Katherine St. Leger1

Female, #8473, (circa 1602 - 1658)

Parent*Sir Warham St. Leger (1579 - 11 Oct 1631)
Parent*Mary Hayward (c 1580 - 1662)
Katherine St. Leger|b. circa 1602\nd. 1658|p8473.htm|Sir Warham St. Leger|b. 1579\nd. 11 Oct 1631|p8838.htm|Mary Hayward|b. circa 1580\nd. 1662|p36800.htm|Anthony St. Leger of Ulcombe, co. Kent, Esq.|b. say 1550\nd. 1602|p8837.htm|Mary Scott|b. say 1560\nd. 1636|p8444.htm|||||||

Birth*circa 1602 Katherine was born at co. Kent, England, circa 1602. 
 She was the daughter of Sir Warham St. Leger and Mary Hayward. 
Marriage*10 Jul 1628 She married Thomas Culpeper of the Middle Temple at Ulcombe, co. Kent, England, on 10 Jul 1628. 
Married Name10 Jul 1628  As of 10 Jul 1628, her married name was Culpeper. 
Death*1658 She died at Maidstone, co. Kent, England, in 1658. 
Probate*28 Aug 1658 Katherine's will was probated at co. Kent, England, on 28 Aug 1658. 
Biography* Katherine St. Leger, who was adopted by Sir Alexander Culpeper, and, as rehearsed post, married his nephew, Thomas Culpeper of Feckenham, one of the proprietors of the Northern Neck named in the charter of 1649, and was the mother of Frances Culpeper, wife of Sir William Berkeley, Governor of Virginia.

From Fairfax Harrison, "The Proprietors of the Northern Neck":
The m. is entered in the Ulcombe register, July 10, 1628, as 'Thomas Culpeper et Katherina Sentleger.' The bride appears in her place, and the m. is noted, in the Stemnuzta St. Leodigaria (hereinbefore cited), but the best evidence for her is the reference in the will of Sir Alexander C. (1645) to 'Katherine, the grandchild of my wife, whom I therefore call daughter... on her marriage with my nephew Thomas Culpeper.' The only other contemporary testimony available is the admon. granted August 28, 1658 (P.C.C. Admon. Act Book, 1658) on goods of 'Katherine Culpeper of Maidstone, Kent, to her son Alexander C.' That she was sister to that Ursula St. Leger, wife of Daniel Horsmanden, parson of Ulcombe, and grandmother of the wife of the first William Byrd of Virginia, explains the intimacy in Virginia between the Byrds and Frances, Lady Berkeley, as shown by contemporary letters. See Va. Mag., xxvi, 128.

 

Family

Thomas Culpeper of the Middle Temple (say 1602 - say 1652)
Children

Last Edited 18 Mar 2001

Citations

  1. Col. F.W.T. Attree R.E./F.S.A. & Rev. J.H.L. Booker M.A., "The Sussex Colepepers, Part I", Sussex Archaeological Collections, XLVII, 47-81, (1904) http://gen.culpepper.com/historical/sussex/default.htm.