Mary Foster
Derrick's great-great-great-grandmother. A Wallington girl who married a Weston labourer at twenty, bore at least seven children and was left a pauper widow of forty-four with the youngest still at home.
Family
Each person is marked by where that line came from, in words as well as colour.
On the individual lines:
- Thomas Foster (parent): married 1793
- Elizabeth South (parent): married 1793
What the record says
Probable Her marriage is a register entry and the baptism at Wallington is matched to the birthplace the 1851 census gives; her age in 1851 is about two years under the baptism and nothing else names her parents.
Born Wallington, Hertfordshire, baptised 26 October 1806 · died after 1851 (not found)
| When | What | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Oct 1793 | Her parents marry at Wallington | Thomas Foster and Elizabeth South, at Wallington St Mary. Their first child is baptised in March 1794. | Documented |
| 26 Oct 1806 | Baptised at Wallington | Mary, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Foster, the youngest of five baptised there to them: Sarah (16 Mar 1794), Ann (16 Apr 1797), Thomas (30 Jun 1799), Edith (10 Oct 1802) and Mary. | Read with care |
| 10 Feb 1827 | Marries William Wallis at Weston | Both of Weston Holy Trinity, she a spinster; witnesses James Watson and William Kent. | Documented |
| 30 Mar 1851 | A pauper widow of 42, born at Wallington | Mary Wallis, head, in Weston village with six children and a granddaughter. The census gives Wallington as her birthplace and an age two years under the baptism. | Read with care |
Where this comes from
Each line of the table above names the record it rests on in its third column, and the grade at the top says how well the whole is evidenced. What is not established is said under its own heading below. How the grades and the labels on the chart are decided, and every source this archive holds.
What is not established
- No death or burial after 1851 has been looked for.
- Her baptism is matched to her birthplace by the census and to nothing else; no other Mary Foster was baptised at Wallington in the years around 1806.
- The baptisms of her parents have not been found: Elizabeth South in particular was not found at Wallington or nearby.