Mary Ann Capon

1813 - 1883  (69 years)

• Name	Mary Ann Capon
  Birth	Jan 1813	Easton by Framlingham, Suffolk
  Baptism	9 Feb 1813	Easton by Framlingham, Suffolk
  Gender	Female
  Child’s Baptism	Jun 1837	Woolwich, London
  Child’s Baptism	Oct 1840	Hulme, Manchester
  Census	1841	Hulme, Manchester
  Child’s Baptism	14 May 1843	Woodbridge, Suffolk
  Child’s Birth	1846	Gibraltar
  Census	1851	6 Plumstead Place, Plumstead, London
  Census	1871	19 Eton Rd, Plumstead, London
  Census	1881	19 Eton Rd, Plumstead, London
  Death	1883	Plumstead, Woolwich, London
  Burial	11 Jan 1883	Plumstead, Woolwich, London
  Person ID	I2214	Ash Family Database
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2025

  
  

  Family	John Abel,   b. Nov 1806, Aberdeen, Scotland d. Jun 1877, Woolwich, London (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	22 Jun 1835	St Mary Magdalene, Woolwich, London
  Children	1. John Abel,   b. 8 Sep 1840, Hulme, Manchester d. 28 Jan 1915, London (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F655	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2025

  
  

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  Marriage - 22 Jun 1835 - St Mary Magdalene, Woolwich, London Child’s Baptism - Jun 1837 - Woolwich, London Child’s Baptism - Oct 1840 - Hulme, Manchester Census - 1841 - Hulme, Manchester Child’s Baptism - 14 May 1843 - Woodbridge, Suffolk Child’s Birth - 1846 - Gibraltar Census - 1851 - 6 Plumstead Place, Plumstead, London Census - 1871 - 19 Eton Rd, Plumstead, London Census - 1881 - 19 Eton Rd, Plumstead, London Death - 1883 - Plumstead, Woolwich, London Burial - 11 Jan 1883 - Plumstead, Woolwich, London  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  In 1841, John and Mary and their first two children, Charlotte and John, were living in army barracks in Manchester. On the 1851 Census, Mary was living with her 5 children but without her husband at 6 Plumsted Place, Plumstead. She gave her occupation as ‘Warder Wife’ and the enumerator has added an accompanying note ‘Husband slept on board the guard hulk’. No Mary Abel with corresponding birth details is listed on the 1861 census, but she does reappear living on her own in 1881, aged 67, at 19 Eton Road, Plumstead. She gave her status as ‘independent’. She was sharing her accommodation with Reuben & Dorothy Frost, originally from Suffolk, and Joseph & Martha Clayton. She is not listed on the 1891 and 1901 Censuses. The International Genealogical Index contains a record of a marriage in Woolwich in June 1833 between John Abel and Mary Ann Capon. It also has a record of the baptism of a Mary Ann Capon on 7 Feb 1814 in Easton by Framlingham, Suffolk. If this is the same person, as the reference to Easton on the 1851 Census suggests it is, she would have been about 21 at the time of the marriage referred to above and about 24 when her first child was born. At her baptism, her parents gave their names as Charlotte Britton and Cotton Capon. John and Mary's son John Abel (b.1840) would marry Lizzie King from Pettistree, Suffolk, a village near Wickham Market within walking distance of Easton by Framlingham. Young John was born in Manchester, but could he have met Lizzie when visiting his mother's family in this corner of Suffolk? On her son John's birth certificate, Mary's maiden name is given as Capon. On her marriage certificate (1835, age 29), Mary made her mark rather than signing her name, which suggests she was illiterate.