Birth: 1737 Docking, Norfolk, UK
Father: William (Gulielmi, Gulielmus) Pitcher 1688-1769
Mother: Maria (Mary) Bobbet (Bobbett) 1697-1777
Christening: 2 December 1737 St Mary, Docking, Norfolk, UK
Marriage: 4 October 1759 St Mary, Docking, Norfolk, UK
Wife: Hannah Horsley b1719-1779
Death: After 1773
Mary Pitcher [Doughty (Douley)] 1737-a1773
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Mary Pitcher baptised 2 December 1737 in Garboldisham (sic), Norfolk, parents Rich'D and Hannah Pitcher.
Son william buried 1738Two entries in FreeReg for the baptism of Mary Pitcher, on 2 December 1737 at St Mary, Docking, Norfolk, parents Richard in one and Richd in the other, and Hannah Pitcher.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935 for the baptism of Mary Pitcher on 2 December 1737-38 in Docking, parents Richd and Hanna Pitcher. "Docking from 1737 to . . 38 [...] Mary daughter of Richd Pitcher & Hanna his wife bapt. 2d of Decembr." This is the fifth entry and clearly in the first year.
Two entries in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973 for Mary Pitcher to William Doughty in one and Wm. Douley in the other on 4 October 1749 in Garboldisham, Norfolk.
Entry in FreeReg for the marriage of Mary Pitcher and William Doughty on 4 October 1759 at St Mary, Docking, Norfolk.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938 for Mary Pitcher and Wm Douley on 4 October 1759. "Page 4 [...] Banns of Marriage Between Wm Douley and Mary Pitcher were Published on the 16th the 23rd and the 30th day of September. No. 14 The said Wm Douley of the Parifh of Docking and Mary Pitcher of the Parifh of Docking Married in this Church by Banns published this Fourth Day of October in the Year One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Fifty nine [both made their marks] In the Prefence of John Pitcher".
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812 for the marriage of Mary Pitcher and William Doughty on 4 October 1759 in Docking. "Married 1759 [...] Doughty William & Pitcher Mary Octr 4".
Her children were baptised in Docking from 1760 to 1773.
Her husband was buried on 6 December 1814 in Docking, Norfolk.
There are One hundred and eighty eight entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Richard Pitcher.
Garboldisham is some 46 miles south of Docking, and there seems to have been a mixup of papers.
Richard Pitcher was Felicity's sixth great grandfather.
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