Elizabeth (Tracy) Carter (1586 - 1663)

Born 1586 in Stanway, Gloucestershire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Giles Carter — married 21 Jun 1605 in Stanway, Gloucestershire, England

Died 1663 at about age 77 in Cold Aston, Gloucestershire, England

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Elizabeth (Tracy) Carter was born in Gloucestershire, England.

Biography

Elizabeth Tracy, the daughter of Paul Tracy and Ann Shakerley was born at Stanway, Gloucestershire in 1586 and was baptised there on 19 June of that year. ^[1]

Marriage

On 21 June 1605 she married Giles Carter. Their marriage took place at Stanway, Gloucestershire.^[2] This record of their marriage is transcribed incorrectly in the Ancestry database as a baptism for Giles Carter but examination of the image shows it is a marriage. The record reads, in clerical latin, celbrantus nuptia inter Egidium Carter fillium Johannis carter, generosa and Elizabetham filia Pauli Tracy armigeri uno et vingtessa die Juanni Anno Dmni 1605. In translation: Celebrating the marriage between Giles Carter, son of John Carter, gentlemant and Elizabeth, daughter of Paul Tracy, Knight on 21 June 1605. It appears from the Inquisition Post Mortem of her father in law John Carter, that Elizabeth Tracy was given the manor of Cold Aston, along with some estates at Badgeworth, Gloucestershire as part of the marriage settlement. ^[3]

In 1640, Elizabeth received a bequest from her niece Elizabeth Ayelsworth of Lower Swell, daughter of her sister Lucy. ^[4]

Death

Elizabeth died in 1663 and is commemorated by a plaque in the church at Cold Aston.

In Memoriam Cl. Viri Aegidii Carter Olim de Swell Inferiori in hoc Comitatu Armirigeri qui probitate morum fide, et Pietatetin divinis nec non erga principe Insignis inter paucos pia senectute vitam Claudens decessit Anno aetatis suae oc-togesimo vicesimo quarto die Martii Annoque Dom 1664 Et praeivit Octo ante mensibus Charissima Ejus uxor Elizabetha honesta et Splendida Familia de Tracy orta quae una cum illo sex- aginta annos matriminie vixit uterque caeles Tis regina ne rurus separenter partisipes Giles Carter was ye Eldest sonn of John Carter of Never-swell in ye County of Gloucester, Esqr. His two brethren being John Carter of Breesnorton in Oxford Shire He marriesd Elizabeth ye Daught Of Sr Paul Tracy of Stannwell and died Without issue.

In Translation: In Memory of the noble Giles Carter formerly of Lower Swell in this county Esquire who by probity of manners faith and piety in divine things and also to the Prince was famous among the poor, in pious old age closing his life, died in the eightieth year of his life, the twenty fourth of March in the year of our Lord 1664. And there preceded him by eight months his dearest Wife Elizabeth, splendid family of Tracy, who together with him lived for sixty years of marriage and both will not be separated again in the celestial kingdom. Giles Carter was ye Eldest son of John Carter of Nether-Swell in ye County of Gloucester, Esqr. His two brethren being John Carter of Charlton Abbots and William Carter of Brizenorton in Oxfordshire. He married Elizabeth ye Daughter Of Sr Paul Tracy of Stannwell and died Without issue.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucester, Gloucestershire; Gloucestershire Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P308 IN 1/1 Ancestry Record GloucBMDearly #2845099
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucester, Gloucestershire; Gloucestershire Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P308 IN 1/1 Ancestry Record GloucBMDearly #2845713
3. ↑ Phillimore, W. P. W. & Fry, George. Abstracts of Gloucestershire Inquisitiones Post Mortem Returned Into the Court of Chancery in the Reign of King Charles I. 1893. pg 92 Archive.org
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 206 Ancestry Record 5111 #735986
5. ↑ Frith, Brian Edit. Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections Relative to the County of Gloucester, Bigland, Ralph ( 1791-1899) Part 1 Abbenhall - Cromhall.