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PLOWRIGHT, William
1810 - 1887 (77 years) Has 2 ancestors and 9 descendants in this family tree.
1784 - 1855 (72 years)-
Name PLOWRIGHT, William Birth 1810 Semperingham With Pointon, Lincolnshire, England 
Gender Male Death 17 Dec 1887 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire Burial 21 Dec 1887 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire Person ID I7435 Edgoose Last Modified 1 Feb 2026
Father PLOWRIGHT, Thomas, b. Between 1788 and 1789, Bitchfield, Lincolnshire d. 1833, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age 45 years) Mother GARDNER, Ann, b. Between 1783 and 1784, Hacconby, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England d. 1 Aug 1855, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age 72 years) Marriage 14 Jan 1808 Hacconby, Lincolnshire Family ID F2699 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family MARSHALL, Elizabeth, b. 1813, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. 1881, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age 68 years) Marriage 13 Oct 1834 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire Children 1. PLOWRIGHT, Matilda Marshall, b. 1835, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. 1835, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age 0 years)2. PLOWRIGHT, Sarah Ann, b. Between 1835 and 1836, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. 1909, Pancras Registration District, London (Age 74 years)3. PLOWRIGHT, Matilda Marshall, b. 1838, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. 1840, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age 2 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. PLOWRIGHT, Rebecca Marshall, b. 1839, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. 1918, Horsham Registration District, Sussex (Age 79 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]5. PLOWRIGHT, Betsy, b. 1841, Spalding Registration District, Lincolnshire d. 1841, Spalding Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 0 years)6. PLOWRIGHT, William, b. 1842, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. 1843, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age 1 year)7. PLOWRIGHT, Matilda Marshall, b. 1843, Spalding Registration District, Lincolnshire d. 1907, Islington Registration District, London (Age 64 years)8. PLOWRIGHT, Betsy Ann, b. 1847, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire d. 1879, Spalding Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 32 years)9. PLOWRIGHT, Jane Elizabeth, b. 1849, Spalding Registration District, Lincolnshire d. 1855, Spalding Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 6 years)Family ID F2672 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Marriage - 13 Oct 1834 - Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire 
Death - 17 Dec 1887 - Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire Burial - 21 Dec 1887 - Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire = Link to Google Earth
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WILLIAM PLOWRIGHT Circa 1809-1887
A William, son of Thomas and Ann PLOWRIGHT of Sempringham, was baptised at Semperingham, Lincolnshire, on 16 May 1810. Semperingham is a large parish in Lincolnshire and includes the hamlet of Birthorpe and the village of Pointon, with Semperingham and Pointon Fens.
William PLOWRIGHT of Pinchbeck, bachelor, married Elizabeth MARSHALL of Pinchbeck, spinster, at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 13 October 1834 by consent of requisite parties. Witnesses were John COATES and Jane Toon MARSHALL.
(PR)
(LFHS Marriage Index 1700-1837 Volume 1)
NOTE: FreeReg has 30 October 1834.
William PLOWRIGHT and Mary Ann MARSHALL witnessed the marriage by licence between Richard CROSS, a bachelor from Spalding, and Jane Toon MARSHALL, a spinster from Pinchbeck, at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 9 June 1835.
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On the same day, 9 June 1835, Matilda Marshall PLOWRIGHT of Northgate, Pinchbeck, daughter of William and Elizabeth PLOWRIGHT, was baptised at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire. William PLOWRIGHT was a publican.
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An inquest was held at the house of William PLOWRIGHT, The Bell, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 17 June 1837.
(Lincolnshire Archives COR/SPAL/1836/886)
Matilda Marshall, daughter of William and Elizabeth PLOWRIGHT of Pinchbeck, was baptised at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 29 July 1838. William PLOWRIGHT was a publican.
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Matilda PLOWRIGHT, an infant from Pinchbeck, was buried there on 16 July 1840.
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Rebecca MARSHALL, daughter of William and Elizabeth PLOWRIGHT of Pinchbeck, was baptised at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, 0n 25 July 1840. William PLOWRIGHT was a publican.
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From the 1841 census of East of Turnpike, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire:
*William PLOWRIGHT, aged 30, publican, born in Lincolnshire;
Elizabeth PLOWRIGHT, aged 25, born in Lincolnshire;
Sarah PLOWRIGHT, aged 5, born in Lincolnshire;
Rebecca PLOWRIGHT, aged 2, born in Lincolnshire;
Caroline CATON, aged 20, F.S., NOT born in Lincolnshire;
Maria SQUIER, aged 14, F.S., born in Lincolnshire;
Thomas WARNER, aged 15, M.S., born in Lincolnshire.
(HO107/609/9/28/2)
William, son of William and Elizabeth PLOWRIGHT of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 8 August 1842. His father was a publican.
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Matilda Marshall, daughter of William and Elizabeth PLOWRIGHT, of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 8 August 1843. William PLOWRIGHT was a farmer.
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Jane Elizabeth, daughter of William and Elizabeth PLOWRIGHT of Pinchbeck South Fen was baptised at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 2 September 1849. William PLOWRIGHT was a labourer.
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From the 1851 census of Crossgate, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire:
*William PLOWRIGHT, head, married, aged 39, agricultural labourer, born at Threekingham, Lincolnshire;
Elizth PLOWRIGHT, wife, married, aged 36, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Sarah Ann PLOWRIGHT, daughter, aged 14, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Matilda PLOWRIGHT, daughter, aged 7, scholar, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Betsy Ann PLOWRIGHT, daughter, aged 3, scholar, born at Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire;
Jane Elizth PLOWRIGHT, daughter, aged 1, born at Spalding, Lincolnshire;
Matilda CROSS, niece, aged 8, born at Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire.
(HO107/2096/42/13)
From the 1861 census of Pinchbeck Road, Spalding, Lincolnshire:
*Wm PLOWRIGHT, head, married, aged 46, GNR gate keeper, born at Pointon, Lincolnshire;
Elizabeth PLOWRIGHT, wife, married, aged 44, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Sarah Ann PLOWRIGHT, daughter, unmarried, aged 23, domestic servant, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Matilda PLOWRIGHT, daughter, aged 14, scholar, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Betsey Ann PLOWRIGHT, daughter, aged 13, scholar, born at Huntingdon, Lincolnshire.
(RG9/2323/35/34)
The 1871 census of Railway Gate House, Spalding, Lincolnshire:
*William PLOWRIGHT, head, married, aged 60, gate keeper, born at Pointon, Lincolnshire;
Elizabeth PLOWRIGHT, wife, married, aged 57, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
B. A. [Betsy Ann] PLOWRIGHT, daughter, unmarried, aged 23, born at Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire;
William J. E. KEMP, nephew, aged 1, born at London, Middlesex;
John J. JOHNSON, lodger, unmarried, aged 23, railway porter, born at Oundle, Northamptonshire.
(RG10/3322/5/4)
From the 1881 census of Railway Gate House, Spalding, Lincolnshire:
*William PLOWRIGHT, head, married, aged 71, signalman GNR, born at Pointon, Lincolnshire;
Elizabeth PLOWRIGHT, wife, married, aged 67, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Mary A. FYDELL, servant, unmarried, aged 15, general servant domestic, born at Weston Hills, Lincolnshire.
(RG11/3203/105/24)
William PLOWRIGHT of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, was buried at Pinchbeck on 21 December 1887 aged 78, i.e. born circa 1809.
(LFHS Parish Register Burials 1813-1900 Volume 5)
"PLOWRIGHT William.
21 March. The Will of William PLOWRIGHT late of Pinchbeck in the County of Lincoln who died 17 December 1887 at Pinchbeck was proved at the Principal Registry by Sarah Ann DAVISON (Wife of Harry William DAVISON) of 14 Featherston-buildings Holborn in the County of Middlesex the Daughter the sole Executrix.
Personal Estate £93 14s. 11d."
(National Probate Calendar 1888)
NOTES & QUERIES:
His daughter Sarah Ann PLOWRIGHT married Harry William DAVISON in 1870.
(GRO March Q 1870 Marylebone 1a 718)
How was his niece Matilda CROSS connected? See 1851 census above.
(revised 03.09.2013)