Frances was christened 1 October 1758 by Daniel and Anne (Mabb) Waghorne in Ticehurst, Sussex. She married Thomas Woodgate from Kent there in 1782. They christened three children in Ticehurst, 1783-1787. Thomas went off to the Napoleonic wars and did not return. In 1801 "Widow Woodgate" headed a household of seven persons. She was buried in Ticehurst 5 February 1823, age 64.
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NB79-Y8D AND Ticehurst, Sussex, Parish Registers, East Sussex Record Office, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DYQS-2QK?i=129 AND https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DYQS-5ZK?i=151
Ticehurst, Sussex, Parish Registers, East Sussex Record Office, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DYQS-22Z?i=349 AND England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KG85-7DJ (marriage)
Census Ticehurst, Sussex, 1801, www.pbnpublications.com/pdf/PBNTicehurst1801.pdf (Web page no longer available.)
Ticehurst, Sussex, Parish Registers, Bishop’s Transects; West Sussex County Council image 274, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6XL9-FC3?i=273&cat=1021985 (burial)
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