7. Mary ISMAY
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Very little is known about the area pre-1700, although cattle were grazed on what had come to be known as the Plaistow Marshes. By 1800 there was just one house (Devil's House owned by the Ismay French family) between Bow and Barking Creeks and only one road stretching from East Ham village to the river.
Alumni Cantabrigienses 1752-1900 Vol 2 pg 450French, John Ismay. Adm pens (age 19) at Trinity, Apr 25, 1844. Son of Joseph, of Stockwell Hall, Essex, Born there February 16, 1825. School Westminster. Matric. Michs, 1844; B.A. 1852; M.A. 1856. Died in 1893 (Record of Old Westminster)