She was born to Sir John Lisle, Chief Lord Justice for Lord Cromwell, and Lady Alicia Beconsaw. She was the wife of Leonard Hoar, Physician, Preacher and third President of Harvard College. She married him 4 July 1672 in Boston. After he died, she married Hezekiah Usher, Jr. 29 Nov 1676. She was the mother of Tryphena, born 25 Mar 1670 and Bridget, born 13 Mar 1673.
Bridget Lisle Hoar's mother was 2nd wife to Sir John Lisle, and her name was Alice (Alicia) Beconsaw, born Sep 1617 died (beheaded) 2 Sep 1685. Sir John Lisle's 1st wife was Mary Elizabeth Hobart, died 15 Mar 1633 4 days after giving birth to a son, who died in infancy. Sir John Lisle was also known as the Regicide, in charge of sentencing King Charles I to death in Jan 1649. Sir John escaped to Switzerland just before 15 May 1660 (when all the ports in England were closed) and was assassinated 11 Aug 1664 in Lausanne. Bridget's mother, Lady Alice, was arrested for giving shelter to three men who supported the Duke of Monmouth, making her a traitor also. A mock trial headed by Judge Jeffreys found her guilty and sentenced her to burning alive, but that was commuted by James II to beheading, due to her station in life. (REF: The Regicide's Widow, Lady Alice Lisle and the Bloody Assize, by Antony Whitaker, Sutton Publishing UK, 2006)
Bridget Lisle Hoar's mother was 2nd wife to Sir John Lisle, and her name was Alice (Alicia) Beconsaw, born Sep 1617 died (beheaded) 2 Sep 1685. Sir John Lisle's 1st wife was Mary Elizabeth Hobart, died 15 Mar 1633 4 days after giving birth to a son, who died in infancy. Sir John Lisle was also known as the Regicide, in charge of sentencing King Charles I to death in Jan 1649. Sir John escaped to Switzerland just before 15 May 1660 (when all the ports in England were closed) and was assassinated 11 Aug 1664 in Lausanne. Bridget's mother, Lady Alice, was arrested for giving shelter to three men who supported the Duke of Monmouth, making her a traitor also. A mock trial headed by Judge Jeffreys found her guilty and sentenced her to burning alive, but that was commuted by James II to beheading, due to her station in life. (REF: The Regicide's Widow, Lady Alice Lisle and the Bloody Assize, by Antony Whitaker, Sutton Publishing UK, 2006)
She was born to Sir John Lisle, Chief Lord Justice for Lord Cromwell, and Lady Alicia Beconsaw. She was the wife of Leonard Hoar, Physician, Preacher and third President of Harvard College. She married him 4 July 1672 in Boston. After he died, she married Hezekiah Usher, Jr. 29 Nov 1676. She was the mother of Tryphena, born 25 Mar 1670 and Bridget, born 13 Mar 1673.
Bridget Lisle Hoar's mother was 2nd wife to Sir John Lisle, and her name was Alice (Alicia) Beconsaw, born Sep 1617 died (beheaded) 2 Sep 1685. Sir John Lisle's 1st wife was Mary Elizabeth Hobart, died 15 Mar 1633 4 days after giving birth to a son, who died in infancy. Sir John Lisle was also known as the Regicide, in charge of sentencing King Charles I to death in Jan 1649. Sir John escaped to Switzerland just before 15 May 1660 (when all the ports in England were closed) and was assassinated 11 Aug 1664 in Lausanne. Bridget's mother, Lady Alice, was arrested for giving shelter to three men who supported the Duke of Monmouth, making her a traitor also. A mock trial headed by Judge Jeffreys found her guilty and sentenced her to burning alive, but that was commuted by James II to beheading, due to her station in life. (REF: The Regicide's Widow, Lady Alice Lisle and the Bloody Assize, by Antony Whitaker, Sutton Publishing UK, 2006)
Bridget Lisle Hoar's mother was 2nd wife to Sir John Lisle, and her name was Alice (Alicia) Beconsaw, born Sep 1617 died (beheaded) 2 Sep 1685. Sir John Lisle's 1st wife was Mary Elizabeth Hobart, died 15 Mar 1633 4 days after giving birth to a son, who died in infancy. Sir John Lisle was also known as the Regicide, in charge of sentencing King Charles I to death in Jan 1649. Sir John escaped to Switzerland just before 15 May 1660 (when all the ports in England were closed) and was assassinated 11 Aug 1664 in Lausanne. Bridget's mother, Lady Alice, was arrested for giving shelter to three men who supported the Duke of Monmouth, making her a traitor also. A mock trial headed by Judge Jeffreys found her guilty and sentenced her to burning alive, but that was commuted by James II to beheading, due to her station in life. (REF: The Regicide's Widow, Lady Alice Lisle and the Bloody Assize, by Antony Whitaker, Sutton Publishing UK, 2006)
Inscription
Bridget,
Widow of President
Leonard Hoar,
Died May 25, 1723.
Daughter of
John Lord Lisle
President of the
High Court of Justice,
Lord Commissioner of
The Great Seal, who
Drew the indictment
and sentence of
King Charles I, and
was murdered at
Lausanne Aug. 11th 1664,
and Lady Alicia Lisel,
who was beheaded by
the brutal judgement
of Jeffries in 1685
She was nearly akin
by Marriage to
Lord William Russell.
Gravesite Details
Buried alongside Joanna Hoar
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