Mary Rapson
- Christened: 23 Aug 1795, Ludgvan, Cornwall, England
- Marriage: John Tonkin Hichens on 11 Nov 1820 in Ludgvan, Cornwall, England
- Died: 1843, Sithney, Cornwall, England aged 48
 General Notes:
order of events
youngest child born about 1837
John dies 1837-41 (father)
Mary dies 1843 (mother - before both her parents)
3rd child Frances marries 1846
Grace dies 1849
4th child Jane marries April 1850
2nd child Amy marries Dec 1850
1850 - Frances has sailed for Adelaide and about to die
Thomas dies 1854
youngest child Harriet marries young in 1855
1855 - Harriet sails for Canada staying there a few years
eldest child Mary finally marries 1859 (at 38)
1841 - nine children at home at 'Trotherack' (Trannack?), Sithney
1851 - eldest Mary keeping house, and two brothers (William, Thomas) at home, only, at Tuckingmill, Sithney.
Noted events in her life were:
• Occupation: marriage witnessed by Thomas Rapson and another; may have provided wool, silk or thread for niece Eliza Bowden's sampler about 1830.
Mary married John Tonkin Hichens on 11 Nov 1820 in Ludgvan, Cornwall, England. (John Tonkin Hichens was christened in 1783 in Helston, Cornwall, England and died about 1839 in Sithney, Cornwall, England.)
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