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John Balsom Hingston = Ann Winnicott
Married 2 April 1833, Plymouth Charles
John Balsom Hingston:
Born 29 July 1793, Holbeton
Baptised 11 September 1793, Holbeton
Died 1860, Plymouth1
Occupation: Saddle and harness business, then landed proprietor2
Was living in Yealmpton at time of his marriage
Ann Winnicott:
Alias Ann Hingston (2 April 1833)
Born ABT 1805, Dublin3
Died after 1881
AH Crispin said that 'she was a noted beauty of wealth and refinement. Owned and lived in a fine mansion known as Ladywell Place, Plymouth. Very generous. Very much attached to grandniece Jessie Dower who was her companion when attending lectures concerts pol meetings & charitable orgs & occas to St Andrew's Episc Ch Plym. At her death gave nieces £200 each, remainder to ed, soc, & ch. Est to her doctor Alfred Hingston (no rel).'
No children
At the 1851 census they were living at 8 Ladywell Place Plymouth Charles.
Ann was still at 8 Ladywell Place at the 1881 census, living alone with a single servant, transcribed as Will Dover, a widower aged 70 (b Scotland) and described as a gardener. This is presumably William Dower, who had been married to her niece (d 1879 in Plymouth). He was born 1810 in Banchory, Scotland and was a landscaper and surveyor. By 1892 he was living with a daughter in Weymouth.
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