Mary Barrett 4 X G Grandmother

[borobabs]

Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Mary Barrett

Date and place of birth
Abt 1775

Names of parents
???

Date and place of baptism - if applicable
???

Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
16 Nov 1795 Cowlinge Suffolk to John Braddy

Occupation(s) - if any
???

Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!)
???

Date, place and cause of death
??? would imagine Cowlinge but ?

Date and place of burial.
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Memorial inscription - if any
???

[kiterunner]

FMP has a burial for Mary Braddy 24 Oct 1851 at St Margaret, Cowlinge, age 87. This would mean she was born about 1764, if it's the right Mary (and if the age at death is right).

This must be the above Mary on the 1851 census:
Park Corner, Cowlinge, Suffolk
Mary Brady Head Widow 89 Pauper Suffolk Grt Wratting
Betsy Cook (or Cusk?) Lodger U 26 Nurse Suffolk Cowlinge.

And in 1841, address is just Cowlinge:
John Bradey 50 Ag Lab Yes
Marey Bradey 76 Yes
Charles Jacobs 17 Ag Lab Yes

Ancestry have transcribed her name as Marcy but I think it is probably supposed to say Marey. There are quite a few others with the same name on the page and it's not very likely there would be loads of people called Marcy!

John's age seems to have been written in as 50 over whatever was there before (see attachment), so I don't know whether 50 is correct or not. If it is right, then it's unlikely to be your Mary because her son John was born and died in 1812 and her husband John would be a lot older than 50 if he was still alive in 1841.

Findmypast has a burial for a John Bradley at St Margaret, Cowlinge, 31 Dec 1844 age 82 which would fit if the 1841 age originally said 80!

There is a Mary Barret baptised 8 Jul 1770 at Great Wratting (parents Richard and Mary) so that would fit nicely-ish if the Mary on the censuses is your Mary.

[kiterunner]

John Braddy death registered Dec 1844 Risbridge district, and no listing for John Bradley.

Also Mary Brady death registered Dec 1851 Risbridge district (vol XII p283). The surname is written as Brady on the GRO Death Index but is out of alphabetical order - the entry is listed after Braddon and before Brade, so it looks as though it was supposed to say Braddy.

[borobabs]

Kate yes thanks would say that is her there 1st sob James was b 1806 Mary 1809 and then John b1812 - d1812
Thanks dear for all your help help
Opps Kate something wrong with dates there never 48 when she had last one

[Merry]

Opps Kate something wrong with dates there never 48 when she had last one

Maybe Mary's age at death was exagerated, or perhaps John wasn't a small baby when he was baptised, or a bit of both?

[borobabs]

Possibly possible hard to prove one way or another this far back isnt it

[kiterunner]

If she's the one who was baptised in 1770 then she was only about 42 when she had John in 1812? I think she was probably younger at death than it says on her burial and on the census.

[borobabs]

Cheers Kate I worked it out quick as 48 but 42 isnt to bad

[Margaret in Burton]

Cheers Kate I worked it out quick as 48 but 42 isnt to bad

My maternal grandmother was 43 when she had my mum and my other grandmother was 45 when she had her last one.

[borobabs]

Thanks Marg yes realised some had them lot later than these days