Martha MORTIMER is identified as the mother of Thomas Stokes on his christening record.
Martha was christened in Bicester on 18 Jan 1796. (Her christening record is the only record returned from the following search: Martha Mortimer (Exact Spelling: Off), Birth/Christening, 1777 - 1817, Oxford, England, British Isles. That she is born in Bicester where she later married and raised a family lends further credibility to her identity.)
Martha was one of nine children born to Thomas MORTIMORE and Hannah HORWOOD.
Martha married Thomas STOKES on St George's Day, 23 April, 1816 in Bicester, where they were both then living. James BLINKER, Martha's brother-in-law (husband of sister Judith) was a witness to the marriage.
They had 10 children between 1816 and 1840. They were all christened in Churchill except their first child, Thomas, who was christened in Bicester. They were: Thomas, William, James, John, Hannah, Jesse, Ann, William, Helen and Jane.
In 1861 Martha is living with her daughter Jane's family.
Martha died in 1869 of old age aged 73.
Personal
Family
World
Date
Age*
Event
Place
19 Jul 1786
-10
btw 1796 and 1797
0
Bicester, Oxfordshire
18 Jan 1797
1
St Edburg, Bicester, Oxfordshire, England
frm 1797 to 1816
1
Bicester, Oxfordshire
5 Feb 1801
5
St Edburg, Bicester, Oxfordshire, England
1809
13
1813
17
23 Apr 1816
20
Bicester, Oxfordshire
22 Nov 1816
20
Bicester, Oxfordshire
24 Oct 1819
23
Churchill, Oxfordshire
3 Mar 1822
26
Churchill, Oxfordshire
24 Jun 1824
28
Churchill, Oxfordshire
24 Jun 1824
28
Churchill, Oxfordshire
1 Oct 1824
28
Churchill, Oxfordshire
10 Aug 1825
29
Churchill, Oxfordshire
26 Feb 1826
30
Churchill, Oxfordshire
29 Mar 1829
33
Churchill, Oxfordshire
15 Feb 1831
35
Churchill, Oxfordshire
4 Dec 1831
35
Churchill, Oxfordshire
30 Jul 1834
38
St Edburg, Bicester, Oxfordshire, England
btw 1834 and 1835
38
Churchill, Oxfordshire
22 Mar 1840
44
Churchill, Oxfordshire
2 Sep 1840
44
Hempsted, Gloucestershire
7 Jun 1841
45
Churchill Village, Churchill, Oxfordshire
10 Oct 1842
46
Churchill, Oxfordshire
7 Nov 1842
46
Bicester Market End, Bicester, Oxfordshire
22 Apr 1848
52
Churchill, Oxfordshire
1850
54
30 Mar 1851
55
Churchill, Oxfordshire
9 Apr 1855
59
Churchill, Oxfordshire
21 Nov 1857
61
Churchill, Oxfordshire
Apr 1860
64
7 Apr 1861
64
Caution: Recorded age does not match calculated age (65).
Churchill Village, Churchill, Oxfordshire
22 Oct 1869
73
Churchill, Oxfordshire
27 Oct 1869
73
Churchill, Oxfordshire
17 Apr 1885
89
Broadway, Worcestershire
19 Aug 1887
91
Calitzdorp, Western Cape, South Africa
15 Jan 1894
98
Calitzdorp, Western Cape, South Africa
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