Biography of Isabella Saunders 1605-1657

Diary of Isabella Twysden: Introduction. 3rd August 1563. Sir Roger's [her future mother-in-law] mother liked to be attended by a young lady in waiting, and Isabella Saunder was performing this function in 1633, possibly because her [her father] father had ruined himself over the New River, Isabella inherited the heraldic achievements of the Saunder family, as her only brother died unmarried, but was heir to nothing else.

Diary of Isabella Twysden: Introduction. The Diary Of Isabella, Wife Of Sir [her future husband] Roger Twysden, Baronet, Of Royden Hall, East Peckham, 1645-1651.

3rd August 1563. By The Rev. F. W. Bennitt, M.A.

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Before 1583 [her father] Nicholas Saunders of Nonsuch and Ewell in Surrey (age 19) and [her step-mother] Elizabeth Blount (age 17) were married.

In 1605 Isabella Saunders was born to Nicholas Saunders of Nonsuch and Ewell in Surrey (age 42).

In 1635 Roger Twysden 2nd Baronet (age 37) and Isabella Saunders (age 30) were married.

On 11th December 1635 [her son] William Twysden 3rd Baronet was born to [her husband] Roger Twysden 2nd Baronet (age 38) and Isabella Saunders (age 30).

On 7th November 1640 [her daughter] Frances Twysden was born to [her husband] Roger Twysden 2nd Baronet (age 43) and Isabella Saunders (age 35).

On 9th February 1649 [her father] Nicholas Saunders of Nonsuch and Ewell in Surrey (age 86) died.

In 1657 Isabella Saunders (age 52) died. She was buried at St Michael's Church East Peckham.

On 27th June 1672 [her former husband] Roger Twysden 2nd Baronet (age 74) died. His son [her son] William (age 36) succeeded 3rd Baronet Twysden of Roydon in Kent.

Diary of Isabella Twysden: Introduction. This Diary of Lady Twysden's is in the British Museum, Additional Manuscripts numbered 34169; it was sold at Sotheby's to the Museum in 1892.

Isabella was the third and youngest daughter of Sir [her father] Nicholas Saunder of Nonsuch, near Swell in Surrey. Born in 1605, she married in 1635 and died in 1657. Sir Roger was thirty-seven at the time of his marriage.