ladies in waiting-genealogy

Hi all,

This is hard to pinpoint, what era and such, so if I'm posting in
the incorrect forum, just let me know and I'll repost in the correct
one. It has been said that one of my ancestors was a lady in waiting
in England, the exact time period hasn't been said to me, nor have I
come across the ancestor as of yet, who it could have been. I
believe
the last name could have been Sexton, but that is not a positive,
where is a good place to start to look at some of the lists and try
to
pinpoint who it could have been. I believe it would be between the
1600-1800's. I found the listing for Queen Victoria's ladies in
waiting, but can't seem to find a listing for any one else. At this
point its like looking for a needle in a haystack, but how
interesting
would it be to be able to prove or disprove it either way.


The only information I have is the ancestors name who it would be
connected to, her name was Mary Anne Sexton, and she was said to have
been born in New Brunswick, Canada in the 1850's. By family stories,
they say her family was associated with the Sexton Can Company in
Wilmington, MA, but I've seen no proof to that as of yet. They were
said to have been fairly wealthy, however, nothing about her ancestry
has been passed down over the years, other than she had English
descent. She married John Knight Stinson in Jun 13,1864 in St.
John's, New Brunswick, Canada. The source for that is the St.
John's
Courier, New Brunswick. "St. Andrews Standard issue of June 22, 1864
At St. John on the 13th instant(June 13, 1864) by the Rev. A.W.
Nicholson, Mr John K. Stinson of St. Andrews, to Miss Mary Ann Sexton
of that city. "


As of yet, I've been unable to find her in census records, but am
going to keep looking. Her children carried the names Isaac Crosby,
Mary Ethel, Ada Knight, and Arthur Abner Stinson.


Mary Anne married a 2nd time after 1899 to William S. Smith of
Sussex,
King's County, New Brunswick, no children from this marriage.


I think, but have positive proof that if someone in her family had
been a lady-in-waiting it would have been possibly her mother or
grandmother.


Would love to be able to find out if the family legend is indeed true
or false, but definantly need a pointer or two on how to find
information on the topic. Any info would be lovely.


Thanks,
Kathy


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