The Birth Date is a rough estimate. See the text for details.
Biography
Elizabeth Barne was born about 1530 in London, Middlesex, England. She is the daughter of Sir George Barnes, Lord Mayor of London (1495 - 1557) and Alice Brooke (1495 - 1559).
In 1540, Elizabeth Barnes married Sir John Rivers, Knight of Chafford, in London, Middlesex, England. Her husband was Lord Mayor of London in 1573 and 1574.
By Sir John Rivers, she is the mother of the following children:
Edward Rivers (1540)
Henry Rivers (1550)
Elizabeth (Rivers) Howland (1550)
Richard Rivers
William Rivers
Dorothy De La Rivers
Sir George Rivers (1554-1629) was a Member of Parliament and progenitor of the Rivers baronetcy.
John Rivers (1557)
Alice (Rivers) (Ingpen) Carew (1560)
Thomas Potter secondly married dame Elizabeth, Lady Rivers, yet living, late wife of Sir John Rivers, Knight, late lord mayor of the city of London.[1][2][3]
She died in May 1619 in Hadlow, Kent, England.
On May 30, 1619, she was buried next to her first husband at St. Mary in Hadlow, Kent, England, and a mural monument was built for her and her first husband.[4] It still exists at the chancel inside St. Mary.
Sources
↑ Hasted, Edward. The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Containing the Antient and Present State of It, Civil and Ecclesiastical, Collected from Public Records and Other Authorities: Illustrated with Maps, Views, Antiquities, &c. Canterbury: Printed by W. Bristow, 1797, pp. 386, 418, in footnote. Print.
↑ Cokayne, George E. Complete Baronetage. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co, 1900, p. 169, in footnote. Print.
↑ "Hadlow Castle". Lost Heritage. Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 22 Jan 2024.
England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Gordon Family Tree Ancestry. Provo, Utah
Rivers Family Tree Ancestry, Provo, Utah
Floyd Family Tree, Ancestry, Provo, Utah
Slack, Paul, “Barne, Sir George (c.1500–1558),” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, accessed 9 Oct 2017.
Is Elizabeth your ancestor? Please don't go away! Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
The "Lady Elizabeth Rivers the elder" made her Will on 8th March 1618/9 (probate being granted 4th June 1619) and she was buried at Hadlow on 30th May 1619 "The Lady Elizabeth Rivers". https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D908018; PROB 11/133/631; Will of Elizabeth Rivers commonly called Lady Rivers, Widow of Penshurst, Kent' Date: 04 June 1619
Named in her Will are:
son Henry Rivers
daughter Alice Lady Carew widow of Sir Mathew Carew the elder
daughter Dorcas wife of Sir Henry James
grandchild Potter Rivers son of John Rivers
son Sir George Rivers, Kt.; his wife and his 2nd son George Rivers; 3rd son William Rivers
grandchild John Rivers of Well Street: his daughters Elizabeth, Dorothy, Mary and Judith (unmarried and under the age of 18) and his youngest sons George and Nizell Rivers (both under the age of 21)
niece Alice Davis daughter of Sir Henry Davis
nephew Sir Edward ?Holle, kt., bart., and my niece his wife
niece wife of Sir John Steede. kt.
nephew John Rivers, Esq., and 'my very loving daughter his wife'
niece Rowe widow
John Evelyn and 'my good niece his wife'
George Courtopp, Esq., and 'my niece his wife'
sister in law Mrs Denham
son Edward Rivers who is the residuary legatee and sole executor
she also refers to her deceased husband Sir john Rivers who is buried in Hadlow parish church and she desires that a monument be made there for the pair of them
there is also an inventory of Chafford attached to the Will which includes 'Item one long needlework carpet with Armes sometymes my father's Sir George Barnes'.
Connections to Super Bowl halftime show performers:
Elizabeth is
23 degrees from Prince Nelson, 19 degrees from Dan Aykroyd, 18 degrees from Garth Brooks, 28 degrees from Chubby Checker, 23 degrees from Ella Fitzgerald, 18 degrees from Dusty Hill, 29 degrees from Whitney Houston, 20 degrees from Mick Jagger, 21 degrees from Paul McCartney, 19 degrees from Tom Petty, 19 degrees from Chris Stapleton and 21 degrees from Shania Twain
on our single family tree.
Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.
Named in her Will are:
edited by Anonymous Baker