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Thank you Kucinta! That is an interesting read. Should look into this more!

Peter

Up until 1752 in the Julian calender we were using the year ended in March (25th I think), so sometimes dates recorded at the time as 1747, might be what we would think as 1748 - I've come across it more with christenings though.

not saying it's the answer, as the will is also written after the burial....

EDIT: Found this:

"New Year's Day had been celebrated on March 25 under the Julian calendar in Great Britain and its colonies, but with the introduction of the Gregorian Calendar in 1752, New Year's Day was now observed on January 1. When New Year's Day was celebrated on March 25th, March 24 of one year was followed by March 25 of the following year. When the Gregorian calendar reform changed New Year's Day from March 25 to January 1, the year of George Washington's birth, because it took place in February, changed from 1731 to 1732. In the Julian Calendar his birthdate is Feb 11, 1731 and in the Gregorian Calendar it is Feb 22, 1732. Double dating was used in Great Britain and its colonies including America to clarify dates occurring between 1 January and 24 March on the years between 1582, the date of the original introduction of the Gregorian calendar, and 1752, when Great Britain adopted the calendar. "

Not unless there was an extended cold snap!

They didn't even have freezers in those days did they Peter!

I thought the same Christine - glad it isn't just me!

Peter

Hi

Is this her? I'm not sure how the Will could have been proved in March if she wasn't buried until December?

Name: Mary Blackett
Gender: Female
Burial Date: 14 Dec 1747
Burial Place: Whitby, York, England
Death Date:
Death Place:
Age:
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Occupation:
Race:
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name: Richd. Blackett
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B03117-9
System Origin: England-EASy
GS Film number: 588431
Reference ID: RG6 1094 p196

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Hi there,

Can anyone please see a burial for these two people please?

Mary Blackett, Whitby. Widow. dated 25.1.1747, proved 14.3.1747 (f.445?)

Ann wife of William Robinson
Jane wife of William Peirson
Meriam wife of William Garbutt
Ann Holmes, widow
Alice wife of Robert Russell
Mercy wife of [blank] formerly Mercy Rudd, widow
Elizabeth daughter of Joseph Harrison
sister ?Jane? Featherston
John son of John Ward late of Whitby
Martha daughter of John Ward late of Whitby
Ann Kidd of Hinderwell
John Consitt of Gallow Green
brother John ?Helme?
wit: John Boyes, Richard Johnson, Jno Hancock
---

AND:

Richard Blaket or Blackitt, Whitby. Saylor. dated 9.2.1722, proved 5.4.1742 (f.579)

father Will Blackett
brothers & sisters (unnamed)
wife Mary Blaket
wit: Henry Leavent, Jane Simpson, John Richardson
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Thank you,

Peter