Martha Carey, Countess of Monmouth

Martha Carey (née Cranfield), Countess of Monmouth (christened 12 July 1601 – 10 April 1677) was an English noblewoman born in Middlesex, England to Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex and Elizabeth Shepard. On 6 November 1652 Martha married Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth son of Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth and Elizabeth Trevannion. Martha and Henry had ten children.

Children

1. Lionel Carey (born about 1622)
2. Henry Carey (1623 – 5 November 1649) married Lady Mary Scrope
3. Lady Anne Carey (ca. 1626 – 15 January, 1688/89) married (1) James Hamilton (2) Robert Maxwell
4. Lady Philadelphia Carey (born ca. 1628 – died before June, 1661)
5. Lady Elizabeth Carey (born ca. 1630 – 14 December 1676)
6. Lady Mary Carey (born ca. 1632 – died after 1682) married William Fielding
7. Lady Trevaniana Carey (born ca. 1634 – died before June, 1661)
8. Lady Martha Carey (born ca. 1635 – 23 January 1705) married John Middleton, 1st Earl of Middleton
9. Lady Theophila Carey (born ca. 1637 – died before June, 1661)
10. Lady Magdalena Carey (born ca. 1639 – died before June, 1661)

References

• familysearch.org Accessed March 21, 2008
• Descendants of Mary Boleyn Accessed April 2, 2008

External links

• Memoirs of the life of Robert Cary googlebooks