Person:Mary Grace (8)

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Mary Grace
b.Abt 1776 Hertfordshire, England
bur.4 Apr 1850 Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England
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  • H.  John Hobbs1771 - 1852
  • W.  Mary GraceAbt 1776 - 1850
m. 14 Oct 1796
  1. Ezekiel Hobbs1797 - 1839
  2. Sarah Hobbs1799 -
  3. Harriet Hobbs1813 -
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Name Mary Grace
Gender Female
Birth[1] Abt 1776 Hertfordshire, England
Marriage 14 Oct 1796 Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, Englandto John Hobbs
Census[1] 6 Jun 1841 Flamstead, Hertfordshire, EnglandCheverells Green
Burial[3] 4 Apr 1850 Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England

Mary Grace's origins have yet to be established. The age given when she died suggests that she was born around 1776, whilst in the 1841 census she indicated that she was born in Hertfordshire.

Mary's first confirmed sighting is on 14th October 1796, when she married John Hobbs at Great Gaddesden in Hertfordshire. They went on to have a son called Ezekiel in 1797 and a daughter called Sarah in 1799 at Great Gaddesden. After a nearly fourteen year gap, they had a daughter called Harriet in 1813. Harriet's baptism describes John as a farmer.

Mary's son Ezekiel moved to the town of St Albans where he became a victualler. He died in 1839, aged 42. In his will he left property to his sisters Sarah and Harriet.

The 1841 census finds Mary and John living at Cheverells Green in the parish of Flamstead, a couple of miles north-east of Great Gaddesden. Mary was described as a servant, whilst John was an agricultural labourer.

Mary died in 1850, when she was said to be 73 years old. She was buried at Great Gaddesden on 4th April 1850. Her last abode was given as Ballingdon, being a hamlet on the borders of the parishes of Great Gaddesden and Flamstead, not far from Cheverells Green. John survived her by two years.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 25; Page 1, 6 Jun 1841.

    Address: Cheverells Green, Flamstead, Hertfordshire
    John Hobbs, male, 70 [1766-71], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], born in county
    Mary [written over crossed out "Elizabeth"] Hobbs, female, 64 [1776/7], F[emale] S[ervant], born in county

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

    d. Mary HOBBS, June Quarter 1850, Hemel Hempstead Registration District, Volume 6, page 365, aged 24 [1826/7]

    Presumably age is a mistranscribed 74.

  3. ↑ 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 1850
    NoNameAbodeWhen buriedAgeBy whom the Ceremony was performed
    814Mary HobbsBallingdonApril 4th73 [1776/7]J.B. Bingham
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