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MOLESWORTH, Mary
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Name MOLESWORTH, Mary Birth 1812 Whaplode, Lincolnshire. England
Gender Female Death 1894 Spalding Registration District, Lincolnshire
Burial 27 Nov 1894 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire
Person ID I7599 Edgoose Last Modified 2 Feb 2026
Family PLOWRIGHT, William, b. 1 Sep 1811, Spalding, Lincolnshire
d. 1889, Spalding Registration District, Lincolnshire
(Age 77 years) Marriage 9 Mar 1843 Whaplode, Lincolnshire. England
Family ID F2755 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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MARY PLOWRIGHT née MOLESWORTH 1812-1894
Mary, daughter of John and Alice MOLESWORTH, was baptised at Whaplode, Lincolnshire, on 24 June 1812.
(LFHS Baptisms & Burials East Elloe Deanery 1754-1812)
William, son of William PLOWRIGHT, married Mary, daughter of John MOLESWORTH, at Whaplode, Lincolnshire, on 9 March 1843.
(Lincolnshire Post 1837 Marriage Index)
The 1851 census of New Road, White Swan Lane, Spalding, Lincolnshire:
William PLOWRIGHT, head, married, aged 39, innkeeper & farmer of 300 acres of land employing 19 labourers, born at Spalding, Linconshire;
*Mary PLOWRIGHT, wife, married, aged 38, farmers wife, born at Whaplode, Lincolnshire;
JOHN MIMMACK, visitor, married, aged 44, farmer of 112 acres employing 2 labourers, born at Whaplode, Lincolnshire;
Alice MIMMACK, visitor, married, aged 40, farmers wife, born at Whaplode, Lincolnshire;
Alice MIMMACK, daughter, aged 7, farmers daughter, born at Whaplode, Lincolnshire;
Elizabeth CRANE, servant, unmarried, aged 22, general servant, born at Moulton, Lincolnshire;
Sarah WINCKLEY, servant, unmarried, aged 18, general servant, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire;
John FRENCH, visitor, married, aged 43, farmer, born at Cowbit, Lincolnshire;
Ann FRENCH, wife, married, aged 39, farmers wife, born at Cowbit, Lincolnshire;
Ann FRENCH, daughter, aged 12, daughter, born at Moulton Chapel;
Rebecca FRENCH, daughter, aged 9, daughter, born at Moulton Chapel;
Sarah Ann FRENCH, daughter, aged 7, daughter, born at Moulton Chapel;
William FRENCH, son, aged 5, son, born at Moulton Chapel;
Selina FRENCH, daughter, aged 2, daughter, born at Moulton Chapel.
(HO107/2096/387/8)
From the 1861 census of the White Swan, New Road, Spalding, Lincolnshire:
William PLOWRIGHT, head, married, aged 49, innkeeper & farmer, 350 acres employing 10 men, born at Spalding, Lincolnshire;
*Mary PLOWRIGHT, wife, married, aged 49, born at Whaplode, Lincolnshire
Alice MIMACK, niece, unmarried, aged 17, farmer's daughter, born at Whaplode, Lincolnshire;
Ann M. MIMACK, niece, aged 11, scholar, born at Whaplode, Lincolnshire;
Matthew ASKEN, servant, unmarried, aged 27, horseman, born at Spalding, Lincolnshire;
William SEABY, servant, unmarried, aged 20, horseman, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Betsy NEWTON, servant, unmarried, aged 18, cook, born at Spalding, Lincolnshire.
(RG9/2323/45/13)
From the 1871 census of South Forty Foot Bank, Wyberton, Lincolnshire:
William PLOWRIGHT, head, married, aged 60, farmer of 222 acres employing 6 labourers, born at Spalding, Lincolnshire;
*Mary PLOWRIGHT, wife, aged 60, born at Whaplode, Lincolnshire;
Ann FOREY, servant, unmarried, aged 20, domestic servant, born at Bicker, Lincolnshire;
Joseph SMITH, servant, housekeeper, aged 29, born at Spalding, Lincolnshire;
William WALKER, servant, aged 17, groom, born at Boston, Lincolnshire.
(RG10/3333/74/11)
The 1881 census of 32 High Street, Spalding, Lincolnshire:
William PLOWRIGHT, head, married, aged 70, farm bailiff, born at Spalding, Lincolnshire;
*Mary PLOWRIGHT, wife, married, aged 69, born at Whaplode, Lincolnshire.
(RG11/3203/49/10)
The 1891 census of 4 Alms Houses, Church Street, Spalding, Lincolnshire:
*Mary PLOWRIGHT, widow, aged 78, born at Whaplode, Lincolnshire;
Mary JARVIS, widow, aged 73, born at Donington, Lincolnshire.
(RG12/2562/15/2)
The death of Mary PLOWRIGHT aged 81 was registered in 1894.
(GRO December Q 1894 Spalding 7a 217)
Mary PLOWRIGHT of Spalding, Lincolnshire, was buried at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 27 November 1894 aged 81.
(NBI)
(revised 30.08.2013)

