See also
Husband:
William BIGGS (c. 1791-1878)
Wife:
Mary RICE (c. 1802-1873)
Children:
Marriage:
30 Aug 1818
Walthamstow, Essex1
Name:
William BIGGS
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
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 [.....]
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 [.....]
Name:
William Turnbull BIGGS
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
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)
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
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)
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.
Parish register - marriage. Walthamstow, Essex. Cit. Date: 30 August 1818.
1841 Census. HO107 446 5 4. Cit. Date: 1841.
1851 Census. HO107 1821 659 11. Cit. Date: 1851.
1861 Census. RG09 1233 170 7. Cit. Date: 1861.
1871 Census. RG10 1836 158 11. Cit. Date: 1871.
Memorial. Tharston.
Parish register - burial. Tharston. Cit. Date: 15 March 1879.
National Probate Calendar. 1879 page 11. Cit. Date: 17 April 1879.
Parish register - burial. Tharston. Cit. Date: 4 July 1873.
1861 Census. RG09 1233 167 2. Cit. Date: 1861.
Civil Registration - death. 1864 Q1 Depwade 4B 177. Cit. Date: Q1 1864.
Parish register - burial. Tharston. Cit. Date: 15 January 1864.
Parish register - baptism. Barking, Essex. Cit. Date: 12 January 1828.