She was born about 1838 at Folkington.
In 1861 she was living at home with her parents, aged 22 and born at Folkington.
She married Edmund John Senden.
In 1881 she was living in the High Street, Uckfield, aged 42 and born at Folkington. Her husband, Edmund John was aged 48 and born at Bexhill. He was a brewer employing 17 men and 1 boy. With them was Mary Ann's father, Henry Thomas, aged 71, a widower born at Bexhill, a retired miller. There were two servants.