Francis Constable - Family

Family

Francis Constable and his wife Alice had fifteen children:

  1. Alice, baptised 24 September 1615, St. Gregory by St. Paul, London.
  2. Sarah, baptised 16 March 1616/7, St. Gregory by St. Paul, London. (Married Anthony Savage aft. 6 October 1646 at London.) She and her husband were among those who presented the will of her mother for probate.
  3. Joan, baptised 11 September 1618, St. Gregory by St. Paul, London.
  4. Mary, baptised 21 October 1619, St. Andrew, Enfield, Middlesex. She was among those who presented her mother's will for probate.
  5. Elizabeth, baptised 24 October 1620, St. Gregory by St. Paul, London.
  6. Anne, baptised 21 February 1621/2, St. Gregory by St. Paul, London.
  7. Margaret, baptised 26 June 1623, St. Gregory by St. Paul, London. (Married Robert Hunny 1 July 1642 at St. Margaret, Westminster.)
  8. Rachel, baptised 24 September 1624, St. Gregory by St. Paul, London.
  9. Simon, baptised 14 August 1625, Datchet, Buckinghamshire; buried 29 November 1627, St. Andrew Undershaft, London.
  10. Robert (twin), baptised 24 August 1626, St. Andrew Undershaft, London; buried 10 September 1626.
  11. Roger (twin), baptised 24 August 1626, St. Andrew Undershaft, London; buried 10 September 1626.
  12. Alice, baptised 16 March 1627/8, St. Andrew Undershaft, London.
  13. Frances, baptised 5 July 1629, St. Andrew Undershaft, London. She was among those who presented her mother's will for probate.
  14. Rachel, baptised 18 July 1630, St. Andrew Undershaft, London. She was among those who presented her mother's will for probate.
  15. Robert, baptised 2 October 1631, St. Andrew Undershaft, London; buried 28 August 1647, St. Margaret, Westminster.

An interesting claim is made in many genealogies that one of Francis's daughters, Anne Constable, married Richard I Lee, an important figure in the colony of Virginia, who was the ancestor of Confederate General, Robert E. Lee.

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