Mary Rebecca Shorter^[1]

1790 - 1844  (54 years)

• Name	Mary Rebecca Shorter
  Born	1790	Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England   [2, 3]
  Christened	24 Apr 1790	Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England   [4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Died	23 Jul 1844	Brackley, Northampton, England   [6, 7]
  Buried	27 Jul 1844	Brackley, Northampton, England   [8, 9]
  Person ID	I339	Family
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2010

  
  

  Father	John Shorter,   b. Abt 1764,   d. Bef 28 Mar 1809  (Age ~ 45 years)
  Mother	Mary Burford,   b. 9 Nov 1758,   d. 1802, Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England  (Age 43 years)
  Married	20 Jan 1785	Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England   [10, 11]
  Location	Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England
  Family ID	F251	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Robert Weston,   b. 1786, Aynho, Northamptonshire, England ,   d. 20 Jan 1872, Brackley St Peter, Northampton, England  (Age 86 years)
  Married	8 Jun 1814	St Peters Church, Brackley, Northampton, England   [2, 12]
  Notes	They were cousins.
  Children	1. Mary Davis Weston,   b. 11 Jun 1817, Brackley, Northampton, England ,   d. 20 Apr 1824, Brackley, Northampton, England  (Age 6 years)   2. John Weston,   b. 26 Aug 1819, Brackley, Northampton, England ,   d. 13 Mar 1821, Brackley, Northampton, England  (Age 1 years)   3. Edward Henry Weston,   b. 4 Apr 1821, Brackley, Northampton, England ,   d. 1 Jul 1906, Pleasant Valley, Scott County, Iowa, USA  (Age 85 years) + 4. John Weston,   b. Aug 1822, Brackley, Northampton, England ,   d. 19 Jul 1878, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India  (Age ~ 55 years)   5. Robert Weston,   b. 2 Feb 1824, Brackley, Northampton, England   6. Arthur Weston,   b. 5 Oct 1825, High St, Brackley, Northampton, England ,   d. 14 Dec 1889, Brackley, Northampton, England  (Age 64 years)   7. Augustus Weston,   b. 17 Apr 1827, Brackley, Northampton, England ,   d. Aug 1856  (Age 29 years)   8. Charles Francis Weston,   b. 30 Aug 1828, Brackley, Northampton, England   9. Jane Eliza Weston,   b. 17 Mar 1830, Brackley, Northampton, England ,   d. Sep 1830, Brackley, Northampton, England  (Age 0 years)
  Photos		St Peter's Church, Brackley, Northants, England Where Robert Weston married Mary Shorter
  		Churchyard at St Peter's, Brackley, Northants, England John Weston and his son Robert are buried here. There is a strong possibility that Robert's daughter Mary and son John (the first one) who both died young are also buried here. Most headstones are unreadable due to erosion.
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2006
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Burial/Death

  Death of Mary Rebecca Weston Scanned from the official certificate

  
  

• Sources

  [S86] Oxfordshire Parish Register Transcripts, Bloxham. In the Oxfordshire Parish Records she witnessed the marriage 12 Jan 1809 of Anna Susanna Shorter otp to Thomas Pearce of Swalcliffe, Oxfordshire. I don't have Anna Susanna on the tree but she would have been a similar age to Mary Rebecca, so I postulate a cousin. [S2] Other Researchers - Newcastle family branch. [S3] LDS - Ancestral File, D18Z-DC. 1799 suggested in Ancestral File entry of her marriage to Robert is wrong from death date [S49] LDS - International Genealogical Index. [S86] Oxfordshire Parish Register Transcripts, Baptisms. [S1] Certificate, BMD vol 15 p141 (Reliability: 3). Died at Brackley aged 53 of visitation of God. Informant was P G Hicks the Deputy Coroner for Northampton, rather than her husband Robert Weston Solicitor. [S30] Death & Funeral Notices , The Mercury Newspaper, Northants, Sat July 27th issue. On Tuesday 23rd inst at Brackley aged 54 very suddenly Mary Rebecca wife of Mr Robert Weston, Solicitor, of that place. [S4] BMD - Family Records Centre. In Burials upstairs at FRC in section A - Mary Rebecca Weston aged 54 (note that on the death certificate she was said to be 53) [S83] Parish Records, Burial. [S3] LDS - Ancestral File. [S85] Oxfordshire Parish Marriage Index. [S27] Other Researchers - Alan Clarke & Marilyn Ponting. I have the CD of Northants Marriages. by License. Robert is of Deddington, Oxford (at university?), and Mary Rebecca is outside the parish of St James. In the census she is shown as born out of the area and her parents were born in Oxford, so presumably he met her there.

  
  

• Censuses

  [1]   British Census - 1841, High Street, Brackley St James, England - Mary Weston, aged 50+