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Simons Simmons Genealogy
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Dr G.M.W.Mann. Baytrees Burnhams Rd, Lt.Bookham Surrey, U.K. KT23 3AU |
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7 Anne Martha SIMONS c1760-1808
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m Francis SPEAKMAN 1778
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Ann Martha was born about 1760, one of five daughters of William & Susannah SIMONS, probably in Elmsted in NE Essex. A few years later however, the SIMONS family were in Hatfield Peveril, where William was a farmer. William died and Ann Martha's mother remarried William SPEAKMAN in 1772 Six years later, Ann Martha married William's nephew Francis SPEAKMAN, a farmer of Terling. Their only child, Ann Martha, was baptised at Terling in 1779. Some time later they moved to the neighbouring parish of Gt Leighs and Ann Martha was buried there in 1808 aged about 50. |
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age DATE AS FS |
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? 1760 ? 1763
3 16May1764 4
22May1772
12 14Jul1778
18 21 31Jan1779
19 22 1784 24 27 17Apr1799
39 42 10Jan1808
48 51 19Mar1813 56 |
Ann Martha born, daughter of William and Susannah SIMONS family moved to Hatfield Peveril sister Sally baptised at Terling; father William was a farmer of
Hatfield Peveril mother remarried William SPAKEMAN at Hatfield Peveril married Francis SPEAKMAN of Terling by licence at Writtle dau Ann Martha baptised at Terling mother died at Writtle witnessed marriage of dau Ann Martha to John SMITH at Boreham Ann buried at Gt Leighs husband Francis buried at Gt.Leighs aged 57 |
b=born m=married d=died
C=Christened B=Buried
Ann Martha
was married in 1778 to Francis SPEAKMAN who was aged 22 and baptised her only
daughter the following year; she died in 1808 but none of these events mention
her age. Her birth date therefore is
likely to be around 1750-60 but could be earlier. As discussed below, she was probably born in Gt.Bromley or
Elmstead in NE Essex but registers of these parishes have not yet been
examined, and no baptism of Ann Martha has yet been found.
The will
of Susannah SPEAKMAN who died in Writtle in 1784 mentions a son and five
daughters by her first husband, William SIMONS. One of these daughters was named Anne Martha. The will was written in 1776 when Ann Martha
was under 21 years old, ie born after 1755.
This is a suitable birth date for Ann Martha-7; moreover, Anne Martha-7
was married in Writtle where Susannah died, and she married Francis SPEAKMAN
who was the nephew of Susannah's second husband. It is almost certain therefore that Anne_Martha-7 was the
daughter of Susannah and William.
Susannah and William were married at Gt.Bromley in NE Essex and William
was of nearby Elmsted where the baptism of Ann Martha and her siblings is
likely to have taken place.
Added
confidence to this analysis is given by the 1841 census for Gt.Waltham. Sally SIMONS, the youngest daughter of
William & Susannah was living there next to Ann SMITH, the married daughter
of Ann Martha. Sally was baptised at
Terling in 1764 when William was a farmer in the adjacent parish of nearby Hatfield
Peveril presumably having moved there from Elmstead. Anne Martha's marriage in 1778 was by licence, so she may have
been under age at the time, giving a tentative birth date of about 1760.
Ann Martha
SPEAKMAN-6 was C at Terling on 31Jan1779 d of Francis and Ann Martha. There is a suitable m the preceding year at
nearby Writtle:
m 14Jul1778 Francis SPEAKMAN of Terling
& Ann Martha SIMONS by licence at Writtle (the allegation was not found at ERO)
C 31Jan1779 Ann Martha d Francis & Ann
Martha SPEAKMAN at Terling
the admon
of Francis states that Ann was his only daughter
B 10Jan1808 Martha Ann SPEAKMAN
this
almost certainly refers to Ann Martha despite the reversal of forenames. There
were no other SPEAKMAN families in the parish, and the admon of Francis in 1814
was granted to his daughter, implying that his wife was already dead.
B 19Mar1813 Francis SPEAKMAN of Gt.Leighs
57 [B 1756]
granted May1814 to only daughter: Ann
Martha SMITH wife of John SMITH
Sally
SIMONS 70 1771
independent y
Hephzibah
SIMONS 10 1831 y
next entry is Scurvey Hall with John &
Ann SMITH
Sally
SIMONS is Anne Martha’s sister; Ann SMITH is Anne Martha’s daughter
Susannah
SPEAKMAN wife of William SPEAKMAN of Terling yeoman……….money from these sales
to be divided between my sons William and Samuel SIMONS and my daughters
Elizabeth SIMONS, Polley wife of Thomas LUCKING, Ann-Martha SIMONS, Catherine
SIMONS, and Sally SIMONS, children by my 1st husband William SIMONS
deceased……….signed 26Mar1776, proved 12Jul1784
for
further details see biography of Susannah SIMONS