Molly Verney

Molley Verney
Born(1675-01-01)1 January 1675
Died1 February 1696(1696-02-01) (aged 21)
Kingdom of England
OccupationGenteel Lady
Known forHaving the first recorded instance of using Japan as a verb in 1683
SpouseMr.Kelyng

Mary Verney (1675 – February 1696) known also as Molly, & Mall Klenyg was a British noblewoman best known for having the first instance of recorded use of the word Japan as a verb in English in 1683.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Period of Queen Anne, John Percy Blake, Alfred Edward Reveirs-Hopkins, 1911, p.99, F.A.Stokes
  2. ^ Tides in English taste (1619-1800); a background for the study of literature, Allen Beverly Sprague, 1958, pp.189-203
  3. ^ Purcell: A Biography, Jonathan Keates, 1995, p.175