Mary Kear m Thomas Beach 31/8/1797 who was she? (General)

by BSEDDON , Friday, July 11, 2014, 13:43 (3789 days ago) @ MPGriffiths

Hi MPG

still as ingenious and resourceful as ever.....

I haven't yet been able to establish a relationship between Mary Kear 1776 and Mary Kear mother of Richard James 1774 but maybe this will become apparent with further research.

I have made some significant progress though (it's so much easier when you have a road map to follow) The following records can be found

Thomas Kear died 1813 aged 41
Widow Mary Kear married Thomas Dobbs 1827
1841 census shows them in Whitecroft dob 1776
1851 census shows then in Whitecroft dob 1776 living with granddaughter Ester Beach

So, I'm confident now that it is the correct Mary Kear. Her baptism shows her parents to be William and Eleanor. I can find many siblings but no details of her parents wedding. So who was Eleanor? (aka Elnor, Elianor, Elinor, Elanor, Elinar and Eliner!)

The ancestry trees point to Eleanor Court Tomblins born 1726. There is a baptism for Eleanor Tomblins 1726 but I've no idea how this can be linked William and her name expanded to include Court.

Could the William/Eleanor marriage be listed elsewhere???

I'd love to establish this link because, if true, it could lead me to a further six generations of grandparents via kiwibatman's Bateman tree on Ancestry.

Any advice/guidance welcomed

Brian