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date: 03 April 2020

Branch [née Parry], Elizabethlocked

(1672x87–1740)
  • Andrea McKenzie

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Branch [née Parry], Elizabeth (1672x87–1740), murderer, was born either in Bristol or at Norton St Philip, Somerset, the youngest daughter of a ship's surgeon. Her father, who later 'acquir'd a handsome Fortune' as a shipmaster, gave Elizabeth £2000 upon her marriage to ...

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