Mary SMITH

Mary SMITH

Female 1793 - 1863  (~ 69 years)

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  • Name Mary SMITH 
    Christened 3 Mar 1793  Throwley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died Mar Qtr 1863  Faversham District, Kent, England (vol. 2a, p. 427) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3313  Young Kent Ancestors
    Last Modified 30 Oct 2020 

    Father Henry SMITH,   b. Abt 1763,   bur. 21 Dec 1798, Throwley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 35 years) 
    Mother Lucy RUCK,   c. 29 Jul 1770, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. Pre-1821  (Age ~ 50 years) 
    Married 30 Dec 1789  Throwley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F1315  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mrs. Val Dennis, Bow, Devon is researching Mary Smith bc 1795 Throwley d/o Henry Smith and Lucy indicating marriage to Abbott Laker in Aylesford, Kent 16 May 1818, died Faversham 1849 aged 54 years, 1861 resided Boughton under Blean.

      Aylesford, Kent, England, Marriage Register, p. 20, Entry #58
      Abbott Laker of this parish and Mary Smith of this parish, spinster were married in this Church by Banns with consent of [left blank] this sixteenth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. By me William Eveleigh, Vicar.
      This marriage was solemnized between us Abbott Lake [signed], Mary Smith [signed]
      In the presence of Frances Left, John Left, both signed.


      Mary Abbott Laker died Jul-Aug-Sep 1849 Faversham Kent [this is the daughter, not the wife]

      Mary Laker died March Qtr. 1863 Faversham Kent vol. 2a, p. 427 [this is the wife]

      Death Registration:
      Name: Abbott Laker born abt 1792
      Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1868 died 12 Mar 1868
      Age at Death: 76
      Registration district: Faversham
      Inferred County: Kent
      Volume: 2a
      Page: 425

      1868. Effects under GB450. Laker Abbott. 21 May. The Will with a Codicil of Abbott Laker late of the Parish of Boughton-under-the-Blean, in the County of Kent, Schoolmaster, deceased, who died 12 March 1868 at the Parish aforesaid was proved at Canterbury by the oath of Charles Abbott Tenterden Laker of the Parish aforesaid, Schoolmaster, the son one of the Executors.

      1905. Laker Charles Abbott Tenterden of Tenterden-house, Boughton-under-Blean, Kent, Schoolmaster, died 4 May 1905. Probate Canterbury 4 July to Charles Percy Johns Laker, gentleman, and Mary Emma Laker, spinster. Effects GB1220 0s 6d.


      1841 Boughton-under-Blean, Kent, England, HO107/471, ED 3, fol. 23, p. 5, FHL microfilm #0306866

      Tenterden House Academy:
      Abbott Laker, 45, schoolmaster, born in county
      Mary Laker, 45, born in county
      William Laker, 20, born in county
      Elizabeth Laker, 15, no born in county
      Mary Laker, 15, not born in county
      Alice Laker, 14, born in county
      Charles Laker, 12, born in county
      Frances Laker, 6, born in County


      1851 Boughton-under-Blean, Kent, England, HO107/1626, ED 4b, fol. 89, p. 3, FHL microfilm #0193527

      Household Sch. #12, Tenterden House:
      Abbott Laker, head, mar, 59, schoolmaster, born Canterbury, Kent
      Mary Laker, wife, mar, 58, born Throwley, Kent
      William Abbot Laker, son, mar, 30, schoolmaster, born Rochester, Kent
      Elizabeth Laker, daughter, unm, 28, governess, born Suffolk, Holbrook
      Alice Abbot Tenterden Laker, daughter, unm, 24, governess, born Boughton, Kent
      Charles Abbot Tenterden Laker, son, unm, 21, schoolmaster, born Boughton, Kent
      Frances Abbot Tenterden Laker, daughter, unm, 16, born Boughton, Kent
      Rebecca Laker, daughter-in-law, mar, 23, born Middlesex, London
      Abbot Godfry Laker, grandson, single, 1, born Boughton, Kent


      1861
      Boughton under Blean, Kent, England, RG9/525, ED 8f, fol. 82, p. 15
      Household Sch. #54, Tenterden House Academy:
      Abbot Laker, head, mar, 69, schoolmaster, born Canterbury, Kent
      Mary Laker, wife, mar, 66, born Throwley, Kent
      Alice A. J. Lake, daughter, unm, 34, born Boughton, Kent
      Charles ? T. Lake, son, unm, 31, schoolmaster, born Boughton, Kent
      Henry Chaplin, assistant, 19, assistant master, born Bow, Buckhamshire, British Subject
      Julia Burford, servant, unm, 22, cook, born Boughton, Kent
      Emma Newman servant, unm, 19, housemaid, born Boughton, Kent
      Gilbert Byard, pupil, 8, scholar, born London, Middlesex
      Edwin Gardener, pupil, 10, scholar, born London, Middlesex
      Edward Ikey, pupil, 11, scholar, born Wingham, Kent
      Richard Richards, pupil, 14, scholar, born London
      Percy Richards, pupil, 12, scholar, born London
      Augustus Coleman, pupil, 14, scholar, born Wingham, Kent
      plus 27 other students mostly born at London

      1871 St. Mary, Lewisham Village, Kent, England, RG10/767, ED. 8, fol. 92, p. 16, FHL microfilm #0824731
      Household sch. #92, Clunie House:
      William A. Laker, head, mar, 50, accountant, born Boughton, Kent
      Rebecca Laker, wife, mar, 43, born London, Middlesex
      Abbott G. Laker, son, unm, 21, accountant, born Boughton, Kent
      Augustus A. G. Laker, son, 18, imbecile from birth, born London
      Rebecca M. A. Laker, daughter, unm, 14, scholar, born Bedfordshire, Leighton Buzzard
      Charles, C. A. Laker, son, unm, 7, scholar, born Bedfordshire, Leighton Buzzard

  • Sources 
    1. [S34] Parish Register, England, Kent: Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Throwley, Kent, England, LDS Film #1850187, 30 Dec 1789.
      Henry Smith, batchelor of this parish and Lucy Ruck, spinster, of this parish by banns, married by the Vicar of Sheldwich. Witnesses: Ann Hoy, William Hoy, Susanna Stevens, James Hadlow and Edward Swoffer, Clerk.
      Marriage banns called December 6, 13, and 20 for Henry Smith and Lucy Ruck, both of this parish, each party signed with an "x".