Maria Paulina Hewitt was christened on 23 Jul 1845 at Lichfield, Staffordshire. She was the daughter of Halford Wolton/Wootton Hewitt and Elisa Smith (nee Jacques).
Sources
Birth registration: FreeBMD Lichfield 1845 volume 69 page 1845. GRO online index with same reference mistranscribes her as Eliza Paulina but does provide the mother's maiden name as Jaques
Christening record: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NDK2-CVM : 6 December 2014, Maria Paulina Hewitt, ); citing St Marys, Lichfield, Stafford, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,068,983.
"England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7H1-P9J : 23 September 2020), Maria P Hewett in household of Halford W Hewett, Lichfield St Mary, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
Marriage record: "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLQ8-KT39 : 8 August 2017), Edward Pearson and Maria Paulina Hewitt, 1864.
"England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27K-3RDK : 12 December 2017), Pauline Pearson in household of Edward Pearson, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 31, Piece/Folio 3295/19, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,965.
"England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WYFW-WPZ : 26 November 2020), Maria P Pearson in household of Edward Pearson, Morton, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Lincolnshire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
"England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9D4-T6Z : 20 May 2019), Marian Paulina Pearson in household of Edward Pearson, St Martin in the Fields, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing St Martin In The Fields subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
"England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW8H-LGG : 7 July 2019), Maria Paulina Pearson, Godalming, Surrey, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Maria by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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