Mary Wrixon

Mary Wrixon (Becher)
Birthdate:	1758
Birthplace:	County Cork, Ireland
Death:	April 14, 1818 (59-60) Trafalgar, Near Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Immediate Family:	Daughter of John Townsend Becher and Mary O'Donovan Wife of Col. William Wrixon, of Ceciltown, co. Cork. D.L. Mother of Henry Wrixon; Sir William Wrixon Becher, Bart, of Ballygiblin; John Michael Wrixon; Rev. Nicholas Wrixon; Henrietta Wrixon and 3 others Sister of Henry Becher and Anne Becher

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Mary Becher was the eldest child of John Townsend Becher and his wife Mary O'Donovan. She was born in 1758 and orphaned in 1761.
After the death of her parents, Mary and his siblings Anne & Henry were brought up by their Uncle Michael Henry Becher and his wife Catherine French.
Mary married in July 1778 to William Wrixon. In August 1778 her Uncle Michael Henry Becher died.
1778 Hiberian Chronicle 30 July 1778 “At Creagh on 27 July, William Wrixon of Ballygiblin to Mary Becher, niece of Michael Becher Esq.” 1778 Hiberian Chronicle Monday 27th July “Wrixon, William Esq, High Sheriff of Cork, of Ballygiblin married Miss Becher at Creagh last week.”
Her brother Henry Becher died on his 21st birthday in a shooting accident, but before he died he left his estate to Mary's eldest son on the condition he took on the name and arms of Becher.
1818 Fri 17 April Wrixon Mrs. Wife of William Wrixon Esq. of Ballygiblin died Tuesday at Trafalgar near Cork from Cork Mercantile Chronicle

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1758	1758	Birth of Mary Wrixon County Cork, Ireland
1779	1779	Birth of Henry Wrixon
1780	July 31, 1780	Birth of Sir William Wrixon Becher, Bart, of Ballygi... Ballygiblin, Cork, Ireland
1781	August 13, 1781	Birth of John Michael Wrixon Cork, Ireland
1783	February 18, 1783	Birth of Rev. Nicholas Wrixon County Cork, Ireland
1784	1784	Birth of Henrietta Wrixon County Cork, Ireland
1788	1788	Birth of Marianne Harris
1790	1790	Birth of Jane Charlotte Wrixon
1793	1793	Birth of Georgina Charlotte Wrixon

Mary Wrixon (Becher)