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Margaretta Maria Fraunceis Gwyn

Margaretta Maria Fraunceis - Courtesy Desmond FitzGerald

Margaretta was born in 1765 and her christening took place on May 27th, 1765 in Combe Florey, Somerset.¹ Margaretta 's father was John Fraunceis - Created Gwyn of Forde Abbey 1780 and her mother was Sarah Escott. Her paternal grandparents were William Fraunceis and Joanna Whitlock. She had two brothers named James and William. She was the oldest of the three children. She had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Squire John Fraunceis and Joanna-Phillippa. She died at the age of 36 on September 21st, 1801 in Combe Florey, Somerset.¹

General Notes
- In 1789 Colonel John Fitzgerald, Knight of Glin, Ireland, married his beautiful English wife, Margaretta Maria Fraunceis Gwyn of Forde Abbey, the daughter of a rich west country squire. Her coat of arms is impaled with his on the hall ceiling, which suggests that the house was still being decorated at the time of their marriage.
  
  In June 1801 a private act of parliament in Westminster was passed which forced the sale of part of the Glin estate in order to pay off the many 'encumbrances' which had accrued during the 18th century.
  
  Margaretta died at one of her father's properties, Combe Florey in Somerset, a few months after the act was passed in 1801.
  
  ***Desmond FitzGerald, the current Knight Of Glin, has kindly provided the attached image of Margaretta Maria Fraunceis from a locket in his possession.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- John Fraunceis ^*
  - b.1568 in Combe Florey, Somerset d.1635
  
  Nicholas Fraunceis
  
  Susanna Luttrell ^*
  
  William Fraunceis
  - b.1642 in Combe Florey, Somerset d.Nov 1718
  
  William Fraunceis
  - b.Mar 1706 d.31 Mar 1739
  
  Phillippa Prowse
  
  John Fraunceis - Created Gwyn of Forde Abbey 1780
  - b.1728 d.03 Oct 1789
  
  Joanna Whitlock
  - d.Nov 1730
  
  Margaretta Maria Fraunceis Gwyn
  - b.1765 d.21 Sep 1801 in Combe Florey, Somerset
  
  Sarah Escott
  - d.1793
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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Margaretta 's family

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Margaretta and Colonel John Bateman were married in a religious ceremony on July 16th, 1789 in Combe Florey, Somerset.¹ They had a son named John Fraunceis.

Children
- John Fraunceis FitzGerald, Knight of Glyn
  John Fraunceis was born in 1791. He died at the age of 63 in 1854.

¹ Parish Records

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