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Mary “Molly” <I>Wesley</I> Whitelamb

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Mary “Molly” Wesley Whitelamb

Birth
South Ormsby, East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, England
Death
Oct 1734 (aged 37–38)
Wroot, North Lincolnshire Unitary Authority, Lincolnshire, England
Burial
Wroot, North Lincolnshire Unitary Authority, Lincolnshire, England Add to Map
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Marriage: 21 Dec 1733 to John Whitelamb at St Andrew's Church, Epworth.
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The attached newspaper article states, "A few words on a tablet in the chancel of the church in which her husband officiated record the death of his wife, who survived him." The article is referring to a brass plate (epitaph) which was fixed to the south wall of the original church (demolished c.1796) and appears to imply that it was Rev. Whitelamb's first wife, Mary, née Wesley, that survived him. Mary is said to have died in childbirth in October 1734, but there is no mention of this in the article or on the epitaph. There is also no mention on the epitaph of Rev. Whitelamb's wife surviving him, only that she is buried "near this place", possibly within the church itself.
Rev. Whitelamb remarried in 1736 to a lady named Mary Taylor (-1744) and it is likely that the epitaph is referring to her and not Mary, née Wesley, his first wife.
There doesn't appear to be any records available of any further marriage(s) or any burial record (for this particular graveyard at least) of a wife that could have survived him.
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https://archive.org/details/memorialsofwesle00stev/page/288/mode/2up?view=theater
https://www.mywesleyanmethodists.org.uk/content/people-2/the-wesley-family/family-john-charles-wesley
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Burial: 1 Nov 1734
Marriage: 21 Dec 1733 to John Whitelamb at St Andrew's Church, Epworth.
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The attached newspaper article states, "A few words on a tablet in the chancel of the church in which her husband officiated record the death of his wife, who survived him." The article is referring to a brass plate (epitaph) which was fixed to the south wall of the original church (demolished c.1796) and appears to imply that it was Rev. Whitelamb's first wife, Mary, née Wesley, that survived him. Mary is said to have died in childbirth in October 1734, but there is no mention of this in the article or on the epitaph. There is also no mention on the epitaph of Rev. Whitelamb's wife surviving him, only that she is buried "near this place", possibly within the church itself.
Rev. Whitelamb remarried in 1736 to a lady named Mary Taylor (-1744) and it is likely that the epitaph is referring to her and not Mary, née Wesley, his first wife.
There doesn't appear to be any records available of any further marriage(s) or any burial record (for this particular graveyard at least) of a wife that could have survived him.
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https://archive.org/details/memorialsofwesle00stev/page/288/mode/2up?view=theater
https://www.mywesleyanmethodists.org.uk/content/people-2/the-wesley-family/family-john-charles-wesley
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Burial: 1 Nov 1734

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  • Created by: mcpjm
  • Added: Apr 29, 2023
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/252980462/mary-whitelamb: accessed ), memorial page for Mary “Molly” Wesley Whitelamb (1696–Oct 1734), Find a Grave Memorial ID 252980462, citing St Pancras Church, Wroot, North Lincolnshire Unitary Authority, Lincolnshire, England; Maintained by mcpjm (contributor 49327049).