Biography of Elizabeth Waller 1st Baroness Shelburne 1636-1708

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In 1636 Elizabeth Waller 1st Baroness Shelburne was born to Hardress Waller (age 32).

Pepy's Diary. 15 Mar 1661. At the office all the morning. At noon Sir Williams both and I at a great fish dinner at the Dolphin, given us by two tax merchants, and very merry we were till night, and so home. This day my wife and Pall went to see my Baroness Kingston (age 25), her brother's lady.

In 1666 [her father] Hardress Waller (age 62) died at Mont Orgueil, Jersey.

In 1667 William Petty (age 43) and Elizabeth Waller 1st Baroness Shelburne (age 31) were married.

In 1671 [her daughter] Anne Petty Countess Kerry was born to [her husband] William Petty (age 47) and Elizabeth Waller 1st Baroness Shelburne (age 35).

Around 1673 [her son] Charles Petty 1st Baron Shelburne was born to [her husband] William Petty (age 49) and Elizabeth Waller 1st Baroness Shelburne (age 37).

Evelyn's Diary. 22 Mar 1675. Supped at [her husband] Sir William Petty's (age 51), with the Bishop of Salisbury, and divers honorable persons. We had a noble entertainment in a house gloriously furnished; the master (age 51) and mistress (age 39) of it were extraordinary persons. Sir William (age 51) was the son of a mean man somewhere in Sussex, and sent from school to Oxford, where he studied Philosophy, but was most eminent in Mathematics and Mechanics; proceeded Doctor of Physic, and was grown famous, as for his learning so for his recovering a poor wench that had been hanged for felony; and her body having been begged (as the custom is) for the anatomy lecture, he bled her, put her to bed to a warm woman, and, with spirits and other means, restored her to life. The young scholars joined and made a little portion, and married her to a man who had several children by her, she living fifteen years after, as I have been assured. Sir William (age 51) came from Oxford to be tutor to a neighbor of mine; thence, when the rebels were dividing their conquests in Ireland, he was employed by them to measure and set out the land, which he did on an easy contract, so much per acre. This he effected so exactly, that it not only furnished him with a great sum of money; but enabled him to purchase an estate worth £4,000 a year. He afterward married the daughter of [her father] Sir Hardress Waller; she was an extraordinary wit as well as beauty, and a prudent woman.

On 22 Oct 1675 [her son] Henry Petty 1st Earl Shelburne was born to [her husband] William Petty (age 52) and Elizabeth Waller 1st Baroness Shelburne (age 39).

On 16 May 1687 [her husband] William Petty (age 63) died.

On 13 Dec 1688 Elizabeth Waller 1st Baroness Shelburne (age 52) was created 1st Baroness Shelburne for life only by King James II of England Scotland and Ireland (age 55). Her son [her son] Charles Petty 1st Baron Shelburne (age 15) was created 1st Baron Shelburne.

In 1692 [her son-in-law] Thomas Fitzmurice 1st Earl Kerry (age 24) and [her daughter] Anne Petty Countess Kerry (age 21) were married. She the daughter of William Petty and Elizabeth Waller 1st Baroness Shelburne (age 56).

In or before 1696 [her son] Charles Petty 1st Baron Shelburne (age 23) and [her daughter-in-law] Mary Williams Baroness Shelburne were married. He the son of William Petty and Elizabeth Waller 1st Baroness Shelburne (age 59).

In 1696 [her son] Charles Petty 1st Baron Shelburne (age 23) died.

In 1699 [her son] Henry Petty 1st Earl Shelburne (age 23) and [her daughter-in-law] Arabella Boyle Countess Shelburne (age 28) were married. He the son of William Petty and Elizabeth Waller 1st Baroness Shelburne (age 63). She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

In Feb 1708 Elizabeth Waller 1st Baroness Shelburne (age 72) died.

Ancestors of Elizabeth Waller 1st Baroness Shelburne 1636-1708

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Waller

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Waller of Groombridge

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Waller of Groombridge

Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Waller of Groombridge

GrandFather: George Waller

Father: Hardress Waller

Elizabeth Waller 1st Baroness Shelburne