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Joan Joan May Herrick
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Birth: Jul. 27, 1578
London
Greater London, England
Death: Jul. 3, 1645
Leicester
Leicestershire, England

Lady Herrick was the daughter of Richard May, Esquire and unknown, of London. She was an attendant at court to Queen Elizabeth I. She married William in London in 1596. Her picture at the Herrick home Beau Manor shows her dressed in a close black gown richly ornamented with lace and fine ruffles turned up close over the sleeves, a watch in one hand, in the other a prayer book, and at her side a feathered fan. The portrait is dated July 27th, 1632, her age 54. Below the photo: "Art may hir outsid thus present to view, How faire within no art or tongue can show." 
 
Family links: 
 Spouse:
  William Herrick (1557 - 1652)
 
 Children:
  Henry Herrick (1598 - 1670)*
 
*Calculated relationship
 
Burial:
Cathedral Church of St Martin
Leicester
Leicestershire, England
Plot: choir tomb beside her husband William
 
Created by: Carolyn Gray
Record added: Feb 25, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 48784121
Joan Joan <i>May</i> Herrick
Added by: Karli Anderson
 
Joan Joan <i>May</i> Herrick
Added by: Karli Anderson
 
Joan Joan <i>May</i> Herrick
Added by: Carolyn Gray
 
 
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From a grateful descendant through your son Henry and his wife Edith of Beverly, MA.
- Carolyn Gray
 Added: Apr. 2, 2010
 
 
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