Lucy BERNARD

Abt 1656 - 1693  (~ 37 years)

• Name	Lucy BERNARD  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1656	White Marsh, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America   [1]
  Gender	Female
  _FSFTID	L1JK-1DM
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L1JK-1DM
  _UID	213BCF359E574A39B2E25DAC88344684FBA6
  Death	1693	London, City of London, Greater London, England   [1]
  Burial	Stratford-le-Bow Bow, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England   [1]
  Person ID	I594779468	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Colonel William BERNARD,   b. Sep 1603, Northamptonshire, England d. 31 Mar 1665, White Marsh, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age ~ 61 years)
  Mother	Lucy HIGGINSON,   b. Jan 1626, Berkswell, Warwickshire, England d. 6 Nov 1675, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age ~ 49 years)
  Marriage	1655	Isle of Wight, Virginia, British Colonial America   [2]
  Family ID	F536732154	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dr. Edmund Hugh GWYNN,   b. Abt 1650, Gwynn Island, Mathews, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 10 Mar 1683, Gwynn's Island, Mathews, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age ~ 33 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1674	Virginia, British Colonial America   [3]
  Children	1. Lucy GWYNNE,   b. Abt 1675, Ware Parish, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 22 Nov 1731, Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age ~ 56 years)   2. Mary GWYNN,   b. Abt 1676, Virginia, Colonial America d. 1731, Gloucester, Gloucester, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America (Age ~ 55 years)   3. John GWYNNE,   b. Abt 1677, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F536732153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  Lucy Bernard was the elder daughter of Colonel William Bernard and his wife, Lucy (Higginson) Bernard. Her mother had a prior marriage to Lewis Burwell by which she had a son, Lewis Burwell II. Lucy Bernard; her sister, Elizabeth; and a brother, George Bernard, were raised in Gloucester County, Virginia on Fairfield Plantation, the property of their mother's first husband, which their father helped to administer. Lucy Bernard was married to Dr. Edmund Gwyn by whom she had a son and a daughter, Lucy Gwyn, who married Thomas Reade. Following the death of Dr. Edmund Gwyn, his widow, Lucy (Bernard) Gwyn, married Edward Creffield, Jr., a merchant, and they left Virginia, settling in London. Edward Creffield, Jr., "now of London," left a will, dated 24 Nov 1694, proved 9 Dec 1694, in which he left a bequest to "my Daughter in Lawe [i.e., step-daughter] Mrs. Lucy now or late wife of Mr. Thomas Reed of the County of Gloucester in Virginia one Diamond Ring which my late wife (Mother of said Lucye) used to weare, one Gold Necklace consisting of six chains Fastened to a locket of Massey gold, also..." (Will of Edward Creffield, Junior. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 19 (1911), pages 289-290). Please note this lady has a great deal of inaccurate information regarding her life posted online. She is widely stated to have died November 6, 1675, but this is the documented date of death of her mother, Lucy (Higginson) Burwell Bernard Ludwell, whose tombstone is preserved at Abingdon Episcopal Church Cemetery in White Marsh, Gloucester County, Virginia. She is often given the inaccurate birth date approximation of 1650, or even earlier, at a time when her mother was either married to her first husband, Lewis Burwell, or not even married at all. Additionally, many researchers completely ignore the fact she had a second marriage to Edward Creffield, Jr. and left the colony of Virginia, settling in England, in the city of London. Gravesite Details She was originally buried at Saint Martin-in-the-Fields, but was disinterred and moved to the Ludwell family vault in the Bow Churchyard in 1720.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 3 Oct 2024), entry for Lucy Gwynne, person ID K8PK-7MX. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 3 Oct 2024), entry for William Bernard, person ID M3ND-KM6. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 3 Oct 2024), entry for Lucy Bernard, person ID L1JK-1DM. (Reliability: 3).