FORBENCH
Richard FORBENCH
(-1620)
Isabell
(-1635)
Susannah FORBENCH
(-1650)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. John SHORTER

2. Griffith KENT

Susannah FORBENCH 2

  • Born: Of, Send, Surrey 2
  • Marriage (1): John SHORTER on 21 Aug 1621 in St Mary, Staines, Middlesex 1
  • Marriage (2): Griffith KENT
  • Buried: 25 Feb 1650, St Saviour, Southwark, Surrey 3
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bullet  Notes:

Susannah was the daughter of Richard Forbench (qv) of Ripley in Surrey. She first married John Shorter, a baker in Staines. They had eight children, including Sir John Shorter who was Mayor of London in 1688 - Sir John's granddaughter Catherine Shorter was the first wife of Prime Minister Robert Walpole.

Susannah's husband John died in 1634, and she then married Griffith Kent (qv) of Southwark, and is known to have had another three children.

Additional source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine,_Lady_Walpole

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Susannah married John SHORTER on 21 Aug 1621 in St Mary, Staines, Middlesex.1 (John SHORTER was buried on 11 May 1634 in St Mary, Staines, Middlesex 4.)

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Susannah next married Griffith KENT, son of John KENT and Unknown. (Griffith KENT was christened on 21 Mar 1611 in St Andrew, Sonning, Oxfordshire,5 died 1682, Of in Rotherhithe, Surrey 6 and was buried in St Saviour, Southwark, Surrey 6.)

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Sources


1 Church Register, St Mary Staines, LMA ref DRO/002/A/01
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2 Visitation, London Visitation Pedigrees, 1664. Harleian Society (1940) Vol 92.

3 Church Register, St Saviour Southwark, LMA ref P92/SAV.

4 Church Register, Staines Burial Index 1538-1665, SoG ref MX/R 410.

5 Church Register, Transcript of Sonning, SoG ref OX/R 150.

6 Probate, Griffith Kent PROB11/369 dated 9-3-1682.


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