Elizabeth (Gale) Wilford - My aunt was a merchant adventurer!

Charlene Newport Had you known there were two women in the company?

So cool.

I didn't know that.

Quite a few women continued their husbands business after they died and some took on apprentices. Nothing to the extent of these two women though.

A cool ancestor to have.

There’s a bad pedigree out there though published in NEHGS, so the Wilford tree was screwy. The book puts these London businesswomen into a timeline.

I don't have access to the book here in Aus. I read the page you added as a source.

Which is why I took the screen shot! I would get the “sorry, can’t read it again” message.

But what an exciting time it was. I get to this family via my (problematic) connection to Sandys, the archbishop, friend to explorers.

Here’s a review

http://www.librarything.com/work/18518003/reviews/130900493

And how to be a Mariner in 1553

https://www.historyextra.com/period/tudor/tudors-at-sea-8-ways-to-s...

She’s no longer my aunt BTW, now I go through the Pitts. That’s Geni !

Darn.