Mary (Scott) Culpeper (abt. 1557 - abt. 1636)

Born about 1557 in Smeeth, Kent, England

Ancestors

Wife of Anthony St Leger — married 13 May 1578 in St Mary's Church, Smeeth, Kent, England

Wife of Alexander Culpeper — married 7 Dec 1603 in St John the Baptist Church, Harrietsham, Kent, England

Descendants

Died about Oct 1636 at about age 79 in Ulcombe, Kent, England

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Biography

Mary (Scott) Culpeper was born in Smeeth, Kent, England.

Lady Mary Scott was born about 1557 in Scot's Hall, Smeeth, Kent, England to parents Sir Thomas Scott and Elizabeth Baker.^[1] She was christened on 14 Feb in Workington, Cumberland, England.^[2]

She married firstly Sir Anthony St. Leger, son of Sir Warham St. Leger and Ursula Neville, daughter of the 5th/3rd Lord Bergavenny, 13 May 1578 in St Mary's Church at Smeeth, Kent.^[3][4]

Children: Sir Warham,^[5] Anthony, Thomas, Ursula, William.

Sir Anthony St Leger died in 1603. On 7 December 1603 at age 46 Mary married secondly Sir Alexander Culpeper in St John the Baptist Church at Harrietsham, Kent.^[6][7] He was the son of Sir Alexander Culpeper and Mary Dacre.

She died at age 79 in Oct 1636 in Ulcombe, Kent, England, and was buried on 25 Oct 1636 in St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England.^[8][9][10]

Sources

1. ↑ British Chancery Records, 1386-1558 Mary Scott, born 1556-1558, Kent; Vol 10, page 257, bundle 1483; database online, Provo, Utah, Ancestry.com, 2004.
2. ↑ [https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/366759?token=f2a575d56e18bc4e0a75cb1fd884c650b3fc372430296dd911b2c938abd1e053 Mary Scott, baptism 14 Feb, Workington, Cumberland, England; Presbyterian; parents Thomas and Elizabeth Scott; database online, Provo, Utah, Ancestry.com, 2013.
3. ↑ Kent Marriages and Banns. Mary Scott. Residence: Smeeth; Marriage date: 13 May 1578; Marriage place: Smeeth, St Mary; Spouse: Anth St.Leger; Spouse's residence: Smeeth; Notes: Esq. d. of Sir Thomas; County, Kent; Country: England; Archive: Canterbury Cathedral Archives; Record set: Kent Marriages and Banns; Category: Birth, Marriage, Death and Parish records; Subcategory: Parish marriages. https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FEASTKENT%2FMAR%2F059232%2F2
4. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNHF-1LJ : 12 March 2020), Marye Scott in entry for Anthonye Sentleyer, 1578.
5. ↑ "Warham Sentleger and Anthony Sentleger the 2 sons of my daughter Sentleger [Mary];" Will of Thomas Scott in the England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 Name: Thomas Scott [Sir Thomas Scott] Probate Date: 7 Jan 1594 Residence: Smeethe, Kent, England The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 85 Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Prerogative Court of Canterbury: Wills of Selected Famous Persons. Digitized images. "Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 1. The National Archives, Kew, England. Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers. Digitized images. Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11. The National Archives, Kew, England
6. ↑ Kent Marriages and Banns. Marie Sent Leger. Marriage date: 7 Dec 1603; Marriage place: Harrietsham, St John the Baptist; Spouse: Alixard [sic] Culpeper; Groom's residence: otp; Bride's residence: Ulcombe; Bride's marital status: widow; Banns or licence: licence; County: Kent; Country: England; Record source: Harrietsham Marriages 1538-1812; Record set: Kent Marriages and Banns; Category: Birth, Marriage, Death and Parish records; Subcategory: Parish marriages. https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FM%2F84040602%2F2
7. ↑ Kent, England Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874 Maria Sentleger and Alexr Culpeper, 7 Mar 1603; Harrietsham, Kent; database online, Provo, Utah, Ancestry.com, 2010.
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125442845/mary-culpeper: accessed 15 November 2022), memorial page for Mary Scott Culpeper (unknown–Apr 1636), Find A Grave: Memorial #125442845 Burial Details Unknown.
9. ↑ London, England Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 Mary Scott, burial 25 Oct 1636, St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England; database online, Lehi, Utah, Ancestry.com, 2010.
10. ↑ England Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 Mary Scott, death 1636; burial 25 Oct 1636, St. Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex, England; parents Thomas and Anne Scott, FHL Film 597248, ref ID 180; database online, Provo, Utah, Ancestry.com, 2014.

See also:

• Stemmata de Leodegaria” - Pedigree of the St. Leger family compiled by Rev. Edward St. Leger, 1867 which is held at the British Library, London Ref: 14000 r 23 16 8674728.
• Richardson, Douglas: Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 1st edition, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co, 2004), p 336, 631.
• Richardson, Douglas: Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 1st edition, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co, 2005), p. 352.
• Richardson, Douglas: Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), vol III p 482, vol IV p 2-3.
• Richardson, Douglas: Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 1st edition, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), vol IV p 535 (538), 594-5.
• Marlyn Lewis.
• Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists Saint Leger, p 245; refers to death of Mary Scott on 15 Apr 1636; database online, Provo, Utah, Ancestry.com, 2006.