Mary Hillier

Mary was born in 1777 in Nunnery Somerset .
Mary married John Self
by banns on the 9 May 1803 at St John
The Baptist Church Chilcompton. Somerset

Both Mary and John signed with a X .
The witness's to the wedding were Daniel Hollwey and James Purcnell, the Parish Clerk . John's occupation was given as Sojourner .
Husband John
joined the 1st
Dragon Guards as a Private
on 25th June
1792 This is i from the Napolenoic War Indexes
On 29 December 1804 John was admitted as in Inpatient to the Salisbury Infirmary .
John joined the 17th Dragons on the 22 February 1806 for the Napoeonic war
John, Mary and
family lived in Chilcompton all their married life
After John died in 1849 Mary lived with son Job and his family in Chilcompton
Mary Died on 26 th October 1872 age 97
in Chilcompton and is buried in St John the Baptist church
yard with her husband John

Children of John and Mary are Isaac b 1805,Valentine b 1814, Elizabeth b 1816 ,Joseph b 1823,Job b 1825
It is interesting to note that in 2010 descendants of daughter Mary still
lived in the village of Chilcompton