Person:Mary Everitt (5)

Mary Everitt was baptised on 29th October 1786 at Hitchin in Hertfordshire, daughter of Mary Everitt, formerly Cannon, and her husband George Everitt, a labourer. Mary's father died in 1800, when Mary was thirteen years old.

On 4th August 1804, aged 17, Mary married William Piggott at Hitchin. He was from the small town of Stevenage, about five miles to the south-east of Hitchin. Mary and William had their first son baptised at Hitchin in 1806, before settling in Stevenage where they had another eight children baptised between 1807 and 1829. All the children's baptisms after 1817 record that the family lived at Letchmore Green in Stevenage. William was also recorded as being a labourer.

William died at Stevenage on 29th August 1840, aged 56. Mary appears in the 1841 census living at Letchmore Green with her youngest son, Benjamin.

By 1851 Mary and Benjamin were living on Back Lane in Stevenage. Benjamin was by this time working as a railway labourer, presumably for the Great Northern Railway, whose line from London to Peterborough had opened the previous year, with a station at Stevenage. Mary was still living with Benjamin in the 1861 census, by which time he had married and had children.

Mary died at Stevenage on 1st July 1861, aged 74.

1. ↑ Church of England. Parish Registers of St Mary's Church, Hitchin. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   Baptized 1786 / Oct[ober] 29 Mary Dau[ghte]r of George & Mary Everitt Labourer

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 437; Book 5; Folio 21; Page 15, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Letchmore Green, Stevenage, Hertfordshire
   Mary Piggott, female, 55 [1781-6], born in county
   Benjamin Piggott, male, 12 [1828/9], 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 1709; Folio 258; Page 28, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Back Lane, Stevenage, Hertfordshire
   Mary Piggott, head, widow, female, 68 [1782/3], Pauper, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Benjamin Piggott, son, unmarried, male, 22 [1828/9], Rail Labourer, b. Stevenage, Hertfordshire
   Henry Chisel, lodger, unmarried, male, 22 [1828/9], Rail Labourer, b. N[ot] K[nown]

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 817; Folio 33; Page 22, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Back Lane, Stevenage, Hertfordshire
   Benjamin Piggott, head, married, male, 33 [1827/8], Railway Lab[ourer], b. Stevenage, Hertfordshire
   Ann Piggott, wife, married, female, 36 [1824/5], Straw Plaiter, b. Stotfold, Bedfordshire
   Emma Piggott, daughter, female, 8 [1852/3], Straw Plaiter, b. Stevenage, Hertfordshire
   William Piggott, son, male, 7 [1853/4], Straw Plaiter, b. Stevenage, Hertfordshire
   Fanny Piggott, daughter, female, 5 [1855/6], b. Stevenage, Hertfordshire
   Caroline Piggott, daughter, female, 3 [1857/8], b. Stevenage, Hertfordshire
   Mary Piggott, daughter, female, 1 [1859/60], b. Stevenage, Hertfordshire
   Mary Piggott, mother, widow, female, 80 [1780/1], pauper, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire

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

   Registration District Hitchin
   1861 DEATH in the Sub-District of Baldock in the County of Hertford
   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
   248	First July 1861 Stevenage	Mary Piggott	Female	80 years	Widow of William Piggott, Farm Labourer	Age Climactive Tumors [?] Certified	X The Mark of Susannah Jay Present at the Death Stevenage	Third July 1861	James Hill, Registrar

6. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Stevenage Parish registers, 1538-1928. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Stevenage in the County of Hertford in the Year 1861
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   177	Mary Pyggot	Stevenage	July 3	80	R.M. Freeman