Mary (Boosey) Barnard (1769 - 1847)

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Samuel Barnard — married 28 Jan 1791 in Mary Le Bow, London, England

Descendants

Died 12 Jan 1847 at age 77 in Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Mary was born on the 21st April 1769 in London.^[1].

Mary was the daughter of John and Mary Boosey, according to the birth registration of her son John.

Birth registration for John Barnard, 1797

She married Edward Barnard in 1791 at St Mary Le Bow, London.^[2].

The record reads Edward Barnard of the parish of St Martin Ludgate, London, a batchelor and Mary Boosey of the parish of St Margaret Le Bow, 28 January 1791. This marriage solemnised in the presence of John Boosey, (probably her father) Mary Deeble, witnesses William Debble and Charlotte Chater. ^[3].

The marriage was also reported in the Gentleman's Magazine 1791
Mr Edw Barnard Jun of Amen Corner to Miss Boosey of King Street Cheapside ^[4].

Their marriage is listed on London Sandemanian Marriages and other links between church members. There were about 70 marriages between the families of the London Sandemanian's of which this was one.

At the time of the 1841 census Mary Boosey (72) was living in Clerkenwell, Midddlesex and had her son-in law David Reid (49) and his daughter Sarah Reid (15) staying with her. Mary Barnard (aged 41) was also there (to be identified). ^[5]

She died on 12th January 1847 according to the Sandemanian Church records^[6]

Mary's death (age 77) was registered in the Jan-Feb-Mar quarter of 1847 in the Saint James Clerkenwell district.^[7]

She was buried in Bunhill Fields in Islington on 16th January 1847.^[8]. She was 77 years old and her body was brought from Claremont Square ^[9]. This is a burial ground used by non-conformists.

Membership of the Sandemanian Church

Mary was a member of the Sandemanian Church

The Boosey family were one of the key families in the Glasite or Sandemanian Church in London. The category "Boosey Family and the Sandemanian Church" has been added to this profile to help identify relevant people. The aim is to collect the names of the family members of the Boosey family who were associated with the church. Not all will have become formal church members but are within 1-2 generations of a known member.

Mary Barnard was admitted into membership of the London Sandemanian Church on 6th March 1796 according to the membership records. The records state that she died 12 Jan 1847, aged 77 ^[10]. Her husband had become a member the previous year.

See London Sandemanian Church membership list 1762 – 1868 for the full membership list.

Mary is also included in the list of members Sandemanian members list London produced by Cantor.

In 1832 she took a role in the ordination of Stephen Leighton (1798-1881), who was ordained as an elder in the church. Dundee University holds the records of the Glasite Church and among the manuscripts:- "No 44. Order of service headed 'Church Fast Thursday 7th June 1832'. Mr Stephen Leighton, ordained an Elder by George Leighton (his father) and Mrs Edward Barnard, Sen. (Mary (Boosey) Barnard" ^[11]

Research Note

Based originally on a Barnard family bible, and unless otherwise sourced, any precise dates are as shown on hand-written notes (pages 7, 14, 38, 39) compiled about the 11th December 1878 by John Barnard (1797-1880) https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Barnard-4046, living at 12 Compton Terrace, Canonbury, Middlesex from before 1861 until his death. Also shown, in different handwriting, is one of his children Katherine Barnard (1844-1912) https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Barnard-4055 living at 12 Highbury Terrace, Islington, Middlesex from before 1911 until her death, and one of his grandchildren Kate Barnard Blaikley (1879-1969) https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Blaikley-22 living at 5 Canfield Gardens, Hampstead, Middlesex from before 1939 until before her death. These hand-written notes record the Barnard family, and others, commencing with William Barnard (1605-1682) through to a John Barnard, a farmer in 1898, living at Haslingfield, 1¼ miles from Barrington, Cambridgeshire, where Barnard ancestors had lived since 1605. A copy of these notes is in the possession of Trevor Pickup (Pickup-177) and Michael Pickup (Pickup-178).

Sources

1. ↑ included in a biography of Faraday and other families in the Sandemanian Church, downloaded pdf file from https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-349-13131-0 the extracts of the book Michael Faraday: Sandemanian and Scientist by Geoffrey Cantor.
2. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NL4Y-W5R : 10 February 2018), Edward Barnard and Mary Boosey, 28 Jan 1791; citing Saint Mary Le Bow,London,London,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 94,512.
3. ↑ London England marriages and banns, 1754 -1932 accessed from ancestry.co.uk by Trevor Pickup on 28 December 2019
4. ↑ The Gentleman's Magazine. (1791). United Kingdom: E. Cave. Accessed from Google Books https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Gentleman_s_Magazine/3M1KAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=nath+boosey&pg=PA88&printsec=frontcover Accessed by Trevor Pickup on 26 April 2021
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQV4-YLJ : 22 May 2019), Mary Barnard, Clerkenwell St James, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
6. ↑ London Sandemanian Church membership records Held by Dundee University Archives MS 9/1/3, Membership lists of the churches in the UK and America Page 45 Copies of originals ordered and accessed by Trevor Pickup on 15 June 2021
7. ↑ Death Registration: "England & Wales General Register Office". GRO Online Indexes - Death (accessed 17 April 2022). Barnard, Mary (Age at death: 77). GRO Reference: 1847 Jan-Feb-Mar in Saint James Clerkenwell Volume 03 Page 68.
8. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQR8-VXS : 11 December 2014), Mary Barnard, 16 Jan 1847, Burial; citing p. 208, Bunhill Fields, London, record group RG4, Public Record Office, London.
9. ↑ The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; General Register Office: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths surrendered to the Non-parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class Number: RG 4; Piece Number: 4000 Source Information Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2972&h=1810085&ssrc=pt&tid=63714562&pid=342195860790&usePUB=true
10. ↑ London Sandemanian Church membership records Held by Dundee University Archives MS 9/1/3, Membership lists of the churches in the UK and America Page 45 Copies of originals ordered and accessed by Trevor Pickup on 15 June 2021
11. ↑ Uploaded to ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/tree/19711044/person/20324887793/media/11d996d7-9666-4a7d-94fd-f8ba8f9d4f38?destTreeId=169825740&destPersonId=342266294199&_phsrc=RUj1937&_phstart=default

• Source: S4 Record ID Number: MH:S4 User ID: 8C031551-71C1-4C21-A2A6-A5A182C5359E Author: Peter Martin Title: Martin Web Site Text: MyHeritage.com family tree Family site: Martin Web Site Family tree: Martin5 Media: 125762641-2 Type: Smart Matching Record ID Number: MH:SC70 Page: Mary Barnard [Boosey] Event: Smart Matching Role: 2000657 Data: Date: 15 DEC 2010 Text: Added by confirming a Smart Match Quality or Certainty of Data: 3

See also:

• 'Michael Faraday - a Sandemanian and Scientist' by Geoffrey Cantor

• The Blue Gum Tree, the Thompson family history, accessed 14/8/2018 at https://bluegumtree.com/person/PER104.html by Trevor Pickup on 14 Aug 2018