BRIGGS, Mary

Abt 1829 -

• Name	BRIGGS, Mary
  	Craig Ward's tree on Ancestry asserts that she is Mary Briggs born 1827. A Mary Briggs did possibly marry a John Ward in Lincoln in 1851 (one of 4 possible names).
  Birth	Abt 1829	Dunston, Lincolnshire, England
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1891	Fiskerton, Lincolnshire, England
  	Census
  Person ID	I2130	Main Tree | Ward and Walkley
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2019

  
  

  Father	BRIGGS, John,   b. 1798, Waddington, Lincolnshire
  Mother	Sarah
  Family ID	F1635	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	WARD, John,   b. Abt Nov 1827, Fiskerton, Lincolnshire, England d. 1897, Fiskerton, Lincolnshire, England (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	Most likely candidate from England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription is John Ward married in Spilsby in 1851 to Mary Davy (possibility out of 4 names).
  Children	1. WARD, Mary Ann,   b. 29 Aug 1849, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England d. 1866, Fiskerton, Lincolnshire, England (Age 16 years)   2. WARD, Sarah,   b. 28 Jul 1851, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England d. 1860, Fiskerton, Lincolnshire, England (Age 8 years)   3. WARD, Charlotte,   b. 15 Apr 1855, Fiskerton, Lincolnshire, England + 4. WARD, William,   b. 19 Dec 1857, Fiskerton, Lincolnshire, England d. Lincolnshire, England + 5. WARD, Phoebe,   b. 26 Feb 1861, Fiskerton, Lincolnshire, England   6. WARD, Eliza,   b. 20 Apr 1865, Fiskerton, Lincolnshire   7. WARD, Mary Elizabeth,   b. 19 Mar 1868, Fiskerton, Lincolnshire, England
  Documents		Children's Names Possibly written by Phoebe Ward. Property of Margaret Read (Pheobe Ward descendent).
  Family ID	F1092	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 May 2017

  
  

• Documents

  Ward Family in 1861 Census

  
  

• Notes

  Four Marys born around 1829 in Dunston from the Parish Register: Mary Ann Cater Feb 11 1827 Mary Ann Norton Oct 1 1826 Mary Ann Neils Jan 7 1826 Mary Wilmot Jul 24 1825 Can't find any of these marrying a John Ward. Possibly surname Briggs based on 1841 and 1851 census that has a Mary Briggs with the same birthplace and approx birth year. However her daughter Mary Ann Ward was born in 1849 (Mary Briggs was still living with her parents in 1851). She could have been born before her parents were married? Or alternatively Mary Briggs was not Mary Ward. Interestingly there is a Mary A Briggs aged 1 year old listed as a daughter of the Briggs family in the 1851 census. In the 1861 census they have no children living with them. On balance I think it's more likely than not that Mary was Mary Briggs, daughter of John Briggs. There is a question of whether Sarah Briggs was the mother of Mary given she was only 14 or 15 years older than Mary. Maybe a second wife?