Person:Mary Moles (2)

Mary Ann Moles was baptised on 3rd November 1816 at Willian in Hertfordshire, daughter of Mary Ann Moles, formerly Best, and her husband Thomas Moles, an agricultural labourer.

In 1833, aged 17, Mary married Joseph Pratt. This was the third marriage between the Moles and Pratt families - Mary's brother William had married Joseph's sister Hannah in 1827, and Mary's sister Ann had married Joseph's brother John in 1829. Mary and Joseph's marriage was witnessed by Mary's brother Charles Moles and his future wife Maria Bullen.

After their marriage, Mary and Joseph moved to the nearby market town of Baldock, where they had five children between 1835 and 1844. Mary died in 1846, aged 29, being buried at Baldock on 30th March 1846. Her youngest daughter was only one year old at the time - she was sent to live with Mary's sister Susannah who lived at Offley, a few miles to the west of Baldock. Joseph survived Mary by just under a decade.

1. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Willian Parish Registers.

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Willian in the County of Hertford in the Year 1816
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents' Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   33	1816 November 3	Marianne	Thomas & Mary	Moles	Willian	Labourer	William Wollaston Pym, Vicar

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 436; Book 4; Folio 46; Page 7, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Baldock, Hertfordshire
   Joseph Pratt, male, 25 [1811-16], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer]
   May Pratt, female, 25 [1811-16]
   Sarah Pratt, female, 5 [1835/6]
   George Pratt, male, 3 [1837/8]
   Mary Pratt, female, 1 [1839/40]

   Column which was supposed to indicate whether born in same county or not left blank for this whole page.

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

   d. Mary PRATT, March Quarter 1846, Hitchin Registration District, Volume 6, page 362, aged 29 [1816/17]

4. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Baldock Parish Registers, 1558-1910. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives & Local Studies).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Baldock in the County of Hertford in the Year 1846
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   113	Mary Pratt	Norton End	March 30th	31 y[ea]rs	D. Hillorice [?], Curate