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I have a quandary about Mary's parents.

Mary married John Titilah (first) in 1794 at St Anne's, Soho then Thomas Statham (second) in Northumberland. Her children with John were both born in Northumberland.

I have checked several trees and records and while almost all trees give Mary's parents as Thomas Givens and Mary Richardson, all of their other children appeqr to have been baptized in the Presbyterian Meeting House, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland (from 1769 - Elizabeth to 1775 - Thomas). Nobody has any idea of Mary's birthdate or baptism and it seems strange to me that it is missing.

I have typed various versions - Givens, Givers, Guivers, Gibens - but not found anything like a baptism for Mary. Is it possible that everyone has her parents wrongly listed as I'm certain that if all of her siblings were baptized in the Presbyterian Meeting House then she would have been too? Everyone?

Westminster Marriages Transcription

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First name(s) JOHN
Last name TITILAH
Marriage year 1794
Marriage day 24
Marriage month Oct
Parish St Anne, Soho
Spouse's first name(s) MARY
Spouse's last name GIVENS
Groom's parish Saint Anne
Bride's parish Saint Anne
County Middlesex
Record set Westminster Marriages
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Marriages & divorces
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Mary Ann Given
England Births and Christenings
Name: Mary Ann Given
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 20 Sep 1772
Christening Place: ST BOTOLPH BISHOPSGATE,LONDON,LONDON,ENGLAND
Father's Name: John
Mother's Name: Mary

Mary Statham
England and Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007
Name: Mary Statham
Event Type: Death
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration Year: 1844
Registration District: Berwick
County: Northumberland
Event Place: Berwick, Northumberland, England
Volume: 25
Page: 7
Line Number: 120

I can see that the London baptism could well be the correct Mary, Yvonne, thank you.

The info I've found show that Hannah Givens, born in Northumberland also married a Humpleby in the same church (St Anne's, Soho) as Mary Givens and John Titilah. Perhaps everyone has simply put Hannah and Mary together and managed to make three!

Thanks.

I ought to have added that, according to what I've seen, Hannah Umpleby's (nee Givens) eldest child was born in Northumberland and died in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The rest of their children stayed south.

1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Marygate Crawfords Alley, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, England

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Gender Age Birth year Birth place
Simon Trainer Male 35 1806 Northumberland, England
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Isabella Trainer Female 35 1806 Northumberland, England
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Jane Trainer Female 6 1835 Northumberland, England
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Charles Trainer Male 4 1837 Northumberland, England
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William Trainer Male 1 1840 Northumberland, England
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Thos Statham Male 59 1782 Northumberland, England
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Mary Statham Female 66 1775 Northumberland, England
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Hannah Jones Female 29 1812 Northumberland, England
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Thos Ross Male 9 1832 Northumberland, England
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Antony R Sanderson Male 50 1791 -
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Susannah Sanderson Female 50 1791 -

thomas and mary both of this parish thomas is a bell ringer

1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Church Street, Berwick, Northumberland, England

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Thomas Statham Head Married Male 69 1782 Master Bell Vinger Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland, England
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Elizabeth Swinney Sister Widow Female 55 1796 Master Bell Vinger Sister Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland, England
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Peter Swinney Nephew Unmarried Male 15 1836 Plumber Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland, England

you could buy a berwick parish record here


http://goo.gl/IpWPx6

Thanks safc.

I think I'll have a trip to NDFHS in Newcastle and the Newcastle library.

If they turn up nothing, I'll probably have to do the buying bit.

you could also try here

tyne and wear archives

http://goo.gl/jULR4T

this could be thomas givens father of mary


Thomas Govens
England, Middlesex, Westminster, Parish Registers
Name: Thomas Govens
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 1735
Event Place: St Martin In The Fields, Middlesex, England

and mother mary


Mary Richardson
England, Middlesex, Westminster, Parish Registers
Name: Mary Richardson
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 1736
Event Place: St Martin In The Fields, Middlesex, England

their marraige


Mary Richardson
mentioned in the record of Thomas Givens and Mary Richardson
Name: Thomas Givens
Spouse's Name: Mary Richardson
Event Date: 04 Dec 1768
Event Place: Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England

Thanks, Yvonne.

Thomas Givens and Mary Richardson sounds right.