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LIFE GOES
ON: AN INTRODUCTION
MY
GRANDPARENTS - I - MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS - I - MY
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS - I - MY
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
THE SIXTEEN
FAMILIES
KNOTT - I - BOWLES - I - WATERS - I - HARRALL - I - PAGE - I - WISEMAN - I - CROSS - I - CARTER
CORNWELL - I - HUCKLE - I - MORTLOCK - I - MANSFIELD - I - REYNOLDS - I - CARTER - I - ANABLE - I - STEARN
CHRONOLOGY - I - DRAMATIS PERSONAE - I - WHERE PEOPLE CAME FROM - I - CALENDAR
MAP OF ELY - I - MAP OF MEDWAY
MAP OF
CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT
THE
WORKHOUSE
WORLD WAR I - I - WORLD WAR II
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LIFE GOES
ON
Mary Moody
born Dry Drayton, Cambs, 1803
died St Ives, Huntingdonshire, 1885
on the Cornwell family tree
part of the Mortlock family story
married to John
Mortlock
mother of Thomas
Mortlock
Mary Moody (1803
-1885). My Mother's Father's Mother's
Father' Mother. My Great-Great-Great-Grandmother.
1803: in later
years, Mary would give her birthplace as Swavesey, but
the only recorded baptism of a baby of the right age is
of a Mary Moody born at Dry Drayton, a nearby parish, and
baptised at Dry Drayton parish church on February 20th.
Her mother was recorded as Ann, 'an unmarried woman'. If
this is the right Mary, then it may explain why Mary was
prepared to give Swavesey as her birthplace from 1851
onwards. Alternatively, she may never have known exactly
where she was born. Mary's mother Ann married Joseph
Taylor of Childerley on March 14th, so this was probably
Mary's father. Childerley is adjacent to Dry Drayton, but
also close to Swavesey. By an extraordinary coincidence,
athough Mary is on my maternal grandfather's side of the
family, one of the witnesses was Joseph Markham, who is
on my maternal grandmother's side of the family.
1826: Mary married
John Mortlock at at Swavesey, Cambridgeshire
on 3rd December. Both gave Swavesey as their home parish.
The witnesses were John Fuller and Hannah Gilby.
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1841 Census:
Mary was
thirty-five years old at the time of the 1841
census. The enumerator had poor handwriting, and
the name Mortlock has been transcribed as
'Matlock' on Ancestry. The Mortlocks
lived at Swavesey, Cambridgeshire.
Mary's husband
John is shown as a farmer. He
was 45.
Mary had six
children at the time of the 1841 census. Phebe
was 11, Sarah was 8, Elizabeth was 6, John was 5,
Mary was 3 and Hephzibah was 1. There was also
another girl, aged 15, transcribed on Ancestry
as Phebe Piza. It may well be Phebe Daye.
Everyone in
the household was born in Cambridgeshire. The
transcript for their entry is here.
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1851
Census:
Mary
was forty-seven years old at the time of
the 1851 census. The Mortlocks lived at Church
Street, Swavesey, Cambridgeshire.
Her
husband John is shown as a mealsman,
a dealer in cereals and grain. He was
58..
Mary
had seven children at the time of the
1851 census. Phebe was 21, Sarah was 18,
John was 14, Mary Ann was 13, Hephzibah
was 11, Thomas was 9 and Jane was 7.
There was also Joseph Fear, shown as a
nephew of John Mortlock, who was 12 years
old.
Mary
was born at Swavesey in
Cambridgeshire, as were the rest of the
family. The transcript for their entry is
here.
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1861
Census:
Mary
was fifty-seven years old at the time of
the 1861 census. The Mortlocks lived at High
Street, Swavesey, Cambridgeshire.
Her
husband John is shown as a baker
and flour dealer. He was 68
years old.
Mary
had three children at home at the time of
the 1861 census. Phebe was 31, Hephzibah
was 21 and Thomas was 19. Phebe is shown
as an idiot, Hephzibah as a baker's
assistant. Thomas was married to Eliza,
aged 21. Thomas and Eliza had a child of
their own, Samuel, who was a month old.
Thomas is shown as a bricklayer's
assistant.
Mary
was born at Swavesey in
Cambridgeshire, as were the rest of the
family, except for Thomas's wife Eliza
who was born at Needingworth,
Huntingdonshire. Despite being in
different counties, Swavesey and
Needingworth are adjacent parishes. The
transcript for their entry is here.
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1871
Census:
Mary
was sixty seven years old at the time of
the 1871 census. The family still lived
at High Street, Swavesey,
Cambridgeshire.
Her
husband John is shown, curiously, as a retired
famer (see 1841). He was 76.
Mary is shown as a farmer's wife. They
still had Phebe at home, aged 41. She is
shown as an idiot from birth. Also living
with them was John H William Mortlock,
aged 8.
Mary
was born at Swavesey in
Cambridgeshire, as were the rest of the
family, except for John H William who was
born at Aldershot.The transcript for
their entry is here.
Mary's
son Thomas, my great-great-grandfather,
had moved out. Thomas was twenty-eight
years old at the time of the 1871 census.
He lived with his wife and children at High
Street, Holywell with Needingworth,
Huntingdonshire.
Thomas
is shown as a bricklayer. His
wife Eliza was 29.
Thomas
had five children at the time of the 1871
census: Samuel was 10, Emma was 8,
Hepzibah was 7, Lizzie (Eliza, my
great-grandmother) was 5 and Thomas was
3.
Thomas
was born at Swavesey in
Cambridgeshire, as was Samuel. The rest
of the family were born at Needingworth
in Huntingdonshire. The transcript for
their entry is here.
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1881 Census:By the
time of the 1881 census, Mary was a
widower.
She
was seventy-six years old. She lived at 3
Church End, Swavesey, Cambridgeshire. She
is shown as a widower.
Mary
was living on her own. Her daughter
Phoebe had died at the age of 42 in the
4th quarter of 1871 at St Ives,
Huntingdonshire.
Mary's
place of birth is shown as Swavesey,
Cambridgeshire. The transcript for the
entry is here.
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1885: Mary Mortlock's death is recorded in the
second quarter at St Ives, Huntingdonshire.
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