Elizabeth Tolderby

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Tolderby was born in 1577, in Lechlade-on-Thames, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Henry John Tolderby, was 26 and her mother, Anne Smith Elkington, was 22. She married Thomas Prence in January 1597, in Northleach, Gloucestershire, England. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. She died on 14 August 1630, in East Shefford, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 53, and was buried in Lambeth, Surrey, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Prence
1574–
Elizabeth Tolderby
1577–1630
Marriage: January 1597
Mary Prence
1598–1664
Thomas Prence
1599–1673
Mercy Prence
1600–1650
Rebecca Prence
1604–1688
Susanna Prence
1602–1678
Katherine Prence
1606–1635
Ann Prince
1612–1679

Sources (4)

  • Elizabeth Prence in the London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
  • The Pioneers of Massachusetts, 1620-1650
  • The Mount Desert widow : genealogy of the Gamble family

Name Meaning

Perhaps an altered form of English Holdenby, a habitational name from Holdenby in Northamptonshire, which is named with the Old Norse personal name Halfdan + Old Norse býr ‘farmstead, settlement’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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