Who were the Nuns?

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

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Mary Collins, in religion Marie Benedict.
Born: in Dadmans, Kent.
Died: 17 Jun 1728 in Brussels, aged 85.

father: Mr John Collins of Kent

Benedictines, Brussels choir nun.
She was a widow
She was clothed 13 Jan 1681.

She professed 22 Jun 1683, aged 39.

She was the mother of Maria Crispe.

husband: Mr Henry Crisp of Isle of Thanet, Kent

Sources: Brussels Obit: 110-12; Monasticon Belge, IV-1: 186; Brussels Benedictines Profession Book: 190.

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Widowed twice; placed daughter in convent school and entered the novitiate.