{"id":13363,"date":"2020-11-10T20:01:50","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T20:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=13363"},"modified":"2024-08-01T20:05:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T19:05:13","slug":"mary-rising-1773-1844","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=13363","title":{"rendered":"Mary Rising (1773-1844) of West Somerton & Martham"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mary Rising (1773-1844)<\/strong> of West Somerton and Martham<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plus her husband Thomas Francis (1771-1820)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mary Rising was born in 1773 at West Somerton and was baptised on 9th<\/sup> May at St Mary the Virgin, West Somerton. She was the fifth child of Robert Rising & Ann Manship<\/a><\/em> and had thirteen siblings, namely: Robert<\/a><\/em>, William,<\/a><\/em> Stephen, Tilney, Edward, Thomas Sutfield, Benjamin<\/a><\/em>, John, Anne,<\/a><\/em> George<\/a><\/em>, Charles, Rebecca, and Frances.<\/p>\n\n\n

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St Mary the Virgin Church, West Somerton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

When she was 21, she married Thomas Francis the son of Thomas Francis & Elizabeth Proctor, on 9th<\/sup> December 1794 in St Mary’s Church, West Somerton. Her father-in-law was a very successful farmer living at West End Cottage<\/a><\/em>, Cess<\/a><\/em>, Martham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mary & Thomas had a daughter called Anne Rising Francis who was born on 16th<\/sup> April 1795 at Ingham, Norfolk. Anne married her first cousin George Edward Francis on 23rd<\/sup> January  1824 at Kensington, Middlesex, England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mary\u2019s husband, Thomas, died on 30th<\/sup> March 1820 and is believed to be buried in the family  sarcophagus at St Mary\u2019s<\/a><\/em> Martham.<\/p>\n\n\n

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St Mary the Virgin. Section E, Row H1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

In 1841<\/a><\/em> Mary was listed in the census as living on independent means at Cess<\/a><\/em>, Martham. She died a few years later on 23rd<\/sup> June 1844 and was buried at St Mary the Virgin<\/a><\/em>, Martham. The place of her burial was not officially recorded but is likely to be with her husband in the Francis family sarcophagus.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Mary Rising 1773-1844 ancestors chart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Thomas Francis signature and seal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Mary Rising (1773-1844) of West Somerton and Martham Plus her husband Thomas Francis (1771-1820) Mary Rising was born in 1773 at West Somerton and was baptised on 9th May at St Mary the Virgin, West Somerton. She was the fifth child of Robert Rising & Ann Manship and had thirteen siblings, namely: Robert, William, Stephen, … Continue reading “Mary Rising (1773-1844) of West Somerton & Martham”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13363","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t