John COOK married Martha AVIS in St John Horsleydown, Southwark 4th Aug 1743.
Certainly 2 but probably 3 children are identified as their children baptised In the same or adjacent parish, but the first child almost 5 years after their marriage , and a gap 1752 to 1761.
For both early bapts John 's occupation is detailed as plaisterer, ( no identified Guild record yet)
Daughter Avis on 14th April 1748, buried 11th June 1748.
John Robert 1st July 1750.
Possibly Martha Mary 15 June 1763, St Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey, Southwark, Surrey, England, abode Holly, but occupation Porter.
There are baptisms for another 3 children to a John and Martha in this general area, that are probably not the same couple, but a John COOK and Martha PRYKE married 12 May 1759 in Holborn
Elizabeth Skelton 29th Aug 1759, father is John (elder) St Paul, Shadwell, Tower Hamlets, no occ for father.
Esther 25 Dec 1760, St James, Clerkenwell
Elizabeth 12 Feb 1767 St George the Martyr, Queen Square, Camden, Middlesex.
The main question is what adjacent or close parishes are not currently covered on the main Genealogy sites as searchable records.
This might allow those parishes to be targetted and checked for additional siblings.
It is possible that John and Martha migrated, and specifically to Kent. The occurrence of the name Avis as a forename in a COOK family in Kent might be a link, and is the catalyst for this family to be researched as potential ancestors . A previous posting of COOK in Brasted Kent is part of the overall research.
Martha's AVIS family appears to be identified in St Olave, but is not the intended target for this post.
If current records on line are anywhere near complete, it would seem that Martha'' parents , Robert ( occ baker) and Mary married in Withyham, Sussex, before migrating to Surrey, this seems plausible as Robert and Mary don't appear to feature in baptisms in Sussex after their marriage.
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