Margaret (Southworth) Duck (aft. 1585)

Born after 1585 in England

Ancestors

Wife of Arthur Duck DCL MP — married before 1625 in Wells Cathedral, Wells, Somerset, England

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in England

Margaret Southworth was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

Margaret Southworth and Arthur Duck were m. at Wells Cathedral by Bishop Lake and they had two daughters and co-heiresses, "vastly rich", according to the biographer John Prince, (1643–1723):

1. Martha Duck (b 1655 - c Jan 1673/74), who married (1) William Duck, (2) Nicholas Duck (1630–1667), of Mount Radford, Exeter, her first cousin once removed, and (3) Sir Thomas Carew, 1st Baronet, of Haccombe;
2. Mary Duck, who married William Harbord, MP, of Grafton Park, Northamptonshire.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ wikipedia:Arthur Duck

• http://thepeerage.com/p20426.htm#i204251

• St. George & Leonard, ed Colby. Heralds' Visitation of Somerset, 1623. Harleian Society 1876. Page 102: Southworth