Person:Mary Longhurst (6)

Mary Longhurst was the daughter of Martha Longhurst, formerly Andrews, and her husband Walter Longhurst, an ironmonger. No birth or baptism record has been found for her, but she was probably born in the early 1700s – her parents had married in the London area in 1701 and then had three children baptised at Horsham in Sussex between 1702 and 1705.

On 1st November 1735 Mary married William Patching in London. They were both said to be of the parish of Horsham when they married, and they returned there after their marriage.

Mary and William had three children baptised at Horsham between 1737 and 1740, although their eldest child (and only son) died when only three months old.

Mary’s father died in 1741, and her mother died in 1750.

In 1751 Mary and her brother Walter and sister Martha were all named in a bond concerning some land at Fishbourne near Chichester, about thirty miles from Horsham, but which appears to have had some connection to their parents. Mary was described in the bond as the wife of William Patching, gentleman.

William died in April 1758 and was buried at Horsham. Mary survived him by just over a year. She was buried at Horsham on 1st June 1759.

1.   West Sussex Archives Catalogue (West Sussex County Council, Chichester)
   Acc1357 – Deeds of Nursery Farm and other lands in New Fishbourne / Add Mss 1127.

   Title: Bond in £126
   Date: 26 Jun 1751
   From Walter Longhurst of Horsham, maltster, carrier and chapman, Henry Waller of the same, butcher, and William Patching of the same, gentleman, to Deborah Ventham of Havant (co. Hants), wid., to perform the covenants in an indenture of even date between
   (a) John Hurst of Emsworth in Warblington (co. Hants), yeoman,
   (b) James Andrews of Havant aforesaid, brewer,
   (c) said Walter Longhurst (described as only son and heir at law of Walter Longhurst of Horsham, ironmonger, by Martha his wife, formerly Martha Andrews, both deceased), said Henry Waller and wife Martha (formerly Martha Longhurst, one of the daughters of said Walter Longhurst deceased and wife Martha), and said William Patching and wife Mary (formerly Mary Longhurst, the other daughter of said Walter Longhurst deceased, and wife Martha)
   (d) John Bide of Havant aforesaid, merchant,
   (e) said Deborah Ventham
   Signatures and papered seals
   Witnesses – John Dear, J. Newland

2. ↑ Horsham, Sussex: Parish Registers (West Sussex County Council, Chichester).

   Burials 1759 / June 1 Mary Patching Widdow