Person:Mary King (270)

Mary King was baptised on 29th May 1814 at Caddington in Bedfordshire, daughter of a straw plaiter named Mary King, formerly Arnold, and her husband Thomas King, a labourer. Mary was the youngest of the couple's five children.

When Mary was eleven years old, both her father and eldest brother William died. Eighteen months later her elder sister Hannah also died. Mary and her surviving brothers James and John continued to live in Caddington with their mother Mary.

In 1833, Mary had a son named William Fensome King. When young William was only six years old, Mary died. She was just 25 years old, and was buried at Caddington on 22nd September 1839. After her death, her son William was brought up by Mary's mother.

1. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Caddington Parish Registers. (Bedford: Bedfordshire Record Office).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Caddington in the County of Bedford in the Year 1814
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parent's Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   68	May 29	Mary Daug[hter] of	Thomas Mary	King	Tipple Hill	Labourer	G.W. Mead

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

   d. Mary KING, September Quarter 1839, Luton Registration District, Volume 6, page 59, aged 28 [1810/11]

3. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Caddington Parish Registers. (Bedford: Bedfordshire Record Office).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Caddington in the County of Bedford in the Year 1839
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   844	Mary King	Pipers Bottom	Sep[tembe]r 22nd	25 y[ea]rs	W. Mellard, Vicar