Elizabeth Newcomen

From Darryl Lundy's Peerage page on Elizabeth Wentworth:

http://www.thepeerage.com/p23504.htm#i235040

Elizabeth Wentworth [1]

• F, #235040,
• d. 1627
• Last Edited=30 Jan 2009

Elizabeth Wentworth was the daughter of John Wentworth.[1]

She married, firstly, Christopher St. Lawrence, 9th Baron Howth, son of Nicholas St. Lawrence, 8th Baron Howth and Margaret Barnewall, before 1597.[1]

She married, secondly, Sir Robert Newcomen, 1st Bt., son of Charles Newcomen and Jane Nightingale, after 1605.[1] She and Christopher St. Lawrence, 9th Baron Howth were separated before 1605.[1]

She died in 1627.[1]

From before 1597, her married name became St. Lawrence.[1]

From after 1605, her married name became Newcomen.[1]

As a result of her marriage, Elizabeth Wentworth was styled as Baroness Howth circa 11 May 1607.

Children of Elizabeth Wentworth and Christopher St. Lawrence, 9th Baron Howth

• 1. Margaret St. Lawrence+[1]
• 2. Nicholas St. Lawrence, 10th Baron Howth+[1] b. c 1599, d. 1643/44
• 3. Thomas St. Lawrence, 11th Baron Howth+[1] b. a 1599, d. bt 5 Aug 1649 - 3 Oct 1649

Citations

• 1. [S21] L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 151. Hereinafter cited as The New Extinct Peerage.

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Origins

From link to The Wentworth Genealogy: English and American, Volume 1 By John Wentworth, Page 3

18) John18 Wentworth, Esq., born in 1540, was of Little Horksley and Gosfield, co. Essex, having inherited the latter estate on the death of his uncle Sir John17. His Will, dated 27 January 1587—8, was proved 29 January 1588-9.
He married, first, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Christopher Heydon, Kt., of Baconsthorp, co. Norfolk, who died in 1573 ; and secondly,
Dorothy, daughter of Sir Richard Southwell, Kt., of Woodrising, co. Norfolk, and widow of Thomas Huggins, Esq. By the latter (who survived him, and remarried Sir Edward Moore, Kt., of Mellefont, in Ireland, ancestor of the Marquess of Drogheda), he had issue,

• (1) Richard19;
• (2) Elizabeth19, who married, first, Christopher St. Lawrence, twenty-second Baron of Howth, in Ireland, and secondly, Sir Robert Newcomen, Kt. and first Bart., of Ireland; and
• (3) Mary19, who married, first, Edward Warner, Esq., of Mildenhall, co. Suffolk, who died 14 May 1618, and secondly, Sir Thomas Gee, Kt., of Mildenhall, whom she survived, dying in 1661.

Links

• link to Three Branches of the Family of Wentworth: I. Wentworth of Nettlestead ... By William Loftie Rutton. Page 195