Martha Lynch

[Gordon163]

Hi,

I am trying to find information about the birth of Martha Lynch, who married John Blandy at Newbury in 1804.

The death of Martha Blandy was registered at Andover, Hampshire in 1838, but no age was given.

I suspect that she may be a child of John Lynch and Elizabeth Williams, who married at Newbury in 1777, as John Lynch's maternal grandmother was named Martha.

However, there does not seem to be any evidence of such a birth.

Any help most welcome please.

Gordon 

[rosie99]

BLANDY, MARTHA       Age 89 
GRO Reference: 1838  December Quarter in ANDOVER Reg districtVolume 07  Page 27
From the GRO website 

ADDED
That Martha Blandy was buried at Vernham Dean on 9th October 1838 age 89

[Gordon163]

Very useful information.

Thanks,

Gordon

[Gordon163]

I see on Findmypast that there was a Lynch baptism in 1746 at Newbury, where only the parents names appear. They were Anthony Lynch and Mary Sherman.

Mary's mother was Martha (married to Daniel Sherman).

Gordon

[rosie99]

I see when they were married John was of Inkpen, a bachelor and Martha of Newbury, a spinster.  The marriage was by licence

[rosie99]

Did they have children.  If she was a spinster when she married the one you are looking at would have been too old

[Gordon163]

I was just pleased to have found a Martha Lynch, who was a cousin of my 6th gt-grandmother, Elizabeth Lynch. The name Martha crops up as a sibling of my gg-grandfather. I just wondered where it came from. My ggg-grandmother came from the Newbury area and was born in 1777, so she would have known Martha, who died in 1838.

Gordon

[rosie99]

Martha Lynch who married John Blandy was not the 1838 burial.

The Martha Blandy who died in 1838 and was buried at Vernham Dean was the widow of Edward Blandy as per the burial register.  She married Edward Blandy in 1775 at Tisbury, Wiltshire - her maiden name was Martha Bower. 

[Gordon163]

Thanks for that information, I will keep looking.

Gordon