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Elizabeth Wakeman, in religion Elizabeth.
Born: 1629 in Beckford, Gloucs.
Died: 12 Jul 1642 in Ghent, aged 13.

father: Edward Wakeman Esq of Beckford, Gloucs
mother: Mary Cotton of Warblington, Hants

Benedictines, Ghent choir nun.
deathbed profession

She professed 1642.[deathbed profession]

She was the sister of Dorothy Wakeman , Ursula Wakeman , Catherine Wakeman, Anna Wakeman, Teresa Wakeman , Lucy Carew .
She was the cousin of Chrysogona Badger.
She was the niece of Chrysogona Marie Wakeman , Margarette Cotton.

Sources: Ghent Obit: 33-4; Ghent Annals list: 198; Ghent Annals: 21.

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Family tree (Giffard of Chillington)
Family tree (Shelley of Michelgrove-Cotton of Warblington)
Family tree (Wakeman)

Notes:

Permitted to profess on deathbed in spite of extreme youth: the priest promised to release her from her vows should she recover.