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Maria Durant

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Maria Durant

Birth
Death
24 Apr 1785 (aged 5)
England
Burial
Tong, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England Add to Map
Plot
Durant Vault, Centre of the Chancel
Memorial ID
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[Bio as at management transfer 3 March 2023]
Parents: George Durant (Sr.) and Maria (Beaufoy) Durant Payne (she married a friend of George's after George's death whose name was Major Benjamin Charnock Payne and he was also buried in the Durant vault along with George Durant and his daughter Maria.

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Auden's History of Tong, Volume 2, page 139 by Joyce Frost:

"1793. May 22. Benjamin Charnock Payne, Esq., formerly a Major in the 99th Regt.; who married the widow of Mr. Durant, owner of Tong Estate, to whom he was an Executor, buried."

"Major Payne was buried in the Durant vault in the center of the Chancel, and when it was opened in 1891, his coffin was found bearing the inscription 'Died 14 May, 1793 aged 38.' Evans view of the castle published in 1789 is styled "Tong Castle in Shropshire, the seat of Benj. Charlock Payne, Esq." He left a daughter by his wife stepdaughter of Mr. Durant."

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NOTES (WIP)

PLOT (as at management transfer 3 March 2023)
"Interred with her father per plaque on the monument"
PLOT (reworked)
Durant Vault, Centre of the Chancel
[Bio as at management transfer 3 March 2023]
Parents: George Durant (Sr.) and Maria (Beaufoy) Durant Payne (she married a friend of George's after George's death whose name was Major Benjamin Charnock Payne and he was also buried in the Durant vault along with George Durant and his daughter Maria.

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Auden's History of Tong, Volume 2, page 139 by Joyce Frost:

"1793. May 22. Benjamin Charnock Payne, Esq., formerly a Major in the 99th Regt.; who married the widow of Mr. Durant, owner of Tong Estate, to whom he was an Executor, buried."

"Major Payne was buried in the Durant vault in the center of the Chancel, and when it was opened in 1891, his coffin was found bearing the inscription 'Died 14 May, 1793 aged 38.' Evans view of the castle published in 1789 is styled "Tong Castle in Shropshire, the seat of Benj. Charlock Payne, Esq." He left a daughter by his wife stepdaughter of Mr. Durant."

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NOTES (WIP)

PLOT (as at management transfer 3 March 2023)
"Interred with her father per plaque on the monument"
PLOT (reworked)
Durant Vault, Centre of the Chancel


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  • Maintained by: sedwar70
  • Originally Created by: Pam R.
  • Added: Nov 26, 2016
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173225122/maria-durant: accessed ), memorial page for Maria Durant (2 Jul 1779–24 Apr 1785), Find a Grave Memorial ID 173225122, citing St. Bartholomew Churchyard, Tong, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England; Maintained by sedwar70 (contributor 48487931).