Elizabeth Simcoe

Elizabeth Posthuma Gwillim (1762 (or 1766?)-1850) was the wife of John Graves Simcoe. She was born in the village of Whitchurch in Herefordshire, England. She named the Scarborough, Ontario area of the Greater Toronto Area after Scarborough, England. They had four daughters.

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1762 - 1850 - Wife - John Graves Simcoe - Whitchurch - Herefordshire - England - Scarborough, Ontario - Greater Toronto Area - Scarborough, England - Daughter

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She was born to Elizabeth Spinckes and Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Gwillim. Elizabeth's father died months before her birth and her mother died shortly after her birth. Elizabeth was given the name Posthuma in commemoration of her mother. She was baptized the same day as her mother's burial. Her mother?s younger sister Margaret, who married Admiral Samuel Graves in 1769, took Elizaeth into her care. When

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Lieutenant Colonel - Father - Mother - Baptized - Admiral - Samuel Graves - 1769

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She met John Simcoe in 1782 and married him that year.

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1782 - Married

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