Elizabeth (Savage) Boulter (1694 - 1754)

Born 1694 in London, England

Wife of Hugh Boulter DD — married 12 Nov 1719 in London, England

Died 28 Feb 1754 at about age 60 in London, England

Biography

Elizabeth was born in 1694. She was the eldest daughter of Charles Savage, of St. Olave's, Hart Street, London, merchant (buried there 13 Jan. 1729-30), by Ellen his wife (also buried there 23 Oct. 1746).

Elizabeth married Rev Hugh Boulter, later Archbishop of Armagh, at St. Peter- le-Poer, London, England, on 12 November 1719. ^[1]

They had no children.

Elizabeth died in 1754 and is buried with her husband in Westminster Abbey. ^[2]

Death Notice

March 8 Elizabeth Boullter, relict of his late Grace Dr. Hugh Boulter, Lord Archbishop of Armagh died Feb. 28th : in the North Cross.

Her monument gives her age as sixty. Her will, dated 20 May 1743, was proved 2 Mch. 1754, by her brothers Charles and Samuel Savage. Her bequests were as follows : to her mother Ellen Savage, her brothers Charles and Samuel Savage, her sisters Ellen Norris and Rebecca Merrett, and her niece Ellen Merrett, each £100 ; to her nephews, Charles-Savage Norris, Robert Norris, and John Norris, each £1000 ; to her cousins, Elizabeth Mitchell, Ellen Marshall, Elizabeth Bradbury, Elizabeth Farrar, and Elinor Marshall, each £300; and the residue of her estate equally to her said two brothers Charles and Samuel, appointing them joint executors.

Sources

1. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKG5-CJ2 : 13 March 2020), Hugh Boulter, 1719.
2. ↑ Westminster Abbey Commemorations