The Martin family of Coveney, Wardy Hill and Little Downham, . Compiled by Andrew Martin. 28th October 2006. www.familytreeuk.co.uk

1. James Martin married Mary Roberts (bur.10/01/1719) on 21st October 1707 at Coveney, Cambridgeshire and later to Jane Hescue on 25th August 1719 at Coveney, Cambridgeshire. Jane already had an illegitimate daughter, Sarah Hescue (bpt.16/03/1714, Coveney). a. Philip Martin (bpt.18/07/1708, bur.11/05/1714, Coveney) b. Elizabeth Martin (bpt.01/07/1711, Coveney) c. Philip Martin (bpt.25/09/1715, bur.22/05/1722, Coveney) d. James Martyn (bpt.1718, Coveney) This child is noted simply as “of James Martyn” in the baptism register. No mother or exact date is named. As the only James Martin fathering children around that time in the parish, I’ve added the child to this family group. e. James Martin (bpt.22/05/1720, Coveney) f. Jane Martin (bpt.05/07/1724 and bur.01/10/1728, Coveney) g. Philip Martin (bpt.16/01/1727, Coveney) married Elizabeth ? and later to Susannah Barber (née Poole). Susannah Barber/Poole is the same person who appears as my Gtx5 Maternal Barber Grandmother. Here she is found, rather worryingly marrying my Gtx5 Paternal Grandfather. i. Elizabeth Martin (bpt.03/11/1754, Coveney) ii. John Martin (bpt.03/11/1754, Coveney) married Mary Smith on 6th November 1775 at Coveney, Cambridgeshire. 1. Elizabeth Martin (bpt.07/11/1775, Coveney) 2. John Martin (bpt.09/11/1777, Coveney) married Martha Bullman (b.c.1774, bur.13/11/1822, Coveney) on 31st May 1802 at Coveney, Cambridgeshire. Martha is also noted as “Mary Martin” on occasion in the Coveney parish registers. a. William Martin (bpt.23/09/1804, Coveney) b. Robert Martin (bpt.10/05/1806, Coveney) c. Elizabeth Martin (bpt.15/05/1808, bur.17/06/1809, Coveney) d. Ann Martin (bpt.11/03/1811, Coveney) e. Charles Martin (bpt.19/01/1812, Coveney) f. Richard Martin (bpt.05/04/1818, bur.1819, Coveney) 3. James Martin (bpt.16/02/1785, Coveney) married Mary Waters (bpt.08/05/1785, ) on 8th April 1805 at Coveney, Cambridgeshire. The couple appear together on the 1851 Coveney Census, both aged 67. a. Mary Ann Martin (bpt.24/11/1805, Coveney) b. John Martin (bpt.15/02/1807, Coveney) c. Ann Martin (bpt.06/09/1807, Coveney) d. James Martin (bpt.04/06/1809, Coveney) e. Elizabeth Martin (bpt.20/10/1811, Coveney) married John Stukins on 9th August 1830 at Coveney, later to William Lutt on 11th May 1839 at Coveney, Cambridgeshire and later to David Cox. i. Sarah Martin (b.c.1829) married William Stukins on 4th November 1852 at Coveney, Cambridgeshire. 1. Mary Ann Martin (b.1851, Coveney) ii. John Stukins iii. William Stukins iv. Amelia Stukins v. Mary Stukins (b.c.1835, Coveney) vi. Eliza Lutt (b.c.1850, Coveney) f. James Martin (bpt.03/04/1814, Coveney, bur.24/10/1868, Little Downham) married unknown and later to Mary Tingey (b.1820, Little Downham) on 27th July 1850 at The Countess of Huntingdon’s Chapel, Ely, Cambridgeshire. Both were illiterate at the time of their marriage (1850). The Martin family of Coveney, Wardy Hill and Little Downham, Cambridgeshire. Compiled by Andrew Martin. 28th October 2006. www.familytreeuk.co.uk i. James Martin (b.10/05/1851, Oxlode, d.1934, , bur. bur.06/05/1934, Little Downham) married Sarah Elizabeth Giddings (b.03/07/1852, March, d.1925, Addenbrooke’s, Cambridge, bur.25/03/1925, Little Downham) on 30th January 1874 1. Isaac Watson Martin (b.19/11/1874, Oxlode, d.25/08/1934) married Sarah Elizabeth Rogers (d.12/02/1907) on 26th January 1901 and later to Florrie Butcher (bur.27/03/1940, Little Downham) on 20th April 1912. a. Elsie Martin (b.1901, d.29/08/1986, Little Downham) 2. Rose Ellen Martin (b.06/01/1876, Oxlode, d.23/05/1955, Little Downham) 3. Walter James Martin (b.25/03/1878, Oxlode, d.17/08/1936) married Rebecca Ann Lythell (b.1879, d.1954) on 19th October 1901. a. Elizabeth Emily Martin b. Hilda Rose Martin c. William Harold Martin d. Horace Edward Martin e. Jack Albert Martin (b.c.1918, d.09/06/1977, Little Downham) married Elsie May Hopkin (d.21/08/1996, Little Downham) 4. William Martin (b.23/10/1879, Oxlode, d.28/07/1890, ) William died as a result of injuries sustained when he fell from a horse and cart. An inquest was held into the tragedy. This was then repeated 100 years later in the Cambridge Evening News in 1990 as part of their “News 100 Years Ago” column. 5. George Edward Martin (b.21/06/1882, Oxlode, d.1958) married Annie Redhead on 11th December 1907. a. Millie Martin (d.1999) 6. Herbert Martin (b.01/05/1884, d.17/10/1917, France) married Daisy Burnell (b.1886, Kilburn, d.10/02/1952, Little Downham) on 20th October 1908 at . Daisy remarried after Herbert’s death to Reuben Shelton of Little Downham. The couple had three more children. Herbert is commemorated on the Little Downham War Memorial, also in St. George’s Chapel, Ely Cathedral and is buried in the Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. a. Sidney James Martin (b.1910, Little Downham, d.1977) married Mima Sparrow b. George Herbert Martin (b.1911, d.1985) married Ada Murfitt (b,1894, d.1968) and later to Olive Eunice Payton (b.1920, d.1983). c. Percy Martin (b.01/10/1914, Little Downham, d.09/09/1991, Ely) married Edna Olga Newman (b.11/11/1916, Ely, d.24/07/1986, Newmarket, Suffolk), divorced on 11th October 1974. Later married to Irene Pearson (b.1920s) on 18th June 1983. d. Cyril William Martin 7. Mary Martin (b.05/03/1886, Oxlode, d.05/03/1886) 8. Emma Jane Martin (b.12/11/1887, Little Downham, d.17/09/1917, Littleport) married John William Goodge (d.12/02/1917, France, bur. Pas de Calais, France) on 17th October 1907. a. Mary Goodge 9. Percy Martin (b.23/11/1889, d.06/08/1890 Little Downham) 10. Percy Martin (b.22/10/1891, Little Downham) married Amelia Neal 28th December 1916, Ely Methodist Chapel. a. Leslie Albert Martin b. Evelyn Betty Martin c. Reginald Vincent Martin d. Joyce Ellen Martin 11. Ethel May Martin (b.28/01/1895, d.1999) married Ebeneezer Everitt on 24th December 192? a. Shirley Everitt The Martin family of Coveney, Wardy Hill and Little Downham, Cambridgeshire. Compiled by Andrew Martin. 28th October 2006. www.familytreeuk.co.uk 12. Albert Martin (b.06/04/1899, Little Downham. d.1918, Germany) Albert died as a Prisoner of War in a German Coal Mine. ii. Ellen Martin (bpt.25/03/1855, Little Downham) iii. Robert Martin (bpt.06/03/1859, Little Downham) iv. Mary Ann Martin (bpt.21/02/1864, Little Downham) g. Martha Martin (bpt.17/03/1816, Coveney) married John Smith. On the 1851 Coveney Census, Martha is shown as ‘married’ and her brother Thomas Martin is living with her. h. Robert Martin (bpt.25/10/1818, Coveney) married Anne Giddens (b.1822) on 8th August 1842 at Coveney, Cambridgeshire. i. William Martin (bpt.18/02/1844, Coveney) ii. Thomas Martin (bpt.20/08/1848, Coveney) i. William Martin (bpt.24/12/1820, Coveney) j. Jane Martin (bpt.09/03/1823, Coveney) married Edmund Baker (b.1824) on 7th July 1846 at Coveney, Cambridgeshire. k. Charles Martin (bpt.10/04/1825, Coveney) married Elizabeth Houghton (b.c.1828) on 6th August 1849 at Coveney, Cambridgeshire. Charles is an ‘infirm’ widower, aged 65, living with his children Joseph and Sarah Martin aged 24 and 21 respectively on the 1891 Coveney census. i. Mary Martin (b.c.1849, bpt.05/10/1849, Coveney) ii. William Martin (b.c.1852, bpt.17/05/1857, Coveney) iii. Elizabeth Martin (b.c.1854, bpt.17/05/1857, Coveney) iv. Charles Martin (b.c.1857, bpt.17/05/1857, Coveney) v. Eliza Ann Martin (bpt.17/05/1857, Coveney). Eliza is not with the family in 1861. vi. Emma Martin (b.1861, Coveney) vii. James Martin (bpt.22/06/1865, Coveney) viii. Joel Martin (bpt.04/08/1867, Coveney). This child was baptised as Joel but appears later on censuses as Joseph. ix. Eliza Jane Martin (bpt.25/07/1869, Coveney) x. Sarah Martin (b.c.1870, Coveney) l. Thomas Martin (bpt.09/03/1828, Coveney) married Fanny Payne (b.c.1833, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk) on 1st January 1859 at Coveney, Cambridgeshire. A ‘John Thomas Martin (b.c.1857, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk) appears on the 1861 Census with this family. It is likely that he was Fanny’s illegitimate son as he was born outside of their marriage. i. Martha Martin (b.c.1859, Wardy Hill, Cambridgeshire) ii. Robert Martin (bpt.26/12/1864, Coveney) iii. John Martin (bpt.26/07/1865, Coveney) iv. Esther Maria Martin (bpt.04/08/1867, Coveney) v. Harriet Martin (bpt.25/07/1869, Coveney) 4. Ann Martin (twin) (bpt.04/11/1788 and bur.08/07/1789, Coveney) 5. Martha Martin (twin) (bpt.04/11/1788 and bur.08/07/1789, Coveney) 6. Martha Martin (bpt.27/05/1790, Coveney) iii. William Martin (bpt.03/11/1754, Coveney) iv. James Martin (bpt.13/05/1760, Coveney) v. Robert Martin (bpt.03/11/1760, Coveney) h. William Martin (bpt.05/05/1734, Coveney)