GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
2609
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-2814)
Name
Katherine Gell
Gender
Female
Lived
b. ca. 1624-03-11 d. ca. 1671-01-01 (new)
Linked Sermons
Sermon 1 on Psalms 50:15
(autograph: No )
- subject of sermon
Source of Data (Contributor name)
Catherine Evans
Biographical Sources Consulted
ODNB (Article: 66997).
Other note
Religious patron and correspondent of Richard Baxter. Precise date of birth unknown, but Gell was baptized on 11 March 1623/4. Daughter of the politician John Packer (1572-1649), who was a parliamentarian during the Civil War period. Katherine married John Gell (1612-1689), son of a parliamentarian commander of the same name. She lived at Hopton Hall from 1646 until her death sometime in 1671.
GEMMS record created
December 29, 2019
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024