Hello Barbara and Allan -
This information is invaluable, thank you very much!
I'm currently leaning towards Mary christened 1719, died 1766, daughter of Thomas, sister of Lydia for the following reasons:
I have a copy of the will her son James wrote in 1789; given that he named each of his children, their spouses and his wife, I am assuming that his mother would have been included had she been alive.
I have a Thomas Penny in my tree, son of James Penny and brother of Robert, born 12th November 1692; all were residents of Great Bowden and Thomas is of an age where he COULD be Mary's father, though the only information I had for him are his birth and christening dates. He was one of the individuals I gathered after reading the will for James, vicar of Great Budworth in the late 17th century.
Geographically speaking, would this be realistic, or too much of a stretch for the times?
Although I can't lay my hands on the source at the moment, I'm sure James contuinued to refer to his mother as Mary Penny, so I didn't expect to see a marriage for her.
Though Mary is far too common a name for my liking, the elderly Mary buried in 1752 is of the right age to be Thomas' mother and wife of James. Unfortunately, my system crashed last summer and I lost my transcript so I'll now have to go and dig out details of James' will However if memory serves, he left the equivalent of over £250k in today's money so to my mind, it is unlikely, though not impossible, that his widow would be a pauper.
Speculating purely on ages, James, son of Reginald seems to be a good starting point for the father. I'll use this information as my theories for now and try to prove and / or disprove from onine sources but I'm very much looking forward to anything that comes out of the Flixton transcripts.
Best regards,
Janet
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