Amy's brother Sir Thomas Bridges (1615-1706) was an ardent Cavalier, royalist Governor of Bath, and High Sheriff of Somerset.
Biographical details compiled by Amy's descendant, Todd Whitesides.
Amy's brother Sir Thomas Bridges (1615-1706) was an ardent Cavalier, royalist Governor of Bath, and High Sheriff of Somerset.
Biographical details compiled by Amy's descendant, Todd Whitesides.
Inscription
In Memory of Amy, the wife of Thomas Symes, Esqr. of this Parish, Daughter of Edward Bridges, of Keynsham in the County of Somerset, Esqr. descended from the noble Family of the Lord Chandois, Baron of Sudely Castle in the County of Gloucester, who through her Extraction was Honourable, yet by her Examplary Life and Manners became an honour to her Family and after 17 Years spent in her minority and 20 Years in Wedlock in which interval she was mother of twelve Sons and four Daughters, changed this mortal State for an immortall the 30th of April 1662.
Gravesite Details
On the monument are these Arms: Azure, three escallops in pale Or [Symes], impaling, Argent, on a cross sable a leopard's face Or [Bridges].
Family Members
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Thomas Symes
1641–1681
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Capt George Symes
1643–1698
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CPT John Symes
1644–1687
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Edward Symes
1645 – unknown
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Rev Charles Symes
1650–1710
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Amy Symes Trewman
1651–1677
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Katherine Symes Harris
1652 – unknown
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Capt Henry Symes
1653–1714
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Elizabeth Symes
1656–1676
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Richard Symes
1657–1728
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Joseph Symes
1660 – unknown
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Benjamin Symes
1662–1662
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William Symes
unknown–1688