Person:Mary Wingrove (1)

Mary Wingrove's origins are unknown. Her answers to the 1841 census suggest that she was born between 1766 and 1771 in Hertfordshire. One possibility is that she was the Mary Wingrave baptised at Redbourn on 16th August 1767.

Mary's first confirmed sighting is when she was married, on 1st November 1791 at Kimpton in Hertfordshire. Her husband was John Hornet, a labourer.

Mary and John had six children together between 1792 and 1806 - the elder two baptised at Kimpton and the younger four at neighbouring Wheathampstead. John died aged 39 in 1806, just five months after the baptism of their youngest child. At the time of John's death the family was living at Gustardwood, a hamlet which straddles the boundary between Wheathampstead and Kimpton parishes.

Mary outlived John by many years. She appears in the 1841 census living at Great Cutts, a remote hamlet in the extreme west of Wheathampstead parish. She seems to have been living with her niece and nephew Mary and Edward Ashby (who were her late husband John's sister Elizabeth's daughter and son).

Some time between 1841 and 1848 Mary left Wheathampstead and moved to the parish of Flamstead. Mary's youngest daughter Sarah had moved from Wheathampstead to Flamstead in the 1830s with her husband and children, so it is quite likely Mary went to live with her daughter.

Mary died at Flamstead on 29th April 1848, aged 83, and was buried there on 3rd May 1848.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 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

2. ↑ Death certificate, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   REGISTRATION DISTRICT HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
   1848 DEATH in the Sub-district of Flamstead in the County of Hertford
   No. 479
   When and where died: Twentyninth April 1848, Flamstead
   Name and surname: Mary Hornet
   Sex: Female
   Age: 83 years [1764/5]
   Occupation: Widow of John Hornet Labourer (deceased)
   Cause of death: Debility Not Certified
   Signature, description and residence of informant: X The mark of Sarah Johnson, Present at the Death, Flamstead
   When registered: First May 1848
   Signature of registrar: Thomas Hoad, Registrar

3. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Flamstead Parish Registers, 1548-1936. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Flamstead in the County of Herts in the Year 1848
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   923	Mary Hornet	Flamstead	May 3rd	83 years	F.W. Adey Markyate Cell

4.   Church of England. Redbourn Parish Registers, 1581-1907. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives).

   Mary the Daughter of John & Elizabeth Wingrave was baptized 16 August 1767