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Family of William BIGGS and Mary RICE

Husband: William BIGGS

  • Name:

  • William BIGGS

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • John BIGGS (c. 1753- )

  • Mother:

  • Elizabeth TURNBULL ( - )

  • Birth:

  • c. 1791

  •  

  • Census:

  • 1841 (age 49-50)

  • Kelshall, Hertfordshire2

  •  

  • clergyman, living with wife Mary (35), and a female servant

  • Census:

  • 1851 (age 59-60)

  • Tharston3

  •  

  • Address: Parish House, Tharston

    vicar of Tharston, living with wife Mary (49), children Mary Ann (23) and William Turnbull (24), and servant Elizabeth MOLLETT (22)

  • Census:

  • 1861 (age 69-70)

  • Tharston4

  •  

  • Address: Vicarage, Tharston

    vicar of Tharston, living with wife Mary (60) and servant Agnes BROOKS (18)

  • Census:

  • 1871 (age 79-80)

  • Tharston5

  •  

  • Address: The Vicarage, Tharston

    vicar of Tharston, living with wife Mary (70) and domestic servant Elizabeth SMITH (20)

  • Death:

  • 8 Mar 1878 (age 86-87)

  • Thaxted, Essex6

  • Burial:

  • 15 Mar 1879

  • Tharston7

  • Probate:

  • 17 Apr 1879

  • Principal Registry8

  •  

  • BIGGS The Reverend William. 17 April. The Will of the Reverend William Biggs formerly of Tharston in the County of Norfolk but late of Watling-street Thaxted in the County of Essex Clerk who died 10 March 1879 at Watling-street was proved at the Principal Registry by Benjamin Biggs of Laurence-Poultney-hill in the City of London and of Leyton in the County of Essex Merchant the Nephew and Arthur Franklin of Thaxted Gentleman the Executors. Personal Estate under £4,000.

  • MI:

  •  

  • -; Tharston6

  •  

  • IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM BIGGS FOR 30 YEARS VICAR OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THAXTED / ESSEX MARCH 10 1878 AGED 88 YEARS [.....] KNOW IN WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED IN MEMORY OF MARY THE WIFE OF REV. WILLIAM BIGGS VICAR OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JUNE 25TH 1873 AGED 73 YEARS [.....]

Wife: Mary RICE

  • Name:

  • Mary RICE

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • c. 1802

  • Thaxted, Essex

  • Census:

  • 1841 (age 38-39)

  • Kelshall, Hertfordshire2

  •  

  • living with husband William (45, clergyman), and a female servant

  • Census:

  • 1851 (age 48-49)

  • Tharston3

  •  

  • Address: Parish House, Tharston

    living with husband William (59, vicar of Tharston), children Mary Ann (23) and William Turnbull (24), and servant Elizabeth MOLLETT (22)

  • Census:

  • 1861 (age 58-59)

  • Tharston4

  •  

  • Address: Vicarage, Tharston

    living with husband William (70, vicar of Tharston) and servant Agnes BROOKS (18)

  • Census:

  • 1871 (age 68-69)

  • Tharston5

  •  

  • Address: The Vicarage, Tharston

    living with husband William (80, vicar of Tharston) and domestic servant Elizabeth SMITH (20)

  • Death:

  • 25 Jun 1873 (age 70-71)6

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 4 Jul 1873

  • Tharston9

  • MI:

  •  

  • St. Mary's Church; Tharston6

  •  

  • IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM BIGGS FOR 30 YEARS VICAR OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THAXTED / ESSEX MARCH 10 1878 AGED 88 YEARS [.....] KNOW IN WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED IN MEMORY OF MARY THE WIFE OF REV. WILLIAM BIGGS VICAR OF THIS PARISH WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JUNE 25TH 1873 AGED 73 YEARS [.....]

Child 1: William Turnbull BIGGS

  • Name:

  • William Turnbull BIGGS

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Rebekah Seaman CHAPPELL (c. 1836-1918)

  • Birth:

  • c. 1827

  • Thaxted, Essex

  • Census:

  • 1851 (age 23-24)

  • Tharston3

  •  

  • Address: Parish House, Tharston

    living with parents William (59, vicar of Tharston) and Mary (49), sister Mary Ann (33), and servant Elizabeth MOLLETT (22)

  • Census:

  • 1861 (age 33-34)

  • Tharston10

  •  

  • Address: Private House, Tharston

    son of the vicar of Tharston, living with wife Rebecca (25), and children Harriet Ann (5) and Frederick William (1)

  • Death:

  • 5 Jan 1864 (age 36-37)

  • Tharston6,11

  • Burial:

  • 15 Jan 1864

  • Tharston12

  • MI:

  •  

  • St. Mary's Church; Tharston6

  •  

  • TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM TURNBULL BIGGS ONLY SON OF WILLIAM BIGGS VICAR OF THIS PARISH & MARY HIS WIFE WHO DIED JANUARY 5TH 1864 AGED 37 YEARS LORD JESUS RECEIVE MY SPIRIT

Child 2: Mary Ann BIGGS

  • Name:

  • Mary Ann BIGGS

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • c. 1828

  • Barking, Essex

  • Baptism:

  • 12 Jan 1828 (age 0)

  • Barking, Essex13

  • Census:

  • 1851 (age 22-23)

  • Tharston3

  •  

  • Address: Parish House, Tharston

    living with parents William (59, vicar of Tharston) and Mary (49), brother William Turnbull (24), and servant Elizabeth MOLLETT (22)

Note on Husband: William BIGGS

Oxford Alumni 1500 - 1886 : Biggs, William, s. John, of Dagenham, Essex, gent. ST. EDMUND HALL, matric. 31 Oct. 1811, aged 20; vicar of Tharston, Norfolk, 1844, until his death 10 March, 1879.

Sources

1.

Parish register - marriage. Walthamstow, Essex. Cit. Date: 30 August 1818.

2.

1841 Census. HO107 446 5 4. Cit. Date: 1841.

3.

1851 Census. HO107 1821 659 11. Cit. Date: 1851.

4.

1861 Census. RG09 1233 170 7. Cit. Date: 1861.

5.

1871 Census. RG10 1836 158 11. Cit. Date: 1871.

6.

Memorial. Tharston.

7.

Parish register - burial. Tharston. Cit. Date: 15 March 1879.

8.

National Probate Calendar. 1879 page 11. Cit. Date: 17 April 1879.

9.

Parish register - burial. Tharston. Cit. Date: 4 July 1873.

10.

1861 Census. RG09 1233 167 2. Cit. Date: 1861.

11.

Civil Registration - death. 1864 Q1 Depwade 4B 177. Cit. Date: Q1 1864.

12.

Parish register - burial. Tharston. Cit. Date: 15 January 1864.

13.

Parish register - baptism. Barking, Essex. Cit. Date: 12 January 1828.


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