Elizabeth VERNON, 15831629 (aged 46 years)

Name
Elizabeth /VERNON/
Given names
Elizabeth
Surname
VERNON
Married name
Elizabeth /MERRY/
Name
Elizabeth /MERRY/
Type
married name
Given names
Elizabeth
Surname
MERRY
Married name
Elizabeth /MERRY/
Birth after 1583 23
Death of a fatherWalter VERNON
January 11, 1592/93 CE (January 21, 1593) (aged 10 years)
Note: Date of death not yet found but another tree using a modern Burke's Peerage as its source uses the a…

Date of death not yet found but another tree using a modern Burke's Peerage as its source uses the above DOD. Given that probate occurred soon afterwards it likely to be correct.

Burial of a fatherWalter VERNON
January 1592/93 CE (January 1593) (aged 10 years)
Note: Burial according to P 232 of J C Cox's Churches of Derbyshire, Vol 3. Parish register for Marchingto…

Burial according to P 232 of J C Cox's Churches of Derbyshire, Vol 3. Parish register for Marchington unavailable for that period. Collin in 1812 also stated Marchington was the burial location.

Marriage of a parentJohn VERNONMary LITTLETONView this family
1599 (aged 16 years)
Note: Inscription on Mary's tomb, arranged by her son Edward, stated she was widowed for 7 years prior to…

Inscription on Mary's tomb, arranged by her son Edward, stated she was widowed for 7 years prior to her second marriage.

Death of a maternal grandmotherAlice COCKAYNE
November 1602 (aged 19 years)
Religious marriageHenry (Sir) MERRYView this family
about 1611 (aged 28 years)
Note: DT Merry recorded on page 8 of A Merry Family Omnibus that Henry married prior to his mother's death…

DT Merry recorded on page 8 of A Merry Family Omnibus that Henry married prior to his mother's death. Also that his son, Henry, was born about 1612. She reported that she had large amounts of family papers available in addition to visiting a number of research institutions. However, she doesn't indicate the source of Henry's birth information.

Birth of a sonHenry MERRY
about 1611 (aged 28 years)

Death of a motherMary LITTLETON
December 17, 1622 (aged 39 years)
Burial of a motherMary LITTLETON
December 1622 (aged 39 years)
Inscription on Mary Vernon's Monument within the church
Inscription on Mary Vernon's Monument within the church

Note: Information from the Historic England site and others dispute that Mary built Sudbury Hall as record…

Information from the Historic England site and others dispute that Mary built Sudbury Hall as recorded by her son on her memorial and elsewhere. Historic England suggests her contribution was a partly finished house or a building shown on a very early map.

Death before April 1629 (aged 46 years)
Note: On 1st April 1629 Sir Henry Merry legally separated off the manor of West Broughton from his other p…

On 1st April 1629 Sir Henry Merry legally separated off the manor of West Broughton from his other properties for the use himself and heirs. Given Sir Henry's wife was not mentioned DT Merry has taken it to mean that she had already died.

Family with parents
father
1592/93 CE
Death: January 11, 1592/93 CE (January 21, 1593)Probably Derbyshire, England
mother
15601622
Birth: 1560
Death: December 17, 1622Probably Sudbury Hall, Sudbury, Derbyshire, England
Religious marriage Religious marriageabout 1583Probably Derbyshire, England
1 year
herself
15831629
Birth: after 1583 23Probably Derbyshire, England
Death: before April 1629Unknown probably Derbyshire
brother
Mother’s family with John VERNON
step-father
15481600
Birth: 1548
Death: July 8, 1600Upton, Essex, England
mother
15601622
Birth: 1560
Death: December 17, 1622Probably Sudbury Hall, Sudbury, Derbyshire, England
Marriage Marriage1599unknown
Family with Henry (Sir) MERRY
husband
1636
Death: before August 11, 1636Barton Blount, Derbyshire, England
herself
15831629
Birth: after 1583 23Probably Derbyshire, England
Death: before April 1629Unknown probably Derbyshire
Religious marriage Religious marriageabout 1611unknown
daughter
son
Marriage

DT Merry recorded on page 8 of A Merry Family Omnibus that Henry married prior to his mother's death. Also that his son, Henry, was born about 1612. She reported that she had large amounts of family papers available in addition to visiting a number of research institutions. However, she doesn't indicate the source of Henry's birth information.

Death

On 1st April 1629 Sir Henry Merry legally separated off the manor of West Broughton from his other properties for the use himself and heirs. Given Sir Henry's wife was not mentioned DT Merry has taken it to mean that she had already died.