Katherine Fane

Abt 1700 - 1731  (~ 22 years)

• Name	Katherine Fane
  Relationship	with Marion Murdoch Johnson
  Gender	Female
  Birth	Abt 1700
  Research Status	Brick Wall
  Death	Between 1722 and 1731
  	Gilbert re-married in 1732
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2021

  
  

  Husband	Gilbert Fleming           b. Abt 1689             d. Abt Jan 1762 (Age ~ 73 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1720
  Age at Marriage	Katherine was ~ 20 years old - Gilbert was ~ 31 years old.
  Children	1. Katherine Fleming           b. Abt Mar 1720             d. Between 1745 and 1771 (Age ~ 24 years)   2. Ann Fleming           b. Abt 1723, Antigua           d. Abt Jul 1724, Antigua (Age ~ 1 years)   3. Gilbert Fane Fleming           b. Between 1715 and 1731   4. Scrope Joseph Fleming           b. Between 1715 and 1731             d. Aft 1747 (Age ~ 33 years)
  Last Modified	28 May 2020

  
  

• Notes

  See the entry for Katherine's husband Gilbert Fleming for some discussion on why it's most likely that his wife (the person on this page) was called Katherine Fane. Early Life Online trees suggest that Katherine was a sister of Henry Fane of Wormsley and so a daughter of Henry Fane of Brympton and his wife Anne Scrope. The dates work, as the children of Henry Fane of Brympton were born around 1700. If Katherine was born too around this time, then she would have been 10 years younger than her husband Gilbert Fleming. Henry Fane of Brympton's will (dated 1726) mentions an un-named daughter, married to John Henley, with sons called Thomas, Henry and Francis. But there is no mention of a daughter called Katherine. This might be because she was already dead by 1726 when he wrote the will (as discussed below, Katherine must have died before c. 1732, and could have died before 1726 as her last child was born in 1723). Henry's will also makes it clear that his wife Anne Scrope had predeceased him, but unfortunately I can't find a will for her. I have found a likely baptism for a daughter Mary, (24 Sep 1696) in Bristol, daughter of "Mr Henry Fane" and "Ann"; I think she must be the one who married John Henley. I cannot find any other baptismal records, not even for the known three sons of Henry and Ann, so this doesn't really help to establish whether Katherine was their daughter. Going further up the tree, Thomas Scrope (Anne's father) died in Bristol 1704 but his will makes no mention of any grand-daughter at all so is not of any help. The conclusion is that there is only circumstantial evidence that Katherine, wife of Gilbert Fleming was indeed Katherine Fane daughter of Henry Fane of Brympton and so, tempting as it may be, I don't continue her tree upwards to the (annoyingly well-documented) Fane family. Family Life Katherine married Gilbert Fleming, presumably some time around 1717-1718, given that their daughter Katherine was born in 1720 and she was not the eldest daughter. Death Katherine must have died before around 1732, which is when her husband Gilbert re-married (to Ann Mathew).