Margaret Selwyn

Alternate Names

     She was also known as Mrs Margaret Browning named at marriage, the will of her son Charles showing this was the surname of her first husband. Her married name was Glanville.

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Margaret Selwyn was born circa 1651.
     She married Samuel Browning after 2 April 1673 at Gloucester, GLS, ENG.
     She married Rev Joseph Glanville, son of Nicholas Glanville and Joane (Surname Unknown), on 3 December 1679 at St Botolphs, Bishopsdate, LND, ENG, Canterbury may be licence location. Her age recorded 28. The London location derived from a Marriage Allegation held by Lambeth Palace Library dating (as per the licence) to 3 Dec 1679.
Canterbury being the source of Allegations for Marriage Licences Issue by the Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Margaret Selwyn and Samuel Browning obtained a marriage license on 2 April 1673 at Gloucester, GLS, ENG; Samuel Browning aged 22 and Margaret Selwyn aged 21. Both residents of Glos.
     She died after 1680 at ENG.
     She was buried at Cathedral, Gloucester, GLS, ENG, according to the will of her son Charles.
Her Monumental Inscription reads "Uxor ejus secunda e Selvinorum prosapia in Com. Glocestrensi, Maerens posuit" (the second wife, of Selwyn stock in the county Glos, set in grief.)

Other information

     Margaret was married 2 times.
     On 3 October 1680 she was made executor in the will of her husband, proving it just under 3 months later.