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In December 1801, he married Mary Jane Clairmont, a well-educated woman with two young children of her own—Charles and Claire. Most of Godwin's friends disliked his new wife, describing her as quick-tempered and quarrelsome; but Godwin was devoted to her, and the marriage was a success. Mary Godwin, on the other hand, came to detest her ...
Mary Jane Godwin, formerly Clairmont, née de Vial (1768-1841), English translator and bookseller. She was the second wife of philosopher and novelist William Godwin, and together they ran the M. J. Godwin Co. Juvenile Library bookshop and imprint.
Mary Jane Vial Godwin was probably born in Exeter, the daughter of Peter de Vial (d. 1791), a French ordinance merchant, and his first wife, Mary de Vial, née Tremlett (1740–74). Around 1777, she emigrated to France and may have remained there until the Revolution when she and her sister fled to Cadiz where a brother lived.
2 de abr. de 2014 · The family dynamics soon changed with Godwin's marriage to Mary Jane Clairmont in 1801. Clairmont brought her own two children into the union, and she and Godwin later had a son together.
Mary Jane Clairmont Godwin, 1766 - 1841, mother of Charles and Claire Clairmont and the second wife of William Godwin. Little is known about her early life before she and Godwin were married in December 1801. It is assumed from the fact that they were married twice on the same day that she was never legally married to Charles Gaulis Clairmont ...
30 de mar. de 2011 · Find a Grave Memorial ID: 67656758. Source citation. The second wife of the political writer William Godwin, whom she married in 1801. She already had two children, Charles and Claire, from previous relationships and with Godwin she had a further son William. She was also the stepmother of Mary Shelley ( who described her as 'so restless a ...
