X953/2/31a-c

Letter and fragment to Mary from her cousin, Mary Ann Taylor.

n.d. [c. 1880s]

From: 1880 To: 1890

Kept in broken envelope inscribed ‘Mrs. Taylors account of the Whitworth family’, along with genealogical notes likely in Mary’s own hand. a) Apparently a portion from a letter or genealogical notes to which the writer makes reference in (b). Our great Grandmother was the daughter of a gentleman who was called old Lord Whitworth of Earls Barton; when young she formed an acquaintance with a Mr. Stanyeon [sic], a Tanner living at Rowell [Rothwell, Northamptonshire]. This alliance was prohibited as long as her father lived but after his death she married Mr. S. and lived at Rothwell; she was left a widow with three daughters, viz. our grandmother, Mrs. Temperance Gaudern and Hannah Maria Stanyarn [sic]. The latter was blind the last twenty years of her life. She died at Barton and was interred in the chancel of the church where there is a neat Tablet to her memory. Our great Grandmother had one Brother. He left one son, William Whitworth, Esquire, and two daughters; the latter were generally called Miss Betty[?] and Miss Molly Whitworth. Mr. William Gaudern was the third son of our great Aunt Gaudern; he and our mothers were first cousins, so that Mr. David and John Gaudern and Mrs. Lovell are second cousins to us. [space] After our Great Grand-mother became a widow she went and resided at Barton and died there. Mr. David Gaudern has a likeness of her. I have often wished for a photograph of her which I would willingly pay for. b) No place-date, ‘Nov. 3rd’. My dear Cousin, On mature consideration I find my statement respecting our Great Grandmother’s family was not quite correct. She had more than one Brother, viz. the Father of two Mr. Whitworths who succeeded each other in occupying what is now called the ‘Mantion Farm’ Mr. William Rogers now lives at, and were interred in the chancel of Harrold Church. The eldest left a widow and one son and when to [sic] Bedford to reside that son practised as a solicitor at Bedford and proved a dishonest man his son inherited the Barton estate with others belonging to William Whitworth Esquire, brother to Miss Betty[?] and Molly. These brothers had three sisters, viz. Mrs. Lavender, Mrs. Gaudern of Easton, and Mrs. Gurney; the two latter I have a perfect recollection of as first Cousins to our Grandmother and Aunt Gaudern. In fact the middle one was sister in law by marriage as well as Cousins. The Messrs. Whitworths first referred to were dead before my remembrance but both their widows were in the habit of visiting my mother. You probably have heard your good mother speak of Mrs. Phesant [sic] and Miss Edith Whitworth of Bedford. They were nieces of Grandfather Whitworth’s. If Grandfather and Grandmother Whitworth were related I have heard the latter say it was very remote. The good people here have been busy here building Class and Infant School rooms. They are now closed in and will be opened the 18 or 19 of November. Mr. Ford is to be the preacher and Mr. H. O. Wills of Bristol the chair man. Mrs. Deane wishes me to give her kind respects and she would esteem it a great favour if you would give her one of your photographs which she would value very much. Mrs. Drover[?] joins me in love to yourself and Mrs. Goff. I am dear Cousin Yours affectionately Mary Ann Taylor c) Brief genealogical notes (likely by Mary Sanders) on scrap of Sanders grocer’s paper.

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Gaudern,
Sanders, Mary,
Stanyeon,
Taylor, Mary Ann,
Whitworth

Earls Barton, HARROLD, Harrold Mansion, Rothwell, family correspondence, genealogy