Elizabeth Rolt1

#646, (say 1750 - before 1786)
BirthElizabeth Rolt was born say 1750.
 
MarriageShe married John Bonnycastle, son of John Bonnycastle and Mary Bonnycastle, on 21 Feb 1772 in Chesham, Buckinghamshire.
John was a bachelor of Bromley, Middlesex. Elizabeth was a spinster of Chesham and signed with an X. The witnesses were Mary Bonnycastle [likely John's mother] & John Holder. They married by license [it has not yet been found].1 
DeathElizabeth Bonnycastle died before 1786. John, a widower, married again in that year.2 
(Mentioned) ObituaryShe was mentioned in John Bonnycastle's 1822 obituary "At the early age of eighteen years, Mr. Bonnycastle married a young lady of the name of Roll, whose liberal and cultivated mind gave fair promise of many domestic hours. The hopes he cherished were, however, speedily blighted by her untimely death."3
ChartsEarly Bonnycastles - Descendants of Thomas
Last Edited29 May 2009

Citations:

  1. W.P.W. Phillimore and F.W. Ragg Buckinghamshire parish registers, marriages, Phillimore, London (1902-1923).
  2. Allegation for John Bonnycastle and Bridget Newell, Archbishop Court of Canterbury Faculty Office, 6 October 1786 (Family History Library, Film #355,536).
  3. The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year 1822 (London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822), viewed on Google Books, No. XVI, John Bonnycastle, Esq. obituary, page 437.
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