Mary (Ring) Hingston (abt. 1816 - 1897)

Born about 14 Feb 1816 in Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Thomas Hingston — married 22 Aug 1839 in Bedminster, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 27 Jul 1897 at about age 81 in Te Puke, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

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Mary (Ring) Hingston was born in England.

Mary (Ring) Hingston migrated from England to New Zealand.

Biography

Mary was born about 1816. She was the daughter of Robert and Hannah Ring.

She married Thomas Hingston at the Parish Church, Bedminster, St John, Somersetshire, England on 22 August 1839.^[1]

They had three children. Sadly her husband passed away in 1842 at the age of 40.

Mary made the decision to emigrated from England to New Zealand with her married son Thomas and spinster daughter Amy. They travelled Saloon Class on the ship "Oxford" arriving into Auckland in April 1881. They were then transported from Auckland to Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty on the Glenelg.^[2]

Tragically her son Thomas was drowned in 1891 at the age of 48. Her daughter Amy never married.

She lived out her days with her family in Te Puke in the Bay of Plenty, passing away in 1897 at the age of 81.

Burial

Old Te Puke Cemetery, SH 33 and Landscape Road, Te Puke, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Plot 1150^[3]

Inscription:

IN LOVING MEMORY

OF

MARY

WIDOW OF THOMAS HINGSTON

BRISTOL, ENGLAND

WHO DEPARTED THISLIFE

JULY 27 1897

AGED 81 YEARS

CAST THEY BURDEN UPON THE LORD

AND HE SHALL SUSTAIN THEE

PS LV 22

Sources

1. ↑ "England, Bristol Parish Registers, 1538-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTSJ-V8M : 12 December 2014), Thomas Hingston and Mary Ring, 1839.
2. ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/oxford.html
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42718526/mary-hingston), memorial page for Mary Ring Hingston (14 Feb 1816–27 Jul 1897), Find a Grave Memorial no. 42718526, citing Old Te Puke Cemetery, Te Puke, Western Bay of Plenty District, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand ; Maintained by sunset (contributor 48209753)

• http://www-civ.eng.cam.ac.uk/cjb/hingston/hd.htm#hd79

• NZ BDM Death Records Online: Registration No: 1897/3912 | Family Name: Hingston | Given Name(s): Mary | Age at Death: 81Y | https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search

• http://www.interment.net/data/nz/bayofplenty/tepuke/tepuke_go.htm

• WikiTree profile Ring-434 created through the import of Worrall_Tree1 26122012.ged on Dec 27, 2012 by Andrew Worrall. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Andrew and others.