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I am trying to find information about Mary Ceary born around I should imagine 1750/60, she married Joseph Ashford in March 1780 at Portishead apart from her children I am unable to find where she came from or her parents. Any help would be greatly appreciated
Bill

Hi Bill.

An Ancestry tree has her born 28 Mar 1756 • Portishead, Somerset, parents as James and Mary Cary. No particular evidence given.

On the same lines however, there is also this:

Name: Mary Cary
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 14 Jan 1763
Baptism Place: Portishead, Somerset, England
Father: Thomas Cary
Mother: Elizabeth
FHL Film Number: 1526711
Reference ID: Item 28 p 116

This name is inevitably going to have variations isn't it!

Jan

Just because it came up


First name(s) JOSEPH
Last name ASHFORD
Marriage year 1780
Marriage date 28 MAR 1780
Place PORTISHEAD
Groom's first name(s) Joseph
Groom's last name ASHFORD
Groom's marital status -
Groom's parish -
Bride's first name(s) Mary
Bride's last name CEARY
Bride's marital status -
Bride's parish -
County Somerset
Country England
Record set Somerset Marriages (post-1754)
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Marriages & divorces
Collections from Great Britain
Somerset & Dorset Family History Society

FreeReg Baptism entry on 20 Aug 2016
For information about this place follow the link to Portishead
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Field Value
County Somerset
Place Portishead
Church name St Peter
Register type Parish Register
Baptism date 20 Mar 1756
Person forename Mary
Person sex F
Father forename Jo?
Father surname CAREY
Mother forename Mary
Witness
Witness
Register note Jo. Or Js?
Transcriber notes

England, Births & Baptisms 1538-1975 Transcription
Print transcription
First name(s) Mary
Last name Carey
Gender Female
Birth year -
Birth place -
Baptism year 1756
Baptism date 28 Mar 1756
Residence Somerset, England
Place Portishead
County Somerset
Country England
Father's first name(s) John
Father's last name Carey
Mother's first name(s) Mary
Mother's last name -
Record set England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Births & baptisms
Collections from Great Britain

Name Thomas Carey
Gender Male
Christening Date 22 Jul 1750
Christening Place Portishead, Somerset, England
Father's Name John Carey
Mother's Name Mary

Name Hannah Carey
Gender Female
Christening Date 27 Jul 1755
Christening Place Portishead, Somerset, England
Father's Name John Carey
Mother's Name Mary

Name James Cary
Gender Male
Christening Date 19 Jul 1752
Christening Place Portishead, Somerset, England
Father's Name John Cary
Mother's Name Mary

Name Mary Cary
Gender Female
Christening Date 13 Sep 1748
Christening Place Portishead, Somerset, England
Father's Name John Cary
Mother's Name Mary

Portishead, (Somerset)


OPC for Portishead is : Mary Mason
Send Email To: Mary Mason
Web site: www.portbury-hundred.co.uk.

1796

Jun 28 Thomas Ashford a child son of Joseph Ashford

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Mar 11 John Ashford, accidentally drowned


Portishead Burials - Portbury Hundred
www.portbury-hundred.co.uk/portisbur.htm
Portishead Burials. Transcribed by Mary Mason. 1700-1812 . 1700. ... Jan 18 Thomas Carey. Mar 28 John Bruce son of an Artilery Officer at Portishead Battery.

http://www.freereg.org.uk/

(have a look on above free link, using 'Soundex' for Surname variants, could be more)

Chris :)

Thanks for the help so far,
Bill

Continuing from my last post 21st Aug, answer's I found very helpful, It appears Mary had 9 children, Joseph baptised November 1789, also Joseph and Elizabeth baptised July 8th 1792, then to make it more complicated there is an Elizabeth baptized January 7th 1798. I got a lot of the information from WWW. Portbury 100. It also appears that a Joseph Ashford died aged 28 in 1818 which would account for the one born around 1789. Did people have children with the same name's back then??
Bill Ashford

Joseph Ashford
England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991


burial:

25 June 1818

Portishead, Somerset, England

Thankyou malyon,
But I have discovered he was one of the sons named Joseph,

it seemed to be common practice back in the day that if a child died, the name would be given to the next child - my Dad, one of twelve children had a sister Nancy who died in infancy. When the next little girl was born all the children said "We've got another Nancy" and so Nancy she was called. He also had brothers called Harold and Harry

i guess the lack of names , was due to the fact, that many could not read/write, so used brothers/sisters etc for the children. Also no TV/Radio, so they did not have access to other names. Should be easier for future genealogists, with all the unusual names now days., though with the families of to-day, probably several different fathers in family??

Thankyou, I guess from now it is mostly guessing and surmising.