Born about in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, England
Daughter of Gilbert Bennett
and Margery (Greenhurst) Bennett
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Richard Fowler
— married
about 1522 in Gloucestershire, England
Descendants 
Mother of
William Fowler, Richard Fowler, Thomas Fowler, Alice (Fowler) Partridge, James Fowler, Joan (Fowler) Stephens, Catherine (Fowler) Broadway, Giles Fowler, Edward Fowler, Henry Fowler and Margery (Fowler) Clutterbuck
Died
at about age 71
in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, England
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Jun 2011
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Biography
Margery Bennett was born about 1507 in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, England.
She married Richard Fowler about 1522 in Gloucestershire, England. They were the parents of Joan Fowler.
Margery wrote her will on 23 July 1578, describing herself as a widow of Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, being weeke & sicke in bodye, but whole and perfecte in minde and memorie, dothe make this my testament & laste will in manner & forms following—First, I bequeathe my soul," &c., “and my bodie to be buried in the Churchyard of Stonehouse aforesaid” [1]She leaves legacies to the poor of Stonehouse, Stroud, Randwicke, Standley, Estington, and Horsley. Mentions:
- my eldest son, William Fowler
- his sons, Richard, Daniel, and Henry; also his daughters, Mary, Ann, Alice, and Joan, all unmarried and under age.
- my son Edward Fowler, and his children, Anselm and Ann ,'
- Margerie and Katherine, daughters of my son Thomas Fowler, both unmarried and under age
- my son James Fowler, deceased, and his children, Edward, Henrie, Anselme, Alice, and Joan
- my daughters, Johan Stephens, Katherine Broadway, and Alice Partridge
- also Joan, Alice, and Dorothy Yearington, “daughters of my daughter Katherine Broadway, now wife of Edmund Broadway, Gent.”
Margery was buried on 23 October 1578 in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, England.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Gloucestershire, England, Wills and Inventories, 1541-1858 . Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.Ancestry Record 4294 #48223
- ↑
Burial:
"Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813"
Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucester, Gloucestershire; Gloucestershire Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P316 in 1/1
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 4732 #16072248 (accessed 26 November 2021)
Margery Fowler burial on 23 Oct 1578 in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, England.
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Robin Lee
Robin Lee
Bennett-7991 and Bennett-2256 appear to represent the same person because: name and date the same
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