Mary Verney (1675 – February 1696) known also as Molly, & Mall Klenyg was an English noblewoman best known for having the first instance of recorded use of the word Japan as a verb in English in 1683. == Biography == Verney was born in 1675 to Mary Abell (1641-1715) and Edmund Verney (1636-1688), the granddaughter of Mary Blacknall (1616-1650) and Ralph Verney (1613-1696).
Mary Verney (1675 – February 1696) known also as Molly, & Mall Klenyg was an English noblewoman best known for having the first instance of recorded use of the word Japan as a verb in English in 1683. == Biography == Verney was born in 1675 to Mary Abell (1641-1715) and Edmund Verney (1636-1688), the granddaughter of Mary Blacknall (1616-1650) and Ralph Verney (1613-1696).
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