Person:Mary Harry (10)

Mary Harris was baptised on 3rd September 1780 St Ive in eastern Cornwall, daughter of Sarah Harry, formerly Grubb, and her husband Robert Harry, a labourer. She was the second of eight children. Some time between 1797 and 1800 Mary's parents and siblings left St Ive and moved ten miles south to the town of Saltash. Mary appears to have stayed behind in the St Ive area, marrying at nearby Quethiock on 5th February 1801, aged 20, to Daniel Sansom.

Mary and Daniel appear to have had at least two daughters born at Quethiock.

By 1841 Mary and her daughters were living in the nearby town of Liskeard. Daniel does not appear in the 1841 census, and certainly by 1851 Mary was described as a widow. Mary was clearly in receipt of some sort of pension, being described as a fund holder in 1851 and 1861 as an annuitant. She was living with her daughter Sarah, who does not appear to have married.

Some time between 1861 and 1871 Mary and Sarah left Liskeard and moved to Torpoint in the parish of Antony. Mary died there on 6 Oct 1873, aged 93.

1. ↑ Cornwall, England. Online Parish Clerks.

   ch. 3 Sep 1780, St Ive: Mary daughter of Robert & Sarah Harris

   Needs to be confirmed at Cornwall Record Office.

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 153; Book 11; Folio 22; Page 35, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Pike Street, Liskeard, Cornwall
   Lewis Sansom, male, 35 [1801-6], Draper, born in county
   Mary Sansom, female, 60 [1776-81], born in county
   Susanna Sansom, female, 35 [1801-6], born in county
   Sarah Sansom, female, 30 [1806-11], born in county
   Robert Moon, male, 15 [1821-6], Drapter Ap, born in county
   Jane Hambly, female, 30 [1806-11], Female assistant, born in county
   Jane Pearse, female, 20 [1816-21], Female assistant, born in county
   Mary Stephens, female, 18 [1822/3], F.S., born in county
   Jane Roberts, female, 18 [1822/3], F.S., born in county
   Sarah Rogers, female, 16 [1824/5], F.S., born in county

3. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1902; Folio 159; Page 28, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Castle Street, Liskeard, Cornwall
   Mary Sansom, head, widow, female, 70 [1780/1], Fund holder, b. St Ive, Cornwall
   Susanna Sansom, daughter, unmarried, female, 49 [1801/2], Fund holder, b. Quethiock, Cornwall
   Sarah Sansom, daughter, unmarried, female, 41 [1809/10], Fund holder, b. Quethiock, Cornwall
   Sarah M. Conadon, servant, unmarried, female, 18 [1832/3], General Servant, b. Quethiock, Cornwall

4. ↑ England. 1861 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 RG9; Piece 1529; Folio 78; Page 51, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Castle Street, Liskeard, Cornwall (listed after Infant School & Girls' National School)
   Mary Sansom, head, widow, female, 80 [1780/1], Annuitant, b. St Ive, Cornwall
   Sarah Sansom, daughter, unmarried, female, 51 [1809/10], b. Quethiock, Cornwall

5. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 2229; Folio 46; Page 32, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: 2 North Hill Place, Torpoint, Antony, Cornwall
   Mary Sansom, head, widow, female, 91 [1779/80], Retired, b. Quethiock, Cornwall
   Sarah Sansom, daughter, unmarried, female, 61 [1809/10], Retired, b. Quethiock, Cornwall
   Lucinda Liddicott, servant, unmarried, female, 25 [1845/6], General Servant, b. Withiel, Cornwall

6. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Mary SANSOM, December Quarter 1873, St Germans Registration District, Volume 5c, page 23, aged 93 [1779/80]

7. ↑ England. National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858 onwards. (Ancestry.com).

   1873
   SANSOM Mary.
   Effects under £200.
   18 December. Administration of the effects of Mary Sansom late of the Parish of Antony in the County of Cornwall Widow who died 6 October 1873 at Antony was granted at Bodmin to Sarah Sansom of Antony Spinster the Daughter and one of the Next of Kin.