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Bridget Eliot

Bridget Eliot

Female Bef 1620 - Bef 1663  (< 43 years)

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  • Name Bridget Eliot 
    Born Bef 26 Apr 1620 
    Christened 26 Apr 1620  St. Germans, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died Bef 16 Jun 1663 
    Buried 16 Jun 1663  Ermington, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I00237  Eliots of Port Eliot
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2021 

    Father Sir John Eliot,   b. 11 Apr 1592, Cuddenbeak, St. Germans, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1632, Tower of London Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years) 
    Mother Radigund Gedy,   d. Bef 13 Jun 1628 
    Family ID F00137  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Husband Peter Fortescue,   b. Abt 1620,   d. Bef 14 Aug 1685  (Age < 65 years) 
    Married 12 Jan 1645/46  St. Mary's, Churchstow, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Peter Fortescue,   d. Bef 09 Feb 1664/65
     2. Elizabeth Fortescue,   d. Aft 1697
     3. John Fortescue,   b. Abt 1648,   d. Aft 22 Jun 1666  (Age > 18 years)
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2021 
    Family ID F00219  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    1640s Miniature, Possibly Bridget Eliot Fortescue.    		1640s Miniature, Possibly Bridget Eliot Fortescue.
    Port Eliot Collection.
    Image may not be used without written permission.

  • Notes 
    • • "Sir John Eliot: A Biography" Vol. 2, John Forster, 1872, page 359:
      It is not until more than a year later that any further change is intimated. But we find him then writing to his servant Hill that he had not changed his purpose for his daughter Bridget; that on the previous Saturday he had an 'intercourse' from Mrs. Frinde 'about her;' that her place was ready; and that he was to prepare accordingly to bring her up, whom he beseeched God to bless with all the rest.* The same plan was to be followed as with her sister Besse.

      * Port Eliot MSS. 9th October 1631

      • There is a pair of miniatures in the Port Eliot collection which are possible likenesses of Peter Fortescue and Bridget Eliot (near the time of their marriage in 1646). The portraits were examined by J.D. Milner, director of the National Portrait Gallery, who dated them between 1640 and 1650. The miniature of the woman bears a remarkable family resemblance to Sir John Eliot.

  • Sources 
    1. [S00008] St. German's Parish Records, www.cornwall-opc-database.org, (Name: Name: Name: Online Parish Records;;;).

    2. Scan of Original Burial Record.

    3. Scan of Original Marriage Record.