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Joan Berkeley

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Death: circa 1630 (79-97)
Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sir John Berkeley, of Beverstone Castle, Knight and Frances Berkeley
Sister of John Berkeley, Jr.; Katherine Symonds and Margaret Merricke

Managed by: Jonathan Carreira
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About Joan Berkeley

  • 'The Virginia magazine of history and biography, Volume 26 By William Glover Stanard, Virginia Historical Society
  • The Virginia magazine of history and biography, Volume 26 By William Glover Stanard, Virginia Historical Society
  • Pg. 202
  • William Berkeley had, by his marriage with Margaret Paulet, several daughters, and a son John, who dissipated the family estate, except Beverstone, and died 16 October, 24 Elizabeth. This John married Frances, daughter of Sir Nicholas Poynts, of Acton, Gloucestershire, and had issue:
  • 1. John2, sold Beverstone Castle to Sir John Poyntz 1597, appointed to take charge of iron works in Virginia, May 11, 1621, vice Mr. Blewett, dead; killed in the Indian Massacre of 1622. He married Margaret, daughter of Sir John Snell; '2. Joan, Abbess at Brussels;' 3. Katherine, married Thomas Symonds, a minister; 4. Margaret married Jasper Merricke, of Bevington.
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  • 'The Berkeley manuscripts. The lives of the Berkeleys, lords of the honour, castle and manor of Berkeley, in the county of Gloucester, from 1066 to 1618; (1883)
  • http://www.archive.org/details/berkeleymanuscri00smytuoft
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/berkeleymanuscri00smytuoft#page/235/m...
  • 4. Jone Berkeley youngeft daughter of this lord Thomas, was on Midfommer day in the nineteenth year of king Henry the 8th maryed at Yate, her fathers houfe, to Nicholas Poynz, (after knight,) fon and heir of S'r Anthoney Poyntz of Acton, knight, whofe marriage portion was fix hundred marks, whereof one hundred pounds at the marriage, and one hundred marks each year after ; wherein the agreements were further, that if Nicholas dyed before the marriage, then fhee to be marryed to his brother Giles Poynz : . . . . .
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/berkeleymanuscri00smytuoft#page/236/m...
  • . . . . the faid Jone and Nicholas had iffue 1 Sr Nicholas, 2 ffrancis, 3 Edmond, 4 Anthony, 5 William, 6 John, 7 Anne, 8 Jane, and 9 ffrances, of each of whom in order : and this Sr Nicholas dyed in the third and fourth years of Phillip and Mary, And Jone furvived, and was in her Elder years marryed to Sr Edward Dyer, and dyed in the fixth of Queen Elizabeth. . . . .
    • http://www.archive.org/stream/berkeleymanuscri00smytuoft#page/239/m...
    • 9. The faid Frances daughter of the faid Jone Berkeley, was maryed to S'r John Berkeley of Beverfton caflle, knight, by whom fhee had iffue John Berkeley, 'Jone', Katharine and Margaret. Which John, by Mary his wife daughter of John Snell Efqr, had iffue, 1 Maurice, 2 John, 3 Henry, 4 William, 5 Edward, 6 Thomas, 7 Mary, 8 ffrances, 9 Elizabeth, and 10 Anne. Whereof the faid Maurice, by Barbara his wife daughter of S'r Walter Longe, hath iffue Edw'd; and others ; And the faid Mary his fifter is marryed to Edward Conway of Gloucefter fhire. The other eight are unmarryed . 1623. As alfo is 'Jone the eldeft fifler of the faid John Berkeley, leading a Nunnes life at Bruffells, beyond feas ; And now lady Abbeffe there . 1630.'
      • The faid Katharine, fecond fifter of the faid John Berkeley, by Thomas Symonds, a minifter, hath iffue Thomas, Anno. 1620.
      • And the faid Margaret the other fifter by Jefper Merricke of Berington, a minifter, hath iffue, Sibill, Anno. 1620.
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Joan Berkeley's Timeline

1541
1541
Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
1630
1630
Age 89
Brussels, Brussels, Belgium