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Mary GRIGSBY
Abt 1756 - 1840 (~ 84 years)
Has 57 ancestors and 1320 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Mary GRIGSBY Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1756 Hucking, Kent, England 
- Year based on age in burial record, place assumed from baptism.
Baptised 6 Jun 1756 St. Margaret’s Church, Hucking, Kent, England - Father's name given as William
Gender Female Died 27 Oct 1840 Stockbury, Kent, England Cause: Dropsy - Her death was registered by the registrar as he was in attendance at her death. I did wonder if this was a mistake in transcribing the data, though as the cert I have is a photocopy of the records from the local office I'm not sure a transcription is involved. He was resident in Hollingbourne, not Stockbury where Mary died, so it wasn't as though he were a neighbour.
However, looking him (the registrar) up in the 1841 census explained it: he was a "surgeon". I was interested to see that a doctor would be called to an 85 year old with dropsy. I don't know how common it was to call out a doctor to the sick elderly; of course they would not normally be present at the moment of death so not able to register the death. Hopefully the doctor was able to make Mary's final hours more comfortable.
GRO ref: Whitehead, Mary q4 1840 Hollingbourn RD 5 199; GRO online index shows age at death as 85
Death certificate for Mary Grigsby Buried 30 Oct 1840 St. Mary Magdalene’s Church, Stockbury, Kent, England [1] - from KFHS cd19; age given as 85
Siblings3 brothers and 3 sisters Half-siblings1 half brother (family of [ - ? - ] and Susanna CORDGER) Patriarch & Matriarch 
John GRIGSBY, b. Est 1530, d. Apr 1600, Marden, Kent, England (Age ~ 70 years) (5 x Great Grandfather) 
Susan, d. Yes, date unknown (Grandmother)Notes - (Research):Observation:
No sign of baptisms of Grigsbys for Mary or possible siblings in Stockbury, but a number married around the same time as Mary so she may have moved to Stockbury with her parents and siblings.
A Mary Whitehead, probably this one or her dau, along with a William Whitehead, were the witnesses at the wedding of Samuel Grigsby in Bredgar in 1798, so I would guess Samuel was probably quite a close relation. (Has proved to be her brother)
1 May 2011: I thought tracing Mary Grigsby's tree would be hard. It looks like Mary may have had siblings or close family Matthew, James, Sarah, Frances and Samuel, judging from Grigsby marriages / families having children around the same time as Mary in or near Stockbury.
Having worked through the few KFHS CD-ROMs I have it looks as though it's surprisingly simple. A family in Headcorn are too good a fit with Mary and her probable siblings to be a coincidence - parents William and Frances, and there is a also a burial of a Frances in Stockbury to fit this Frances. Also, the couple had been removed from Wormshill to Headcorn in 1834 so had had some interest in living / working in the Stockbury area.
Further investigation has found a bapt to fit Mary in Hucking, with father William. I think her father was the eldest child of William and Frances, so this couple who I at first thought were Mary's parents would be her grandparents, and those I thought could be her siblings were her aunts and uncles. Samuel I thought might be her nephew when I suspected she was the youngest child of Wm senr and Frances turns out to be her brother once I realised she was the oldest child of Wm junr and Susanna.
Person ID I5893 All | Teresa's direct ancestors, The descendants (and other halves) of Richard Whitehead and Mary née Grigsby Last Modified 5 Sep 2022
Father William GRIGSBY, b. Abt 1734, Headcorn, Kent, England , d. Aft 1781 (Age ~ 48 years) Mother Susanna CORDGER, b. Abt 1729, Detling, Kent, England , d. Oct 1781, Hucking, Kent, England (Age ~ 52 years)
Other Partners: [ - ? - ]Marriage License 28 Feb 1756 Canterbury, Kent, England - Wm Grigsby of Bicknor lab bach (21) & Sus Corger of Detling sp (26), at D or B. 28 Feb 1756.
From Willis, Canterbury Marriage Licences, 1751-1780, p. 66 (from Volume 29). Affidavit not yet seen (bonds do not survive for this date).
Married 29 Feb 1756 St. Martin of Tours’ Church, Detling, Kent, England - William shown as a bach of Bicknor at the time of marriage, which was by licence, Susanna was spinster of Detling. Witnesses were John Trowell (witness to many at this time - probably Parish Clerk) and William Tomlin
From transcribed data on KFHS CD 28, Grigsby, William, of Bicknor, bach, to Corger?, Susanna, of Detling, by licence, at Detling
Family ID F3701 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Richard WHITEHEAD, b. Abt 1739, d. Sep 1830, Stockbury, Kent, England (Age ~ 91 years)
Other Partners: Ann STOCKWELL; Rachael WOODBanns of marriage From 11 Sep 1774 to 25 Sep 1774 - From register entry (image on FMP, viewed 20 Jul 2019)
Married 20 Feb 1776 St. Mary Magdalene’s Church, Stockbury, Kent, England [2] - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 20 Jul 2019)
It is interesting that the marriage took place so long after the banns were read - about 18 months later. (were the banns still valid? - to be checked) Mary was a minor and Richard seems to have been some years older so perhaps her parents did not consent at first. She was still a minor when they did marry, but being about 6 months pregnant at the time perhaps further resistance seemed hopeless! It seems unlikely that they would have been too bothered about her being pregnant and not married - her mother had an illegitimate child and then was about six months pregnant with another when she did marry, and two of Mary's sisters went on to have 3 illegitimate children between them, and one was also about 6 months pregnant at marriage.
Children11 children Last Modified 19 Oct 2022 Family ID F841 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Born - Abt 1756 - Hucking, Kent, England 
Baptised - 6 Jun 1756 - St. Margaret’s Church, Hucking, Kent, England 
Child - William WHITEHEAD - Abt 1776 - Stockbury, Kent, England 
Married - 20 Feb 1776 - St. Mary Magdalene’s Church, Stockbury, Kent, England Child - Richard WHITEHEAD - Abt 1777 - Stockbury, Kent, England Child - Mary WHITEHEAD - Abt 1778 - Stockbury, Kent, England Child - Elizabeth WHITEHEAD - Abt 1781 - Stockbury, Kent, England Child - Ann WHITEHEAD - Abt 1782 - Stockbury, Kent, England Child - Edward WHITEHEAD - Abt 1783 - Stockbury, Kent, England Child - Fanny WHITEHEAD - Abt 1785 - Stockbury, Kent, England Child - Sarah WHITEHEAD - Abt 1787 - Stockbury, Kent, England Child - James WHITEHEAD - Abt 1788 - Stockbury, Kent, England Child - Thomas WHITEHEAD - Abt 1790 - Stockbury, Kent, England Child - Ann WHITEHEAD - Abt 1793 - Stockbury, Kent, England Died - Cause: Dropsy - 27 Oct 1840 - Stockbury, Kent, England Buried - 30 Oct 1840 - St. Mary Magdalene’s Church, Stockbury, Kent, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
Sources - [S41] Stockbury Parish Registers (KFHS transcribed data), Kent Family History Society, accessed 2 Apr 2011), Entry for the burial of Mary Hunt. (Reliability: 3).
1706 1840 Oct 30 Mary WHITEHEAD 85 - [S41] Stockbury Parish Registers (KFHS transcribed data), Kent Family History Society, accessed 2 Apr 2011), Entry for the marriage of Richard Whitehead to Mary Grigsby. (Reliability: 3).
303 1776 Feb 20 Richard WHITEHEAD X Tp Mary GRIGSBY X Tp B Thos. Bannor X John Kerby