the shareholders of the Virginia Company. Called the Somers Isles Company, this administered Bermuda until 1684. Eight of Bermuda's nine parishes (originally called tribes) were commercial land, and named for major shareholders of the Company. Paget Parish, in the centre of Bermuda, was named for William Paget in 1617. The coat of arms of the parish is identical to that of Baron Paget de Beaudesert. William Paget died in 1629, and was buried in West Drayton, in Middlesex. Family William married before 19 June 1602 Lettice Knollys (1583–1655), daughter of Sir Henry Knollys (c. 1542 – 21 December 1582), Member of Parliament representing first Shoreham, Kent (1563) and then Oxfordshire, Esquire of the Body to Elizabeth I (son of Sir Francis Knollys and Catherine Carey), and Margaret Cave (1549–1600), daughter of Sir Ambrose Cave and Margaret Willington. William and Lettice had the following children: Dorothy Paget (born c. 1602) Margaret Paget (born c. 1604 – buried 10 September 1652) married Sir William Hicks, 1st Baronet, of Beverston Anne Paget (born c. 1605) married (1) Sir Simon Harcourt (2) William Waller Henry Paget (born c. 1607) William Paget, 5th Baron Paget (13 September 1609 – 19 October 1678) married Lady Frances Rich, daughter of Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland and Isabel Cope Thomas Paget (born c. 1611) Catherine Paget (born c. 1615 – 1695) married Anthony Irby Notes References Paget family Accessed 4 March 2009 familysearch.org Accessed 4 March 2009 endnotes: External links Bermuda Online: Paget Parish National Archives: Records for Paget, William (1572-1628) 4th Baron Paget 1572 births 1629 deaths History of Bermuda William People from Cannock Chase District 16th-century English nobility 17th-century English nobility Barons Paget