Elizabeth Fortescue

Elizabeth Fortescue

Female - Aft 1697

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  • Name Elizabeth Fortescue  [1
    Died Aft 1697  [2
    Person ID I00360  Eliots of Port Eliot
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2021 

    Father Peter Fortescue,   b. Abt 1620,   d. Bef 14 Aug 1685  (Age < 65 years) 
    Mother Bridget Eliot,   b. Bef 26 Apr 1620,   d. Bef 16 Jun 1663  (Age < 43 years) 
    Family ID F00219  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Husband John Turberville,   d. 1681 
    Children 
     1. Amy Turberville
     2. Fortescue Turberville,   d. 04 Jul 1710, Charleston, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2021 
    Family ID F00354  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 

    • --- She was alive at the writing of her step-mother's will (Lady Amy Fortescue).

      --- "Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John, 1630" by Burton W. Spear, 1999, page 44:
      John Turberville --- He was educated at Oxford. In 1667 he married Elizabeth Fortescue, dau. of Sir Peter Fortescue. He received a substantial dowry of 1,200 pounds, with his wife at marriage. They also received the manors of Hoccombe, Pyleigh and Torr in nearby Lydeard St. Lawrence parish. In 1677 he inherited the manor house at Gaulden and he died in 1681. Eight years later, his widow, and son, Fortesque, a London barrister, sold the property to Edward Galhampton.

  • Sources 
    1. "The Visitations of the County of Devon" 1895, page 357.

    2. She was alive at the writing of her step-mother's will.