Bolitho (1792?-bef1815)

  • Name:

  • Bolitho1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • 1792 (est)2

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  • The only evidence for his existence and surname comes from the register entry for the marriage of his wife Mary Priscilla to her second husband where her condition is recorded as a widow.

  • Death:

  • btw 1811 and 1815 (age 18-23)

  • Bethnal Green, Middlesex3

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  • The only evidence for his death comes from the register entry for the marriage of his widow, Mary Priscilla, to Abraham George Thornton in December 1815. It is thought that convention would dictate that she had been widowed for a least a year before remarrying. It is assumed that her first husband died in Bethnal Green.

Marriage

  • Spouse:

  • Mary Priscilla Harman (1789-1847)

  • Marriage:

  • 1810 (est) (age 17-18)

  • St Mathew's Church1 4 5

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  • Address: Bethnal Green, Middlesex

    The only evidence for this marriage comes from the register entry for Mary's marriage to Abraham Thornton on 13 December 1815 where her condition is given as a widow. An extensive search for a record of the marriage detailed in Search for First Marriage of Mary Priscilla Bolitho failed to produce a record and it can only be concluded that if she was a widow when she married Abraham that her first marriage took place some time between 1804 and 1813. 1810 has been selected as a median date. The fact that she was a widow is reinforced by the fact that no Baptismal Record can be found for a Mary Priscilla Bolitho. According to the 1841 Census she was born in Middlesex so it is assumed that is where the marriage took place probably in St Mathew's Church, Bethnal Green as everything else in her life happened in Bethnal Green and at the time of her marriage St Matthew's was the only church in Bethnal Green. How she came to meet her first husband is not known. Bolitho is a Cornish name so it is assumed that he came to Bethnal Green looking for work although a small number of Bolithos had lived in the area for some time.

Note on Marriage to Mary Priscilla Harman

As far as can he determined // Bolitho and Mary Priscilla Harman had no children.

Sources

1.

Rev. Joshua King Rector of St. Matthew's Church, Bethal Green, Register Entry for Marriage of Abraham George Thornton and Mary Priscilla Bolitho, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: Marriages 1815, Page 186, No. 468; Mary Priscilla Bolitho's condition when she married Abraham George Thornton on 13 December 1815 is given as a widow. London Metropolitan Archives. Call Number: Not Recorded.

2.

Ibid. Mary Pricilla Bolitho widow. London Metropolitan Archives. Call Number: Not Recorded.

3.

Ibid. His wife was a widow in December 1815 when she married Abraham George Thornton. London Metropolitan Archives. Call Number: Not Recorded.

4.

Census 1841 Census for Household of Abram Thornton in Whitechapel, Middlesex, (Ancestry.co.uk). Custom Id: HO107/710 Book1, Folio 15, Page 22; The 1841 census indicates that Mary, who was then married to Abraham Thornton, was born in Middlesex. National Archives. Call Number: HO107/710/1.

5.

J P W Ward, Search for First Marriage of Mary Priscilla Bolitho (nee --?--), Subject: First Marriage of Mary Bolitho, (Jul 2008 Updated May 2022). See \\Hpserver\family history\Dowell-Lauderdale\Certificates & Registers\Marriage\Bolitho\Bolitho, Mary Priscilla (79). Dowell-Lauderdale Database.