Maiden Name Confusion

[Flouncylicious]

Please bear with me, as this is going to take a bit of explaining. I'm researching Mary Ann Bosworth b.1840 Shoreditch. She married George Burford Kent in 1862 Shoreditch. Her father was listed as George Bosworth, a hawker. From this I found a birth entry for a Mary Ann Bosworth born Jan 1840 in Shoreditch, to George Bosworth and Harriet MMN Pritchard and a matching baptism. I tried to find a marriage for a George Bosworth and Harriet, but the only one I could find was for George Bosworth and Harriet Sell 1828 in Bethnal Green.

When I found what I was pretty sure was the family on the 1851 and 1861 census, I decided to look at the MMN for all of the children.

1851 -  Schedule Number:   121
Piece:   1534
Folio:   170
Page Number:   29
Household Members:   
Name   Age
George Bosworth   33
Harriot Bosworth   41
Mary A Bosworth   11
Sarah Bosworth   5
Nathaniel Bosworth   2
Robert Bosworth   7

1861 - Schedule Number:   135
Piece:   232
Folio:   16
Page Number:   27
Household Members:   
Name   Age
George Bosworth   55
Harriet Bosworth   53
Mary A Bosworth   21
Sarah Bosworth   15
Emma Bosworth   10
Caroline Bosworth   4

Robert b.1844 Shoreditch MMN Pritchard (matching baptism shows George and Harriet as parents)
Sarah Elizabeth b.1846 Shoreditch MMN Pritchard (matching baptism shows George and Harriet as parents)
Nathaniel b.1849 Shoreditch MMN Sell (matching baptism shows George and Harriet as parents)
Emma Catherine Shoreditch b.1851 Shoreditch MMN Spencer!!! (matching baptism shows George and Harriet as parents!!)
Caroline b.1854 Shoreditch MMN Sell (could not find a baptism)

The marriage from 1828 has really confused me. I'd value some opinions on this, as I've definitely been looking at it for way too long. Thanks

[Comberton]

It doesn't help with the maiden name but I think this could be them in 1841
Willow Gardens, St Leonard, Shoreditch
as transcribed on FindMyPast
George Bosworth  30  all born in county
Harris 30
Hariat 12
George 8
Mary 1
piece 709, book 7, folio 8, page 8

[Brentor boy]

Looking at the age difference between George and Harriet as shown in 1851, my first thought was that Harriet had been a widow when she married  George, - a Miss Pritchard who had married a Mr Sell, -  but I can find no evidence to support that.
Their respective ages in 1861 are quite inconsistent, and Cumberton's contribution seems to throw further doubt on the theory.

[Flouncylicious]

Thanks Comberton and Brentor Boy. Much appreciated.

I did wonder if she'd been married before and got confused as time went on, but as you've mentioned the 1841 census seems to put pay to that. Or she would've have to have got married and been widowed at a very young age.

The Spencer MMN doesn't seem to fit with anything whatsoever.

[maddys52]

Caroline b.1854 Shoreditch MMN Sell (could not find a baptism)

This looks like her baptism:
Catharine BOSWORTH born 18 March 1854, bap 9 Apr 1854, parents George William and Harriet. At Saint Leonards,Shoreditch.

Curious about the mmn's 

[maddys52]

These are the baptisms I can see to this family (all at St Leonards Shoreditch with parents George and Harriet), you probably have these already (can't see Harriet born c1829):

George William - born 28 March 1833, bap 21 April 1833
Sophia  - born 2 April 1837, bap 23 April 1837 - died 1840
Mary Ann - bap 29 Jan 1840
Samuel  - born 16 Apr 1842, bap 8 May 1842
Robert - born 29 Feb 1844, bap 24 March 1844
Sarah Elizabeth - born 15 March 1846, bap 12 April 1846
Nathaniel - born 25 March 1849, bap 15 April 1849
Emma Catherine - born 27 April 1851, bap 18 May 1851
Catharine - born 18 March 1854, bap 9 Apr 1854

Modified to add:
Another possibility in difference in maiden name could be that Harriet was born before her parents were married, or her mother may have remarried adding confusion? So she may have been born to a mother SELL (or PRITCHARD), but her mother later married to either of those names? 

[Flouncylicious]

Caroline b.1854 Shoreditch MMN Sell (could not find a baptism)

This looks like her baptism:
Catharine BOSWORTH born 18 March 1854, bap 9 Apr 1854, parents George William and Harriet. At Saint Leonards,Shoreditch.

Curious about the mmn's 

Thanks Maddys52, I missed that one. That has to be her.

[Flouncylicious]

Modified to add:
Another possibility in difference in maiden name could be that Harriet was born before her parents were married, or her mother may have remarried adding confusion? So she may have been born to a mother SELL (or PRITCHARD), but her mother later married to either of those names? 

I had thought something similar, but I can't find a birth or marriages that would fit.