Martha LEA

Abt 1776 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Martha LEA
  Birth	Abt 1776	Biddulph, Staffordshire, England
  	Year of birth from 1841 & 1861 census records. Place of birth from 1861 census record.
  Gender	Female
  1841 Census	6 Jun 1841	Bridgemere, Cheshire, England   [1]
  Martha (65-69), with husband Thomas (70-74) and daughter Hannah (25-29). Also Hannah's daughter Ann Meakin (7). Living with them is a child named Caroline Simpson (3) believed to be a granddaughter (a child of Martha's youngest daughter Elizabeth and her husband George Simpson).
  1861 Census	7 Apr 1861	Hankelow, Cheshire, England   [2]
  Martha Meakin, 85, born Biddulph Staffordshire, a widow, occupation recorded as "Ag Lab Widow" (Widow of an Agricultural Labourer). Living a the same address is an Ann Davies, 29, a House Servant.
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I1083	Our Family Tree
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2020

  
  

  Family	Thomas MEAKIN,   b. Abt 1770   d. 22 Feb 1847, Bridgemere, Cheshire, England (Age ~ 77 years)
  Marriage	28 May 1792	Astbury St Mary, Cheshire, England   [3]
  	Type: By Banns
  	Thomas Meakin & Martha Lea both of this parish, by Banns.
  Notes	Based on the records as we have them here, it would seem that Martha was only about 16 years old when she married Thomas, and about six months pregnant with the couple's first child to be named Ann.
  Children	1. Ann MEAKIN,   b. 17 Aug 1792, Tunstall, Staffordshire, England d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   2. Samuel MEAKIN,   b. Abt 1798, Tunstall, Staffordshire, England d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   3. John MEAKIN,   b. Abt 1799, Newchapel, Staffordshire, England d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] + 4. Thomas MEAKIN,   b. Abt 1801, Newchapel, Staffordshire, England d. Aug 1868, Burslem, Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 67 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   5. George MEAKIN,   b. Mar 1803, Newchapel, Staffordshire, England d. Feb 1804, Newchapel, Staffordshire, England (Age ~ 0 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   6. John MEAKIN,   b. Abt 1804, Tunstall, Staffordshire, England d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   7. James MEAKIN,   b. Abt 1805, Newchapel, Staffordshire, England d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] + 8. Hannah MEAKIN,   b. Abt 1808, Biddulph, Staffordshire, England d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   9. Elizabeth MEAKIN,   b. Abt 1812, Biddulph, Staffordshire, England d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F613	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2020

  
  

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  Birth - Abt 1776 - Biddulph, Staffordshire, England 1841 Census - 6 Jun 1841 - Bridgemere, Cheshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S542] 1841 Census (Reliability: 1). Class: HO107; Piece: 118; Book: 16; Civil Parish: Wybunbury; County: Cheshire; Enumeration District: 6; Folio: 5; Page: 4; Line: 2; GSU roll: 241248 [S323] 1861 Census, 1861 Census (Reliability: 1). Class: RG 9; Piece: 2622; Folio: 19; Page: 34; GSU roll: 543001 [S133] Cheshire Diocese Of Chester Bishop's Transcripts Marriages 1576-1906.