Mary Burton

NB This Mary cannot possibly be the daughter of Rev John Dye who was born and died in the US. Mary's family never left the villages they had lived in for centuries.

BIRTH & BAPTISM
Mary Dye England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997 Name: Mary Dye Event Type: Christening Event Date: 11 Apr 1824 Event Place: , Haydon, Essex, England Father's Name: John Dye Mother's Name: Sarah Dye

First name(s) Mary
Last name Dye
County Essex
Baptism year 1824
Baptism date 11 Apr 1824
Father's first name(s) John
Father's last name Dye
Father's occupation Labourer
Mother's first name(s) Sarah
Residence Heydon
Place Heydon

HER SIBLINGS
Susan b.4 June 1826, Heydon.
Sarah Dye b.16 Aug 1829, Heydon.
Anne Dye b. 25 Dec 1831, John was a labourer at Heydon.

HER ANCESTORS
William Dye was b.10 July 1757 at Chrishall, son of John Dye & Sarah. They are most likely Mary's grandparents. The generation of her parents is missing, unless they were born in, say Cambridgeshire or Hertfordshire just across the county borders.
At the 1841 census Mary is working at Gt Chishill as a servant and her family are at Heydon, including her grandfather, John b.1759.
John Dye 40yrs, ag lab, Mary's father [At this census ages were rounded down to the nearest 5yrs, so everyone is 1-4yrs older than the age given]
Sarah, 35yrs Mary's mother
Susan 15yrs
Ann 9yrs
Martha 6yrs
Eliza 2yrs
Hannah 1month
John Dye 82yrs, agricultural labourer [John's age not rounded down]

1851 census Heydon Village
John Dye widower, still going strong at 91yrs, pauper ag lab, born at Chishill [Mary's grandfather]
Lutuce Elsam, his daughter, 62yrs, widow, b. Heydon [mary's aunt]
William Elsam, his grandson22yrs, ag lab. b. Heydon

Also at Heydon in 1851 is mary's mother, now a widow (John must have died betw 1844/5 and 1851.
Sarah Dye, 46yrs, widow, pauper, formerly ag lab
Martha 16yrs
Eliza 11yrs
Hannah 9yrs [all her daughters and Mary's sisters]
John Dye 6yrs, her son - so there was a male heir after all.

Heydon or Haydon, Essex
Historical Description
Heydon or Haydon, a parish in Essex, adjacent to Herts and to Cambridgeshire, 6 miles E from Royston station on the G.N.R., and 7 ½ N by W from Audley End station on the G.E.R. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Royston. Acreage, 1425 acres; population of the civil parish, 221; of the ecclesiastical, 361. The manor belongs to Lord Braybrooke. The surface is hilly, the name being derived from the high down or hill. The living is a rectory, with that of Little Chishall annexed, in the diocese of St Albans; joint net value, £281 with residence. Patron, Lord Braybrooke. The church is a small but ancient building of flint and stone in the Early English style, and consists of nave, aisles, chancel, and N chapel, with an embattled western tower.

White's Directory of Essex 1848

HAYDON, or HEYDON, a village and parish 5 miles East by South of Royston, and 8 miles West by North of Saffron Walden; occupies the highest and the extreme north-western part of the county, near the junction of Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire.

It is in Royston Union, and comprises 324 souls, and 1225A.3R.31P. of land, rising in bold hills, and having a thin soil, resting on chalk, except at the Grange, where a stratum of sand and gravel commences.

Lord Braybroke is now lord of the manor, and owner of most of the parish. The manor called Heydonbury was long held by the Senevil, Seagrove, De Lisle, Aylesworth, and Soame families, and passed from the latter to Mrs. Buckworth.

Sir William Soame, who resided here, was created a baronet in 1684; but the present baronet resides at To Ho Cottage, in Little Chishall parish, and at Thoydon Bower, near Epping. The old manor house was rebuilt by the Soame family, but is now occupied by the curate.

The Church, (St. Peter,) is a neat embattled structure, with a tower and five bells. A small chapel in the chancel is the burial place of the Soame family.

The rectory, valued in K.B. at £18, and in 1831 at £688, with that of Little Chishall annexed to it, is in the patronage of Lord Braybroke, and incumbency of the Rev. John Collin, jun., M.A., who has a good residence, and 49A.3R.4P. of glebe. The tithes here were commuted in 1839, for £430.8s.8d. per annum.

Here is a National School, built in 1846. For teaching 12 poor children, the schoolmistress has the dividends of £156.5s., New South Sea Annuities, given by a late rector.

The poor have l3s. a year from Martin's Charity. A legacy of £41.13s.4d., left by the Rev. Edward Younge, D.D., for the poor parishioners, was augmented to £50, and laid out in 1703, in the purchase of 8A. of land in the fields of Great Chishall and Haydon.

Since the enclosure of these parishes, under acts of the 51st and 55th of Geo.III., the land belonging to this charity has consisted of 9A.7P. in Haydon, and 4A.lR.27P. in Great Chishall. It is let for about £11 per annum, of which two-thirds are distributed among the poor, and the remainder is applied to the repairs of the church.

CENSUS
Mary Dye England and Wales Census, 1841
Name: Mary Dye
Titles and Terms: NULL
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1841
Event Place: Great Chishall, Essex, England
Residence Note: Chishill Street
Gender: Female
Age: 18-22 Age (Original): 18
Occupation: Null
Birth Year (Estimated): 1819-1823
Birthplace: Essex Registration District: Royston & Buntingford
Parish: Great Chishall
County: Essex Joseph Kent Male 31-35
Ann Kent Female 28-32
Mary Dye Female 18-22 Essex
Sarah Layton Female 18-22

MARRIAGE
Mary Dye England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997 Name: Timothy Button Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 1850 Event Place: Chrishall, Essex, England, United Kingdom Residence Place: Parish Of Chishall Marital Status: Widowed Spouse's Name: Mary Dye Spouse's Residence Place: Chrishall, Essex, England, United Kingdom Spouse's Marital Status: Single [Timothy was a widower, so there is an earlier marriage somewhere - to Ellen Brand].

DEATH

Brian Worseldine tells me in an email that Mary died somewhere near Kyneton. See Timothy's profile for the story via Rachel Mills (nee Burton) written in late age. Also, the original inquest documents are now in docs.

Also, now added, a transcript of James Burton's evidence at the inquest into the deaths of Timothy, Mary and George. See docs And the full inquest record from PROV is also now in docs.