Frost Mary 1821

Frost, Mary 1821 – 1893				Father:	Frost,	Robert		1790-1850
				Mother:	Sprague,	Lucy		1787-1847

Birth date	Birth place	Registered	County	District	Sub-district	GRO ref.	Christening	Place	Borough
Oct 1821	Kentisbeare	-	Devon	-	-	n/a	28 Oct 1821	Kentisbeare	Kentisbeare
Death date	Death place	Registered	County	District	Sub-district	GRO ref.	Cause
Apr-May 1893	Southwark	Apr-May 1893	London	St Olave Southwark	-	vol 1d, p 163

Ackland, James Tiverton Devon 1818-1893	Marriage
	Date	4 Oct 1849
	Place	Kentisbeare St Mary
	District	Tiverton & Dulverton
	County	Devon
	GRO ref.	Vol 10, p 417

Children		Birth date	Birth place
Samuel		Feb 1851	Kentisbeare
Lucy		20 Dec 1852	Marylebone
Mary		1854	Marylebone
John (twin)		Jan-Mar 1862	Westminster
William (twin)		Jan-Mar 1862	Westminster
Elizabeth		2 Mar 1866	Rotherhithe

Records
Date	Source		Residence		Occupation
28 Oct 1821	Baptism record		Moorend. Kentisbeare
6 Jun 1841	1841 census return (uncertain)		Kentismoor
4 Oct 1849	Marriage certificate		Kentisbeare
30 Mar 1851	1851 census return		Pixy Pool, Kentisbeare
26 Jan 1853	Birth certificate, Lucy		18 Samford Street, Marylebone
27 May 1855	Baptism record, Mary		18 Samford Street, Marylebone
7 Apr 1861	1861 census return		8 Carpenter Street, Westminster
3 Jun 1866	Baptism, Elizabeth		18 Manor Lane, Rotherhithe
2 Apr 1871	1871 census return		12 Chilton Street (now Chilton Grove)
3 April 1881	1881 census return		50 Darwin Street, Newington
5 Apr 1891	1891 census return		96 Eugenia Rd, Rotherhithe

Additional Information
Seven babies were christened Mary Frost in the parish church of St Mary, Kentisbeare between 1816 and 1826, as shown below: Mary Ann of John and Joanna Frost on 6 June 1816 (John was a yeoman); Mary of William and Mary Frost on 30 December 1818 (William was a yeoman); Mary Ann of Edmund and Martha Frost on 2 May 1819 (Edmund was a miller); Maria Mills of Robert and Sarah Frost on 2 January 1820 (Robert was a miller); Mary Ann of Thomas and Ann Frost on 7 Oct 1821 (Thomas was a husbandman); Mary of Robert and Lucy Frost on 28 October 1821 (Robert was a flax man); Mary Ann of Edmund and Mary Frost on 27 March 1825 (Edmund was a husbandman). Mary’s age is recorded as 29, 49, 69 in the 1851, 1871, 1891 censuses respectively, and 40, 60 in the 1861, 1881 censuses respectively. These are consistent with a birth in 1821. The marriage certificate for Mary and James in 1849 shows Robert Frost, a labourer, as Mary’s father. The only Mary Frost recorded in the 1841 census return for Kentisbeare is the daughter of Robert Frost (51) and Lucia Frost (54) but Mary’s age is problematic, recorded as either 15 or 18. James and Mary named their two firstborn Samuel and Lucy. Presumably Samuel was named after James’ father, and if so there is a case for Lucy being named after Mary’s mother. We conclude that the only position consistent with the above records is that Mary was born in October 1821 of Robert and Lucy Frost. The 1841 census return recording her mother’s name at Lucia and her age as 15 or 18 does not fit well, so this must be treated as uncertain. Mary and her husband James were buried within 10 days of each other in Nunhead Cemetery, Southwark.