Events
Date of Baptism: 27 March 1547.
Place of Baptism: St Leonard Eastcheap, London.
The baptism is recorded in the parish register.
Date of Death: about 1625.
Place of Death: unknown.
Ellen’s son Edward made his will 27 January 1624/5, making his mother an executor. By the time the will was proved 20 February 1626/7, his mother had died.
Relationships
Father: Robert Southwick.
Ellen’s father is named in her baptism record. Robert’s will names his daughter Ellen.
Mother: Margaret.
Margaret’s marriage and burial are recorded in the St Clement Eastcheap and St Leonard Eastcheap parish registers.
Spouse: John Catcher. Married 10 April 1564 in Saint Andrew Undershaft, London.
The marriage is recorded in the parish register.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Elizabeth Catcher (baptized 21 February 1564 in St Peter le Poer, London) married Ambrose Royston 12 June 1582 in St Peter le Poer, London.
Mary Catcher (baptized 14 February 1566 in St Peter le Poer, London) married married (1) Thomas Moody, grocer to Queen Elizabeth, 2 December 1583 in St Peter le Poer, London; possibly married (2) Thomas Blande.
John Catcher (baptized 25 July 1568 in St Peter le Poer, London - buried 16 November 1638) married (1) Anne Drewe; married (2) Joan; married (3) Cicely. John was knighted, and was sheriff of Berkshire in 1618-19 and M.P. for Truro in 1621.
Edward Catcher (baptized November 1569 in St Peter le Poer, London - died about 1625) of Trinity Hall in Cambridge.
William Catcher (buried 17 January 1627/8 in Truro, Cornwall) married Margaret Pye.
Ellen Catcher (baptized 9 November 1572 in St Peter le Poer, London) married (1) Martin Roberts 13 July 1590 in St Peter le Poer, London; married (2) William Willoughby 13 June 1599 in St Peter le Poer, London.
Robert Catcher (baptized 8 November 1573 in St Peter le Poer, London)
Anthony Catcher (baptized 30 November 1574 in St Peter le Poer, London)
Jane Catcher (baptized 9 June 1577 in St Peter le Poer, London - buried 19 September 1580 in St Peter le Poer)
Thomas Catcher (baptized 29 September 1578 in St Peter le Poer, London)
Richard Catcher (baptized 31 January 1579 in St Peter le Poer, London)
Jane Catcher (baptized 6 January 1580 in St Peter le Poer, London) married Richard Challoner 20 December 1599 in St Peter le Poer, London.
Margaret Catcher (baptized 7 March 1581 in St Peter le Poer, London - buried 22 August 1625 in St Brides Fleet Street) married Edward Kiffin 21 July 1603 in Datchet, Buckinghamshire.
Ursula Catcher (baptized 2 Febuary 1585 in St Peter le Poer, London - died 1618)
Evidence
from the parish registers of St Leonard Eastcheap:
Baptisms
27 Marche 1547 Ellen Southwick daughter of Robert Southwick – S
References
Parish registers of St Clement Eastcheap. Digital images on Ancestry.com.
Parish registers of St Leonard Eastcheap. Digital images on Ancestry.com.
Will of Edward Catcher of Trinity College Cambridge. Proved 1627 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.