Person:Elizabeth Gamble (13)

Elizabeth Gamble was baptised on 1st Mary 1771 at Barnack in Northamptonshire, daughter of Ann Gamble, formerly Deacon, and her husband William Gamble, a mason.

On 21st October 1795, aged 24, Elizabeth married William Gamble at the church of St George, Hanover Square in Westminster, in the western suburbs of London. The following April they had a baby son. A couple of weeks later, Elizabeth's father died back in Barnack. The following month Elizabeth's son was baptised in Westminster, and they named him William Gamble Mason after her father. By November 1796 the family had returned to Barnack, with Elizabeth's son sadly dying as a baby and being buried at Barnack. Elizabeth's mother died the following year.

Elizabeth's parents appear to have had a business at Barnack, seemingly to do with the quarries there. A newspaper article of 1800 describes how Elizabeth's husband and sister Sarah had taken on the running of the business.

Elizabeth and William went on to have another eight children baptised at Barnack between 1801 and 1813.

William appears to have worked as a small scale farmer, or cottager.

Elizabeth's first known grandchild was born in 1827. She had at least twenty grandchildren born in her lifetime.

The 1841 census finds Elizabeth and William living in Barnack, with William described as an agricultural labourer.

Elizabeth died on 4th April 1842 at Barnack, aged about 71. William outlived her by eight years, dying in 1850.

Elizabeth's grave in Barnack churchyard.

1. ↑ Church of England. Parish Church of Barnack (Northamptonshire). Parish registers, 1695–1974. (Northampton, England: Northamptonshire Record Office).

   1771 / Eliz[abeth] Dau[ghte]r of William & Ann Gamble - May 1st

   This baptism has been linked to the Elizabeth who married William Mason on the basis that it is in the parish in which she lived most of her adult life and at around the time implied by the ages she gave as an adult, and on the basis of an 1800 newspaper article which makes clear that William Mason was involved in administering the estate of William and Ann Gamble on behalf of their daughters.

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 815; Book 2; Folio 9; Page 13, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Barnack, Northamptonshire
   William Mason, male, 69 [1771/2], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], not born in county
   Elizabeth Mason, female, 69 [1771/2], born in county

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

   Superintendent Registrar's District of the Stamford Union, Registrar's District Barnack
   1842 DEATH in the District of Barnack in the Counties of Northampton Rutland Lincoln & Huntingdon
   No.	When and where died	Name and surname	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered	Signature of registrar
   439	Fourth of April 1842 Barnack	Elizabeth Mason	Female	71 years [1770/1]	Wife of William Mason	Apoplexy	W[illia]m Mason present at Death Barnack	Eleventh of April 1842	Joseph Wade, Registrar

4. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Barnack (Northamptonshire). Parish registers, 1695–1974. (Northampton, England: Northamptonshire Record Office).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Barnack in the County of Northampton in the Year 1842
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   460	Elizabeth Mason	Barnack	April 7	71 [1770/1]	J.B. Snelgar, Curate

5.   United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
   Stamford Mercury, 8 Aug 1800.

   ALL Persons having any Claim or Demand on SARAH GAMBLE, and SISTERS, the Daughters and Executrix of WILLIAM and ANN GAMBLE, of Barnack, in the County of Northampton, are requested to send an Account of their Demands immediately to the said SARAH GAMBLE, or to WILLIAM MASON, that the same may be discharged.
   And all Persons indebted to Sarah Gamble, and Sisters, are desired to pay the same as above.
   Sarah Gamble, and Sisters, return their most sincere Thanks to their Friends and the Public in general for the liberal Encouragement conferred upon their late Father and Mother, and beg Leave to acquaint them, that the Business in future, at the Pits, of Pendat [sic] and Slabs, will be carried on by Sarah Gamble, and William Mason, and earnestly solicits a Continuance of their Favors and Support, which will ever be gratefully acknowledged.
   BARNACK, August 5, 1800.