Mary (Unknown) Workman (abt. 1651 - abt. 1723)

Died about 1723 at about age 72 in Rosscarbery, County Cork, Ireland

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Biography

Mary was a Friend (Quaker)

Mary, whose maiden name is not known, and John Workman lived in the southern part of Cork where they had a family. ^[1]

John and Mary Workman both gave testimony against tithes together with other Quakers in 1680. Mary Workman wrote

I doe likewise bear my testimony and have borne the same with my husband against the hireling priests and false prophets their ways [of?] worship and doe hope I shall be so preserved while life remains ^[2]

Mary Workman appears to have died in or before the year 1723 because her will was proved in the diocesan court of Cork and Ross in that year. ^[3]. Unfortunately, neither a copy nor an abstract of the will have been found.

Research Notes

No birth record located. Birthdate estimated based on birth of first child.

Evidence about the level of her (and her husband's) involvement in the Quakers is mostly not available because the Quaker minute book for Bandon has not been digitised by FindmyPast.

Sources

1. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FBIRTH%2F25291 : accessed 24 October 2020), Reference to John and Mary Workman of Ross Carbery, co Cork; citing Munster Family lists 1650-1876, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
2. ↑ "Ireland, Society of Friends (Quaker) Yearly Meeting Sufferings," image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FYMG-4%2F0082&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FCONG%2F1213051 : accessed 16 November 2022), sufferings of John and Mary Workman county of County Cork for the year of 1680, citing YM Sufferings: testimonies against and sufferings incurred for tithes c. 1669-1777, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives ref YM G4.
3. ↑ Dioscesan and Pregogative Will Calendars 1595-1848, National Archives of Ireland, (http://census.nationalarchives.ie/search/dw/details.jsp?id=28647 : accessed 16 November 2022). Will of Mary Workman of Rosscarberry, proved in the diocesan court of Cork and Ross, 1723.