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Margery Offlet

Female - Bef 1632


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  • Name Margery Offlet 
    Gender Female 
    Death Bef 1 Apr 1632  [1
    Burial 1 Apr 1632  St. Thomas, Bristol, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I41520  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
    Last Modified 28 Sep 2024 

    Family Samuel Bitfield,   b. Feb 1602, Wrington, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Sep 1660, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Marriage 1 May 1626  St. Weburgh, Bristol, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
    +1. Elizabeth Bitfield,   b. Bef 21 Mar 1629   d. Aft 18 Sep 1676 (Age > 47 years)
    Family ID F3491  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Sep 2024 

  • Notes 
    • From her Wikitree page, 28 Sep 2024:

      Samuel Bitfield batcheler and Margery Offlett maiden were married the first day of May 1626 at St. Werburgh, Bristol.

      It is quite likely that the Samuel Bitfield whom Margery married was the Samuel Bitfield who later emigrated to Boston. That assertion is supported by the following factors: (1) Samuel Bitfield of Bristol's May 1626 date of marriage is highly consistent with Samuel Bitfield of Boston's February 1601/2 date of baptism, (2) Samuel Bitfield of Boston was known to have been living in Bristol in 1622, and the Samuel Bitfield who married Margery is the only Samuel Bitfield who is known to have been in his 20s and living Bristol at the time. (3) Samuel Bitfield of Bristol had a daughter Elizabeth who was baptized at St. Thomas, Bristol on 21 March 1628/9, which is consistent with the fact that Samuel Bitfield of Boston had a daughter named Elizabeth who got married in the late 1640s. (4) Samuel Bitfield of Boston had a daughter Mary who, based on her being mentioned before his daughter Elizabeth in his will, was older than Elizabeth, and although no baptism record has yet been found for a daughter Mary of Samuel Bitfield of Bristol, the gap between Samuel Bitfield's marriage in May 1626 and the baptism of his daughter Elizabeth in March 1628/9 makes it likely that he had a child born about 1627, who was probably Mary, and (5) Margery, the wife of Samuel Bitfield of Bristol, was buried at St. Thomas, Bristol in April 1632, which is consistent with evidence that indicates that Samuel's relict, Elizabeth, was not his first wife or the mother of his children Mary and Elizabeth.

  • Sources 
    1. [S7864] Bristol, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, on ancestry.com.