Biography of Elizabeth Prettyman 1610-1652

Paternal Family Tree: Pretyman

In or before 1610 [her father] John Prettyman (age 43) and [her mother] Mary Bourchier were married.

Around 1610 Elizabeth Prettyman was born to John Prettyman (age 43) and Mary Bourchier.

Before 1635 Richard Browne 1st Baronet (age 30) and Elizabeth Prettyman (age 24) were married.

In 1635 [her daughter] Mary Browne was born to [her husband] Richard Browne 1st Baronet (age 30) and Elizabeth Prettyman (age 25).

On 22 Dec 1638 [her father] John Prettyman (age 71) died.

Before 10 Sep 1647 [her son-in-law] John Evelyn (age 26) and [her daughter] Mary Browne (age 12) were married by Bishop John Earle (age 46) at Paris [Map]. She is first mentioned in his diary John Evelyn's Diary on 10th September 1647.

Evelyn's Diary. 10 Sep 1647. Being called into England, to settle my affairs after an absence of four years, I took leave of the Prince (age 17) and Queen (age 37), leaving my [her daughter] wife (age 12), yet very young, under the care of an excellent lady and prudent mother (age 37).

In 1649 [her husband] Richard Browne 1st Baronet (age 44) was created 1st Baronet Browne of Deptford in Kent.

Evelyn's Diary. 16 Feb 1649. Paris [Map] being now strictly besieged by the Prince de Condé (age 27), my [her daughter] wife (age 14) being shut up with her [her husband] father (age 44) and mother (age 39), I wrote a letter of consolation to her: and, on the 22d, having recommended Obadiah Walker (age 33), a learned and most ingenious person, to be tutor to, and travel with, Mr. Hillyard's two sons, returned to Sayes Court, Deptford [Map].

Evelyn's Diary. 11 Jun 1652. About four in the afternoon, being at bowls on the green, we discovered a vessel which proved to be that in which my [her daughter] wife (age 17) was, and which got into the harbor about eight that evening, to my no small joy. They had been three days at sea, and escaped the Dutch fleet, through which they passed, taken for fishers, which was great good fortune, there being seventeen bales of furniture and other rich plunder, which I bless God came all safe to land, together with my wife, and my Lady Browne (age 42), her mother, who accompanied her. My wife being discomposed by having been so long at sea, we set not forth toward home till the 14th, when, hearing the smallpox was very rife in and about London, and Lady Browne having a desire to drink Tunbridge waters, I carried them thither, and stayed in a very sweet place, private and refreshing, and took the waters myself till the 23d, when I went to prepare for their reception, leaving them for the present in their little cottage by the Wells.

Evelyn's Diary. 22 Sep 1652. I went to Woodcott, where Lady Browne (age 42) was taken with scarlet fever, and died. She was carried to Deptford, and interred in the church near [her husband] Sir Richard's (age 47) relations with all decent ceremonies, and according to the church-office, for which I obtained permission, after it had not been used in that church for seven years. Thus ended an excellent and virtuous lady, universally lamented, having been so obliging on all occasions to those who continually frequented her house in Paris, which was not only an hospital, but an asylum to all our persecuted and afflicted countrymen, during eleven years' residence there in that honorable situation.

On 22 Sep 1652 Elizabeth Prettyman (age 42) died.

Evelyn's Diary. 25 Apr 1667. Visited again the Duke of Newcastle (age 74), with whom I had been acquainted long before in France, where the Duchess (age 44) had obligation to [her daughter] my wife's (age 32) mother for her marriage there; she was sister to Lord Lucas (age 60), and maid of honor then to the Queen-Mother (age 57); married in our chapel at Paris. My wife being with me, the Duke and Duchess both would needs bring her to the very Court.

On 12 Feb 1683 [her former husband] Richard Browne 1st Baronet (age 78) died at Charlton, Kent. He was buried at St. Baronet Browne of Deptford in Kent extinct.

Ancestors of Elizabeth Prettyman 1610-1652

GrandFather: William Pretyman

Father: John Prettyman

Elizabeth Prettyman

GrandFather: William Bourchier

Mother: Mary Bourchier