Mary Louisa (Richardson) Smith (1815 - 1892)

Born 22 Apr 1815 in Lisburn, County Antrim, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of John Shaw Smith — married 27 Jun 1839 in Derriaghy, County Antrim, Ireland

Descendants

Died 31 May 1892 at age 77 in Ealing, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

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Mary Louisa was a Friend (Quaker)

Biography

Mary Louisa Richardson was a Quaker. She was born in Lisburn, county Antrim, on the 22 April 1815 to Quaker Parents John Richardson and Henrietta Greer. ^[1]

On 27 June 1839, she married John Shaw Smith, her first cousin (son of her aunt Mary Richardson (1784-) and her aunt's husband John Smith (1771-1822)), at Derriaghy, Lisburn, County Antrim, in a Church of Ireland ceremony.^[2]

"Marriage. On 27 Jun 1839, at Derriaghy, Lisburn, by Rev Thomas Thomson, John Shaw Smith, Esq, Cumberland Terr, Regent's Park, & Mary Louisa, eldest daughter of John Richardson, Esq, Lisburn".^[3]

Such a marriage was contrary to Quaker rules. Her case was discussed several times at the Lisburn monthly meeting in 1839 ^[4] and she was disowned by meeting held on 15 August that year. ^[5]

The couple had two children, John Augustus Smith and Mary Henrietta Florence Smith (both mentioned as executors of her husband's will. ^[6])

Mary Louisa widow of John Shaw Smith died in Ealing on 31 May 1892. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=S2%2FIRE%2FQUAKERS%2FL-B-M-5-3%2F0013&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FULSTER%2FBIR%2F006320 : accessed 10 January 2024), birth of Mary Louisa Richardson in Lisburn on 22d 4mo (Apr) 1815, father: John Richardson, mother: Henrietta; citing Archive Reference LBM5.3, Ulster Friends Trustees Ltd.
2. ↑ "Ireland, Indexes to Wills, Probate Administration, Marriage Bonds and Licences, 1591-1866"
   Microfilm of Original Records at the National Archives; Dublin, Ireland; Ireland Indexes to Wills, Admin and Marriage Licence Bonds
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 62077 #90176336 (accessed 10 January 2024)
   Mary Louisa Richardson marriage to John Shaw Smith on 27 June 1839 at Derriaghy, Lisburn, Ireland.
3. ↑ "Belfast, Northern Ireland, The Belfast Newsletter (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1738-1925"
   Linen Hall Library; Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK; Periodicals & Newspapers, Irish & Reference
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 2193 #454694 (accessed 13 January 2024)
   Mary Louisa Richardson marriage to John Shaw Smith on 27 Jun 1839 in Derriaghy, Lisburn.
4. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Congregational Records, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=S2%2FIRE%2FQUAKERS%2FL-B-M-1-5%2F0073&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FULSTER%2FCON%2F053299 : accessed 10 January 2024), minutes dated 18d 7mo (Jul) 1839, Reported that Mary Louisa Richardson planned to go ahead with her marriage to her first cousin; citing Lisburn MM minutes, archive ref LBM1.5, Ulster Friends Trustees Ltd.
5. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Congregational Records, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=S2%2FIRE%2FQUAKERS%2FL-B-M-1-5%2F0074&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FULSTER%2FCON%2F053320 : accessed 13 January 2024), minutes dated 15d 8mo (Aug) 1839, The Friends appointed report that they met Mary Louisa Smith late Richardson who acknowleged having been married by a priest to her first cousin; her case has been solidly considered at this time and believing ourselves called upon to testify … we herby disown the said Mary Louisa from being a member of our Society...; citing Lisburn MM minutes, archive ref LBM1.5, Ulster Friends Trustees Ltd.
6. ↑ Probate of the will of John Shaw Smith late of Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, Esq, who died 29 Jan 1873, granted to John Augustus Smith esq and Mary Henrietta Florence Smith spinster, the executors, Calendars of Wills and Administrations 1858-1922, National Archives of Ireland (http://www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie/reels/cwa/005014890/005014890_00693.pdf : accessed 10 Jan 2024)
7. ↑ "Belfast, Northern Ireland, The Belfast Newsletter (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1738-1925"
   Linen Hall Library; Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK; Periodicals & Newspapers, Irish & Reference
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 2193 #1308875 (accessed 10 January 2024)
   Mary Louisa Smith death 31 May 1892 (age 77) in Ealing.

• Unsourced family tree handed down to Clare Megaw.