Martha Jeffs of Quinton

[nottsgirl1]

Hi,

I'm doing the Jeffs family of Quinton.  I have a Martha Jeffs born 1797 daughter of William Jeffs and Elizabeth (Cook), cannot find anything on her after her christening, have looked though Quinton parish  records on Ancestry no burials or marriages for her and there are no hints for her. Just wondered if anyone has come across her or could have a look for her please.

Thank you for any help given on this

NG1

[pjm99]

Hi NG,
No firm information but if you look at the 1861 census for Buxton, Derbyshire in the household of William & Alice Spencer you will find a visitor, Martha Spencer, born in Quinton c1793. Ancestry has transcribed her as Martha Hance. Looking at the Quinton records for baptisms 1790 -1780 only one baptism for Martha comes up, your Martha Jeffs. As the baptism record does not record her DOB the Buxton one could be her. I would say certainly worth exploring further.

HTH
Peter

[nottsgirl1]

Hi Peter,

Thank you so much for looking and finding that, yes it could be her as you say she was the only Martha born in the 1790's.  I'll look into it.

Odd that she would have been christened after her siblings;

Ann 1787, Elizabeth 1785 died 1785, Joseph 1789, Elizabeth 1791, John 1793, Mary 1794 (my 3rd great grandmother).

All the best

Wendy

[pjm99]

Hi Wendy,
I did a very specific search on Ancestry, all census for a Martha born in Quinton between 1790 and 1800 and only got the one hit.

Peter

[nottsgirl1]

hi Peter,

Thank you but that Martha was born in Quarndon, Derbyshire it was transcribe wrong.

Thank you for looking anyway.

All  the best
Wendy