(Goldhawk/Vazeille) Wesley, Mary (1710–1781)

Mary Goldhawk, daughter of Ambrose Goldhawk and Margaret Goldhawk of Staines, Middlesex, was born in 1710. On Jan. 15, 1734 she married Anthony Vazeille (c. 1706–47), a London merchant. Both were of Huguenot descent. She likely came to know the Wesley brothers after the death of her husband, through the Perronets (See CW's Journal, July 20, 1749). On Feb. 18, 1751 she and JW were married. Both the initial warmth and the progressive tensions of their married life are displayed in JW's letters to Mary that survive.