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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