Elizabeth Hilsdon c.1750-1842

Parents: ?
Born: c.1750
Baptised: ?
Married: Daniel Whiting, single man, on 19th December 1775 at St Mary's Parish Church, Haverhill. Witnessed by Samuel and William Bigmore. Banns on 22^nd and 29^th October and 5^th November 1775.(1,2) Children: Elizabeth Whiting b.1776, Sarah Whiting b.1778, Lydia Whiting b.1780, Daniel Whiting b.1783, George Whiting b.1790 died aged 6 and David Whiting b.1793 (5)
Died: 8th November 1842 in Haverhill. Buried on 13th November 1842 at St Mary's Parish Church, Haverhill.(3,4)

Bio: I've been unable to trace Elizabeth's parentage and birth/baptism dates. She was a spinster when she married in 1775 and from the parish registers we can tell that her husband Daniel died in 1830. On the 1841 census we find her near the end of her life, living with her youngest child David Whiting and his family in Burton End, Haverhill. Her age is listed as 85 here. The parish registers have an Elizabeth Whiting of Burton End dying at age 92 in November 1842, however the corresponding death certificate gives a more accurate age of 84 years. Elizabeth is recorded as having died on 8th November 1842 in Haverhill of old age. She is described as the widow of Daniel Whiting, labourer. Sarah Scott was present at the death, which was registered on 9th November 1842.(4)

Sources:

(1) Suffolk Records Office, Bury St Edmunds, Parish Registers of St Mary's Church, Haverhill. Fiche 578/4
(2) Barnabas Webb’s pocket-book, Suffolk Records Office, Bury St Edmunds. HA553/1
(3) Suffolk Records Office, Bury St Edmunds, Parish Registers of St Mary's Church, Haverhill. Fiche 578/4/p34 of 37
(4) Death Register. 4th Quarter 1842, Risbridge district, Volume 12 Page 262. GRO death cert PDF