Mary Board WILLS

   Research Notes:

In 1851, Mary Pryor (40) of Mawgan, miner's wife, widow, was living in Trevenen, Wendron. Present were children (born in Wendron): John H. (11), miner, Mary (9), Ann (7), Amelia (2)

In 1861, Mary Pryor (50) of Mawgan, widow, was living in Menehey Estate, Wendron. Present were children: Mary (19), servant, Bennet (15), tin dresser, Amelia (12), scholar

In 1871, Mary Pryor (62) of Mawgan, widow, sewing woman, was with her daughter Amelia Thomas and her family in Wendron.

In 1881, Mary Pryor (67) [sic] of Mawgan, widow, domestic work, was with her daughter Amelia Thomas and her family in Manhay, Wendron.

   Marriage Information:

Mary married Bennet PRYOR of Trevenen, son of Henry PRYOR of Menehey and Anne UREN, on 28 Nov 1839 in Mawgan in Meneage, Cornwall. (Bennet PRYOR of Trevenen was born in 1815 in Wendron, Cornwall, christened on 30 Jul 1815 in Wendron, Cornwall and was buried on 20 Oct 1848 in Wendron, Cornwall.)

   Marriage Notes:

Bennet Pryor, 24, of Wendron, bachelor, miner, son of Henry Pryor, miner, and
Mary Wills, 26, of Mawgan, spinster, daughter of John Wills, shoemaker

Witnesses: John Wills, Henry Prior, Thomas Stephens