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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Cumberland => England => Cumberland Lookup Requests => Topic started by: jbml on Sunday 31 January 16 14:59 GMT (UK)
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OK, so all my family lines are from London and the Southeast; but I always knew that sooner or later the Martindale line was likely to drag me up to Cumbria. Now I believe it has.
I believe that the migrant was John Martindale, a Quaker, who married Martha Taylor at Horsleydown meeting house in Southwark on 31 May 1694.
He is described as John Martindale of Aldgate Parish London Tobacconist, son of John Martindale of Newchurch Parish in the County of Cumberland Farmer Deceased.
It's the father, John Martindale of Newchurch Parish in the County of Cumberland deceased who interests me. Obviously, he must have died before 31 May 1694 .... but I have no idea how much before; and I am not having any joy in tracing any record of him at all in the online search tools.
I will be most grateful for any scraps of information that you may be able to turn up.
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Hello , Watermillock church records has a John Martindale , burial 1688 / 6th nov , Newchurch Is Gowbarrow / Watermillock regards Westlass
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The good news for you is that the baptism, marriage and burial records for what is now known as Watermillock All Saints parish still survive as far back as 1580 and are available at the Cumbria County Archives (Ref. PR 132/1 and 132/2). See link to complete list below:
http://www.archiveweb.cumbria.gov.uk/CalmView/TreeBrowse.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&field=RefNo&key=PR%20132
Perhaps you (or someone visiting Carlisle Archives Office to help you out) might be able to find further details of your John Martindale, or even a generation or two before him.
As you are probably aware, it was in this area (Gowbarrow Park) that inspired William Wordsworth's poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud".