Who were the Nuns?

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

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Mary Haggerston, in religion Mary Scholastica.
Born: 1701.
Died: 23 Apr 1757 in Pontoise, aged 56.

father: William Haggerston Esq of Haggerston Castle, Northd
mother: Anne Constable of Everingham, Yorks

Benedictines, Boulogne, Pontoise choir nun.

She professed 28 Aug 1723.

She was the aunt of Mary Haggerston, Elizabeth Haggerston.
She was the great aunt of Catherine Markham.
She was the sister of Jane Haggerston, Elizabeth Haggerston.
She was the kinswoman of Clare Blundell.
She was the great niece of Anne Constable, Elizabeth Constable.

Sources: VO 68H10; Pontoise ob 68H4: 176.

Family tree (Constable of Everingham)
Family tree (Haggerston)

Notes:

Her father was cousin to Clare and Mary Blundell of the Rouen Poor Clares, Alice Blundell of the Gravelines Poor Clares and Joan Selby of the Liège Sepulchrines.