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23 August 2006

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Dr G.M.W.Mann.      Baytrees

Burnhams Rd,    Lt.Bookham

Surrey, U.K.           KT23 3AU

geoff.mann@btinternet.com

 

 

 

 

 

6 Anne Martha SPEAKMAN 1779-1854

 

 

m John SMITH 1799

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ann Martha SPEAKMAN was baptised at Terling in Essex in 1779 where the SPEAKMAN family were prominent members of the parish.  Ann Martha was the only child of the youngest member of the SPEAKMANs and her parents probably lived at Gt.Leighs where her father was a farmer.

 

When Ann Martha was 20 she married a farmer, John SMITH, and baptised nine children at Gt.Leighs between 1801 and 1813.  In 1796, John inherited properties on the Waltham to Braintree Rd, and at some time after the baptism of their last child, Ann and John moved to Gt.Waltham, occupying a property known as Scurvy Hall.

 

They were there in 1841 living on their own, and Ann's aunt, Sally SIMONS, was living in the next property on the Braintree Rd.  John died of dropsy in 1849 and Ann then went to live with her unmarried daughter in Bermondsey.

 

Ann Martha died in Bermondsey in 1854 aged 75 but was buried back in Little Waltham.

 

 

 

 

 

EVENTS

 

C=Christened

 

           age

   DATE   AS JS

 

EVENT

31Jan1779     

17Apr1799 20 24

25Jan1801 22 26

 9May1802 23 27

 9Mar1803 24 28

 8Sep1803 24 28

20Jan1805 26 30

19May1806 27 31

28Dec1807 28 32

29Jan1810 31 35

19Mar1813 34 38

26Mar1813 34 38

29Jun1813 34 38

  May1814 35 39

 6Jun1841 62 66

 3Sep1849 70 74

?    1850 71  

30Mar1851 72  

22Oct1854 75  

Ann Martha C at Terling da of Francis & Ann Martha SPEAKMAN

m John SMITH bch of Lt.Waltham at Boreham; wit: Peter SMITH, Ann SPEAKMAN; all signed their names

dau Ann Martha C at Gt Leighs

dau Sarah C at Gt Leighs

dau Sarah B at Gt Leighs

son John C at Gt Leighs

son Thomas C at Gt Leighs

son Francis Speakman C at Gt Leighs

dau Sarah C at Gt Leighs

dau Elizabeth C at Gt Leighs

father Francis SPEAKMAN buried at Gt Leighs aged 57

will of uncle William SPEAKMAN, farmer of Terling, proved; £30 for Ann

son Peter C at Gt Leighs; John a farmer of Gt Leighs

admon of father's will granted to Ann Martha

living at Scurvey Hall, Lt Waltham, with husband; next door is Ann's aunt Sally SIMONS; John is a farmer

John buried at Lt Waltham

Ann moved to Bermondsey with daughter Ann Martha

census not found

Ann (of St James, Bermondsey) buried at Lt Waltham

 

 

 

 

PRINCIPAL RECORDS

 

 

b=born  m=married  d=died

C=Christened      B=Buried

 

BIRTH

 

Ann Martha SPEAKMAN was a minor when she married John SMITH in 1799 in Boreham so born about 1780.  Admon of the estate of Francis SPEAKMAN of Gt.Leighs was granted in 1814 to his only daughter Ann Martha SMITH wife of John SMITH.   In 1813, William SPEAKMAN farmer of Terling left £30 to his niece Ann Martha SMITH daughter of his brother Francis SPEAKMAN.   Ann Martha's father was therefore Francis SPEAKMAN and there is a suitable baptism in Terling in 1779:

 

C 31Jan1779 Ann Martha d Francis & Ann Martha SPEAKMAN at Terling

 

MARRIAGE

 

From the SMITH family records, Ann Martha SPEAKMAN married John SMITH at Boreham:

 

m 17Apr1799 John SMITH bch of Lt.Waltham & Ann Martha SPEAKMAN otp minor by licence; w: Peter SMITH, Ann SPEAKMAN; all signed

 

The allegation was not found at ERO

 

DESCENDANTS

from the Gt Leighs Parish register and BT:

 

C 25Jan1801 Ann Martha       d John  & Ann Martha SMYTHE

C  9May1802 Sarah            d John  & Ann Martha SMITH; B  9Mar1803 Sarah SMITH infant

C  8Sep1803 John             s John  & Martha SMITH

C 20Jan1805 Thomas           s John  & Ann Martha SMITH

C 19May1806 Francis Speakman s John  & Ann Martha SMITH

C 28Dec1807 Sarah            d John  & Ann Martha SMITH

C 29Jan1810 Elizabeth        d John  & Ann Martha SMITH

C 29Jun1813 Peter            s John  & Ann Martha SMITH of Gt Leighs farmer

 

DEATH

 

no suitable burial of John or Ann Martha found in BT at Gt Leighs up to 1869 but there are suitable burials at Lt Waltham:

 

B  3Sep1849 John SMITH 73 of Gt.Waltham  [b 1776]

B 22Oct1854 Ann Martha SMITH 75 of St James, Bermondsey  [b 1779]

certificates:

 

d 28Aug1849 John SMITH male, 73, farmer, at Great Waltham, of dropsy

r 29Aug1849 by Mary x SORRELL pad, Great Waltham, at Great Waltham, Chelmsford, ESX

 

d 14Oct1854 Ann Martha SMITH female 75, 2 New Street, widow of John SMITH, farmer, cause: hepatitis and old age

r 16Oct1854 by Ann Martha SMITH pad of 2 New St, Bermondsey at St.James, St.Mary Magdalen SRY

 

The correct age and registration by her daughter confirms this death of Martha though no other connection with Bermondsey known

 

CENSUS

1841 Gt.Waltham, Scurvey Hall HO107/326/9 f11

 

John       SMITH              60  1781    farmer                                          y

Ann        SMITH       wi     60  1781                                                    y

 

previous entry: Braintree Rd, Sally SIMONS 70 independent y; Hephzibah SIMONS 10 y

 

 

 

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