Eliza Henry1
#17653, (c 1788 - 1809)
| Father | Richard Henry1 (1765 - 1807) |
Life Events | |
| Birth | Eliza Henry was born circa 1788.2 |
| (Heir) Will | She was named an heir in the will of Richard Henry dated 25 Jan 1798. In it he provided for her support until becoming apprenticed as becomes a natural [illegitimate] child. In the codicil written a few days before he died, he altered her inheritance since she had married. Read details in the following link.1  |
| Marriage | Eliza Henry married Henry Phillips on 13 Oct 1806 in Pertaub Ghur, Bengal, India. Register entry: Henry Philipps Esqr Lieut in the Honble Companys 26th Regiment of Native Infantry, Bachelor and Eliza Henry Spinster.3,1 |
| (Widowed) Death | Her husband Henry died on 8 Oct 1808.4,2 |
| Death | Eliza died on 17 Feb 1809.2 |
| Gravestone | Her gravestone in North Park Street Burial Ground, Calcutta, reads: Sacred to the Memory of Eliza, lady of the late Captain Henry Phillipps, who departed this life Feb. 17th, 1809, aged 20 years; and their infant child.2 |
| Last Edited | 28 Jan 2022 |
Citations
- Will and Administration of Richard Henry of London, 25 January 1798, proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 22 August 1841.
- Holmes and Co, The Bengal obituary (Calcutta, India: Holmes And Co, 1848). Digitized copy viewed on Google Books.
- British India Office Ecclesiastical Returns viewed at Find My Past. Henry Philipps & Eliza Henry marriage, 1806.
- V C P Hodson, List of the officers of the Bengal army, 1758-1834 (London: Phillimore, 1927-1947), digital copy viewed on Google Books, page 210-211.