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Parents : John Martin and Sarah Chadwick John and Elizabeth Coleman
ThruLines gives us matches for William
(6), James (6) and Charles (11)
No confirmation of John and Elizabeth Coleman
William Martin
(b 1748 Teeton Northamptonshire, m Hanna Coalman 1787 Twywell
Northamptonshire, d 1826 Catworth)
Hanna Coalman (b 1760 Northamptonshire, d 1844 Catworth, Hunts.)
William Martin (b 1788 Twywell, m Susannah
Cheshire 1817 Islington, m Susanna Cheshire, d 1871)
Susannah Martin (b 1790 Twywell, d 1790
Twywell)
James Martin (b 1791 Twywell, m Ann Wright
1811 Islington, m Sophia Thompson, d 1874)
John Martin (b 1793 Twywell, m Sarah
Elderkin, d 1857)
Susannah Martin (b 1795 Twywell, d 1841)
Charles Martin (b
1797 Twywell, m Francis Prickett
1826 Islington, d 1876 Castlemaine Vic)
Hannah Martin (b 1829
Islington, m Thomas Farr 1849
Camden Town, London, d 1890 St Kilda)
Edwin
Farr (b 1858 Ballarat, m Louisa
Jane
Briant 1884 Presb Manse Ballarat, d 1943 Northcote)
Winifred
Emma Farr (b 1890 Northcote, m Norman Thompson 1918 , d 1994
Preston)
Michael Martin (b 1799 Twywell, d 1851)
Mary Martin (b 1809, Catworth)
Photo of Martin's Yard, Twywell
Len Martin's Book
William was the third child of John and was born on 29th October, 1848. In 1777 he appears on the militia lists (with his brother Peter) as a junior farmer at Teeton. In 1780 he, along with Peter and two others, was leasing a big estate at Spratton, but in 1872 he left the partnership. However, he rented land at nearby Twywell, and apparently farmed this land through most of the 1880's and 1890s. He married Hannah Coalman at Twywell on 30th May, 1787. William gave up his farm at Twywell, possibly because he was in poor health, and the family left Twywell in 1800.
Notes From Glenis Crocker
In 1777
William and his brother Peter are listed as junior farmers in
the militia lists for Teeton.
In 1778 the estate of the late
Frank Beynon Esq was valued for land tax at 31/2/9
In 1779 this estate has passed
to Andrew Hacket Esq
In 1780 this estate has been
leased to Henry Bray, John Wright, Peter Martin and William
Martin
In 1781 this estate is still
leased by these partners.
In 1782 William Martin has
within drawn from the partnership, leaving three partners who
find J Mallard to replace William by 1783 William Martin
appears to be leasing land at Twywell, from Thomas Mulso,
worth 5/12/1
In 1788 the value of this land
is 5/15/6 - part of general tax reassessment
In 1793 William has increased
his landholding to a value of 6/2/9/ .This continues through
1800
In 1801 William Martin has left
Twywell. His land appears to have been taken up by B & Wm
Leete and added to their other farm.
I suspect William would have
liked to return to the Spratton area, but knew by 1801 that
brothers John, Peter and Robert had arranged the land among
themselves, and although John had died his estate had gone to
Peter.
But, if the William Martin whose
death has been found in Islington in 1803, is ours, he died at
a similar age to his brother John. Another possiblity is that
the family went to live at Newington. This parish record has
yet to be checked.
William reappears in the Parish Record of Gt Catworth,
Huntingdon. William and Hannah have two children christened
there, Michael aged 10 and Mary.
Did William take up a small farm
to run poultry on which later became thelife style of the
third son John?
Most of the material on the
Martins comes from Glenis Crocker, with help from Robyn Lawther
and Helen Millward. Glenis's material prepared for the Martin
reunion she organised has been quoted directly here. They have
traced the family back to the 16th century, by a lot of
detective work on old wills.
Also Len Martin produced an excellent book on Charles
Henry Martin, Hannah Martin's brother
Aditional information added from Margaret Gomersall's tree on
genes Reunited
Thanks also to Bob Martin's
Ancestry tree for additions to this page
Margaret
Gomersall supplied
William (snr) dying Catworth Huntingdonshire 7
Aug 1826
Hanna Coalman dying Catworth Huntingdonshire 31 Dec 1844
The two children Michael and Mary
Also the additional spouses m Susanna Cheshire, Sophia Thompson
and Sarah Elderkin
File imported from Glenis states that she is living with her son John at Catworth in the 1841 Census, but I can't find them in Ancestry.com
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