Baptism of Mary BRICE, Wiveliscombe

[ctrunfree]

Hi folks

I'm struggling to find a baptism of Mary BRICE.  Census records suggest she was born in Wiveliscombe around 1795.  She married Thomas SULLY in Wiveliscombe in 1825, and probably died there in 1878 (Mar Q 1878 Wellington aged 82).

I've tried FreeReg and the Somerset OPC site but haven't found anything that fits.  Can anyone assist?

[Kay99]

Mary would have been about 30 when she married.  I wonder whether she was a widow??

There is a marriage in 1815 in the village of a Mary Millett to a William Brice that looks a possibility https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NXT8-BL4

Kay

[Kay99]

The OPC site lists a possible Mary Millett bapt 20 Nov 1796 St Andrew Wiveliscombe Parents Anthony   and Hannah

Kay

Edit - There is a burial of a William Brice in 1824 in the parish but no age is given https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J846-82X

[trish1120]

WILLIAM/MARY Brice Baptisied St Andrews,Wiveliscombe;
ROBERT, 27 April 1817, Buried 22 April 1818 age 13mths
ELIZA, 09 Jan 1820
WILLIAM, 12 Sept 1824***
Fathers Occp Cordwainer 
(Source FreeREG)

William BRICE was Buried 25 April 1824 St Andrews age 34
(FreeREG)

A Thomas/Mary SULLY Baptised Wiveliscombe
BENJAMIN, 25 Feb 1827, Father a Weaver
LACEY, 08 Aug 1829
HENRY, 04 March 1832 (Weaver)
MARY, 07 Sept 1834 (Labourer)
JAMES, 05 March 1837 (Maltster)
THOMAS, 25 Aug 1839 (Labourer)

FreeREG also has;
William BRICE Baptised 18 April 1790, Mother MARY, Spinster
A Thomas SULLY Baptised 19 Jan 1806 to FREDERIC/JANE
Marriage of Frederick SULLY, Weaver,  to Jane WEBBER 21 April 1794
Mary MILLET Baptised 1796 as found by Kay
Anthony MILLETT, Cordwainer, married Hannah NEWTON, 28 Nov 1787

In case you dont have the 1841 Census;
Thomas Suley    35, Maltster
Mary Suley    40
Larry Suley    12
Henry Suley    10
Mary Suley    8
James Suley    6
Thomas Suley    2

Anthony/Hannah Millett are living nearby to the Sullys born c 1765/1768
****William BRICE age 15, Ag Lab is just under Thomas Suley (Sully) age 2 on Census

Trish
   

[trish1120]

1841 has a Eliza BRICE born c 1819 in Gloucestershire
Marriage to John SHERWOOD 1842 Glous
1861 Eliza Sherwood is born c 1820 Wiveliscombe, Somerset

[ctrunfree]

Thanks Trish and Kay, this ties things up nicely. 

Thomas SULLY looks like he could (or had to) turn his hand to a few things.  By my reckoning he was in turn a weaver, labourer, malster, labourer, malster again (at wedding of daughter Mary in 1853) and then a baker.  I think its kind of nice that in 1871 at the age of 75 the widowed Mary was living with her baker/grocer son Thomas SULLY and his family, and possibly still manning the front counter -she's described as a Shopkeeper.

I'll have a closer look also at Fanny SULLY, described as Thomas' 19 year old daughter in the 1851 Census.  I suspect she was probably his adopted niece (baptised 16 Mar 1833 to George and Ann).

[ctrunfree]

And while we're in Somerset, any thoughts about the baptism of Jane WEBBER.  Nothing in Wiveliscombe that fits with a 1794 marriage.  There's a FREEReg burial of Jane SULLY aged 68 in Wiveliscombe on 7 Dec 1834, which could be her.  It may well be that we've got another widow on our hands.

[esully10]

Mary would have been about 30 when she married.  I wonder whether she was a widow??

There is a marriage in 1815 in the village of a Mary Millett to a William Brice that looks a possibility https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NXT8-BL4

Kay