Born in Fonthill Bishop, Wiltshire, England
Daughter of Robert Cox
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Christopher Wren
— married
1623 in Fonthill Bishop, Wiltshire, England
Descendants 
Mother of
Susanna (Wren) Holder, Katheren Wren, Elizabeth Wren, Christopher Wren, Christopher Wren FRS, Elizabeth Wren and Ann Wren
Died after
after age 32
in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, England
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Sep 2014
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Biography
Mary Cox is the daughter of Robert Cox of Fonthill Abbey. [1]
Mary married Christopher Wren, Sr. (1591-1658), son of Francis Wren, a London mercer. Christopher Wren, Sr. became Rector of Fonthill, Wilthshire in 1620 and of East Knoyle in 1623. In 1639, he was also appointed dean of the collegiat church of Wolverhampton and Rector of Haseley, Oxfordshire. He died on May 29, 1658, at Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire.
Mary and Christopher were the parents of at least three children, Susan Wren, Christopher Wren, Jr. (1632-1723), the famed architect, and Elizabeth Wren, born December 26, 1634. [2]
According to a biography of Christopher Wren, Jr. the exact date of Mary's death is not known, other than it was after the birth of his younger sister in 1634. "The boy's father lived to help and watch his progress for twenty-six years, and an elder sister, Susan, took the mother's place." [3]
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Sources
- ↑ Lives of Eminent Persons, Library of useful knowledge Contributor: Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), Baldwin and Cradock, Publishers, 1833, page 8. Original from the University of Michigan, Digitized May 6, 2008
- ↑ The 17th and 18th Centuries: Dictionary of World Biography, Volume 4, edited by Frank N. Magill
- ↑ The Dictionary of National Biography by Stephen (Sir Leslie), Robert Blake, and Christine Stephanie Nicholls, Editor Sir Sidney Lee, Published,1909, page 995. Original from the University of California, Digitized Aug 9, 2007
- ↑ Profile created by Amy Mcclain through the import of amylea.ged on Sep 4, 2018. This comment and citation should be deleted after a short biography has been added and primary sources have been cited.
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