Martin, John

John MARTIN (1766 - 1844) and Esther LANE (? - 1852)

my 4g-grandparents

Hacconby was a small village in the Bourne (or Bourn) district of Lincolnshire, England. Hacconby is sometimes spelled Haconby, and Bourne is often Bourn, although Bourn is also the name of a village and parish in Cambridgeshire. Lincolnshire is sometimes called Lincoln.

John MARTIN was baptized on 14 Dec 1766 in Hacconby, the son of James MARTIN and Ann BREWEN. He died in the first part of February, and his obituary was published on 16 Feb 1844, in the Lincoln Rutland and Stamford Mercury and in the Lincolnshire Chronicle. I don't have the text of the obituaries, but both give the date at death as 78, so he was born about 1766, the same year he was baptized. The 2nd obituary further specifies the death date as Feb 1844.

John MARTIN and Esther LANE were married on 3 Jun 1788 in Corby, a city about 25 miles southwest of Hacconby.

(I think the Corby shown in the map above is actually Corby Glen, about 6 miles west of Hacconby. But Corby is also the name of the district, so I'm not sure where John and Esther were married.)

Esther (LANE) MARTIN was born about 1771 in Lincolnshire, according to the 1841 Census (below). She died in 1852, in the Bourne district, probably in Hacconby. Combining these results, Esther was about 81 when she died, and outlived her husband by 8 years.

However, the National Burial Index has a record for the burial of Esther MARTIN, at St. Andrew in Hacconby, on 26 Aug 1852, at age 85, indicating that she was born in 1766-7. (Thanks to Martha El-Maguid for this.)

John and Esther lived in Hacconby, where they had 8 children, of whom 3 or 4 died in early childhood. Their youngest child, Elizabeth, was my 3g-grandmother. Some of her children emigrated to America.

1841 England Census for Hacconby, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England [source]

In 1841, John and Esther were living with their son William, and his family. The birthdates calculated from age don't match up very well with other data.

1851 England Census for Hacconby, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England [source]

In 1851, Esther was a widow, still living with her son William and family. William's wife was a charwoman, or chore woman.

1 John MARTIN b: 1766 in Hacconby, d: 10 Dec 1844 in Hacconby, age 7
+ Esther LANE b: abt 1771 in Lincolnshire, m: 03 Jun 1788 in Corby, Lincolnshire, England, d: 1852 in Bourne, age 81
......2 Ann MARTIN chr: 28 Sep 1789 in Hacconby, d: bef. 26 Oct 1794 in Hacconby, age 5 or less
......2 James MARTIN chr: 17 Apr 1791 in Hacconby, d: aft. 1861, age 70+
...... + Ann BRINKLEY chr: 2 Sep 1787 in Dunsby, m: 18 May 1819 in Dunsby, Lincolnshire, England
......2 John MARTIN chr: 27 Jan 1793 in Hacconby, d: bef. Sep 1900 in Hacconby
......2 Ann MARTIN chr: 26 Oct 1794 in Hacconby, d: 26 Oct 1795 in Hacconby, age 1 year or more
......2 Mary MARTIN chr: 16 Jan 1796 in Hacconby, d: 7 May 1863 in Morton, Lincolnshire, England, age 67+
...... + John PULLING b: abt. 1795, m: 18 May 1819 in Hacconby
......2 John MARTIN chr: 18 Sep 1800 in Hacconby
......2 William MARTIN b: abt. 1801 in Hacconby, d: 05 Aug 1866 in Hacconby, age 65
...... + Jane STURGES b: abt. 1801 in Horbling, m: 17 Jun 1822 in Hacconby, d: May 1873 in Hacconby, age 72
......2 Elizabeth MARTIN b: 31 Aug 1803 in Hacconby, d: Mar 1855 in Hacconby, age 51
...... + William STURGES b: 06 Jul 1799 in Horbling, m: 30 Dec 1822 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, d: Jan 1855 in Hacconby, age 55

John MARTIN was born during the Seven Years War (1756-1763), a global conflict in which a coalition of Britain and Prussia eventually prevailed over France, Russia, Spain and Sweden. He lived through the Industrial Revolution, the American and French Revolutions, and the Napoleonic Wars. The British Crown was in the hands of the Tudors, with George III reigning from 1760 to 1820, his son George IV from 1820 to 1830, his other son William IV from 1830 to 1837, and his granddaughter Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901.

There was another John and Esther MARTIN, who lived in Barton-upon-Humber, in northern Lincolnshire. It is easy to conflate the two families.

1. Ann MARTIN was christened on 28 Sep 1789 in Hacconby.

2. James MARTIN was christened on 17 Apr 1791 in Hacconby. He married Ann BRINKLY/BRINKLEY on 18 May 1819 in Dunsby, about 1 mile northeast of Hacconby. Ann BRINKLEY was christened 2 Sep 1787 in Dunsby, the daughter of William and Ann BRINKLEY. James and Ann lived in Dunsby and had at least 3 daughters.

1841 England Census for Dunsby, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England [source]

1861 England Census for Dunsby, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England [source]

In 1861, James MARTIN was a widower, living with 2 of his daughters, and a son-in-law. James was a grocer, his single daughter Mary MARTIN was a dressmaker, and his son-in-law Abraham BLACKWELL was a bricklayer and stone worker.

1 James MARTIN chr: 17 Apr 1791 in Hacconby, d: aft. 1861
+ Ann BRINKLEY chr: 2 Sep 1787 in Dunsby, m: 18 May 1819 in Dunsby
......2 Ann MARTIN chr: 17 Jan 1822 in Dunsby, d: aft. 1861
...... + Abraham BLACKWELL chr: 27 Mar 1828 in Gosberton, Lincolnshire, England, d: 1910 in Bourne
......2 Sarah MARTIN chr. 09 Apr 1829 in Dunsby, d: aft. 1841
......2 Mary MARTIN chr: 30 Jul 1831 in Dunsby, d: aft. 1861

3. John MARTIN was christened on 27 Jan 1793 in Hacconby. He must have died by 1800, since his parents had another son named John.

4. Ann MARTIN was christened 26 Oct 1794 in Hacconby, and died on her 1st birthday (?) 26 Oct 1795 in Hacconby.

5. Mary MARTIN was christened on 16 Jan 1796 in Hacconby. She married John PULLING on 18 May 1819 in Hacconby. They lived in Morton village, about 1 mile southwest of Hacconby, where they had at least 5 children. Mary died on 7 May 1863 in Morton, age 67, and John died on 10 Apr 1867 in Morton, age 71.

1841 England Census for Morton, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England [source]

1861 England Census for Morton, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England [source]

John PULLING was an "Agricultural Labourer" in 1861. Ann PULLING was still single in 1861.
1 Mary MARTIN chr: 16 Jan 1796 in Hacconby, d: 7 May 1863 in Morton, age 67
+ John PULLING b: abt. 1796, m: 18 May 1819 in Hacconby, d: 10 Apr 1867 in Morton, age 71
......2 Elizabeth PULLING bapt: 9 Jul 1820 in Morton
......2 William PULLING bapt: 29 Dec 1822 in Morton
......2 Ann PULLING bapt: 1 Aug 1824 in Morton
......2 Esther PULLING bapt. 16 Sep 1827 in Morton
......2 John PULLING bapt: 27 Jun 1830 in Morton

6. John MARTIN was christened on 18 Sep 1800 in Hacconby.

7. William MARTIN was born about 1801 in Hacconby, and died 5 Aug 1866 in Hacconby, age 65. He married on 7 Jun 1822 in Hacconby, to Jane STURGES, who was christened on 6 Oct 1800 in Horbling (about 6 miles north of Hacconby), and died in May 1873 in Hacconby.

William and his family lived with his parents in 1841, and with his mother in 1851, as shown in the census records, above. William was a farm laborer, and Jane was a charwoman.

1 William MARTIN b: abt. 1801 in Hacconby, d: 5 Aug 1866 in Hacconby
+ Jane STURGES chr: 6 Oct 1800 in Horbling, m: 17 Jun 1822 in Hacconby, d: May 1873 in Hacconby
......2 John MARTIN chr: 9 Mar 1823 in Hacconby
...... + Alice ROUSE b: abt. 1825 in Thurlby, Lincolnshire, England, m: 26 Dec 1848 in Hacconby
......2 Mary MARTIN chr: 10 Nov 1824 in Hacconby
......2 James MARTIN chr: 6 Mar 1831 in Hacconby

8. Elizabeth MARTIN was born 31 Aug 1803 in Hacconby, and died Mar 1855 in Hacconby. She married on 30 Dec 1822 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, to William STURGES, who was born 6 Jul 1799 in Horbling, and died Jan 1855 in Hacconby.

Elizabeth and William were my 3g-grandparents. See the William STURGES page.

Sources

[HH] The History of Haconby, in The Cornhill Magazine, Vol. 40 (1879) pp. 707-721

[LM] 1853 map of Lincolnshire

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