In 1710, aged 27, she married Benjamin Baron, a yeoman, trader, cordwainer, and shoemaker. In 1623 Robert moved to London, where he became an apprentice cordwainer (shoemaker). A cordwainer () is a shoemaker who makes new shoes from new leather. The origin of the word "cordwainer" is shoemaker (from working with cordovan leather for shoes). For example, "shoemaker" and "cordwainer" have the same meaning. In 1385 he was elected alderman to Cordwainer Ward. On 15 May 1602 he became alderman of Cordwainer ward. Norstrilia is a science fiction novel published by Paul Linebarger under the pseudonym Cordwainer Smith. In London, she brought him a house in Cordwainer Street as part of her dower. He was the son of a cordwainer who later worked as a miner. On July 18, 2008, he won the Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award. In 2002, he received the Cordwainer Smith Foundation's Rediscovery award. Prior to the 2003 changes it also bounded Cordwainer ward. In 2011, she received the Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award. "Monkey" is said to have been the inspiration for Cordwainer Smith's epic novel "Norstrilia".