Her mother, born Bridget Claypoole or Claypole
, was the only child of two second marriages: her father had formerly been married to one of Oliver Cromwell
's daughters.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.