[margin: 274 261] [margin: 139.] [margin: 1845] always protested he did'nt know there was a female in the Company. The escort from Round Hill reached Sniffen's Hill late at night and as the evening advanced Mary was extremely anxious for their arrival in order to proceed on her journey chiding her escort's tardiness & displaying great uneasiness. She had prepared her wedding dress, and for a half century afterwards it was pre= =served and shown by her family. Her death was much lamented.

The party that burnt Bedford ad= =vanced by the North Castle Church or West Road, and retired to the Post Road, probably.

The above facts in relation to Mary Sniffen I have often heard from her mother who always said that Mary was killed by a bayonet wound through the temple - She lay on the ground, the horse having thrown her when Maynard's men fired, and her escort having sought safety in flight. [page break]

The party that burnt Bedford ad= =vanced by the North Castle Church or West Road, and retired to the Post Road, probably. The above facts in relation to Mary Sniffen I have often heard from her mother who always said that Mary was killed by a bayonet wound through the temple - She lay on the ground, the horse having thrown her when Maynard's men fired, and her escort having sought safety in flight. [page break]