I had originally put the name of William’s wife as Mary Judith Berry. It was a name that had been passed down by family members. Colette Layden has found proof that William’s wife is Mary Goulborn. This is written in the Will of her sister Ann Goulborn. Note the spelling of Goulborn has several variations in the Wills that have been found.

Email from Colette Layden 081106:

Hi again Donald,
 
I have a friend who has the same Tushingham ancestors as myself and i was checking we had the same Golbourn siblings for our Elizabeth. I mentioned that Ann's will had cleared up a mystery for myself and you as you had not found the marriage for William Wrench so could not confirm he had married a Golbourn, anyway she found it!!
 
This is what she has sent to me
 
I have a marriage for Mary Golborn and Wm Rench 1805 Liverpool St George on boyds marriage index.
In my notes from the RO I have Mary Wench of Huntington bur 27 Nov 1834 age 57
 
Is this another mystery solved??
 
 
isn't it funny how things come together so unexpectedly? I would never have found the marriage looking in Cheshter RO would i??

Email from Colette Layden 081106:
Hi Donald,

i have some more information for you. I have attached the wills of my ggg grandmother Elizabeth Golbourn's sister Ann who died 1816 a spinster. In this will she mentions her sisters Jane Kemp and Mary Wrench along with William and Mary's daughters. No mention of William junior i note.

I have also attached the will of Jane Kemp (died 1842) who also ommitted to mention her nephew. He really must have done something to be absent from so many peoples wills.


So this is the proof that the Mary who married William Wrench was indeed a Golbourn. I have her baptised Bruera 27/10/1771. We know she was alive in 1816 and deceased by Williams death so it narrows down her death year slightly too. I have their brother William Golbourns will as well as my ggggrandma Elizabeths if you would like copies of them now we know they are all related although they make no mention of any of the Wrench's.

Regards
Colette

Text of Ann Goulborn’s Will:

This is the Last will and Testament of me Ann Goulborn of the City of Chester Milliner. I give and bequeath unto my Sister Jane Kemp all my wearing apparel cloaths and Trinkets to and for her own use. I also give and bequeath into my sister Elizabeth Tushingham all my Truss and interest in the garden which I now hold under the Sepus of the Bailiwick of Chester. I also give and bequeath unto my Niece Eliza Wrench my large mahogany Dinning Table with D ends and also my two oval looking glapes with giltframes one of which stands in my sitting room. I also give and bequeath all the remainder of my household Goods and furniture and all my Plate Linen and China and all other articles not forming part of my stock in trade unto my two sisters Mary Wrench and Jane Kemp to be equally divided between them share and share alike to and for their own sole and separate use and benefit. And also all my Stock in Trade Book Debts and all other my Effects whatever not herein before disposed of. I charge the same with the payment of all my just Debts funeral and testamentory expenses and subject thereto I give and bequeath the same to and amongst my Brother William Goulborn and four sisters, Elizabeth Tushingham, Margaret Bennett, Mary Wrench, and Jane Kemp, equally to be divided between them share and share alike and I hereby nominate and appoint my Brother William Goulborn and The Reverend William Molineux of the City of Chester Clerk Executors of this my Will and I hereby give and bequeath unto the said William Molineux the sum of Thirty Pounds toward the trouble he will have in my affairs, hereby revoking all former Wills by me heretofore made I declare this to be my last will and Testament. In Witness whereof I the said testator Ann Goulborn have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the twenty eighth day of October One thousand eight hundred and Sixteen.
Ann Goulborn

Signed and Sealed Published and declared by the said
Testator Ann Goulbourn as in and for her last Will and Testament in the presence of and in her presence has subscribed our Names as Witnesses thereto.

Sarah Wood
Tho Cartwright

Email from Grenville Jones 060523:
Dear Don,

I still research my family history - on a somewhat desultory basis - and thought you might
be interested in two recent finds.

(1) I was searching the parish registers of St Andrews TARVIN (where all my paternal
ancestors are recorded) and I came across the following entry, viz,

Mary Wrench of HUNTINGTON buried 2 February 1820 aged 76.

My guess is that this is the wife of Thomas Wrench of Huntington; she was born about 1744
which would fit. William Wrench senior (son of above) also had a wife called Mary but I
think that she died somewhat later and is buried at Bruera. I notice that there are baptisms
at Tarvin of people from Bruen Stapleford and, occasionally, Foulkes Stapleford (birthplace
of Mary Wrench, sister of our ancestor). More to be followed up at some future time.

(2) The 1842 census recently came on line at Sale local studies centre. I searched for
MARY (ANN) MASON in Chester but found only one. Mary Mason living with JAMES
PODMORE, a joiner. (Just the two of them, he was 30 and she was 25. NB Remember in
the 1841 census, ages are rounded down to the nearest 5 years except for children.) This
struck a bell and I quickly relocated a marriage between Thomas MASON ( a baker) of
Parish of St Peter (Chester) and MARY ANN PODMORE on 22 January 1828 at St Oswald,
Chester. The marriage was by licence. The parish register is not very clear but one of the
witnesses was ? Podmore and the other Elizabeth Evans. Both signed (I think). (The nearby
Manchester Library has copies of all Cheshire and Lancashire parish registers.)

My scenario is the following. James and Mary Ann Podmore are siblings. She married
Thomas Mason in 1828 but something happened although she remained married to him. By
1841 she is living with her brother in Chester. By 1851 she has children by William Wrench
and the rest, as they say , is history. You can see why she would wish to retain the name
Wrench for her illegitimate children. Mason was probably some journeyman baker whom
she married and it all went wrong. Obviously, William Wtrench is the man she really did
have feelings for.
Anyway, that's enough of the speculation. I should be interested to hear what you think.
All for now,
Grenville Jones.