Some time ago a kind person (perhaps here, perhaps not - I forgot to record it :() found baptisms in North Tawton to Robert Martin and Mary Pike, who married in North Tawton in 1808. The list I was given is William (June 1809), Richard (my ancestor) (April 1812), James (Nov. 1815), John (Oct. 1819), Robert (May 1822) and George (Oct 1828).
I've now come across a Joseph Martin, born Barnstaple c. 1815, a hairdresser living in St. Sidwell, Exeter with his family in 1851, 1861 and 1871. In 1871 he has his widowed mother Mary aged 81, b. North Tawton and in 1861 he has a "cousin" Mary Hooper Pike aged 14, b. North Tawton.
This is either a total coincidence (a parallel family) or a previously unknown bit of my tree. Is anyone able to throw some light on this, please? North Tawton isn't in the IGI during this time-frame.
I've now come across a Joseph Martin, born Barnstaple c. 1815, a hairdresser living in St. Sidwell, Exeter with his family in 1851, 1861 and 1871. In 1871 he has his widowed mother Mary aged 81, b. North Tawton and in 1861 he has a "cousin" Mary Hooper Pike aged 14, b. North Tawton.
This is either a total coincidence (a parallel family) or a previously unknown bit of my tree. Is anyone able to throw some light on this, please? North Tawton isn't in the IGI during this time-frame.
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