Mary Ann (Evans) Huxley (1806 - 1859)

Born 23 Jun 1806 in Lower Portland Head, New South Wales (Australia)

Wife of Thomas Huxley — married 10 Jun 1822 in Windsor, New South Wales (Australia)

Descendants

Died 17 Dec 1859 at age 53 in Jerry's Plains, New South Wales (Australia)

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Biography

Mary (Evans) Huxley was born in New South Wales, Australia

Mary Ann Evans was born on 23rd June 1806 in Lower Portland Head (now Ebenezer), in the Hawkesbury district of New South Wales (Australia). She waks the daughter of Richard Evans and Elizabeth Jackson, an emancipated convict. ^[1] She was christened on 23rd April 1817 in St Matthew's Church of England (now Anglicban Church), Windsor, New South Wales (the original timber construction). ^[2]

Mary married Thomas Huxley on 10th December 1822 in St Matthew's Church, Windsor (the present beautiful brick construction). ^[3] Between 1923 and 1848 at Lower Portland Head the couple had fourteen children.

Aged 53 years, she passed away on 17th December 1859 in Jerry's Plains, between Singleton and Muswellbrook in New South Wales' Upper Hunter Valley. She was buried in Jerry's Plains two days later. ^[4]

Research note

One family record has Mary as the daughter of John Arndell, an assistant surgeon on the First Fleet, and Elizabeth Jackson. ^[5] John returned to England soon afterward and died there in 1807. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ New South Wales BDM baptism registration of EVANS, MARY, reg. no. 4095/1806 V18064095 1B, to parents RICHARD and ELIZABETH, registered at 'CC' [Church of England: Windsor, St Matthew's]
2. ↑ unsubstantiated family records
3. ↑ New South Wales marriage reg. no. 2938/1822 V18222938 3B, of HUXLEY, THOMAS, and EVANS, MARY, registered at CC [Church of England: Windsor, St Matthew's]
4. ↑ New South Wales Death Index #4170/1859; registered at Muswellbrook with father's name errantly listed as George
5. ↑ Entered by Linda Renolds, Oct 25, 2012
6. ↑ 'Arndell, John (1772–1807)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University; accessed 3 Apr 2022

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 06 July 2017, 22:23), entry for Mary Anne Evans ARNDELL(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZPV-J8Z); contributed by various users.