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PLOWRIGHT, William
1809 - 1870 (61 years) Has 13 ancestors and 9 descendants in this family tree.
1774 - 1858 (84 years)-
Name PLOWRIGHT, William Birth 1809 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire 
Christening 7 May 1809 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire Gender Male Death 1870 Wrangle, Lincolnshire, England Burial 3 Apr 1870 Wrangle, Lincolnshire, England Person ID I7329 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father PLOWRIGHT, Thomas, b. 1771, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. 1824, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age 53 years) Relationship natural Mother SHARP, Mary, b. 1774, Spalding, Lincolnshire d. 1858, Pinchbeck West, Lincolnshire (Age 84 years) Relationship natural Marriage 16 Mar 1809 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire Family ID F1843 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Father PASSMORE, John d. Bef 1809 Relationship Stepchild Mother SHARP, Mary, b. 1774, Spalding, Lincolnshire d. 1858, Pinchbeck West, Lincolnshire (Age 84 years) Relationship natural Marriage 25 Sep 1795 Gosberton, Lincolnshire, England Family ID F2654 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 SIMPSON, Sophia, b. 27 Nov 1811, Spalding, Lincolnshire d. Yes, date unknown Children 1. PLOWRIGHT, Eliza, b. 1829, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. 1830, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age 1 year) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. PLOWRIGHT, Jane, b. 1829, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. 1829, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. PLOWRIGHT, Sarah, b. 1831, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F2657 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 ANDERSON, Sarah Widow?, b. Between 1808 and 1809, Spalding, Lincolnshire d. 1871, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age 63 years) Marriage 1853 Spalding Registration District, Lincolnshire Family ID F2658 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 3 Marriage UNKNOWN Children 1. PASSMORE, William Plowright, b. 1847, Pinchbeck West, Lincolnshire d. 13 Mar 1911, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age 64 years)Family ID F2659 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Birth - 1809 - Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire 
Christening - 7 May 1809 - Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire = Link to Google Earth
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William PLOWRIGHT 1809-1870
William, son of Thomas and Mary PLOWRIGHT, was baptised at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 7 May 1809. Thomas PLOWRIGHT had married Mary PASMORE at Pinchbeck on 16 March 1809.
(FreeReg)
Eliza and Jane, illegitimate twins of William PLOWRIGHT and Sophia SIMPSON, were baptised at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 31 October 1829.
(FreeReg)
Sarah, illegitimate daughter of Sophia SIMPSON of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 13 November 1831.
(PR)
From the 1841 census of Hammond Beck Bank, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire:
Mary PLOWRIGHT, aged 50, independant, born in Lincolnshire;
*William PLOWRIGHT, aged 30, agricultural labourer, born in Lincolnshire;
Mary PLOWRIGHT, aged 15, born in Lincolnshire.
(HO107/609/8/22/12/20)
A son, William Plowright PASSMORE, was born in 1847.
(GRO June Q 1847 [No mother's maiden name] Spalding Union 14 534)
From the 1851 census of Six Houses Bank, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire:
Mary PLOWRIGHT, head, widow, aged 76, annuitant, born at Spalding, Lincolnshire;
*William PLOWRIGHT, son, widower, aged 42, agricultural labourer, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Mary Ann PLOWRIGHT, granddaughter, unmarried, aged 25, dressmaker,
born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
William PLOWRIGHT, grandson, aged 3, scholar, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire.
(HO107/2096/27/17)
The marriage between William PLOWRIGHT and Sarah ANDERSON was registered in 1853.
(GRO June Q 1853 Spalding 7a 586)
From the 1861 census of Six Houses Bank, St. Bartholomews, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire:
*William PLOWRIGHT, head, married, aged 51, agricultural labourer, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
Sarah PLOWRIGHT, wife, married, aged 52, agricultural labourer's wife, born at Spalding, Lincolnshire;
John W. ANDERSON, wife's son, unmarried, aged 16, agricultural labourer, born at Gosberton, Lincolnshire.
(RG9/2320/45/9)
NOTES & QUERIES:
What was the identity of the mother of William Plowright PASSMORE to whom she gave birth in 1847?
According to his descendant Linda, he died aged 62 at Wrangle, Lincolnshire, on 3 April 1870.
(GRO June Q 1870 Boston 7a 223)
(revised 31.08.2013)