Mary Elizabeth (Williams) Lucy (1803 - 1890)

Born 25 Nov 1803 in St Asaph, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of George Hammond-Lucy — married 2 Dec 1823 in St Asaph, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 15 Mar 1890 at age 86 in Charlecote, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Mary Elizabeth Williams was Born on the 25th November 1803 in St Asaph Flintshire.her Father John was 30 and her mother Dorothy was 30 She married George Hammond Lucy in 1823 in St Asaph they had three children together and she died on the 15 March 1890 at Charlecote Manor in Warwick, having lived a long life of 86 years and was buried there.

Sources

• England Births and Christenings 1538-1975

Name Mary Elizabeth Williams Gender Female Birth Date 25 Nov 1804 Birth Place Flint Flintshire Wales United Kingdom Father John Williams Mother Dorothy Wigley

• Marriages

Name Mary Elizabeth Williams Marriage Date 2 Dec 1823 Spouse George Hammond Lucy

• 1851 Census

Name Mary Elizabeth Lucy Age 47 Relation Head Where Born St Asaph Flintshire Wells Civil Parish Charlecote Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Map 11760 County Warwick Registration District Stratford On Avon Sub-district Kineton Ed, institution 5 Schedule Number 1 Piece 2074 Page Number 1 Household Members Age Mary Elizabeth Lucy 47 Caroline Lucy 23 Edmund Berkeley Lucy 8

• 1861 Census

Name Mary E Lucy Age 57 Relation Head Civil Parish Charlecote County Warwick Country England Registration District Stratford On Avon Sub-district Wellesbourne Ed Institution 6 Schedule Number 28 Piece 2229 Folio 73 Page Number 5 Household Members 21396671 Mary E Lucy Edmund Lucy Elizabeth Tizzard

• 1871 Census

Name Mary E Lucy Age 67 Relation Mother Civil Parish Charlecote County Warwick Country England Registration District Stratford On Avon Sub-district Wellesbourne Ed institution 6 Schedule Number 47 Piece 3204 Folio 70 Page Number 8 Household Members Henry S Lucy Mary E Lucy Christina Lucy Ada C Lucy

• 1881 Census

Name Mary E Lucy Age 77 Relation Mother Civil Parish Charlecote County Warwick Country England Address Charlecote House Marital Status Widow Occupation Landowners Widow Registration District Stratford On Avon Ed Institution 6 Piece 3099 Folio 68

• England Deaths and Burials 1538-1975

Name Mary Elizabeth Lucy Age 86 Burial Date 19 Mar 1890 Burial Place Charlecote Warwick

• UK and Ireland Find A Grave index 1300's - Current

Name Mary Elizabeth Lucy Death Date 1890 Cemetery St Leonard's Churchyard Burial Place Charlecote, Stratford on Avon URL https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10539452

mentioned in the record of Caroline Lucy Name Mary Elizabeth Williams sex Female

Other information in the record of Caroline Lucy from Wales Births and Baptisms Name Caroline Lucy Event Type Christening Event Date 19 Jan 1828 Event Place Saint Asaph, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom Event Place (Original) Saint Asaph, Flint, Wales Gender Female Father's Name George Lucy Mother's Name Mary Elizabeth Williams Citing this Record "Wales Births and Baptisms, 1541-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1TQ-6ZF : 10 February 2020), Mary Elizabeth Williams in entry for Caroline

Research Notes

on the 2nd September 1823 the young Mary Elizabeth Williams, fourth daughter 0f John Williams, Baronet of Bodelwddan in North Wales, married George Hammond Lacy, the eligible new owner of the magnificent Charlecote Park in Warwickshire.

Mary had been reluctant to accept George's proposal; she thought him to old ( Mary was not quite 20-years of age and her suitor was 34) and-besides-her elder daughter Margaret was in love with him, But accept him she did and he sealed their bethothal by placing a turquoise ring on her finger. During their courtship and amid the whirlwind of preparing for the wedding, Mary quickly came to like and then to love her new husband.

On the day, Mary wore a bridal robe of snow-white silk and a lace veil, "the texture fine as a spider's web" falling over her carefully arranged hair which was decorated with orange blossoms. She was attended by six bridesmaids, her four sisters and two friends. all dressed simply in white cashmere with their bonnets lined with pink, Mary's favourite colour. A whole fleet of carriages took the bridal party to St Asaph Cathedral where the ceremony-by special licence-was to take place.

All was perfect, and Mary and her new husband knelt at the altar as they were pronounced man and wife but, when she tried to stand, Mary fainted and fell to the ground, much to George's consternation. She was soon recovered however, and left the church for her honeymoon, her uncle's seat at Cerig Llwydion. The bridesmaid's threw old satin shoes at the carriage as the Lucy's departed for good luck. Mary's wedding dress survives, and it was made in the height of fashion.