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Mary WHITEHEAD
Abt 1778 - 1851 (~ 73 years) Has 63 ancestors and 714 descendants in this family tree.Set As Default Person
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Name Mary WHITEHEAD Relationship with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1778 Stockbury, Kent, England - Date from age in death registration and burial records, both of which show 73, although the census about 3 months before recorded her as aged 74. Place from the 1851 census.
Baptised 7 Mar 1779 St. Mary Magdalene’s Church, Stockbury, Kent, England [1] Gender Female Buried 1851 St. Giles’ Church, Wormshill, Kent, England - From PR transcribed data on KFHS mf 1859 (gives age as 73)
Died 23 Jun 1851 Wormshill, Kent, England Cause: Chronic disease of the liver many years,
dropsy 5 months- Informant was Harriett Hunt, present at the death.
At least 7 of Mary's 11 children survived her but about 3 months before, at the time of the census, they were scattered:
Maria was in Kingsnorth, Edward was in Borden, Basil and Charles were both in Bredgar and Sybella was in Faversham. Just Richard (who was single) and Springfield remained in Wormshill, so it is not surprising that it was Springfield's oldest daughter, Harriet, who with her young baby was living with her father and younger siblings at the time of the census, should have been with her grandmother at her death and been the one to inform the registrar.
GRO ref: Millgate, Mary q2 1851 Hollingbourn RD 5 201; GRO online index shows age at death as 73
Death certificate for Mary Whitehead Siblings 5 brothers and 5 sisters Half-siblings 1 half sister (family of Richard WHITEHEAD and Ann STOCKWELL) Half-siblings 1 half sister (family of Richard WHITEHEAD and Rachael WOOD) Patriarch & Matriarch Thomas WHITEHEAD, b. Est 1677, bur. 28 Aug 1732, St. Katherine’s Church, Knockholt, Kent, England (Age ~ 55 years) (Great Grandfather)
Susanna, d. Yes, date unknown (Great Grandmother)Notes - By the time of the 1841 census Mary had married (or at least was living as the wife of) John Milgate, about 14 years his junior.
In 1841 they were living in Frinsted, with Mary's unmarried son Richard and a granddaughter, Mary Ann (illegitimate daughter of Mary's daughter, another Mary).
By 1851 Mary and John were back in Wormshill, and this is most likely where Mary died, later that year. - (Research):Surname Whitehead also spelt Whithead and Witehead
Person ID I571 All | Teresa's direct ancestors, England: Kent Group (in Go(a)tham One-Name Study), All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , The descendants (and other halves) of Richard Whitehead and Mary née Grigsby Last Modified 16 Sep 2022
Father Richard WHITEHEAD, b. Abt 1739, d. Sep 1830, Stockbury, Kent, England (Age ~ 91 years)
Other Partners: Ann STOCKWELL; Rachael WOODMother Mary GRIGSBY, b. Abt 1756, Hucking, Kent, England , d. 27 Oct 1840, Stockbury, Kent, England (Age ~ 84 years) Banns 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.
Family ID F841 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Richard HUNT, b. Abt 1773, Lenham, Kent, England , d. Jan 1821, Wormshill, Kent, England (Age ~ 48 years)
Other Partners: Frances CHAPPELL m. 5 Mar 1795Married 5 Feb 1799 St. Mary Magdalene’s Church, Stockbury, Kent, England [3] Children 11 children Last Modified 26 Aug 2022 Family ID F427 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 John MILGATE, b. Abt 1793, Wormshill, Kent, England , bur. 1870, St. Giles’ Church, Wormshill, Kent, England (Age ~ 76 years) Married Between 1821 and 1841 (probably), St. Giles’ Church, Wormshill, Kent, England Last Modified 16 Sep 2022 Family ID F4103 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Event Map Click to hide Born - Abt 1778 - Stockbury, Kent, England Baptised - 7 Mar 1779 - St. Mary Magdalene’s Church, Stockbury, Kent, England Child - Maria HUNT - 1799 - Stockbury, Kent, England Married - 5 Feb 1799 - St. Mary Magdalene’s Church, Stockbury, Kent, England Child - Richard HUNT - 10 Nov 1801 - Gillingham, Kent, England Child - Mary HUNT - 1803 - Bredgar, Kent, England Child - Sarah HUNT - 1805 - Bredgar, Kent, England Child - Edward HUNT - 1807 - Bredgar, Kent, England Child - Springfield HUNT - 1810 - Wormshill, Kent, England Child - Elizabeth HUNT - 1812 - Wormshill, Kent, England Child - Basil HUNT - 1815 - Wormshill, Kent, England Child - Sybilla HUNT - Abt 1817 - Wormshill, Kent, England Child - Charles HUNT - 1820 - Wormshill, Kent, England Buried - 1851 - St. Giles’ Church, Wormshill, Kent, England Died - Cause: Chronic disease of the liver many years,
dropsy 5 months - 23 Jun 1851 - Wormshill, 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 baptism of Mary Whitehead. (Reliability: 3).
1223 1779 Mar 7 Mary d Richard and Mary WHITEHEAD - [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 - [S41] Stockbury Parish Registers (KFHS transcribed data), Kent Family History Society, accessed 2 Apr 2011), Entry for the marriage of Richard Hunt to Mary Whitehead. (Reliability: 3).
387 1799 Feb 5 Richard HUNT Wid X otp Mary WHITEHEAD Sp X otp Banns Wm Whitehead, William