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    1. Helen/Ellen Burgoyne, Cambridgeshire, died 1564
    2. Hello all. I've hit a little bit of a brick wall in my research, and it seems like this individual has been a brick wall for quite a few people. Helen (or Ellen, I've seen both) Burgoyne, married John Leete, according to the Visitation pedigree on the Leetes, probably around 1526, in Cambridgeshire, England. She died May 18, 1564 in the same place, and on October 10, 1539, Helen/Ellen was described as a "gentlewoman" when she was named as godmother in the baptismal record of Alice Sutton at Toft. Administration on the estate of Helen Leete, widow, of Eversden, was granted to her son Thomas Leete on 2 May 1564. I assume she must have been part of the Burgoyne family in Cambridgeshire, who are also mentioned in a few visitation pedigrees, but her exact parentage is unknown. I've seen it posited by some people that she *may* have been a daughter of Christopher Burgoyne and Thomasine Freville, also of Cambridgeshire, but I don't know what evidence that theory has. I wondered if possibly anyone more familiar with the Visitation pedigrees, or just other branches of the Burgoyne family in the area know of any branch of the family with any Helens in it. I know Helen isn't a very rare name, but it seems uncommon enough at the time that if there were another branch of the Burgoyne family that used it, her parentage may be easier to track down. Anyway, thanks for reading- Nick

    05/16/2017 03:31:28