On 9 (or 16) August 1767 at Chelsea, when she was about twenty years old, she married George Jackson Bulkley (1742–1784) in Haymarket.
He was a Covent Garden orchestra violinist from Yorkshire.
George Bulkley was "grateful" and "useful", but "dull."
Mary had at least three children, all born during her affair with singer and comedy actor James William Dodd (c. 1740 – 1796).
The first was Mary Elizabeth Bulkley (1768–1859), baptised on 9 November 1768 at St Paul Covent Garden.
The second was George Wilford Bulkley (1769–1844), a Newbury and London solicitor.
The third was William Fisher Bulkley (1771–1810), baptised 26 September 1771 at Bristol.

Following the affair with Dodd at the King Street Theatre, Bristol, in 1768, there was a scandal.
Dodd's wife died after about a year, and public sympathy waned as a result.
Nevertheless, Mary went with Dodd to Dublin in 1774, but had poor reviews because "Some recent transactions had excited strong prejudices against them."
This left Dodd and Mary without money, so for a while she went home to her husband.
However she went to live again with Dodd, and worked successfully in 1779 with Tate Wilkinson, manager of the Yorkshire Circuit.
In due course there was a scandal involving Mary's affairs when she went to live with harlequin John Banks in Scotland, and with actor John (or James) Brown Williamson (d. 1802) around 1782.

Having become a widow in 1784, she married Captain Ebenezer Barresford on 22 July 1788, but by 1791 she was "drinking heavily."
Her carriage, overturning on Edinburgh's North Bridge in 1785, caused "hurt," preventing her from performing the following night.
That injury may also have contributed to the increase in her drinking.
She became "old – sickly – and with a very red face."
On 19 September 1792, at the age of forty-four, she died in "wretched pecuniary circumstances" in Dumfries, where she was buried in St Michael's churchyard, "not far from where Burns lies."
On 9 (or 16) August 1767 at Chelsea, when she was about twenty years old, she married George Jackson Bulkley (1742–1784) in Haymarket. He was a Covent Garden orchestra violinist from Yorkshire. George Bulkley was "grateful" and "useful", but "dull." Mary had at least three children, all born during her affair with singer and comedy actor James William Dodd (c. 1740 – 1796). The first was Mary Elizabeth Bulkley (1768–1859), baptised on 9 November 1768 at St Paul Covent Garden. The second was George Wilford Bulkley (1769–1844), a Newbury and London solicitor. The third was William Fisher Bulkley (1771–1810), baptised 26 September 1771 at Bristol.
Following the affair with Dodd at the King Street Theatre, Bristol, in 1768, there was a scandal. Dodd's wife died after about a year, and public sympathy waned as a result. Nevertheless, Mary went with Dodd to Dublin in 1774, but had poor reviews because "Some recent transactions had excited strong prejudices against them." This left Dodd and Mary without money, so for a while she went home to her husband. However she went to live again with Dodd, and worked successfully in 1779 with Tate Wilkinson, manager of the Yorkshire Circuit. In due course there was a scandal involving Mary's affairs when she went to live with harlequin John Banks in Scotland, and with actor John (or James) Brown Williamson (d. 1802) around 1782.
Having become a widow in 1784, she married Captain Ebenezer Barresford on 22 July 1788, but by 1791 she was "drinking heavily." Her carriage, overturning on Edinburgh's North Bridge in 1785, caused "hurt," preventing her from performing the following night. That injury may also have contributed to the increase in her drinking. She became "old – sickly – and with a very red face." On 19 September 1792, at the age of forty-four, she died in "wretched pecuniary circumstances" in Dumfries, where she was buried in St Michael's churchyard, "not far from where Burns lies."
Mary Bulkley