Martin Bolton Langston was born 22 July 1795 and christened on 23/10/1795 in Chipping Campden. The IGI entry is under "Longston" which is why his birth is hard to find! He was married in London as per previous posts. He was a tailor (listed in a Gloucestershire directory) and may have been in London during an apprenticeship. I have not searched apprenticeship records. There is a reference in a family bible that wife Jane Steel was christened on 6/10/1798. The only matching IGI entry is a Jane Steel from Holme Cultran, Cumbria. The IGI entry for Martin's birth lists Jane Longston as the mother, with no father named. This suggests Martin was illegitimate. As per previous posts Sarah married George Taylor in 1812 in Chipping Campden. In the Gloucestershire Record Office, there are bastardy records for many years either side of 1795. They should not be difficult to search and if we are lucky, we will find out who Martin's father is. As I am in Australia, I have not followed this up. I have not found any reference to the Bolton name in my work. I have not been able to positively identify Sarah Langston's (Longston's) birth. As noted earlier, she was listed in the 1841 census as "born out of the county"
Jane Steels parents appear to be William Steel (b 1757)and Susan Osmotherley, (b 1764)both of whom were christened in Holme Cultran, but there is also a William Steel born in Chipping Campden in 1768.
Would appreciate any further news.
Ted Russell
Martin was my ggggfather, through his daughter Clara who emigrated to Australia in the very early 1850's.
