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Charlotte Gerard

Charlotte Gerard,
born c.1652.
See wikitree.
She mar 1stly to Thomas Mainwaring [or James, of Cheshire].
He died.
She had issue by 1st husband:

1. Charlotte Mainwaring.
   She mar 1691 to Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun.
   They separated.
   He remained a friend and follower of her uncle the 2nd Earl of Macclesfield.
   He was a gambler, rake, fighter and dueller.
   In 1701 he inherited Gawsworth from the 2nd Earl of Macclesfield (died 1701).
   He died in the Hamilton-Mohun Duel in 1712.

Charlotte mar 2ndly, est c.1685, to Sir Thomas Orby, 3rd Baronet and had issue.
3rd Baronet died 1724.

She was party to a legal case of March 1727.
She apparently mar 3rdly (in old age) to Edward Manby.
[Green, 1879] says she died c.1727, age 75, in parish of St.George Hanover Square, London.
She might be Charlotte Orby, died 5 Apr 1727, who is listed in Musgrave's Obituaries Prior to 1800, parts 3 & 4.
Administration of will 7 March 1729 [new style year, at the time this was regarded as the end of 1728].
Probate in Ireland in 1729. See image from index. Lists her as "Charlotte Dame Lady Orby". Which casts doubt on whether she did marry Edward Manby.
Edward Manby fl 1736.

Charlotte Gerard (now a widow) is party to a legal case of March 1727.

Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun.
Portrait 1707. From NPG. Also here.