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SAMPSON, Mary Anne
1822 - 1891 (69 years) Has 2 ancestors and 23 descendants in this family tree.
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Name SAMPSON, Mary Anne Birth 1822 Gedney, Lincolnshire, Norfolk 
Christening 24 Feb 1822 Gedney, Lincolnshire, Norfolk Gender Female Death 1891 West Ham Registration District, Essex Person ID I7455 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father SAMPSON, John, b. Between 1784 and 1785, Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire. England d. Yes, date unknown Relationship natural Mother .........., Mary d. Marylebone Registration District, London Relationship natural Marriage UNKNOWN Family ID F2710 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family PLOWRIGHT, Robert, b. 1820, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. 1885, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age 65 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 - 1822 - Gedney, Lincolnshire, Norfolk 
Christening - 24 Feb 1822 - Gedney, Lincolnshire, Norfolk Marriage - 16 Jul 1849 - Gedney, Lincolnshire, Norfolk = Link to Google Earth
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MARY ANNE PLOWRIGHT née SAMSON 1822-
Mary Ann, daughter of John and Mary SAMPSON of Gedney, Lincolnshire, was baptised at St. Mary Magdalene, Lincolnshire, on 24 February 1822. Her father was a labourer.
(FamilySearch)
Robert PLOWRIGHT married Marianne SAMSON [sic] at Gedney, Lincolnshire, on 16 July 1849.
(FreeReg)
(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 [i.e. born 1821 or 1822], born at Gedney, Lincolnshire;
Thomas PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 1, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire.
(HO107/2096/606/3)
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.
(RG9/2320/4/1)
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.
(RG10/3318/5/4)
From the 1881 census of Crossgate, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire:
*Mary A. PLOWRIGHT, nurse, married, aged 60, nurse, born at Gedney, Lincolnshire.
She was living with William PICKERSGILL and family, presumably as a nurse to their 1 day old unnamed son.
(RG11/3200/21/13)
The 1891 census of 88 Oakfield Road, East Ham, Essex:
George MORRIS, head, married, aged 29, general labourer, born at Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire;
Matilda MORRIS, wife, married, aged 31, dressmaker, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
*Mary Ann PLOWRIGHT, mother, widow, aged 70 [i.e. born in 1820 or 1821], born at Gedney, Lincolnshire;
Fredk SHARMAN, boarder, single, aged 31, general labourer, born at Ramsden, Suffolk.
(RG12/1340/185/41)
The death of a Mary Ann PLOWRIGHT aged 73 was registered in 1891 [i.e. born in 1817-1818].
(GRO December Q 1891 W. Ham [which includes East Ham] 4a 95)
NOTES & QUERIES:
The death of a Mary Ann C. PLOWRIGHT aged 86 was registered in 1907 [i.e. born in 1820-1821].
(GRO December Q 1907 Pancras 1b 81)
According to the 1901 census she was single, living on own means, was born in Rochester, Kent, and was thus not a contender.
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