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INTRODUCTION

Esquire, in Ely; an opulent man, a kind of hereditary Farmer of the Cathedral Tithes and Church lands round that city; in which capacity his son, Sir Thomas Steward, Knight, in due time succeeded him, resident also at Ely. Elizabeth was a young widow when Robert Cromwell married her: the first marriage, to one ‘William Lynne, Esquire, of Bassingbourne in Cambridgeshire,’ had lasted but a year: husband and only child are buried in Ely Cathedral, where their monument still stands; the date of their deaths, which followed near on one another, is 1589.^[1] The exact date of the young widow’s marriage to Robert Cromwell is nowhere given; but seems to have been in 1591.^[2] Our Oliver was their fifth child; their second boy; but the first soon died. They had ten children in all; of whom seven came to maturity, and Oliver was their only son. I may as well print the little Note, smelted long ago out of huge dross-heaps in Noble’s Book, that the reader too may have his small benefit of it.^[3]

↑ Noble, ii. 198, and ms. penes me.
↑ Ibid. i. 88.
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Oliver Cromwell’s Brothers and Sisters.

Oliver’s Mother had been a widow (Mrs. Lynne of Bassingbourne) before marrying Robert Cromwell; neither her age nor his is discoverable here.
1. First child (seemingly), Joan, baptised 24th September 1592; she died in 1600 (Noble, i. 88).
2. Elizabeth, 14th October 1593; died unmarried, thinks Noble, in 1672, at Ely.—See Appendix, No, 23, a Letter in regard to her, which has turned up. (Note of 1857.)
3. Henry, 31st August 1595; died young, ‘before 1617.’
4. Catherine, 7th February 1596-7; married to Whitstone, a Parliamentary Officer; then to Colonel Jones.
5. Oliver, born 25th April 1599.
6. Margaret, 22d February 1600-1; she became Mrs. Wanton, or Walton, Huntingdonshire; her son was killed at Marston Moor,—as we shall see.
7. Anna, 2d January 1602-3; Mrs. Sewster, Huntingdonshire; died 1st November 1646:—her Brother Oliver had just ended the ‘first Civil War’ then.
8. Jane, 19th January 1605-6; Mrs, Desborow, Cambridgeshire; died, seemingly, in 1656.
9. Robert, 18th January 1608-9; died same April.
10. Robina, so named for the above Robert: uncertain date: became Mrs. Dr. French; then wife of Bishop Wilkins: her daughter by French, her one child, was married to Archbishop Tillotson.

[1] Noble, ii. 198, and ms. penes me.

[2] Ibid. i. 88.

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Oliver Cromwell’s Brothers and Sisters.

Oliver’s Mother had been a widow (Mrs. Lynne of Bassingbourne) before marrying Robert Cromwell; neither her age nor his is discoverable here.

First child (seemingly), Joan, baptised 24th September 1592; she died in 1600 (Noble, i. 88).

Elizabeth, 14th October 1593; died unmarried, thinks Noble, in 1672, at Ely.—See Appendix, No, 23, a Letter in regard to her, which has turned up. (Note of 1857.)

Henry, 31st August 1595; died young, ‘before 1617.’

Catherine, 7th February 1596-7; married to Whitstone, a Parliamentary Officer; then to Colonel Jones.

Oliver, born 25th April 1599.

Margaret, 22d February 1600-1; she became Mrs. Wanton, or Walton, Huntingdonshire; her son was killed at Marston Moor,—as we shall see.

Anna, 2d January 1602-3; Mrs. Sewster, Huntingdonshire; died 1st November 1646:—her Brother Oliver had just ended the ‘first Civil War’ then.

Jane, 19th January 1605-6; Mrs, Desborow, Cambridgeshire; died, seemingly, in 1656.

Robert, 18th January 1608-9; died same April.

Robina, so named for the above Robert: uncertain date: became Mrs. Dr. French; then wife of Bishop Wilkins: her daughter by French, her one child, was married to Archbishop Tillotson.

[4] First child (seemingly), Joan, baptised 24th September 1592; she died in 1600 (Noble, i. 88).

[5] Elizabeth, 14th October 1593; died unmarried, thinks Noble, in 1672, at Ely.—See Appendix, No, 23, a Letter in regard to her, which has turned up. (Note of 1857.)

[6] Henry, 31st August 1595; died young, ‘before 1617.’

[7] Catherine, 7th February 1596-7; married to Whitstone, a Parliamentary Officer; then to Colonel Jones.

[8] Oliver, born 25th April 1599.

[9] Margaret, 22d February 1600-1; she became Mrs. Wanton, or Walton, Huntingdonshire; her son was killed at Marston Moor,—as we shall see.

[10] Anna, 2d January 1602-3; Mrs. Sewster, Huntingdonshire; died 1st November 1646:—her Brother Oliver had just ended the ‘first Civil War’ then.

[11] Jane, 19th January 1605-6; Mrs, Desborow, Cambridgeshire; died, seemingly, in 1656.

[12] Robert, 18th January 1608-9; died same April.

[13] Robina, so named for the above Robert: uncertain date: became Mrs. Dr. French; then wife of Bishop Wilkins: her daughter by French, her one child, was married to Archbishop Tillotson.

[14] First child (seemingly), Joan, baptised 24th September 1592; she died in 1600 (Noble, i. 88).

[15] Elizabeth, 14th October 1593; died unmarried, thinks Noble, in 1672, at Ely.—See Appendix, No, 23, a Letter in regard to her, which has turned up. (Note of 1857.)

[16] Henry, 31st August 1595; died young, ‘before 1617.’

[17] Catherine, 7th February 1596-7; married to Whitstone, a Parliamentary Officer; then to Colonel Jones.

[18] Oliver, born 25th April 1599.

[19] Margaret, 22d February 1600-1; she became Mrs. Wanton, or Walton, Huntingdonshire; her son was killed at Marston Moor,—as we shall see.

[20] Anna, 2d January 1602-3; Mrs. Sewster, Huntingdonshire; died 1st November 1646:—her Brother Oliver had just ended the ‘first Civil War’ then.

[21] Jane, 19th January 1605-6; Mrs, Desborow, Cambridgeshire; died, seemingly, in 1656.

[22] Robert, 18th January 1608-9; died same April.

[23] Robina, so named for the above Robert: uncertain date: became Mrs. Dr. French; then wife of Bishop Wilkins: her daughter by French, her one child, was married to Archbishop Tillotson.

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