Person:Mary Ashby (16)

Mary Ashby was baptised on 20th December 1818 at Ayot St Lawrence in Hertfordshire, daughter of Elizabeth Ashby, formerly Hornet, and her husband William Ashby, a labourer. The family did not live in Ayot St Lawrence itself at the time of Mary's baptism, but in the neighbouring parish of Kimpton.

Mary appears in the 1841 census living at Great Cutts in the parish of Wheathampstead (which borders both Ayot St Lawrence and Kimpton). She was living with her brother Edward and their aunt Mary Hornet, who was their mother's brother John's widow. Mary has yet to be researched after 1841.

1. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Ayot St Lawrence Parish Registers, 1566-1904. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Ayott St. Lawrence in the County of Hertford in the Year 1818
   No. 37
   When Baptized: Dec[embe]r 20
   Child's Christian Name: Mary D[aughte]r of
   Parents Name - Christian: William & Elizabeth
   Parents Name - Surname: Ashby
   Abode: Kimpton
   Quality, Trade, or Profession: Labourer
   By whom the Ceremony was performed: T.J. Lawman

2. ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 442; Book 8; Folio 27; Page 16, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Great Cutts, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire
   Mary Ashby, female, 20 [1816-21], Lab, born in county
   Edward Ashby, male, 15 [1821-6], Lab, born in county
   Mary Hornet, female, 70 [1766-71], born in county
   Samuel Stringer?, male, 20 [1816-21], Ag Lab, born in county
   Elizabeth Mattay?, female, 6 [1834/5], born in county