Susan Darby

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Susan Darby was born circa 1796.² She was the daughter of Thomas Darby and Elizabeth Perry.¹ Susan Darby was baptised at St. Dunstan's on Sunday, 3 December 1797 at Hunsdon, Hertfordshire.¹ "About two miles north-east from Stanstead, in the same hundred (Braughin), stands the pleasant village of Hunsdon, in the parish of its name. From the church, and other positions in the neighbourhood, some beautiful views may be obtained, including the course of the Stort to join the Lea ... The parish [1839] contains about 600 inhabitants." The church stands close to Hunsdon House, nearly a mile south of the village. The walls are of flint rubble with stone dressings, the south chapel being built of brick. This church possesses some exceptionally good details of fittings of the 16th and 17th centuries.³

Susan lived circa 1820 at Roydon, Essex.¹ Historically, Roydon was a parish of scattered farms and cottages, with open fields and common meadows. There were 105 ratepayers named in 1734, and the population was 667 in 1801. On the north and west, rivers form the parish and county boundaries.⁴



Susan died in March 1829. Her body was interred at St. Dunstan's on 13 March 1829 at Hunsdon, Hertfordshire. She was buried in the place she was baptised.^1,5