Mary Ann (Pethen) Adams (1818)

Born 1818 in Okeford, Dorset, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Daughter of Robert Pethen and Priscilla (Finder) Pethen

Wife of Charles Adams — married 22 Feb 1838 in Dorset, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

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Biography

Mary Ann Pethen was born in 1816 in Okeford Fitzpaine ^[1] to Robert Pethen a shoemaker and Priscilla Finder. In 1838 she married Charles Adams at Iwerne Minster ^[2] (recorded as a cheese monger on the marriage certificate but soon to follow in the family business of publican) and together they had 11 children. By 1841 Mary and and Charles were living on Glue Hill in Sturminster Newton ^{[3] [4]} where Charles was a publican probably at the Jolly Brewer. By 1861 they had move to Okeford Fitzpaine where Charles was the publican of the Traveller's rest ^[5] and by 1871 they had moved again to Child Okeford where Charles was publican of the Union Arms ^[6]. Charles died in 1877 and in 1881 Mary Ann was still living in Child Okeford with her daughter Elizabeth and was now recorded as the publican of the Union Arms ^[7]. She died in 1889 in Childe Okeford ^[8].

Sources

1. ↑ 1816 baptism Dorset History Centre; Dorchester, England; Reference: PE/OFP: RE 2/1, 2/2, 3/1, 3/2, 4/1, 5/1
2. ↑ 1838 marriage - Ancestry.com. Dorset, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Dorset History Centre; Dorchester, England; Reference: PE/IWM
3. ↑ 1841 England Census Class: HO107; Piece: 293; Book: 23; Civil Parish: Sturminster Newton Castle; County: Dorset; Enumeration District: 4; Folio: 54; Page: 14; Line: 16; GSU roll: 241342
4. ↑ 1851 England Census Class: HO107; Piece: 1852; Folio: 213; Page: 17; GSU roll: 220999
5. ↑ 1861 England Census Class: Rg 9; Piece: 1330; Folio: 120; Page: 24; GSU roll: 542796
6. ↑ 1871 England Census The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 1974; Folio: 81; Page: 30; GSU roll: 830888
7. ↑ 1881 England Census Class: RG11; Piece: 2086; Folio: 72; Page: 17; GSU roll: 1341503
8. ↑ 1889 burial - Ancestry.com. Dorset, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Dorchester, England; Reference: PE/CHO

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on MyHeritage consisting of Paul Lovell,M.P., and L.P. - 6th cousins who share a 10.1 cM segment on chromosome 1 and 9cM on chromosome 12. The most-recent common ancestors shared by all three are Edward Pethen and Susannah Skivington.