Mary Barefoot/Burford

c1772-1856

According to the 1851 census Mary Reeves was born in Devizes, Wiltshire.

By 1802 she was living in St Leonard, Heston, Hounslow, Middlesex.

She gave birth to a son, Edward Reeves, who was baptised on the 21^st November 1802, at St Leonard (recorded as the base born son of Mary Reeves by Edward Burford on the baptism record).

Mary married Edward Burford on the 21^st February 1803 at St Leonard, Heston, Hounslow, Middlesex (banns dated 10^th 17^th and 24^th October 1802).

(Edward was baptised on the 26^th July 1776 at St Nicolas Church, Newbury, Berkshire, the son of Henry and Sincere Burford (nee Clifford) who were married on the 22^nd January 1776 at St Nicolas Newbury. (Surname recorded as Barrett on Hardwicke Marriage Index)

Edward and Mary also had the following children baptised at St Leonard:

Sarah baptised 11^th December 1803

Eleanor baptised 7^th July 1808 (died aged 2 years, buried 19^th August 1810 at St Leonard, Heston)

Joseph, baptised 31^st March 1811

By 1815 the family were living in Newbury, Berkshire. The 1815 census of Newbury records Edward (40), a Smith, Mary (40) and their children Sarah (10) and Joseph (3), living in the City, Newbury. Edward was recorded as being blind and Mary was recorded as being deaf. Edward’s mother Sincere (60) was recorded as a Gardener and was also living in the City, Newbury, with her son John Burford (20)

The 1841 census records Edward Burford (60) and Mary Burford (65) living in Church Almshouses, Newbury.

Edward (75) and Mary Burford (76), (surname recorded as Barrett on ancestry) were still living in Church Almshouses, Newbury in 1851. Their granddaughter Ellen Goddard (17), a Servant (daughter of John and Sarah Goddard (nee Burford) was recorded living with them.

Edward died aged 75 in 1851, he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 5^th August.

Mary died aged 84 in 1856, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 7^th January. (Surname recorded as Barefoot on death registration and Newtown Road Cemetery burial record and Burford on the BBI and NBI)

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