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    Brown, Martha

    Female 1724 - 1792  (~ 67 years)


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    • Name Brown, Martha 
      Christened 21 Dec 1724  Preshute, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Female 
      Buried 9 Jan 1792  Chaddleworth St Andrew, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Person ID I01245  My Genealogy
      Last Modified 28 Feb 2015 

      Father Brown, Thomas,   c. 23 Jul 1696, Preshute, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Oct 1771, Wroughton, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years) 
      Mother Nalder, Ann,   b. Abt 1696, Of Winterbourne Monkton, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 15 Jun 1765, Wroughton, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years) 
      Married 18 May 1719  Hinton Magna, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Family ID F00083  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family Lanfear, Ambrose,   c. 7 Apr 1717, Kington St Michael, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 6 Oct 1757, Chaddleworth, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 40 years) 
      Married 26 Nov 1746  Wroughton, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Children 
      +1. Lanfear, Thomas,   b. Abt 1750, Of Woodey, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 14 Jun 1830, Chaddleworth, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years)
      +2. Lanfear, William,   b. Abt 1752, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1821, Ramsbury, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years)
       3. Lanfear, John,   c. 31 Oct 1753, Chaddleworth, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 3 Nov 1753, Chaddleworth, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
       4. Lanfear, Miriam,   b. Abt 1754, Of Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 27 Dec 1757, Chaddleworth, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 3 years)
      +5. Lanfear, Ambrose,   b. Abt 1755, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1809, Of Islington, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 54 years)
       6. Lanfear, Mary,   b. Abt 1775, England Find all individuals with events at this location
      Family ID F00516  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Notes 
      • Martha BROWN was born circa 1724. She was baptized on 21 Dec 1724 at Preshute, Wilts. She and Ambrose LANFEAR obtained a marriage license on 20 Nov 1746 (He of Avebury, yeoman; she of Monkton). She married Ambrose LANFEAR on 20 Nov 1746 at Wroughton, Wilts. She is NOT among the list of Thomas Brown's children in Thomas Nalder's will for some reason. She occupied a farm jointly with her sister Miriam. She left a will on 24 Sep 1791 at Rockley, the parish of Ogbourne St. Andrew, Wilts (widow). She died on 2 Jan 1792 (Her brother-in-law Cornelius Winter published a sermon, "Christian Confidence built upon the Promise of God", which was "occasioned by her death"). She was buried on 9 Jan 1792 at Chaddleworth, Berks.


        Day: 20 Month: Nov Year: 1746 Groom Forenames: Ambrose Groom Surname: LANFEAR Groom's parish: Avebury Grom's county: Wiltshire,England Groom's condition: Groom's occupation: yeo Groom's age: Groom's notes:
        Bride Forenames: Martha Bride Surname: BROWN Bride's parish: Monkton Bride's county: Wiltshire,England Bride's condition: sp Bride's age: 22 Bride's notes: Place of Marriage: Wroughton Bondsman 1: BROWN John,yeo,Wroughton Bondsman 2: Jurisdiction: The Bishop of Salisbury in Wiltshire and Berkshire


        Will of Martha Lanfear Rockley, Ogborne St Andrew, Wiltshire 24 September 1791 12 April 1792
        In the Name of God Amen. I Martha Lanfear of Rockley in the parish of Ogbourne Saint Andrew in the County of Wilts widow ... I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary North .... to my Sister Sarah Brown ... to my Sister Mirian Winter wife of Cornelius Winter Gentleman ... I give and bequeath to Sarah Francis Wife of Henry Francis of the City of London Cordwainer ...to my Grandson Ambrose Lanfear Son of my Son William Lanfear .... my Sons Thomas Lanfear, William Lanfear and Ambrose Lanfear and to my aforesaid daughter Mary North ...thereof Subscribed my Name and to this last Subscribed my Name and Set my Seal this Twenty Forth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Ninety one Martha Lanfear. ...Proved: Perogative Court of Canterbury 12 Apr 1792


        Berkshire Burial Index:
        Martha Lanfear, widow 9th Jan 1792 Chaddleworth, Berkshire