Elizabeth Sydenham

- 1571

• Name	Elizabeth Sydenham
  Gender	Female
  Death	1 Jan 1571  [1, 2]
  Burial	St. Decuman's, Watchet, Somerset, England   [2]
  Person ID	I38856	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DDB
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	John Sydenham,   b. of Orchard, Somerset, England d. 1521
  Mother	Joan   bur. St. Decuman's, Watchet, Somerset, England
  Family ID	F22808	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Wyndham   d. Between 7 Apr 1573 and 28 Apr 1575
  Children	+ 1. Margaret Wyndham   d. Abt Jun 1615
  Family ID	F22139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Feb 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Her inscription at St. Decuman's: That goodly grafte which earste in Orchard grewe, drawn by discente from worthie Sydnams race, Looe here yt lyes by aime of outward vewe, wrapte in the webbe of thrice unhappy case, but yet indeede (through undeserved grace) is planted nowe in such a pleasant soyle, as springs for aye, and yet requires no toyle. What cause hir deathe dothe offer to lamente, none knows so well as Sir John Wyndham, Knight, with whome twyse two and forty yeres she spente, in blissful state of bothe theire hartes delyghte, to whom hir frutefull wombe brought unto light a race of children fitting hir degree, of daughters sixe, hir sonnes were fower and three. Those goodly gyftes that did hir minde possesse, as zealous love to God and to his laws, hir awnswringe lyfe to that she did professe, hir redye hande to helpe the porest cause, (since fame resounds) my sillie penne shall pawse, and praie to God, that we which here abyde, may treade the stepps of such a parfight guyde. Obiit primo die Januarii, 1571.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6823] Leslie Mahler, "The English Ancestry of John1 Freake of Boston, Massachusetts, with His Descent from Edward I, King of England." The American Genealogist 86:257, 2012. [S7041] Find a Grave page for Elizabeth Sydenham Wyndham.