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PLOWRIGHT, Jonathan
1823 - 1884 (61 years) Has 11 ancestors and 8 descendants in this family tree.
1792 - 1873 (80 years)-
Name PLOWRIGHT, Jonathan Birth 1823 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire 
Gender Male Death 13 Jan 1884 Gedney, Lincolnshire, Norfolk Person ID I7361 Edgoose Last Modified 6 Feb 2026
Father PLOWRIGHT, Theodore, b. 1791, Ruskington, Lincolnshire, England d. 1830, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age 39 years) Mother CHANTRY, Elizabeth, b. 30 Oct 1792, Spalding, Lincolnshire d. 19 Feb 1873, Gedney, Lincolnshire, Norfolk (Age 80 years) Marriage 29 May 1822 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire Family ID F2676 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family LAWS, Anne Mary, b. Between 1853 and 1855, Syderstone, Norfolk, England d. 1927, Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 74 years) Marriage 1875 Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire Children 1. PLOWRIGHT, Sarah Elizabeth, b. 1876, Gedney, Lincolnshire, Norfolk d. 1941, Norwich Registration District, Norfolk (Age 65 years)2. PLOWRIGHT, Joseph Chantry, b. 1878, Gedney, Lincolnshire, Norfolk d. 16 May 1951, King's Lynn Registration District, Norfolk (Age 73 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. PLOWRIGHT, Jonathan, b. 1880, Gedney, Lincolnshire, Norfolk d. 1966, East Elloe, Lincolnshire, England (Age 86 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. PLOWRIGHT, Rachel Mary, b. 21 Oct 1881, Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire d. 1927, Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 45 years)Family ID F2668 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Birth - 1823 - Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire 
Death - 13 Jan 1884 - Gedney, Lincolnshire, Norfolk = Link to Google Earth
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JONATHAN PLOWRIGHT 1823-1884
Jonathan, son of Theodore and Elizabeth PLOWRIGHT of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 29 May 1823. His father was a farmer.
(PR)
From the 1851 census of Gedney, Lincolnshire:
Elizabeth GARTON, head, widow, aged 58, farmer of 62 acres, born at Spalding, Lincolnshire;
*Jonathen [sic] PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 27, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Ann CHALTON, servant, aged 15, born at Gedney, Lincolnshire;
Josep BASS, servant, aged 17, born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire.
(HO107/2097/418/5)
From the 1861 census of Fen, Gedney, Lincolnshire:
Elizabeth GARTON, head, widow, aged 62, farmer of 37 acres, born in Spalding, Lincolnshire;
*Jonathan PLOWRIGHT, son, unmarried, aged 37, farmers son, born in Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
John BLANCHARD, servant, unmarried. aged 17, carter, born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire;
Sarah BOTHAMLEY, servant, unmarried, aged 17, dairy maid, born at Gedney Hill, Lincolnshire;
Robert BEAGLE, visitor, married, aged 36, labourer, born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire;
John BURGES, visitor, unmarried, aged 33, farmer, born at Chatteris, Cambridgeshire.
(RG9/2328/90/8)
The marriage between Jonathan PLOWRIGHT and Anne Mary LAWS was registered in 1875.
(GRO September Q 1875 Holbeach 7a 645)
From the 1881 census of Gedney, Lincolnshire:
*Jonathon PLOWRIGHT, head, aged 55, farmer of 42 acres employing 1 labourer, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Annie Mary PLOWRIGHT, wife, aged 27, born at Stanner, Norfolk;
Sarah Elizabeth PLOWRIGHT, daughter, aged 4, born at Gedney, Lincolnshire;
Joseph Chantry PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 2, born at Gedney, Lincolnshire;
Johnathon PLOWRIGHT, son, aged 1, born at Gedney, Lincolnshire;
Kate MACE, servant, aged 14, general servant, born at Meanay, Cambridfgeshire.
(RG11/3209/112/7)
The death of Jonathan PLOWRIGHT aged 60 was registered in 1884.
(GRO March Q 1884 Holbeach 7a 241)
"PLOWRIGHT Jonathan. 4 March. The Will of Jonathan PLOWRIGHT late of Clark's Hill in the Parish of Gedney in the County of Lincoln Farmer who died 13 January 1884 at Clark's Hill was proved at Lincoln by Anne Mary PLOWRIGHT of Gedney Widow the Relict the sole Executrix.
Personal Estate £175 7s. 8d."
(National Burial Index 1884)
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