Elinor Norwood

Female, #8985, (say 1585 - Feb 1624)

ParentWilliam Norwood of Leckhampton, co. Glouc. (say 1583 - )
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Birth*say 1585 Elinor was born say 1585. 
 She was the daughter of William Norwood of Leckhampton, co. Glouc.
Marriagesay 1605 She married Sir George Blount of Sodington in Worc. say 1605. 
Married Namesay 1605 As of say 1605, her married name was Blount. 
Marriage*say 1615 She married John Culpeper of Astwood in Feckenham, co. Worcs. say 1615. 
Married Namesay 1615 As of say 1615, her married name was Culpeper. 
Burial*Feb 1624 Her body was interred in Feb 1624 at Mamble, Worcestershire, England
Death*Feb 1624 She died in Feb 1624. 
Biography* Because she had several Blount children, including the heir to Sodington, she was buried among the Blounts in Mamble church (See the MI. in Nash, Worcestershire, ii, 161); the available evidence for her Culpeper m. being the entry of her burial in the Mamble register. Her significance on this record is that she brought the Culpepers a new link with Virginia, for she was the aunt of Henry Norwood, the cavalier, whose romantic Voyage to Virginia in 1649 is a classic of adventure (Force's Tracts, vol. iii, No. 10), and who was, after the Restoration, the Treasurer of the colony. See Rudder, Gloucestershire, p. 521 ; Fosbrook, Abstracts of Smiths Lives of the Berkeleys, p. 181; Nash, Worcestershire, ii, 163; and Henry Norwood's will, 1689, P.C.C. Ent, 143. (Source: Fairfax Harrison, "The Proprietors of the Northern Neck")
(Names referenced above: Elinor Norwood Elinor Norwood). 

Last Edited 1 Apr 2000