Grace Norton
Female, #8899, (1676 - 11 Oct 1697)
| Parent* | Sir George Norton of Abbots Leigh, Som. (s 1640 - 1715) | |
| Parent* | Frances Freke (1644 - 1731) | |
Grace Norton|b. 1676\nd. 11 Oct 1697|p8899.htm|Sir George Norton of Abbots Leigh, Som.|b. say 1640\nd. 1715|p8898.htm|Frances Freke|b. 1644\nd. 1731|p8897.htm|||||||Ralph Freke of Aldington in Thornham, co. Kent|b. 1596\nd. 1684|p8894.htm|Cicely Culpeper|b. before 10 Oct 1610\nd. before 6 Jan 1651|p8893.htm| | ||
| Birth* | 1676 | Grace was born in 1676. |
| She was the daughter of Sir George Norton of Abbots Leigh, Som. and Frances Freke. | ||
| Marriage* | say 1694 | She married Sir Richard Gethin 2nd Bart. say 1694. |
| Married Name | say 1694 | As of say 1694, her married name was Gethin. |
| Death* | 11 Oct 1697 | She died on 11 Oct 1697. |
| Biography* | On the north side of the (Westminster Abbey's South Choir) aisle is a monument which Dame Frances Norton, d. 1731, widow successively of Sir George Norton (d. 1715) of Abbotts Leigh, Som., of the latter's cousin Colonel Ambrose Norton (d. 1723), and of William Jones, Esq., erected to her two sisters: (Mrs) Elizabeth Freke, b. c. 1650, d. 1714, wife of her kinsman Percy Freke, Esq., of West Bilney, Norfolk; and (Mrs) Judith Austin, d. 1716, widow of Robert Austin (or Austen), Esq., of Tenterden, Kent. The three sisters, who are all buried in the nave, were daughters of Ralph Freke, Esq., of Hannington, Wilts., and of Cecily, his wife, daughter of Sir Thomas Colepeper of Hollingbourne, Kent. Next is a monument to Lady Norton's daughter Dame Grace Gethin, d. 1697, aged twenty, wife of Sir Richard Gethin, 2nd Bt. After Dame Grace's death a book of devotions was published, purporting to be reflections noted down by her'with a pencil at spare hours, or as she was dressing'; it was prefaced by a poem written in her honour by Congreve. The work, in fact, is a compilation from Bacon and others. An anniversary sermon is preached in her memory in the Abbey every Ash Wednesday. Buried at Hollingbourne, where there is a similar monument. Source: Westminster Abbey Guide Book. |
Family | Sir Richard Gethin 2nd Bart. (say 1672 - ) | |
| Charts | Descendants of William Culpeper of Hunton and Wigsell, from 1509: 7 generations The Culpepers of Hollingbourne, from 1539 to present? (Possibly extinct) |
| Last Edited | 11 Dec 1999 |