Mary Carleton

Mary Carleton
Born
Mary Moders

(1642-08-11)11 August 1642
Canterbury, England
Died22 January 1673(1673-01-22) (aged 30)
Tyburn, London, England
Resting placeSt Martin's Churchyard, London, England
Other namesMary Stedman
Known forMarriage fraud
Criminal statusExecuted by hanging
Spouses
  • Thomas Stedman
John Carleton
​
(m. 1663)​
Children2 (died in infancy)
ConvictionsPetty theft
Returning from penal transportation
Criminal penaltyDeath

Mary Carleton (born Mary Moders; 11 August 1642 – 22 January 1673) was an English socialite and fraudster who became famous for using a number of false identities, such as a German princess, to marry and defraud upper-class men.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.