Biography of Edward Gage 1st Baronet 1617-1707

On 28th June 1611 [his father] John Gage 1st Baronet [aged 41] and [his mother] Penelope Darcy Lady Gage [aged 18] were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers [aged 46] and [his grandmother] Mary Kitson Countess Rivers [aged 44].

Around 1617 Edward Gage 1st Baronet was born to John Gage 1st Baronet [aged 47] and Penelope Darcy Lady Gage [aged 24] at Firle, East Sussex.

On 3rd October 1633 [his father] John Gage 1st Baronet [aged 63] died. His son [his brother] Thomas [aged 36] succeeded 2nd Baronet Gage of Firley in Sussex.

In 1642 [his step-father] William Hervey [aged 55] and [his mother] Penelope Darcy Lady Gage [aged 49] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers and [his grandmother] Mary Kitson Countess Rivers [aged 74].

In 1648 Edward Gage 1st Baronet [aged 31] and Mary Hervey Lady Gage were married.

Around 1651 [his son] William Gage 2nd Baronet was born to Edward Gage 1st Baronet [aged 34] and [his wife] Mary Hervey Lady Gage. He married after 2nd April 1704 Merelina Jermyn Lady Gage Lady Spring, daughter of Thomas Jermyn 2nd Baron Jermyn and Mary Merry Baroness Jermyn, and had issue.

On 2nd July 1661 [his mother] Penelope Darcy Lady Gage [aged 68] died at Firle, East Sussex.

On 15th July 1662 Edward Gage 1st Baronet [aged 45] was created 1st Baronet Gage of Hengrave in Suffolk. [his wife] Mary Hervey Lady Gage by marriage Lady Gage of Hengrave in Suffolk.

Before 1669 Edward Gage 1st Baronet [aged 51] and Bridget Feilding Lady Gage were married. She by marriage Lady Gage of Hengrave in Suffolk. He would, eleven years later, marry her sister Frances Feilding Lady Gage; an example of Married to Two Siblings. She the daughter of George Feilding 1st Earl Desmond and Bridget Stanhope Countess Desmond [aged 53]. They were fifth cousin once removed.

Before 1669 Edward Gage 1st Baronet [aged 51] and Anne Watkins Lady Gage were married. She by marriage Lady Gage of Hengrave in Suffolk.

Before 1669 Edward Gage 1st Baronet [aged 51] and Frances Aston Lady Gage [aged 33] were married. She by marriage Lady Gage of Hengrave in Suffolk.

In 1669 [his wife] Bridget Feilding Lady Gage died.

Before 1680 Edward Gage 1st Baronet [aged 62] and Frances Feilding Lady Gage were married. She by marriage Lady Gage of Hengrave in Suffolk. She the sister of his previous wife Bridget Feilding Lady Gage; an example of Married to Two Siblings. She the daughter of George Feilding 1st Earl Desmond and Bridget Stanhope Countess Desmond [aged 64]. They were fifth cousin once removed.

In 1680 [his wife] Frances Feilding Lady Gage died.

After 2nd April 1704 [his son] William Gage 2nd Baronet [aged 53] and [his daughter-in-law] Merelina Jermyn Lady Gage Lady Spring [aged 31] were married. The difference in their ages was 22 years.

On 31st January 1707 Edward Gage 1st Baronet [aged 90] died. His son William [aged 56] succeeded 2nd Baronet Gage of Hengrave in Suffolk. Merelina Jermyn Lady Gage Lady Spring [aged 34] by marriage Lady Gage of Hengrave in Suffolk.

George Trenchard and [his mother] Penelope Darcy Lady Gage were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Thomas Darcy 1st Earl Rivers and [his grandmother] Mary Kitson Countess Rivers.