Bridget DRYDEN

Abt 1563 - Bef 1645  (82 years)

• Name	Bridget DRYDEN  [2, 3, 4]
  	Bridget Dryden, b. ca 1563 Canons Ashby, co. Northampton; d. 1644/5 Berkhamsted, co. Hertford. She was the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Cope) Dryden, Gent. of Canons Ashby, co. Northampton. Bridget spent much of her time helping others. She was a skilled midwife, who assisted the women of the community whenever they were giving birth. As she grew older, Anne accompanied her mother on these goodwill visits, and in time she herself became a midwife. Bridget's royal and noble ancestry included descent from Edward I of England through his daughter Elizabeth, wife of Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex. Bridget m. 2nd Rev. Thomas Newman of Berkhamsted, co Hertford. Her will of 12 Fb 1644/5 was administered 2 Apr 1645. [1]
  Birth	Abt 1563  [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Fact	Will dated 12 Feb 1644, and her estate administered on 2 Apr 1645   [3]
  Death	Bef 2 Apr 1645  [2, 3]
  Person ID	I82025	Main Tree
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	John DRYDEN, Esq.,   b. of Copes Ashby d. 3 Sep 1584
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Elizabeth COPE
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F33368	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Rev Francis MARBURY,   c. 27 Oct 1555, St. Pancras, Soper Lane, London d. Bef 14 Feb 1610/11 (Age ~ 55 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1587  [2]
  Children	+ 1. Anne MARBURY,   c. 20 Jul 1591, Alford, co. Lincoln d. Aug 1643, Killed by the Indians in New York (Age ~ 52 years)  [Birth] + 2. Katherine MARBURY,   b. Abt 1610, Alford, co. Lincoln d. 2 May 1687, Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island (Age 77 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F33369	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Rev Thomas NEWMAN,   b. of Berkhamsted, co. Hertford
  Family ID	F37620	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2018

  
  

• Sources

  [S9594] Marston Watson, Royal Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry Vol. II Reverend Francis Marbury. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700. [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.). [S12066] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 2020, Vol. 174 Summer.