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Thanks for the update.
The PRO is where I found the burial record.
The EOLFHS mention it but don't say where it is.
It still partly exists according to the London Cemeteries web site but it does not give an address, it has to be somewhere near Globe Rd and the Railway.
Thanks
Derek

I am looking for anyone who has information on Henry and Mary Martin who had 2 daughters Mary Martin baptised 31 May 1789, Chevening and Elizabeth Martin baptised 04 Mar 1792, Chevening. Henry and Mary do not seen to have been married in Chevening, does anyone know where they were from?
In the 1851 census Mary is married to Edward Capes from Twyford, Norfolk, married Stepney 1820 but he also could have been married to Elizabeth in 1810 in Greenwich who must have died ca 1818, possibly in London.
Thanks
Derek

Hi Debbie,
Good to know that I'm not alone but there are so few Shentons in Somerset that there won't be many looking for them and there is a good chance that they are all related.

I don't have a John Shenton b. ca 1800 in my tree but I have only managed to trace my line through Chelvey to Nailsea and Yatton.

My sources:
I have a copy of the Chelvey, Yatton and Nailsea parish registers on microfiche.
The B&A FHS North Somerset index of marriages for 1754 - 1837 on CD this index only lists 12 male and 5 female marriages for name Shenton.

Others must have married in villiages south of the area covered by the B&A FHS index.
There are some marriages in the index that I can't place, possibly children of people whose marriages I have not located.

These are the Shenton names I have in my tree.

Generation 1
Thomas Shenton b. c 1720 married Hannah but not in Chelvey actual place is still unknown.

Generation 2
The children of Thomas and Hannah were:
James   b. 25 Jan 1747
Mary    b. 19 Jan 1749
William b. 19 Sep 1750
Thomas  b. 29 Apr 1752
Hannah  b. 21 Feb 1755
John    b. 14 Jul 1756
Sarah   b. 27 Oct 1757
Jane    b. 28 Oct 1760

James married Mary King in 1773 in Nailsea - my line.
Hannah probably married Robert Hasel in Barrow Gurney in 1777
John probably married Betty Goodenough in Wrington in 1882

Generation 3
The children of James and Mary were:
Mary     b. 26 Mar 1775
James    b. 7 Apr 1779
William  b. 9 Sep 1781
Thomas   b. 9 Mar 1783

James married Sarah ?, place and date unknown but not in the area covered by the B&A FHS index.

Generation 4
The Children of James and Sarah were:
Sarah    b.  24 May 1804
Ann      b.  23 Mar 1806
James    b.  5 Jun 1808
Harriet  b.  14 Apr 1811

Sarah married Samuel Chidsey - my line. Lived Yatton and then Bedminster.


End of known Shenton names.

The Chelvey PR shows 3 Thomas Shenton marriages 1762, 1774 and 1782 but it is unclear to which Thomas Shenton they refer.
The 1762 marriage can not be Thomas son of Thomas b 1752 so this is probably another Thomas Shenton (?brother of John?)
On the other 2 marriages one is a widower so a second marriage but I can't decide which Thomas it was that re married, father or son as they both may have married Hannahs. Needs more work.

Regards
Derek

Hi Meloria,
Thanks, West Hackney was the church where I found the baptisms, didn't know it had an alternate name.
First child listed was in 1824 April, just after the church was founded, so there may be others baptised elsewhere.
Still can't find the marriage, not at West Hackney, or St Mary's Stoke Newington and have checked St John Hackney back to 1817.
I need to find another church near Stoke Newington where they may have married, they lived in Bowling Green St near Abney Park Cemetry.
Thanks for the help
Regards
Derek