Person:Mary Drake (62)

Mary Drake was baptised on 11th June 1819 at Bere Ferrers in Devon, daughter of Mary Drake, formerly Harris, and her husband John Drake, a husbandman. Young Mary was the third of the couple's seven children. In 1832, when Mary was thirteen years old her mother died.

In about 1839 Mary appears to have had a daughter named Mary Jane Drake. The 1841 census finds Mary and her daughter living with her father and brother in Bere Ferrers.

Mary was married on 8th April 1846, aged 26, to a husbandman named Jacob Hooper. Mary's cousin Celia Spry (her father's sister Mary's daughter) was one of the witnesses to the marriage and her father John was the other witness. Mary and Jacob appear to have had six children together. They stayed living in the parish of Bere Ferrers, appearing in both the 1851 and 1861 censuses living with Mary's father at Monkeys Castle. By 1871 Jacob was describing himself as a farmer of 15 acres and they were living at Wattens Farm in Bere Ferrers.

In 1877 Mary's father John died.

Mary died in 1880, aged 60. She was buried at Bere Ferrers on 16th March 1880. Jacob survived her by 22 years and continued living at Wattons Farm with their daughter Amelia.

1. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Registers of Bere Ferrers. (Exeter: Devon Heritage Services).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Beer Ferris n[ea]r Tavistock in the County of Devon in the Year 1819
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parent's Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   436	June 11th	Mary daughter of	John and Mary	Drake	Beerferris	Labourer	C. Birdwood, Off[iciating] Minister

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 240; Book 5; Folio 11; Page 17, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Church Cot, Beerferris, Devon
   [listed between Well and Woolacombe]
   John Drake, male, 50 [1786-91], Ag lab, b. in county
   Mary Drake, female, 20 [1816-21], b. in county
   Christopher Drake, male, 13 [1827/8], b. in county
   Mary Drake, female, 18m [1839/40], b. in county
   William Drake, male, 14m [1840], b. 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 1883; Folio 79; Page 18, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Monkeys Castle, Beerferris, Devon
   [households listed in order: ...Wallers, Hole Farm, Monkeys Castle, Well...]
   John Drake, head, widower, male, 65 [1785/6], Ag lab, b. Beerferris, Devon
   Jane Harry, daughter, married, female, 27 [1823/4], b. Beerferris, Devon
   Christopher Drake, son, unmarried, male, 22 [1828/9], Labourer in Lead Mine, b. Beerferris, Devon
   Mary Ann Harry, granddaughter, female, 1m [1851], b. Beerferris, Devon
   ~ [2nd household at Monkeys Castle]
   Jacob Hooper, head, married, male, 28 [1822/3], Ag lab, b. Stoke Damerel, Devon
   Mary Hooper, wife, married, female, 31 [1819/20], b. Beerferris, Devon
   Mary A. Hooper, daugher, female, 2 [1848/9], b. Beerferris, Devon
   John Hooper, son, male, 7m [1850], b. Beerferris, Devon
   Mary Jane Drake, daughter in law, female, 11 [1839/40], b. Beerferris, Devon

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 1457; Folio 54; Page 7, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Monkeys Castle, Beerferris, Devon
   John Drake, head, widower, male, 71 [1789/90], Sexton, Farm Labourer, b. Beerferris, Devon
   Jacob Hooper, lodger son in law, married, male, 38 [1822/3], Farm laborer, b. Stoke Damerell, Devon
   Mary Hooper, daughter, married, female, 41 [1819/20], Laborers wife, b. Beerferris, Devon
   Mary Jane Drake, daughter in law, unmarried, female, 21 [1839/40], House servant, b. Beerferris, Devon
   Mary Ann Hooper, daughter, female, 12 [1848/9], Scholar, b. Beerferris, Devon
   John Hooper, son, male, 10 [1850/1], Scholar, b. Beerferris, Devon
   William Richard Hooper, son, male, 8 [1852/3], Scholar, b. Beerferris, Devon
   Jacob Hooper, son, male, 6 [1854/5], b. Beerferris, Devon
   Edwin Hooper, son, male, 4 [1856/7], b. Beerferris, Devon
   Amelia Elizabeth Hooper, daughter, female, 1 [1859/60], b. Beerferris, Devon

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 2142; Folio 60; Page 23, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Wattens, Beerferris, Devon
   Jacob Hooper, head, married, male, 48 [1822/3], Farmer of 15 acres, b. Devon
   Mary Hooper, wife, married, female, 51 [1819/20], Farmers Wife, b. Devon
   Mary Ann Hooper, daughter, unmarried, female, 22 [1848/9], Farmers Daur, b. Devon
   John Hooper, son, unmarried, male, 20 [1850/1], Farmers Son, b. Devon
   Jacob Hooper, son, unmarried, male, 16 [1854/5], Farmers Son, b. Devon
   Edwin Hooper, son, unmarried, male, 14 [1856/7], Farmers Son, b. Devon
   Em. Amelia Elizbeth Hooper, daughter, unmarried, female, 11 [1859/60], Scholar, b. Devon

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

   d. Mary HOOPER, March Quarter 1880, Tavistock Registration District, Volume 5b, page 317, aged 60 [1819/20]

7. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Parish Registers of Bere Ferrers. (Exeter: Devon Heritage Services).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Bere Ferrers in the County of Devon in the Year 1880
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   1282	Mary Hooper	Wattons	March 16th	60 [1819/20]	Sam[ue]l Tho[mas] Serle, Curate