Person:Mary Ware (30)

Mary Ann Ware was born on 13th February 1804 at Wells in Somerset, daughter of Edward Ware and his wife Mary. She was baptised there three months later, with her baptism recording that the family lived at Tucker Street.

Mary's next sighting is when she was 34 years old, by which time she was living in Yeovil and working as a servant. She was married there on 7th March 1838 to a shepherd named James Hutchings. He was from the hamlet of Woolminstone in the parish of Crewkerne, and that is where Mary and James spent the early part of their marriage, appearing there in both the 1841 and 1851 censuses. They appear to have had three children together. The 1851 census records Mary Ann simply as Ann, suggesting she may have been known by her middle name.

Some time between 1851 and 1861 the family moved about fifteen miles to the west to the parish of Churchstanton on the Devon / Somerset border (it was then in Devon but has subsequently been transferred to Somerset). The 1861 census finds them living at the former New Inn in the hamlet of Acombe in Churchstanton.

Mary Ann's youngest son, James, died as a young man of 22 in 1867. Her husband James died two years later, aged 57.

The 1871 census finds Mary Ann living with her son Edward, who had married a couple of weeks earlier. Mary Ann at this time was described as a pauper. The position in 1881 was similar; Mary Ann was still living at Churchstanton with Edward and his wife and children (Mary Ann's grandchildren) and the census was explicit that she "receives relief from parish".

Some time between 1881 and 1890 Edward and his family moved about seven miles north west to the town of Wellington, bringing Mary Ann with them. She died in Wellington in 1890, but was buried back at Churchstanton on 20th March 1890. She was 86 years old.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Church of England. Parish registers of Wells (St. Cuthbert's), 1609-1901. (Taunton: Somerset Heritage Service).

   Baptisms 1804
   Tucker Street: Mary Anne Daughter of Edward & Mary Ware born 13th February baptized 20th May

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 940; Book 1; Folio 20; Page 9, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Woolminstone, Crewkerne, Somerset [next door but one to James's father William]
   James Hutchings, male, 25 [1811-16], Ag Lab, born in county
   Mary Ann Hutchings, female, 30 [1806-11], born in county
   Margaret Hutchings, female, 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 1928; Folio 504; Page 29, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Woolminstone, Crewkerne, Somerset
   James H. Hutchings, head, married, male, 39 [1811/12], Ag Lab (Shepherd), b. Crewkerne, Somerset
   Anne Hutchings, wife, married, female, 43 [1807/8], b. Wells, Somerset
   Margaret Hutchings, daughter, unmarried, female, 11 [1839/40], Scholar, [birthplace blank]
   Edward Hutchings, son, male, 8 [1842/3], Shepherds Boy, b. Crewkerne, Somerset
   James Hutchings, son, male, 6 [1844/5], b. Crewkerne, Somerset
   William Garrett, lodger, unmarried, male, 23 [1827/8], Shepherd, b. Chillington, Somerset

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 1613; Folio 6; Page 6, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: The New Inn, Accombe, Churchstanton, Devon (not now kept as a Beerhouse but occupied in two private dwellings)
   James Hutchings, head, married, male, 48 [1812/13], Shepherd, b. Woolminstone, Somerset
   Mary Ann Hutchings, wife, married, female, 53 [1807/8], Empd. in house, b. Wells, Somerset
   Edward Hutchings, son, unmarried, female, 19 [1841/2], Carter having care of horses, b. Woolminstone, Somerset
   James Hutchings, son, unmarried, male, 16 [1844/5], Ag Lab, b. Furland, Somerset

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 2367; Folio 5; Page 1, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Beerhill Cottage, Churchstanton, Devon
   Edward Hutchings, head, married, male, 29 [1841/2], Carpenter, b. Woolminstone, Somerset
   Mary Hutchings, wife, married, female, 30 [1840/1], b. Willand, Devon
   Maryann Hutchings, mother, widow, female, 66 [1804/5], Pauper, b. Wells, Somerset

6. ↑ England. 1881 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 RG11; Piece 2364; Folio 5; Page 2, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Stapley, Churchstanton, Devon
   Edward W[illia]m Hutchings, head, married, male, 39 [1841/2], Carpenter, b. Woolminstone, Somerset
   Mary Hutchings, wife, married, female, 41 [1839/40], b. Willand, Devon
   James Hutchings, son, male, 9 [1871/2], Scholar, b. Churchstanton, Devon
   Annie Hutchings, daughter, female, 6 [1874/5], Scholar, b. Churchstanton, Devon
   William Ed[ward] Hutchings, son, male, 4 [1876/7], Scholar, b. Churchstanton, Devon
   Henry Hutchings, son, male, 2 [1878/9], b. Churchstanton, Devon
   Mary Ann Hutchings, mother, widow, female, 78 [1802/3], Receives Relief from Parish, b. Wells, Somerset
   William Sparks, boarder, unmarried, male, 20 [1860/1], Carpenter, b. Churchstanton, Devon

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

   d. Mary Ann HUTCHINGS, March Quarter 1890, Wellington Somerset Registration District, Volume 5c, page 262, aged 86 [1803/4]

8. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Churchstanton Parish Registers, 1662-1902. (Taunton: Somerset Heritage Service).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Churchstanton in the County of Devon in the Year 1889
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   414	Mary Ann Hutchings	Wellington Som[erset]	Mar 20 1890	86 years [1803/4]	A.D. Taylor