Person:Mary Hibbert (5)

Mary Hibbert's origins have yet to be established. Her first confirmed sighting is in November 1713 in a marriage bond allowing her to marry a yeoman called James Fernihough. According the bond Mary lived at Rainow, a hamlet in the parish of Prestbury in Cheshire, near the town of Macclesfield. James was from Marton, another hamlet in Prestbury parish. The bond allowed them to marry at either Astbury or Siddington, although no record has been found to confirm where they actually married.

Mary and James lived at Rainow after their marriage. They had a daughter called Elizabeth in 1714 and a daughter called Ellen in 1716. Both were baptised at another nearby village, Pott Shrigley, but were described as being "of Rainow" on their baptism records.

By 1720 the family was living at Sutton, just south of Macclesfield. Sadly Mary and her younger daughter Ellen died about the same time; both were buried on 21st January 1720 at Macclesfield. James survived Mary by ten years.

1. ↑ Church of England. St. Michael's Church (Macclesfield, Cheshire). Parish registers for St. Michael's Church, Macclesfield, 1572-1960.

   Sepultorum Nomina 1719 / January / 21 [i.e. 21 Jan 1719/20] / Maria uxor [&] Ellena filius} Jacobi Fearnhough de Sutton
   [Names of those buried 1719 / January / 21 [i.e. 21 Jan 1719/20] / Mary wife [&] Ellen daughter of} James Fearnhough of Sutton]