Maria Bathurst

     Maria was born in Northamptonshire, England, at the manor of Francks in the parish of Horton Kirby. She was the daughter of Lancelot Bathurst and Judith Randolph. Maria married Edmund Pershall, son of Richard Pershall and Isabella Rolleston, in 1583 in London, County Middlesex, England. She is mentioned on 1 March 1620 in the will of her brother Henry Bathurst. It is assumed Maria died before 26 March 1629 as she was not mentioned in her husband's will that he wrote on that day.