Martha Carey, Countess of Monmouth
Encyclopedia
Martha Carey Countess of Monmouth (christened 12 July 1601 – 10 April 1677) was an English noblewoman born in Middlesex, England to Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex
and Elizabeth Shepard. On 6 November 1652 Martha married Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth
son of Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth
and Elizabeth Trevannion. Martha and Henry had ten children.
Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex
Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex was a successful merchant in London, England.-Life:He was the second son of Thomas Cranfield, a mercer at London, and his wife Martha Randill, the daughter and heiress of Vincent Randill of Sutton-at-Hone, Kent. He was apprenticed in to Richard Sheppard, a...
and Elizabeth Shepard. On 6 November 1652 Martha married Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth
Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth
Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth was an English nobleman and translator born in Bolton, Lancashire, England to Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth and Elizabeth Trevannion. On 6 November 1652 Henry married Martha Cranfield daughter of Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex and Elizabeth Shepard...
son of Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth
Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth
Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth was an English nobleman and courtier. He was the youngest son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon and Anne Morgan, daughter of Sir Thomas Morgan and Anne Whitney.As a young man he accompanied several diplomatic missions abroad and took part in military expeditions...
and Elizabeth Trevannion. Martha and Henry had ten children.
Children
- Lionel Carey (born about 1622)
- Henry Carey (1623 – 5 November 1649) married Lady Mary Scrope
- Lady Anne Carey (ca. 1626 – 15 January, 1688/89) married (1) James Hamilton (2) Robert Maxwell
- Lady Philadelphia Carey (born ca. 1628 – died before June, 1661)
- Lady Elizabeth Carey (born ca. 1630 – 14 December 1676)
- Lady Mary Carey (born ca. 1632 – died after 1682) married William Fielding
- Lady Trevaniana Carey (born ca. 1634 – died before June, 1661)
- Lady Martha Carey (born ca. 1635 – 23 January 1705) married John Middleton, 1st Earl of MiddletonJohn Middleton, 1st Earl of MiddletonJohn Middleton, 1st Earl of Middleton was a Scottish army officer, who belonged to a Kincardineshire family which had held lands at Middleton since the 12th century....
- Lady Theophila Carey (born ca. 1637 – died before June, 1661)
- Lady Magdalena Carey (born ca. 1639 – died before June, 1661)
External links
- Memoirs of the life of Robert Cary googlebooks