Martha DOIDGE born c1854, Plymouth, Devon, married John Henry HANCOCK born c1851 Menheniot Cornwall, 31 July 1879 Plymouth, Devon... The marriage registration states that Martha's father's name is Richard DOIDGE and he is deceased at time of Martha's marriage... 1861 and 1871 Census both show a Martha DOIDGE with an age that fits the Martha above and born in Plymouth, Devon... Both the 1861 and 1871 Census reveals the 'Head' as a Mary DOIDGE. June quarter, 1847 reveals a marriage for a Richard DOIDGE and a Mary BALHATCHET in the District of Plymouth... Is this the Richard DOIDGE that shows as father on Martha's Marriage Registration? Is Mary BALHATCHET indeed the same 'Mary' that shows as Mary DOIDGE, Head, in both the 1861 and 1871 Census? There is a Martha Doidge, wife of John Henry HANCOCK buried at Anderson's Bay Cemetery, Dunedin, New Zealand... I believe this to be the above Martha DOIDGE... Can anyone verify that the parents of the above Martha HANCOCK nee DOIDGE are indeed Richard DOIDGE and Mary BALHATCHET? If anyone is researching this same family... Who are the parents of Richard DOIDGE?... i.e. Martha's paternal grandparents... Although my direct DOIDGE ancestors are from Cornwall and Devon and my direct HANCOCK ancestor is from Cornwall... I have not, as yet, connected the dots to either this John Henry HANCOCK or Martha DOIDGE... Hilton Doidge