Penelope GAGE, 16131676 (aged 63 years)

Name
Penelope /GAGE/
Given names
Penelope
Surname
GAGE
Married name
Penelope /MERRY/
Birth about 1613 20
Note: Recorded as 21 years old in 1634 and still living at the time of the 1652 Heralds visitation of Suff…

Recorded as 21 years old in 1634 and still living at the time of the 1652 Heralds visitation of Suffolk. (Howard Vol 2 1871)

Death of a fatherJohn (Sir) GAGE
1633 (aged 20 years)

Note: Died between 3 June and 5 October 1633.
Religious marriageHenry MERRYView this family
1635 (aged 22 years)

Note: The Derby Local Studies Library has records dated 28 April 1630 concerning "settlement for the…

The Derby Local Studies Library has records dated 28 April 1630 concerning "settlement for the marriage between Henry Merry and Penelope Gage".

DT Merry provides much detail of the settlement including the money to be paid by Penelope's father and the land settled on the couple in addition to information pertaining to several future possibilities including should Sir Henry wish to remarry.

Birth of a daughterMary MERRY
about 1636 (aged 23 years)

Note: Year of birth based on monumental inscription.
Birth of a sonJohn MERRY
after 1635 (aged 22 years)
Birth of a daughterFrances MERRY
after 1635 (aged 22 years)
Marriage of a parentWilliam (Sir) HERVEYPenelope DARCY AKA D'ARCYView this family
1642 (aged 29 years)
Burial of a sonWalter MERRY
July 12, 1647 (aged 34 years)
Birth of a sonEdward MERRY
1651 (aged 38 years)
Baptism of a sonEdward MERRY
June 7, 1651 (aged 38 years)
Burial of a sonEdward MERRY
December 8, 1651 (aged 38 years)
Marriage of a childJohn RAMSEY alias DIXFrances MERRYView this family
about 1657 (aged 44 years)
Note: Record of a marriage settlement exists at Norfolk Archives.
Marriage of a childThomas JERMYNMary MERRYView this family
about 1659 (aged 46 years)
Note: Mentioned in Hervey's 1903 publication of the parish registers in Rushbrook, Suffolk, and informatio…

Mentioned in Hervey's 1903 publication of the parish registers in Rushbrook, Suffolk, and information about the principal families involved.

Death of a husbandHenry MERRY
before August 1660 (aged 47 years)

Note: Derby Local Studies Library has a document identifying Penelope Merry as a widow on 25 August 1660.
Death of a motherPenelope DARCY AKA D'ARCY
1661 (aged 48 years)

Marriage of a childRichard SIMPSONElizabeth MERRYView this family
before 1664 (aged 51 years)
Death of a sonJohn MERRY
1664 (aged 51 years)
Burial of a motherPenelope DARCY AKA D'ARCY

Address: Hengrave Hall
Note: Penelope Hervey's will requested that she be buried in the chancel of the church at Hengrave as clos…

Penelope Hervey's will requested that she be buried in the chancel of the church at Hengrave as close as possible to her daughter Dorothy.

Will June 20, 1676 (on the date of death)

Note: Widow of St Giles in the Fields, Middlesex left small bequests to her daughters, named, and a few ot…

Widow of St Giles in the Fields, Middlesex left small bequests to her daughters, named, and a few others. Brother-in-law George Gage and daughter Frances Ramsey nominated as joint executors.

Death between June 20, 1676 and July 26, 1676 (aged 63 years)
Address: Parish of St Giles in the Fields,
Probate July 26, 1676 (1 month after death)

Note: Residence:St Giles in the Field, Middlesex, England
Family with parents
father
1633
Death: 1633
mother
Lady Penelope Gage
15931661
Birth: 1593
Death: 1661
Religious marriage Religious marriageJuly 8, 1611unknown
3 years
herself
16131676
Birth: about 1613 20Probably Suffolk, England
Death: between June 20, 1676 and July 26, 1676Parish of St Giles in the Fields, Middlesex, England
Mother’s family with George (Sir) TRENCHARD
step-father
mother
Lady Penelope Gage
15931661
Birth: 1593
Death: 1661
Religious marriage Religious marriageJune 11, 1610St James Church, Clerkenwell, Islington, London
Mother’s family with William (Sir) HERVEY
step-father
15851660
Birth: 1585
Death: September 30, 1660England
mother
Lady Penelope Gage
15931661
Birth: 1593
Death: 1661
Marriage Marriage1642UNKNOWN
Family with Henry MERRY
husband
herself
16131676
Birth: about 1613 20Probably Suffolk, England
Death: between June 20, 1676 and July 26, 1676Parish of St Giles in the Fields, Middlesex, England
Religious marriage Religious marriage1635
2 years
daughter
16361713
Birth: about 1636 25 23
Death: May 5, 1713Rushbrooke, Sufflolk, England
son
1647
Burial: July 12, 1647Sutton on the Hill, Derbyshire, England
son
16351664
Birth: after 1635 24 22Probably Derbyshire, England
Death: 1664Barton Blount, Derbyshire, England
daughter
daughter
16351692
Birth: after 1635 24 22Probably Derbyshire, England
Death: April 1692Wickmere, Norfolk, England
17 years
son
16511651
Birth: 1651 40 38Sutton on the Hill, Derbyshire, England
Burial: December 8, 1651Sutton on the Hill, Derbyshire, England
Birth

Recorded as 21 years old in 1634 and still living at the time of the 1652 Heralds visitation of Suffolk. (Howard Vol 2 1871)

Marriage

The Derby Local Studies Library has records dated 28 April 1630 concerning "settlement for the marriage between Henry Merry and Penelope Gage".

DT Merry provides much detail of the settlement including the money to be paid by Penelope's father and the land settled on the couple in addition to information pertaining to several future possibilities including should Sir Henry wish to remarry.

Will

Widow of St Giles in the Fields, Middlesex left small bequests to her daughters, named, and a few others. Brother-in-law George Gage and daughter Frances Ramsey nominated as joint executors.

Probate

Residence:St Giles in the Field, Middlesex, England