Elizabeth Rolt1

#646, (s 1750 - b 1786)
Pedigree
ChartsEarly Bonnycastles - Descendants of William

Life Events

BirthElizabeth Rolt was born say 1750.
 
MarriageShe married John 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 
Research Note England Marriages index at MyHeritage suggests Holt as Elizabeth's surname. 
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
Last Edited20 Jan 2022

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.