Mary LAMB, baptized Jul 17, 1768 at ELY, Cambridgeshire

My 5th great-grandmother Mary LAMB was christened 243 years ago.  Her parents were Henry LAMB and Mary STEVENS, who were married 23 June 1765 at Ely, Cambridge. Henry Lamb was an innkeeper.

Ely was named for the abundance of eels found in the nearby marshes. Ely was an island until the fens were drained in the 18th century.

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Both Mary's baptism and her parents marriage were performed at Trinity, which must refer to the Ely Cathedral, the principal church of Ely. Its full name is the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity. interior images

Henry and Mary Lamb had an earlier child also named Mary, baptized January 15, 1766 and buried days later on January 19, 1766. I have not yet found any other children baptized by this couple.

Mary LAMB married William SHELVERTON October 18, 1787 in Burwell, Cambridgeshire. He had many occupations. The couple had at least 11 children:
William (bap 1789, died in infancy)
Mary (bap 1790) married John Harlock
William (1793-1846, emigrated to Melbourne, Australia) married Mary Casburn
Ann (1795, died as a child)
Elizabeth (bap 1797, died in infancy)
Samuel (bap 1797, died 1848 Hertfordshire) married Mary Williamson
George (1799-1883 Hpbart) married Ann Poole
Henry (1802-1868) married Sarah BUNTING (my ancestors)
Ann 1804-1850, married Henry Charles Frost
Lamb 1805-1884 in Suffolk
Sarah 1808, died in infancy

William SHELVERTON died in 1831 in Burwell, Cambridgeshire. Mary LAMB SHELVERTON lived until January 1850. She died with her youngest daughter Ann Shelverton Frost at her side at Lower Grosvenor Place, London. She left her wordly goods to her daughter Ann and her granddaughter Mary Ann Lamb Frost,  who later married Henry Tregonwell Fricker.
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Happy 281st Anniversary to Henry CRESWICKE and Helen HORTE

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On July 11th, 1730, my 6th great-grandparents Henry Creswicke and Helen Horte were married in Bristol.

Helen Horte was the daughter of John HORTE of Westbury on Trym, Gloucestershire and his wife Helena OPIE of Bristol. (Her maternal grandmother was Helena LINDSAY, who gives us all of our known connections to royalty).

Henry CRESWICKE was the son of Francis Creswicke and Mary RIDGES.

The couple had seven children, all in Hanham, Gloucestershire.
Francis, (bap Aug 1731 died Sep 1741)
Henry (bap Dec 1732 died Mar 1737)
Sarah bap Nov 1733, married Charles Elwes 1779 in Bristol, died Apr 1787 at Bitton
Susannah bap Nov 1735, married David Clarke 1764 in Hanham
Henry (my ancestor), bap Mar 1737, married Mary DICKINSON in Queen Charlton, Somerset, died Jun 1806
Helen bap Mar 1740, married Richard Barrow 1772 in Chepstow, Monmouthshire
Samuel

Herny Creswicke died 26 Jul 1744 at the age of 58. Helen died 13 years later on 22 Jun 1757 at Bitton.
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298th Anniversary of the Baptism of Sarah MUNNS, Burwell CAM

My 7th Great-Grandmother Sarah MUNNS was baptized in Burwell, Cambridgeshire July 5, 1713. Her parents were William MUNNS and Mary FAIRCLIFF (some have transcribed Mary's maiden name as "Fatcliff".) To my knowledge, Sarah was their only child to survive to adulthood.

Sarah Munns married John FABEN 21 August 1738 in Burwell, Cambridgeshire at the age of 25 years old.  The couple had at least six children: John (1739), *William (1741), Robert (1744), Robert (1747), Thomas (1753) and Sarah (1754). Their son William married Susannah ROLPHE 13 October 1766 Burwell.

Sarah may have been buried 22 August 1795 in Burwell.