Small: John HALL & Martha WHYMENT

I have already written about those of my ancestors who appear in the few photographs I have of them, so I do not know if they were tall or small, and their families were definitely not small. So, what to write about for this week’s prompt?

I suppose the prompt could be about the small amount of information that I have about more distant ancestors such as William Hall’s parents, John Hall and Martha Whyment who were one of my maternal three times great grandparents. 

The only piece of evidence, as yet, that I have is a parish marriage entry

 I’ve learned from previous experience it’s important to unpick ALL the details on certificates.

John Hall was a widow when he married spinster Martha Whyment. They were married by banns at St Guthlac, Crowland. Witnessed on Tuesday 11 October 1796. Their witnesses, who signed their names rather than with an X, were Ann Ashby and Sheb Beckwith.His name appears on two other marriage entries so is unlikely to be a family member. As yet there has been no proven connection with Ann Ashby. Martha was described as a ‘sojourner’, which means that she was from a different parish. After many years of search, I have still not been able to locate any birth details for her.

I can find the births and deaths of two children born to John and Elizabeth Warren. William who was born in 1787 and died later that year and possibly Robert who has yet to be verified.

John and Martha had another nine children. Between 1797 and 1816.

Martha 1797–1826, William 1799–1804, Thomas 1801–1802, Charles 1802-1802, Sarah 1803–1809, William 1805–1880, Samuel 1807–1809, Elizabeth 1813- ? and Samuel 1816–1816  

Supposing that Marth’s age was twenty she married John in 1796 she would have been born c 1776, making her aged 40 when their last child Samuel was born.

According to another researcher, who had access to parish records, it is thought that John was born in 1763 and died c 1836,  Martha's birth and death dates are still being debated, but is is thought she died in 1826

So, there it is a small, the small amount of information that I have about John and Martha.