Person:Mary Cox (125)

Mary Cox was baptised on 15th March 1835 at Barnack in Northamptonshire, daughter of a dressmaker called Catherine Cox, formerly Mason, and her husband William Cox, a blacksmith and farmer. Mary was the sixth of the couple's eleven children, although two of her older siblings had died young before Mary was born.

Mary appears in both the 1841 and 1851 censuses living in Barnack with her parents, siblings, and paternal grandmother, who died later in 1851. Mary's father died in 1856.

On 9th October 1860, aged 25, Mary married a wheelwright called Francis Adams. They did not marry in Barnack, but in London, nearly ninety miles south of Barnack. Francis had been born in London, although he had been living in Barnack in the 1851 census.

After their marriage, Mary and Francis returned to Barnack, appearing there in the 1861 census, and where they went on to have four sons between 1862 and 1868, although the second boy died when he was about two years old.

Some time between 1868 and 1871, the family left Barnack and moved some eighty miles east to Norwich, where they appear in the 1871 census living at Coe's Yard on Upper Westwick Street. Francis died later that same year, aged just 36.

After Francis's death, Mary and her surviving sons returned to Barnack. Mary's mother died in 1876. The 1881 and 1891 censuses each find Mary living on Main Street with her sons, and working as a dressmaker. By 1901 Mary was living at Uffington and Barnack Railway Station on the Midland Railway, a little to the north of Barnack village, where her eldest son, Matthew, was the station master.

Mary died at Barnack on 8th April 1908, aged 73. She had been a widow for over half her life.

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

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Barnack in the County of Northampton in the Year 1835
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents' Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   572	March 15	Mary daughter of	William & Catharine	Cox	Barnack	Blacksmith	C.H. Swann, Curate

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 10; Page 15, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Barnack, Northamptonshire
   William Cox, male, 39 [1801/2], Blacksmith, born in county
   Catherine Cox, female, 38 [1802/3], born in county
   John Cox, male, 14 [1826/7], born in county
   Elizabeth Cox, female, 12 [1828/9], born in county
   Thomas Cox, male, 9 [1831/2], born in county
   Mary Cox, female, 6 [1834/5], born in county
   Catherine Cox, female, 4 [1836/7], born in county
   William Cox, male, 2 [1838/9], born in county
   Matthew Cox, male, 1 [1839/40], born in county
   Luke Broom, male, 18 [1822/3], J. Blacksmith, born in county
   Catherine Cox, female, 68 [1772/3], Ind, 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 2094; Folio 484; Page 3, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Barnack, Northamptonshire
   William Cox, head, married, male, 49 [1801/2], Farmer of 95 Acres, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Catherine Cox, wife, married, female, 47 [1803/4], Farmers Wife, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   John Cox, son, unmarried, male, 23 [1827/8], Farmers Son, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Elizabeth Cox, daughter, unmarried, female, 22 [1828/9], Dressmaker, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Mary Cox, daughter, unmarried, female, 16 [1834/5], Farmers Daughter, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Catherine Cox, daughter, female, 14 [1836/7], Farmers Daughter, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   William Cox, son, male, 12 [1838/9], Farmers Son, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Matthew Cox, son, male, 11 [1839/40], Farmers Son, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Josiah Cox, son, male, 8 [1842/3], Scholar, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Sophia Cox, daughter, female, 6 [1844/5], Scholar, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Catherine Cox, mother, widow, female, 77 [1773/4], b. Barnack, Northamptonshire

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 2314; Folio 53; Page 25, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Barnack, Northamptonshire
   John F. Adams, head, married, male, 26 [1834/5], Wheelwright (Jour[neyman]), b. London, Middlesex
   Mary Adams, wife, married, female, 26 [1834/5], b. Barnack, Northamptonshire

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 1818; Folio 76; Page 21, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Coe's Yard, Upper Westwick Street, Nowich, Norfolk
   Francis Adams, head, married, male, 35 [1835/6], Wheelwright, b. London
   Mary Adams, wife, married, female, 35 [1835/6], Wife, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Mathew Adams, son, unmarried, male, 8 [1862/3], Scholar, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   John W. Adams, son, unmarried, male, 4 [1866/7], Scholar, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Frank Adams, son, unmarried, male, 3 [1867/8], Scholar, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire

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 3194; Folio 40; Page 10, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Main Street, Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Mary Adams, head, widow, female, 45 [1835/6], Dressmaker, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Matthew Adams, son, unmarried, male, 18 [1862/3], Gen[eral] Lab[ourer], b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   John W. Adams, son, unmarried ,male, 14 [1866/7], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Frank Adams, son, male, 13 [1867/8], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Barnack, Northamptonshire

7. ↑ England. 1891 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 RG12; Piece 2554; Folio 35; Page 8, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Main Street, Barnack, Northamptonshire
   4 rooms occupied
   Mary Adams, head, widow, female, 55 [1835/6], Dressmaker, employed, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Frank Adams, son, single, male, 23 [1867/8], Gardener's Lab[ourer], b. Barnack, Northamptonshire

8. ↑ England. England. 1901 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 RG13; Piece 3022; Folio 36; Page 7, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: Uffington & Barnack Railway Station M.R., Uffington Road, Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Matthew Adams, head, married, male, 38 [1862/3], Railway Station Master, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Percy Adams, son, single, male, 12 [1888/9], b. Cononley, Yorkshire, Imbecile
   Lily Adams, daughter, single, female, 11 [1889/90], Scholar, b. Long Preston, Yorkshire
   Mary Adams, mother, widow, female, 66 [1834/5], Retired Dressmaker, own account, working at home, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire

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

   d. Mary ADAMS, June Quarter 1908, Stamford Registration District, Volume 7a, page 189, aged 73 [1834/5]

10. ↑ 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 1908
    No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
    753	Mary Adams	Barnack	April 11 1908	73 years	La Grange Leney, Rector

11. ↑ Stamford Mercury, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
    Page 4, Friday 17 April 1908.

    Deaths.
    BARNACK.-April 8, Mary Adams, 73
    [elsewhere on same page:]
    BARNACK.-On Saturday afternoon two funerals took place in the Cemetery. They were those of Wm. Snow, of Southorpe, and Mary Adams, mother of the Uffington station-master, aged 72 and 73 respectively. It is some 20 years since two funerals occurred on the same day in the parish. It may be noted that the deaths in year ended March 31 were only four - one adult of 77, and three infants. The average annual rate is 15.