carpenter ← Amie Carpenter ← Abial Carpenter ← Abiall Bullard ← Joseph Bullard ← John Bullard ← Grace Bignett
In brief
Born about 1519 near Hoxne, Suffolk, England. He married about 1544. He died 1583.
Family
Father
Spouse
Nicholas Bignett
Spouse
John Bignett
Spouse
Peter Bignett
Children
- Johan Bignettb. Abt. 1545m. Edmund Crosse
- Alice Bignettb. Abt. 1547
- George Bignettb. Abt. 1549m. Alice ____ around 1572d. Abt. May 1611 near Hoxne, Suffolk, England
- Agnes Bignettb. Abt. 1551m. Robert Runacers, April 30, 1581, in Mellis, Suffolk, England
- Stepehen Bignettb. Abt. 1553m. Grace Howes, October 11, 1584, in Eye, Suffolk, Englandm. Marie ____ around 1588d. Abt. September 1628 near Hoxne, Suffolk, England
- Cicely Bignettb. Abt. March 1555[1556] near Hoxne, Suffolk, Englandm. Abraham Goodricke, October 15, 1587, in Hoxne, Suffolk, Englandd. Abt. June 1619 near Hoxne, Suffolk, England
- John Bignettb. Abt. June 1560 near Hoxne, Suffolk, England
- William Bignettb. Abt. June 1562 near Hoxne, Suffolk, Englandm. Dorothy London, June 26, 1586, in Eye, Suffolk, Englandd. Abt. December 1626 near Eye, Suffolk, England
- Grace Bignett · in this lineb. Baptized June 8, 1567, in Hoxne, Suffolk, Englandm. July 2, 1587, at Barnham St. Martin, Suffolk, Englandm. Edmund Crossem. Alice ____ around 1572d. 1629/30 in Barnham, Suffolk, England
Siblings
Half-siblings — children of Thomas Bignett and Agnes ____
- Nicholas Bignett
- John Bignett
- Peter Bignett
- Margaret Bignettb. Abt. 1524m. Simon Fygge
- Johan Bignett
Sources (1)
- Clifford L. Stott, “The English Bullard Family Revisited and their Bignett Connection,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 154 (April 2000): 172-188; image copy, American Ancestors, (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11634/172/23557221 : accessed 13 August 2026).