Salisbury Wiltshire - ELTON Martha 1786

[RODWELL]

If possible, please look up christening 12 Mar 1786 at Newton Toney Parish for Martha Alton (or Elton).

She later married Thomas Rodwell (Shoemaker b 1778 Salisbury) at St Edmund's. It's possibly simplest, at this stage, to request a separate lookup for that marriage at another time.

For now anyway, what I am particularly keen on finding out are details of Martha's parents, but anything you can come up with would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers
Warren

CROSS REFERENCE:
This thread with lookup request for THOMAS RODWELL (B:1778)
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,384715.0.html

[krisesjoint]

Hi Warren,

Will post to this thread as it is re Martha. Looks like the name is ELTON. Baptismal date again with what you have.

Martha ELTON bap 12 Mar 1786 Newton Toney parents Thomas and Sarah.

possible siblings Extracted Records

Henry 12 Dec 1780 Newton Toney
Thomas 25 Aug 1782 Allington By Amesbury
Elisabeth 4 May 1784 Allington By Amesbury
John 9 Jan 1791 Newton Toney
Sarah 18 Sep 1796 Newton Toney
Mary Ann 1799 Newton Toney

Sorry no luck with the parents marriage either.

Cheers Kris 

[RODWELL]

Hi Kris,

Well done. We are having such a good run with this pair (Thomas Rodwell & Martha Elton). At this point, I won't search any further back with the ELTON name as I've got enough research to do with just the RODWELL name.

So far as I'm concerned, this lookup request is completed. 

Cheers
Warren

CROSS-REFERENCE :
Thomas ELTON - Idmiston - marriage thread ...
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,326523.0.html

[RODWELL]

Hi Kris, 

Can we bring this request back to life again, please? 

What's had me wondering about Martha ELTON (B:1786) and Thomas RODWELL (B:1778),
is why they did not have any children until 1817. That would have made Martha 31 and
Thomas 39; unusually late for those days.

I've come across a Sarum Marriage Licence Bond issued:

Date:    4 Dec 1799
Groom: William PONTIN
Parish: Chilton (Solely) Berkshire England; farmer

Bride:   Martha ELTON
Parish: Ham Wiltshire England
Bride's Condition: sp

Bondsman 1: GOATLEY Robert, scrivener, Speen, Berks
Jurisdiction: The Bishop of Salisbury in Wiltshire and  Berkshire

I understand that the issuing of a licence does not necessarily
mean that a marriage took place, but this could be the same
Martha ELTON that later married Thomas RODWELLl. Of
course, our Martha would have been aged 13 in 1799.

There's a William PONTIN ; 33 Ag. Lab; WIL included on the
North Wiltshire Online Project 1841  Book 14 Folio 10 Pg 12
http://www.pope-genealogy.me.uk/41186.html

This could be the son of the groom William PONTIN in the
Sarum Record of 1799. The son could have been born in
1807 or 1808. There does not appear  to be any Martha
PONTIN listed in the 1841 census. That would have then
made Martha ELTON 21 if she was the mother.

Any comments?

Cheers
Warren

[krisesjoint]

Hi Warren,

There does appear to be a lot of Eltons in Ham. I did come across that Martha when I was hunting. She appears to be the daughter of Thomas and Ann baptised 28 Mar 1877 Ham.

Cheers Kris 

[RODWELL]

Ok ... Thanks, Kris 

[windywick]

Hi Just picked up your threads. If it helps any the marriage of Martha Elton and William Pontin did take place and I am a descendant of this marriage. The Pontins lived at Soley (Chilton Foliat) until about 1820 by which time the family was moving across the county boundary into Kintbury (Berkshire). Ambrose William Pontin left Kintbury for South Wales (Aberdare) where he married in 1852. The family remained there until the 1980's. Pontins died out in Kintbury c. 1870.
 

[RODWELL]

Thanks for your comments, windywick ... most interesting indeed 
Unfortunately (for me), there doesn't appear to be a Rodwell connection