Muriel Gurdon

Abt 1613 - 1688  (~ 75 years)

• Name	Muriel Gurdon  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	Abt 1613  [5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Death	21 Apr 1688	Hulme, Lancashire, England   [7]
  Alternate death	22 Apr 1688	Hulme, Lancashire, England   [7]
  Alternate death	Bef 25 Apr 1688  [6, 8]
  Burial	25 Apr 1688	St. James' Church, Didsbury, Lancashire, England   [6, 7]
  Person ID	I14183	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	Brampton Gurdon,   b. 1566, of Assington, Suffolk, England d. Bef 2 Apr 1650 (Age < 84 years)
  Mother	Muriel Sedley,   b. Bef 20 Apr 1583, Morley, Norfolk, England d. 22 Aug 1661, Letton, Norfolk, England (Age > 78 years)
  Marriage	8 Jul 1606	St. Peter's, Morley, Norfolk, England   [1, 9]
  Family ID	F8987	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maj. Richard Saltonstall,   b. Bef 1 Oct 1610   d. 29 Apr 1694, Hulme, Lancaster, England (Age > 83 years)
  Marriage	4 Jul 1633	All Hallows, Honey Lane, London, England   [1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10]
  Children	1. Nathaniel Saltonstall,   b. Abt 1639, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts d. 21 May 1707, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts (Age ~ 68 years)
  Family ID	F8904	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2023

  
  

• Notes

  One of JTS's eleven proven "gateway ancestors." She went to New England with he husband in 1635, but by 1643 it was evident that colonial life was taking a serious toll on her health. On 10 May 1643 Richard Saltonstall was granted permission to leave the Massachusetts General Court due to her illness. They returned to England late in 1645; he then went immediately back to New England. "There is no evidence that Muriel Saltonstall was ever in New England again. Henry Newcome saw the Saltonstalls at Hulme in Lancashire on 19 June 1667, and reported that she was very weak. She died in 1688. Newcome preached her funeral sermon at Didsbury. Muriel Saltonstall's dislike of New England apparently extended to a desire that her portrait should not be sent to Massachusetts after her death." [Abandoning America, citation details below.]

  
  

• Sources

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