Bridget Dyer

Female 1753 - 1823  (70 years)


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  • Name Bridget Dyer 
    Born 1753 
    Gender Female 
    Died 3 Aug 1823 
    Age 70 years 
    Buried 11 Aug 1823  Salisbury Cathedral (beneath the spire) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I0314  The Selwyn Family Tree
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2012 

    Father William Dyer,   d. 25 Jan 1805 
    Mother Bridget Charleton 
    Married Feb 1744-5 
    Family ID F511  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rev. John Selwyn,   b. 3 May 1753, Blockley Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Oct 1823  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 9 Oct 1777  Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Lieut. George Brydges Selwyn,   b. 22 Jan 1778, Ludgershall Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1803, on the "Varuna" during a passage home from India Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years)
    +2. Albinia Selwyn,   b. 1780,   d. 26 Feb 1860, Bristol Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     3. Lieut. John Selwyn,   b. 11 Oct 1782, Ludgershall, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1810, Trichinopoly Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years)
    +4. Bridget Selwyn,   b. 1783,   d. 21 May 1867, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     5. Henry Thomas Selwyn,   b. 28 Jul 1788,   d. 17 Aug 1831, Rothesay Castle(ship) off Anglesey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)
     6. Cdr. Charles William Selwyn,   b. 22 Apr 1786,   d. 1820, Exmouth Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years)
    Last Modified 18 Sep 2012 
    Family ID F018  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 9 Oct 1777 - Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 11 Aug 1823 - Salisbury Cathedral (beneath the spire) Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Memorial to Rev. John Selwyn and his wife Bridget in Salisbury Cathedral
    Memorial to Rev. John Selwyn and his wife Bridget in Salisbury Cathedral
    Gravestone of Bridget Selwyn
    Gravestone of Bridget Selwyn
    About 2m to the north of the centre point under the spire of Salisbury Cathedral

    BENEATH THIS STONE
    are deposited the REMAINS of
    Mrs. Bridget Selwyn
    The beloved and
    sincerely lamented wife of
    THE REV. JOHN SELWYN
    Rector of Ludgershall and Coulston
    Both in this County
    And Succentor of this Cathedral
    She died on the 3rd August
    1823
    In the 70th year of her age


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