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Mary Petre, in religion Mary Joseph.
Born: 1639.
Died: 5 Jan 1693 in Rouen, aged 56.

father: William Petre of Bellhouse, Stanford Rivers, Essex
mother: Lucy Fermor of Somerton, Oxon

Poor Clares, Rouen choir nun.
She was clothed 17 Mar 1654.

She professed 19 Mar 1655, aged 17. Her dowry was £500.

Apothecary in 1656
Vicaress in 1691

She was the great aunt of Penelope Petre, Winefride Petre, Mary Petre, Mary Anne Petre, Anne Petre, Bridget Petre.
She was the sister of Lucy Petre, Elizabeth Petre.
She was the cousin of Mary Petre, Mary Morgan, Henrietta Fermor, Mary Fermor, Anne Fermor, Mary Roper, Catherine Sheldon, Catherine Caryll, Barbara Caryll, Frances Caryll, Elizabeth Caryll, Elizabeth Caryll, Mary Caryll.
She was the niece of Cornelia Fermor.

Sources: Rouen Poor Clares Profession Book; Rouen Chronicle I: 103-104, 106, 111, 327, 340, 345.

Family tree (Petre of Writtle)
Family tree (Smith Carington)

Notes:

Her father was a benefactor of the house, R chron I 17.