Person:Elizabeth Parsons (54)

Elizabeth Parsons was baptised on 20th July 1783 at St Paul's Walden in Hertfordshire, daughter of Martha Parsons formerly Brown and her husband Edward Parsons.

On 5th March 1810, aged 26, she married a carpenter named William Parsons. As they shared a surname, he may have been a distant relative, although the connection has yet to be established. They settled at Rye End, a hamlet which straddles the parishes of Kimpton and Knebworth, as well as being very close to the border with St Paul's Walden. They went on to have five children baptised at Kimpton between 1810 and 1821. Elizabeth's mother died in 1818 and her father died in 1823.

Elizabeth was buried on 23rd March 1837 at Kimpton. She was 53 years old. William outlived her by eighteen years.

1. ↑ Church of England. St Paul's Walden Parish Registers. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   1783 Baptisms
   July 20: Elizabeth Daughter of Edward and Martha Parsons

2. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Kimpton Parish Registers.

   BURIALS in the Parish of Kimpton in the County of Hertford in the Year 1837
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   475	Elizabeth Parsons	Rye End	March 23rd	52 years [1784/5]	Frederick Sullivan, Vicar