Mary Harris1

#17848, (1750/51 - 1838)
FatherThomas Harris2 (s 1720 - )
MotherSarah (-?-)2 (s 1725 - )
Extended Family
ChartsSamuel Fernee & Mary Harris - Children & Grandchildren
Samuel Fernee & Mary Harris - collapsible 6 generation descendant chart
Ancestors of Sarah Mary Fernee (my line)

Children of Mary Harris and Samuel Fernee
BaptismMary Harris was baptized on 10 Feb 1750/51 in St Mary Hornsey, Middlesex, the daughter of Thomas, a labourer, and Sarah. [The register says 1750 but at that point in history, the year began on the 25th of March so the year is adjusted to 1751 in the new style. There are two instances of this baptism at Ancestry.com, presumably the parish register and the bishop's transcript, but the website does not identify which is which]2
Mary Harris
baptism, 1751
MarriageShe married Samuel Fernee on 13 May 1776 in Old Church, St Pancras, Middlesex.
Details from the register: Samuel Fernee, batchelor & Mary Harris spinster, both of this parish, married in this Chapel by Banns; witnesses were Benj Mercer and Ann Scott.1 
Signature1
marriage certificate, 1776
(Widowed) Burial.Her husband Samuel died in 1802. Their eight children ranged in age from 9 to 25.3
DeathMary died on 26 May 1838 in Near the Ponds, Highgate, Middlesex.
Details from the certificate: Mary Fernee, age 88 years, Gentlewoman, died of Decay of Nature, informant Mary Ann French or Finch of High Street, Highgate, who signed with an X.4 
AnecdoteOver 60 years later, this story about Mary's funeral was still being recounted.
James Fernee told of a visit c1901 to his cousin Anthony Storey's daughter Mrs. Higgins, baker and confectioner in Hornsey. He wrote, "In the course of conversation Mrs. Higgins related of a funeral which took place at Hornsey, I think it was Father's cousin Anthony Storey's grand mother, she was a Fernee, however the remarkable but the usual [sic] thing was, that six sons were the mourners, young and elder were all baldheaded, that is a sure brand of the family, I have never yet known any other."5 
Last Edited27 Nov 2014

Citations

  1. Samuel Fernee & Mary Harris marriage, 1776. Image from Parish Register.
  2. Baptisms of St Mary Hornsey, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Mary Harris, 1751.
  3. Burials of St Mary Hornsey, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Samuel Fernee, 1802.
  4. Copy death certificate of Eliza Fernee, died 24 January 1873, registered 24 January 1873 in the Registration District of Edmonton.
  5. Letters from James Fernee [1842-1910], 65, Herschell Road, Sheffield, to Herbert George Fernee [1867- ], dated May and June 1905.
  6. Microfilm of the parish register of Highgate Chapel (London Metropolitan Archives), read by Michael Fernee.
  7. Baptisms of St Michael Highgate, Hornsey, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Samuel Fernee, 1778.
  8. Baptisms of St Michael Highgate, Hornsey, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Thomas Fernee, 1781.
  9. Baptisms of St Michael Highgate, Hornsey, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Anthony Fernee, 1784.
  10. Baptisms of St Michael Highgate, Hornsey, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Mary Fernee, 1786.
  11. Baptisms of St Michael Highgate, Hornsey, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. George Fernee, 1791.
  12. Baptisms of St Michael Highgate, Hornsey, Middlesex. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. John Fernee, 1793.