Marriage of Mary TAYLOR

[Bunnygirl]

Hi
Yes looks like Richard did marry Rebecca Chesterton these are from the NBI
Earl Shilton St Simon & St Jude
Burial 31 October 1815 Rebecca Taylor age 20yrs
Burial 7 November 1815 Joseph Taylor aged 10days

So looks like Richard had his first son Joseph with Rebecca Chesterton who only lived for 10days

Hope this helps
Bunnygirl 

[ctrunfree]

Bunnygirl

Wow, I didn't know that!  Poor old Richard, he had a rough time.  He got shot through the thigh when fighting the French in the Pyrenees.  His brother died during the Peninsular campaign when serving with the Royal Artillery.  He was probably looking for a quiet life when he was discharged in Nov 1814.  I'm guessing that the dates suggest Rebecca was with child at the time of her wedding.

Can we tell if Richard is  listed as a Widower at his marriage to Mary BRYAN (23 May 1816, Kirby Mallory)?

[Bunnygirl]

Hi
On the disc I have it doesn't say that he was a widower but it also doesn't say he was a bachelor!!
Maybe the parish register or the banns could say something but you will need to look into that. Is this Richard Taylor  the 1824 marriage to Ann Lawrence?

Bunnygirl

[ctrunfree]

Bunnygirl- no, my Richard was married to Mary BRYAN from 1816 until her death in 1849.

[Annie65115]

Well, Eleanor the younger is a mystery - and I note that the will doesn't mention Mary!

One of my ancestors adopted her mother's first name after her mother's death, which made for lots of fun trying to find her      so maybe Mary did the same?

That still doesn't tell us where and when John Baillie m a Turner lass - and there are so many possible spellings of Baillie, that doesn't help either!

[ctrunfree]

Annie

I'm thinking that the most likely explanation is a situation like the one in your family, where the daughter takes on the mothers name.  Not very sensitive to the future needs of family historians!

The BAILEY/BAILIE and TAYLOR marriage is indeed going to be hard to pin down.

It appears from the will that Job jnr's wife Lucy died some time between the will being made (Nov 1812) and it being finalised (25 Apr 1815).  I'll go hunting for a death in this period.

I might see also if I can find any children of the 9 June 1814 marriage of Mary Taylor and Aaron Morley.  If there's an Eleanor or a Job amongst them we might have the right lady!

EDIT: Given the time delay between a death in England reaching a husband in Portugal, I'll look for Lucy a bit earlier.

It also looks like the "Mary became Eleanor" theory is busted.  The 1851 Census has an Aaron MORLEY living with his wife Mary in St Mary's Leicestershire.  She was born in Earl Shilton so likely to be the same Mary.  Oddly, she is not with Aaron in the 1841 Census.

[ctrunfree]

Hmm, there's a death registration at Leicester for a Job Morley in Q3 1871, aged 42.  I can't find any birth record for him but if Mary was born in 1784 she might be a bit old to be his mother.

[Annie65115]

The 1851 Mary Morley (with "Aron") was apparently 50 yo so not the one who was born in 1784.

 I can't see Aaron or Mary in Welford cemetery, but Job Morley was buried 24 Sept 1871, age 42; address Lee St, St Mgt. He seems to have been buried in a common grave with no other Morleys.

[ctrunfree]

Ah yes, didn't do the maths!  Back to the drawing board.

Job Jnr and Lucy I've now found both drowned coming back from Portugal after the war when their transport sank off Falmouth.