Margaret Claggett

Margaret Adams Claggett

• BIRTH 25 Oct 1616 Greater London, England
• DEATH Sep 1689 (aged 72) Greater London, England
• BURIAL City of London Cemetery and Crematorium, Newham, London Borough of Newham, Greater London, England
• MEMORIAL ID 176668590

Margaret Adams, daughter of Sir Thomas Adams and Anne Mapted, was born in St. Leonard, Eastcheap, Bridge Ward, London and was baptised there on 25 October 1616. In 1635 she married Sir Edward Claggett who would later serve in her father's London regiment. They were the parents of ten children. Margaret died sometime before September 1689 in St. Leonard, London. She is assumed to have been buried with her husband at St. Benet Gracechurch in Bridge Ward, London. The church, located at the southwest corner of Fenchurch Street and Grace Church Street, derives its name from its dedication to Saint Benedict, or Bennett, and its vicinity to the grass market, which was anciently held before its western door.

The church was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666, and was rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren, being completed in 1685. Prior to its demolition in 1868, the interments were reburied in the City of London Cemetery in Manor Park. The Church of St. Leonard Eastcheap was also destroyed in the Great Fire but was not rebuilt. It stood on Fish Street Hill, on the corner of Eastcheap, in the Ward of Bridge Within, located north of the Thames. The site of the church was retained as a graveyard. The present church is now the parochial church of the two united parishes.

Parents
Thomas Adams 1586–1668
Anne Mapted Adams 1592–1642

Spouse
Edward B Claggett 1613–1673

Siblings
Thomas Adams 1618–1668
Joseph Adams 1623–1624
Anne Adams 1628–1706
William Adams 1634–1687

Children
William Clagett 1637–1681
George Clagett 1644–1703
Thomas Clagett 1645–1703

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