Person:Mary Shelton (40)

Mary Shelton was baptised on 9th April 1786 in the parish of Barnwell St Andrew in Northamptonshire, daughter of Mary Shelton, formerly Porter, and her husband Thomas Shelton.

Mary’s next sighting is in 1807, when she married a shepherd named William Marriott in the nearby town of Oundle. At the time of their marriage they were both living at Churchfield, a farm to the west of the town. After their marriage their first two children were baptised back at Mary’s native Barnwell, before moving to Glapthorn, a couple of miles to the north and the other side of Oundle, where they had a further nine children together baptised between 1811 and 1832. Back in Barnwell, Mary’s mother died in 1837.

William died in 1838, aged 57. Mary appears in the 1841 census living at Glapthorn with some of her younger children and her grandson Thomas (her daughter Mary’s son). Her father Thomas was living in Barnwell with Mary’s eldest son, William, and his family. Mary’s father died in 1845.

Mary and some of her younger children were still in Glapthorn at the time of the 1851 census.

Mary died in 1853, aged 67, being buried at Glapthorn on 5th August 1853.

1. ↑ Church of England. Parish Church of Barnwell-St. Andrew (Northamptonshire). Parish registers, 1558-1876. (Northampton, England: Northamptonshire County Record Office, 1994?).

   1786
   Apr[il] 9th / Mary Daugh[te]r of Tho[ma]s & Mary Shelton baptized

   This baptism has been linked to the Mary Shelton who married William Marriott on the basis that in the 1851 census Mary gave her place of birth as Barnwell, whilst one of the witnesses to Mary and William's marriage was a Joseph Slater. A Joseph Slater had married Elizabeth Shelton, sister of the Mary baptised at Barnwell in 1786.

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 812; Book 7; Folio 11; Page 17, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Glapthorn, Northamptonshire
   Mary Marriott, female, 55 [1781-6], Ind[ependent], born in county
   Jos[eph] Marriott, male, 20 [1816-21], Ag[ricultural] lab[ourer], born in county
   Eliz[abeth] Marriott, female, 9 [1831/2], born in county
   Tho[ma]s Marriott, male, 1 [1839/40], 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 1746; Folio 483; Page 12, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Frame Cottage, Glapthorn, Northamptonshire
   Mary Marriott, head, widow, female, 69 [1781/2], Formerly Shepherds wife, b. Barnwell, Northamptonshire
   George Marriott, son, single, male, 24 [1826/7], Agric[ultural] Labourer, b. Glapthorn, Northamptonshire
   James Saunders, son-in-law, married, male, 28 [1822/3], Agric[ultural] Labourer, b. Deene Thorpe, Northamptonshire
   Mary Saunders, daughter, married, female, 32 [1818/19], b. Glapthorn, Northamptonshire
   Thomas Marriott, grandson, single, male, 11 [1839/40], Scholar, b. Glapthorn, Northamptonshire

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

   d. Mary MARRIOTT, September Quarter 1853, Oundle Registration District, Volume 3b, page 105, aged 69 [1783/4]

5. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Glapthorn Parish Registers, 1538-1957. (Northampton, England: Northamptonshire County Record Office).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Glapthorn in the County of Northampton in the Year 1853
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   294	Mary Marriott	Glapthorn	1853 August 5th	69 [1783/4]	C. Capron, Officiating Minister