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PLOWRIGHT, Robert
1820 - 1885 (65 years) Has 2 ancestors and 23 descendants in this family tree.
1784 - 1855 (72 years)-
Name PLOWRIGHT, Robert Birth 1820 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire 
Gender Male Death 1885 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire Burial 27 Sep 1885 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire Person ID I7453 Edgoose Last Modified 30 Jan 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 SAMPSON, Mary Anne, b. 1822, Gedney, Lincolnshire, Norfolk d. 1891, West Ham Registration District, Essex (Age 69 years) Marriage 16 Jul 1849 Gedney, Lincolnshire, Norfolk Children 1. PLOWRIGHT, Thomas, b. 1850, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. Aft 1861 (Age > 12 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. PLOWRIGHT, John, b. 1851, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. 1853, East Retford, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 2 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. PLOWRIGHT, William, b. Between 1853 and 1854, St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, England d. 1864, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age 11 years)4. PLOWRIGHT, John, b. 1855, East Retford, Nottinghamshire, England d. Between 1901 and 1911 (Age 46 years)5. PLOWRIGHT, Robert, b. 1858, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. 1934, Rotherham Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 76 years)6. PLOWRIGHT, Matilda Anne, b. 1860, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. 1893, West Ham Registration District, Essex (Age 33 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]7. PLOWRIGHT, Charles, b. 1862, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. 1914, Haverforwest Registration District, Pembrokeshire, Wales (Age 52 years)8. PLOWRIGHT, James, b. 1865, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. Aft 1911 (Age > 47 years)Family ID F2709 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Birth - 1820 - Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire 
Marriage - 16 Jul 1849 - Gedney, Lincolnshire, Norfolk Death - 1885 - Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire Burial - 27 Sep 1885 - Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire = Link to Google Earth
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ROBERT PLOWRIGHT 1820-1885
Robert, son of Thomas and Ann PLOWRIGHT, was baptised at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 18 March 1820. His father was a farmer.
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From the 1841 census of Glen Side, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire:
Ann PLOWRIGHT, aged 55, farmer, born in Lincolnshire;
*Robert PLOWRIGHT, aged 20, farmer, born in Lincolnshire;
Charles PLOWRIGHT, aged 15, born in Lincolnshire;
Ann SQUIRE, aged 9, F. S., born in Lincolnshire.
(HO107/609/8/17/2)
Robert PLOWRIGHT married Marianne SAMSON [sic] at Gedney, Lincolnshire, on 16 July 1849.
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(GRO September Q 1849 Holbeach 14 545)
From the 1851 census of Cuckoo Road, Spalding, Lincolnshire:
*Robert PLOWRIGHT, head, married, aged 31, agricultural labourer, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Mary Ann PLOWRIGHT, wife, married, aged 29, born at Gedney, Lincolnshire;
Thomas PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 1, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire.
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From the 1861 census of Lang-hold Drove, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire:
*Robert PLOWRIGHT, head, married, aged 41, agricultural labourer, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Mary A. PLOWRIGHT, wife, married, aged 39, born at Gedney, Lincolnshire;
Thomas PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 11, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
William PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 7, born at St. Neot's, Huntingdonshire;
John PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 5, born at St. Neot's, Huntingdonshire;
Robert PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 3, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Matilda Ann PLOWRIGHT, daughter, aged 1, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Thomas WILES, lodger, widower, aged 66, sack mender, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire.
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From the 1871 census of Whales, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire:
*Robert PLOWRIGHT, head, married, aged 51, agricultural labourer, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Mary Ann PLOWRIGHT, wife, married, aged 49, born at Gedney, Lincolnshire;
John PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 15, bricklayer's labourer, born at Retford, Nottinghamshire;
Robert PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 13, agricultural labourer, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Matilda Ann PLOWRIGHT, daughter, aged 11, scholar, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Charles PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 8, scholar, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
James PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 6, scholar, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
John SAMPSON, father-in-law, widower, aged 86, agricultural labourer, born at Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire.
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From the 1881 census of Crossgate, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire:
*Robert PLOWRIGHT, head, married, aged 61, agricultural labourer, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Matilda A. PLOWRIGHT, daughter, unmarried, aged 20, domestic servant out of situation, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Charles PLOWRIGHT, son, unmarried, aged 18, agricultural labourer, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
James PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 16, agricultural labourer, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire.
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The death of Robert PLOWRIGHT aged 66 was registered in 1885.
(GRO September Q 1885 Spalding 7a 213)
Robert PLOWRIGHT of Crossgate, Pinchbeck, was buried at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 27 September 1885 aged 66.
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