Who were the Nuns?

A Prosopographical study of the English Convents in exile 1600-1800

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Margaret Smythe , in religion Mary Xaveria of the Angels.
Born: 1697 in Durham, Durham.
Died: 1777.

Carmelites, Antwerp choir nun.

She professed 8 Sep 1721, aged 24.

She was the sister of Catherine Smythe.
She was the niece of Cathrin Smith , Mary Smith, Anne Smythe.
She was the great niece of Margaret Smith, Isabella Smith.

Sources: Antwerp pb; Hallett, Lives: 127-8.

Family tree (Smythe of Eshe and Acton Burnell)

Notes:

Another sister was a Poor Clare in Portugal (Hallett 127). Father's status given as 'Esq'