Thanks Bev, I agree that Martha needs more research. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "bev bonning" <kosan@optusnet.com.au> To: <bedford@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 5:36 PM Subject: Re: [BDF] Re Daniels & Slatcherand Keep > Thanks Barbara for working out that Martha Keep question. > She was buried 1 Apr 1838 aged 34, and the daughter Mary Ann was buried 10 > Jun 1838 in Marston. Not sure where Martha (Burridge) Keep comes from. I > haven't found a baptism yet. > > I don't know who started the claim that Enoch's Martha Daniels is the one > from Southill. David's research suggests otherwise. Even the IGI has an > extracted marriage for the Southill Martha Daniels to Joseph Crossley. I > think we all need to abandon that theory and look further for Martha > Daniels' place of origin and her parentage (if that still exists). Good > luck. > > Bev > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barb & Dusty Miller" <bardus@xtra.co.nz> > To: <bedford@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 11:44 AM > Subject: Re: [BDF] Re Daniels & Slatcherand Keep > > >> Hi Bev, >> >> Have some info for you, >> >> The Martha who needed assistance in 1830 was Martha KEEP nee BURRIDGE >> wife >> of Joel KEEP who died 6 Oct 1830 in Marston Mortaine. >> They married 7 Jun 1824 had 2 children that I know of. >> Wm KEEP bn abt 1824 and Mary Ann KEEP bn abt 1829 >> >> Martha DANIELS bpt was 29 Sept 1771 Southill marr Enoch 30 Nov 1791 >> Marston >> Mortaine. >> Barbara >> bardus@xtra.co.nz >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "bev bonning" <kosan@optusnet.com.au> >> To: <bedford@rootsweb.com>; <bedford-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 9:19 PM >> Subject: Re: [BDF] Re Daniels & Slatcherand Keep >> >> >>> Hello to all following this thread >>> >>> The burial date for Martha (Daniels) Keep in Marston Moretaine 3 May >>> 1835 >>> is >>> supported by the following: >>> 11 Apr 1835 Enoch was paid One Shilling for his wife being ill. >>> 30 Apr 1835 Enoch was paid Three Shillings for the woman who attended >>> his >>> wife's corpse. >>> >>> Enoch received regular payments from the Overseers of the Poor Accounts >>> from >>> 1829. There are many entries for Keep during this period. I wonder who >>> was >>> the Martha Keep who was receiving assistance (as a widow) in 1830?? >>> >>> Enoch Keep was baptised in Marston 31 Oct 1767 (PR entry). The burial in >>> 1835 suggests Martha was also born about the same time, but I haven't >>> found >>> a baptism for her. (Perhaps this is just the result of some sloppy >>> record >>> keeping at the time.) >>> >>> There are baptism entries for 8 children for Enoch and Martha; in >>> addition >>> there are burials for 4 other children named as children of Enoch and >>> Martha. They were Ruth, William, Faith and Fanny. There are no baptisms >>> for >>> them in Marston. Either they were baptised elsewhere or sloppy record >>> keeping?? >>> >>> Sadly there are no clues about Martha's parish in the marriage entry. >>> >>> I've had a quick look for Daniels in the NBI. Of interest are 3 burials >>> in >>> Marston: Thomas buried in 1800 aged 58, Peace buried 1787, and Mary in >>> 1791. >>> Enoch & Martha Keep had a Peace in 1814; she lived 2 days, and I suspect >>> she >>> could have been the daughter of Mary Ann Keep who died in March 1814, >>> aged >>> 17. (Other burials were in Maulden, Wilstead, Sandy, Thurleigh, Woburn, >>> Biggleswade, Potton, Stanbridge, Dunstable, but I was looking only for >>> those >>> born pre 1800.) >>> >>> Thanks to David for his input about the Martha Daniels born in Southill. >>> That certainly saves me from considering her as the Martha who married >>> Enoch >>> Keep. >>> >>> Bev >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> The List Guidelines >>> >>> http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ >>> >>> The Bedfordshire Surnames List >>> >>> http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. >> It has removed 5862 spam emails to date. >> Paying users do not have this message in their emails. >> Get the free SPAMfighter here: >> http://www.download.com/Spamfighter/3000-2382_4-10764780.html >> >> >> >> >> >> >> The List Guidelines >> >> http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ >> >> The Bedfordshire Surnames List >> >> http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. 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