Bromley Bromly family

5 September 2008

 

 

 

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7 Mary BROMLEY 1688-1761

 


spouse's records

m  Richard DUDLEY 1709

 

 

 

 

Mary BROMLEY was baptised at Braintree in 1688, but married Richard DUDLEY in Terling about 5 miles away when she was 21.  Richard was also a newcomer to the parish.

 

Richard and Mary baptised 8 children altogether at Terling,, but at least 4 died young.  One of their sons was a blacksmith so it is possible that Richard was too, as this trade often stayed in the family.  Richard’s burial has not been identified, but Mary was probably buried at Terling in 1761 aged 73

 

 

EVENTS

C=Christened da=daughter m=married so=son

 

           age

   DATE   MB RD

 

                       EVENT

26Oct1688     

26Apr1709 21 24

26Feb1710 22 25

14Apr1711 23 26

20Oct1712 24 27

26Jan1713 25 28

29Nov1714 26 29

15Jul1716 28 31

 2Mar1718 30 33

     1721 33 36

10Dec1722 34 37

  Jun1724 36 39

28Dec1724 36 39

 6Sep1725 37 40

 4May1761 73  

 

Mary baptised at Braintree daughter of Edward & Mary

married at Terling

so Edward baptised at Terling

da Eliza born, baptised 23Apr at Terling

da Eliza buried Terling

so Richard born, baptised 25Feb Terling

so Thomas born, baptised 28Dec Terling

so Richard buried Terling

so Richard born, baptised 16Mar Terling

so William born

so George born, baptised 16Dec Terling

da Mary born

Mary and William baptised Terling

da Mary buried at Terling

Mary buried Terling?

 

 

Richard's age based on an assumed age at marriage

 

PRINCIPAL RECORDS

b=born  m=married  d=died

C=Christened        B=Buried

BIRTH

 

Mary BROMLEY was married at Terling in 1709 so a birth date of around 1680 would be expected.   No suitable baptism was found at Terling and in fact Mary’s marriage is  virtually the only BROMLEY entry in a Terling register index.  Boyd has BROMLEY marriages at nearby Witham and Braintree.  A search of these and other nearby parishes revealed only one possible baptism:

 

C 26Oct1688 Mary d Edward & Mary BRUMLEY at Braintree

 

this baptism gives a marriage age of 21, and Mary’s first child was named Edward, a relatively uncommon name.  Braintree is about 5 miles from Terling, and though unconfirmed, this origin of Mary seems fairly safe

 

MARRIAGE

 

Richard DUDLEY 6 was baptised at Terling in 1718, son of Richard & Mary DUDLEY; several other baptisms to these parents are preceded by the following marriage:

 

m 26Apr1709 Ric DUDLEY & Mary BROMLEY

 

DESCENDANTS

from Terling register

 

C 26Feb1710            Edw  s Ric  & Mary DUDLEY

C 23Apr1711 b14Apr1711 Eliz d Ric  & Mary DUDLEY; B 20Oct1712 Eliza DUDLEY infant

C 25Feb1713 b26Jan1713 Ric  s Ric  & Mary DUDLEY; B 15Jul1716 Ric DUDLEY child

C 28Dec1714 b29Nov1714 Thos s Ric  & Mary DUDLEY

C 16Mar1718 b 2Mar1718 Ric  s Ric  & Mary DUDLEY

C 16Dec1722 b10Dec1722 Geo  s Ric  & Mary DUDLEY

C 28Dec1724            Mary d Ric  & Mary DUDLEY age about 6m

                                                 B6Sep1725 Mary DUDLEY infant

C 28Dec1724             Wm  s Ric  & Mary DUDLEY age about 3

 

DEATH

 

there is only one suitable burial of Mary DUDLEYat Terling:

 

B  4May1761 Mary DUDLEY

 

but this record could refer to either of two Mary DUDLEYs both born in 1749 so aged 12 at burial;  these might have been noted as "child" in the register, but this is not certain.   If the record refers to Richard's wife, she was aged about 73 at burial

 

There is only one possible Richard DUDLEY burial recorded at Terling:

 

B 25Apr1765 Ric DUDLEY

 

if Richard m at age 21 then he would have been 77 at this time.  For reasons discussed in DUDLEY-6, however this burial is considered more likely to refer to Richard's son aged 47 than to Richard-7.  There are no DUDLEY burials at Terling between 1725 and 1751 but the original registers do not seem to be deficient for this period

 

 

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