Mary Grace
She was christened in Goodworth Clatford, Hampshire on 11. April 1824 and died 1899 in Andover. She was the daughter of JOHN GRACE (1797-1884) and ELIZABETH BRAXSTONE or BRACKSTONE (1796-1878), who married in Goodworth Clatford on 09. May 1822 and had children:
(1) MARY GRACE (1824-1899); (marriages see below, children above)
(2) George Grace (1826-1901) & Lucy Bray
2.1 Tom Grace (1851-1911) & Fanny Aldrige
2.2 John Grace christened in Goodworth Clatford on 24. July 1853 & Elizabeth Sarah Perkins
2.3 Harry Grace christened in Goodworth Clatford on 20. Jan 1856 & Emma Underwood
2.4 (John) Samuel Grace christened in Goodworth Clatford on 20. Jan 1856
2.5 George Grace christened in Goodworth Clatford on 30. May 1858
2.6 Mary Ann Grace christened (1860-1914) & William H Shearwood
2.7 Sarah Maria Grace christened in Goodworth Clatford on 25. Jan 1863 & Henry Asher
2.8 Elizabeth Hester Grace (1865-1930)
(3) Thomas Grace (1829-1830)
(Map of 1645)
MARY GRACE herself was married three times:
(1) (HYRCANUS) CHARLES HENDY (1818-1857)
(2) William Colebrook (1797-1867), who she married in Andover on 06. June 1858. He was hisself married twice before, (1) Ann Tredgold (1787-1845) and (2) Elizabeth Dagnell (1802-1856).
(3) JAMES FLUEN (1829-1911), who she married 1876 in Andover. He was married before to Louisa Ruddock (1829-1869) and was the father of ELIZA FLUEN means father-in-law of MARY GRACE's son, THOMAS HENDY.
According to Census 1861 Mary and her second husband, William Colebrook lived in Chantry Street (photo), Andover, their
(step-) children in the same household. Both had a daughter named Emma born 1865, who still died in the same year though. "It was told in our family that 'Old Tom Hendy' shall have started work at about the time, when his little sister was born. He was delivering coal in Andover them days, perhaps for his step-father. One day, he was short of finishing for the day, he rode his horse and cart into the coal yard not expecting his mother and sister waiting for him. His horse shied and bolted and Tom could not stop it in time. The unavoidable tragedy happened and his little sister got killed in her pram by the horse. She shall have been the 'apple of her father's eye', especially because he did not expect having any more children in his advanced age. It was said that her father went crazy mourning over his little daughter, flung all his Gold Sovereigns into the river Test and died because of grief in the end."
According to the UK Census 1871, Mary was a pauper, then living with her son, Thomas at Portland Place, Andover.
MARY GRACE's family was deeply rooted in Hampshire and can be traced back to HENRY GRACE (1670-) and Mary Cummings (1670-), who married in Highclere, Hampshire on 23. January 1693.
Their son, Henry Grace (1705-1758) and his wife, Ann Purdue (1707-1761) were the great-grandparents of MARY GRACE. Both married in Highclere, Hampshire on
16. May 1728 and had nine children altogether.
Their son John Grace (1739-1822), who married Sarah Emens (1753-1822) in Clatford, Hampshire on 12. October 1772 were Mary's grandparents.
Mary's great-grandfather, HENRY GRACE, was a tallow chandler* in the year of his marriage and became a Vice Burgess* and Vice Alderman* of Basingstoke from 1741/1756-1758.
His eldest son, Henry Grace (1730-1768), "became mayor of Basingstoke elected on 5th September 1767 and sworn on 3rd October. He published in 1764 his memoirs of "being a remarkable narrative of the hardships he underwent during several years captivity among the savages in North America." At the end of the book he describes himself as driven to the utmost extremity, having been bred to no trade, and having no way to get Living but by day-labour, of which he was incapable, by reason of a wound in his right arm. He therefore appeals for assistance. He had been educated in Basingstoke until he was ten years of age, when he was sent to Winchester College till 1746, his father intending to make him a clergyman. He then enlisted as a soldier, was ordered to Nova Scotia with his Regiment, but was captured by Indians on the American coast."
* NOTES:
1. In England, both the wax chandlers and the tallow chandlers (picture shows one in about 1750) formed their own guilds. Wax chandlers were considered more upper class than tallow chandlers. Their business was also more profitable because people were prepared to pay more for a wax candle.The English Tallow Chandlers were incorporated in 1462 and they regulated trade in candles made from animal fats. The quality of candle light depended upon the type of material used. Beeswax, for example, gave off a much brighter light than tallow. In addition to tallow and beeswax, another material known as spermaceti became popular for candlemaking. Spermaceti was derived from the oil present in the head cavities of sperm whales. These candles burned with a very bright light- so bright that a spermaceti candle flame was used as a standard light measure for photometry (the science of light measurement). Spermaceti candles were slightly cheaper than beeswax candles but are no longer made because of environmental concerns.
2. A 'Burgess' was a freeman of a borough in England. It later came to mean an elected or unelected official of a municipality, or the representative of a borough in the English House of Commons. An 'Alderman' was a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law.