The judge Sir Gilbert Gerard acted as her de facto godparent.
[1] She married Simon Harcourt whilst he was a soldier serving on the continent.
[2] She was able to obtain £500 a year from her husband's estate at Stanton Harcourt which helped with the debts she was left with.
In consideration of Harcourt's services in Ireland his widow received a parliamentary grant on 3 August 1648 of the lands of Corbally, County Dublin.
Nevertheless her son Philip Harcourt married her step daughter Ann Waller.