Person:Mary Davis (458)

Mary Davis was born on 23rd December 1809 and baptised the next day at Great Gaddesden in Hertfordshire, daughter of an agricultural labourer called Samuel Davis and his wife Ann.

On 20th December 1829, a couple of days before her twentieth birthday, Mary married Thomas Dean at Great Gaddesden. They went on to have three children at Great Gaddesden between 1830 and 1835. Each of the children's baptisms record that Thomas was a labourer and the family lived at Gaddesden Row.

Thomas died when he was only 33 years old, being buried at Great Gaddesden on 3rd September 1837.

Fifteen months after Thomas's death, Mary had another daughter called Caroline at Great Gaddesden. Caroline's baptism record does not name her father.

The 1841 census finds three of Mary's children being looked after by her relatives in Great Gaddesden: Joseph and Caroline were being living with Mary's parents and Eliza was living next door with Mary's brother Adam. Mary however was working as a servant at Flamsteadbury Farm in Flamstead, a couple of miles east of Gaddesden Row.

Mary died when she was only 31 years old. She was buried at Great Gaddesden on 11th December 1841.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Church of England. Great Gaddesden Parish Registers. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   Baptisms 1809
   Dec[embe]r 24 Mary Daughter of Samuel and Ann Davis born Dec[embe]r 23d

   This baptism has been linked to the Mary Davis who married Thomas Dean in 1829 on the basis that Mary and Thomas's son Joseph was living with Mary's parents in the 1841 census - presumably staying with his grandparents after his father's death.

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 441; Book 1; Folio 8; Page 11, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Flamsteadbury Farm, Flamstead, Hertfordshire
   Alexander Fraser, male, 35 [1801-6], Farmer, not born in county
   Mary Fraser, female, 25 [1811-16], not born in county
   John Fraser, male, 2 [1838/9], born in county
   Ann Mooney, female, 25 [1811-16], F[emale] S[ervant], not born in county
   Mary Deans, female, 25 [1811-16], F[emale] S[ervant], born in county
   Susan Barber, female, 20 [1816-21], F[emale] S[ervant], born in county
   Charles Gilbert, male, 14 [1826/7], M[ale] S[ervant], born in county
   James Coleman, male, 20 [1816-21], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], born in county
   James Webb, male, 20 [1816-21], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], born in county
   William Wren, male, 15 [1821-6], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], born in county
   George Rolfe, male, 15 [1821-6], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], born in county
   George Draper, male, 15 [1821-6], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], born in county
   George Seabrooke, male, 14 [1826/7], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], born in county

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

   d. Mary DEAN, December Quarter 1841, Hemel Hempstead Registration District, Volume 6, page 354, aged 32 [1808/9]

4. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Great Gaddesden Parish Registers. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   BURIALS in the Parish of G[rea]t Gaddesden in the County of Hertford in the Year 1841
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   661	Mary Dean	Gaddesden	Dec[embe]r 11th	32	J.B. Bingham