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Much like today, the marriage took place in the bride's home 'town' but as the case is, when the
husband is established, as Mr. John Marten was in Blisland, they go to live where the residence of
the husband is located. Also, where the Church was so established in each Parish community, it was
likely also given public notice that so and so was now married and to whom. And thus the question as
to who Elizabeth Hender did marry, that is who her husband was, is thus simply resolved.
As would be the course of marriage, the mid-aged bride and groom did have two children, Elizabeth
and Grace Marten as recorded in the Blisland Parish Register. And so also is the 'mystery' solved
as to why when Elizabeth Marten married John Peter, that two of their children had the names of
'Thomas Hender' Marten and 'Elizabeth Hender' Marten after their grandparents and their mother's
parents.
Now, while we here are concerned with John Marten and his wife Elizabeth Hender, we should pause to
also consider the rank and position of the Marten/Martyn family and their family history.
Though like many pedigrees, the Marten family has somme unknown generation brakes, what is
known is they were a highly respect family of some position as does follow from the history
of the county and of Trigg Manor as such:
"This family held a very respectable position in the parish. The name is found at the
commencement of the registers. 'Thomas Marten de Penrose' was buried in 1594. William Marten
of Penrose, yeoman, his great-nephew, died in 1664. Another branch was of Trehudreth, and
intermarried with the Coles. The last of the name in the parish [of Blisland], William
Marten (Jr.) of Penrose, gent., died in 1793,} s. p., and bequeathed his estate in Penrose
to William Pascoe of Mevagissy, his sister's [Grace's] son, from whom it was inherited by
Mr. William Roberts. Mr. Roberts sold it to Mr. Edward Pearce, who has been admitted tenant
according to the custom of the Manor of Blisland, of which manor the estate is parcel."
Thus this family of Marten/Martyn was the prestigious Martyn family of Penrose in Blisland.
And as the brief pedigree below shows, John Marten was the brother of William Marten Junr.,
and as will be seen, John Marten will only have two dauthers, and the estate** will be past
to the male line of Pascoe and thence to the Robert's family in their male line.
Now thus the parentage of John Marten is on this manner:
Mr. William Martyn, son of Ralph and Grace Marten.
Res. Penrose (family 'estate')
Mr. William Martyn = Elizabeth
of Penrose |
cb 4 Dec 1711 | (1715-1769)
Blisland |
m |
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db 1 Nov 1785 | db 7 Mar 1769
Blisland | Blisland
| Wife of Mr. Will.
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William Martyn Junr. John Martyn Grace Martyn John Martyn
cb 17 Oct 1737 cb 29 Oct 1738 cb 17 Jun 1740 cb 7 Jun 1742
Blisland Blisland Blisland Blisland
db 4 Apr 1793 db 2 May 1739 m 30 Oct 1771 m 9 Feb 1768
Blisland Blisland Blisland North Hill
son of William = Roger Pasco Mr. = Elizabeth Hender
of Mevagissey
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Day Month 04-Dec
Year 1711
Parish/Reg Dist Blisland
Forename William
Surname MARTEN
Sex son
Father Forename Ralph
Mother Forename Grace
Residence
Father Rank Pro
Notes
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Transcriber Kay Halley
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Day Month 01-Nov
Year 1785
Parish/Reg Dist Blisland
Forename William
Surname MARTEN, Mr.
Age
Residence [Penrose]
Notes
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Day Month 07-Mar
Year 1769
Parish/Reg Dist Blisland
Forename Eliz.
Surname MARTEN
Age
Residence
Notes wife of
Mr. Will.
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Transcriber Kay Halley
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Day Month 17-Oct
Year 1737
Parish/Reg Dist Blisland
Forename William
Surname MARTYN
Sex son
Father Forename William (Mr.)
Mother Forename Elizabeth
Residence
Father Rank Profession
Notes
Transcriber Notes
Transcriber Kay Halley
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Day Month 04-Apr
Year 1793
Parish/Reg Dist Blisland
Forename William
Surname MARTEN
Age
Residence
Notes
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Transcriber Kay Halley
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Day Month 29-Oct
Year 1738
Parish/Reg Dist Blisland
Forename John
Surname MARTIN
Sex son
Father Forename William (Mr.)
Mother Forename Elizabeth
Residence
Father Rank Pro
Notes
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Day Month 02-May
Year 1739
Parish/Reg Dist Blisland
Forename John
Surname MARTYN
Age
Residence
Notes son of
Mr. William
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Day Month 15-Jun
Year 1740
Parish Or Reg District Blisland
Forename Grace
Surname MARTYN
Sex dau
Father Forename William, Mr.
Mother Forename Elizabeth
Residence
Father Rank Profession
Notes
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Day Month 07-Jun
Year 1742
Parish Or Reg District Blisland
Forename John
Surname MARTYN
Sex son
Father Forename William, Mr.
Mother Forename Elizabeth
Residence
Father Rank Profession
Notes
Transcriber Notes Src: Bodmin BTs
Transcriber Kay Halley
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** It has been noticed in the Introduction that the area of an ancient manor consisted of two
portions, viz., the demesne lands, which, together with mills, fisheries, &c., were kept in the hands
of the lord, and the remainder held by tenants of various degrees. In the 30th Queen Elizabeth
an inquisition was issued out of the Exchequer, to ascertain what were the demesne lands of this
manor, and it appears firom the depositions made in reply to certain interrogatories under that
inquisition, that within the memory of man the only lands known to have been held in demesne
were a tenement called the Farmer's House and seven acres of land, together with certain outmoors,
and two acres of wood on Penrose, from which the tenants were entitled to receive timber for
reparations. The Queen's farmer claimed the tenement of Atwell as part of the demesne of the
manor, but he failed to establish his claim, it being shewn that Atwell had always been held as a
customary tenement. Thomas Martin, of Blisland, husbandman, aged 74 years,
deposed that the
first tenant he ever knew in the tenement was one Johanna Raw, widow, sometime the wife of
Nicholas Raw, and before that time wife unto one Bumard; that the said Joan did surrender unto
John Olyver, father of Thomas Olyver, one of the defendants in the suit; that he hath heard that
after the said surrender by Joan to John Oliver one John Bumard made claim to the said tenement
of Atwell, and that a composition was effected. The seven acres of land consisted of a tenement
called ** Dymyns " (demesnes ?), lying between Atwell on the east and Tregenna on the west.
The farmer's house was in Blisland Church Town; one William Toser, bailiff of the manor under
Anthony Ashfield, the Queen's farmer, then held it.
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Now then, the resulting family of John Marten and Elizabeth Hender of our interest follows:
Res. Blisland and then Penhole, North Hill
Elizabeth Hender: daughter of Thomas Hender and Joan Reed of North Hill.
John Marten, Mr. = Elizabeth Hender
Blisland | North Hill
cb 7 Jun 1742 | cb 16 Jul 1733
Blisland | North Hill
m 9 Feb 1768 |
North Hill |
db 26 Oct 1787 | db 23 Mar 1804
North Hill | North Hill a70
of Penhole | of Penhole
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Elizabeth Marten Grace Marten Jenny Marten
cb 4 Aug 1769 cb 25 Aug 1771 cb 17 Apr 1776
Blisland Blisland North Hill
m 12 Jun 1788 m 30 Sep 1802 db 28 Mar 1795
North Hill North Hill North Hill a18
= John Peter = Reginald Jenkin daughter of late
db 5 Mar 1833 John, yeoman
North Hill of Penhole
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Day Month 16-Jul
Year 1733
Parish/Reg Dist North Hill
Forename Elisabeth
Surname HENDER
Sex dau
Father Forename Thomas
Mother Forename Joan
Residence
Father Rank Pro
Notes
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Day Month 07-Jun
Year 1742
Parish/Reg Dist Blisland
Forename John
Surname MARTYN
Sex son
Father Forename William, Mr.
Mother Forename Elizabeth
Residence
Father Rank Pro
Notes
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Transcriber Kay Halley
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Day Month 09-Feb
Year 1768
Parish / Reg District North Hill
Groom Fn John
Groom Sn MARTIN
Groom Age
Groom Residence Blisland
Groom Condition
Groom Rank Profession
Groom Sign/Mark (S/M) S
Groom Father Name
Groom Father Rank Pro
Bride Fn Elizabeth
Bride Sn HENDER
Bride Age
Bride Residence otp
Bride Condition
Bride Rank Profession
Bride Sign/Mark (S/M) S
Bride Father Name
Bride Father Rank Pro
Banns / Licence (B/L) B
Witness Fn1 Thos.
Witness Sn1 Hender
Witness Fn2 William
Witness Sn2 Martin, junr
Other Information 3rd witness
Thos. Isacke
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Day Month
Year 1768
Parish / Reg District Blisland
Groom Fn John
Groom Sn MARTEN, Mr.
Groom Age
Groom Residence Blisland
Groom Condition
Groom Rank Profession
Groom Sign/Mark (S/M)
Groom Father Name
Groom Father Rank Pro
Bride Fn Eliz.
Bride Sn HENDER
Bride Age
Bride Residence North-hill
Bride Condition
Bride Rank Profession
Bride Sign/Mark (S/M)
Bride Father Name
Bride Father Rank Pro
Banns / Licence (B/L)
Witness Fn1
Witness Sn1
Witness Fn2
Witness Sn2
Other Information
Transcriber Notes Phillimores.
From Register
of Banns.
Transcriber P Hugo/
K Halley
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Day Month 26-Oct
Year 1787
Parish/Reg Dist North Hill
Forename John
Surname MARTIN
Age
Residence Penhole
Notes
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Day Month 23-Mar
Year 1804
Parish/Reg Dist North Hill
Forename Elizabeth
Surname MARTEN
Age 70
Residence Penhole
Notes widow of
John, yeoman
Trans Notes
Transcriber Sue Mutton
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England Compiled Record Source:
First name(s): ELIZABETH
Last name: MARTEN
Gender: Female
Birth year: 1769
Baptism year: 1769
Baptism date: 4 Aug 1769
Parish: Blisland
Father's first name(s): John
Father's last name: Marten
Mother's first name(s): Elizabeth
Mother's last name: -
Relationship: Dau
Place: BLISLAND
County: Cornwall
Country: England
Record set: Cornwall Baptisms
Category: Birth, Marriage,
Death & Parish
Subcategory: Parish Baptisms
Collections from: England,
Great Britain
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Day Month 04-Aug
Year 1769
Parish/Reg Dist Blisland
Forename Eliz.
Surname MARTEN
Sex dau
Father Forename John, Mr.
Mother Forename Elizth
Residence
Father Rank Pro
Notes
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Transcriber Kay Halley
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Day Month 12-Jun
Year 1788
Parish / Reg District North Hill
Groom Fn John
Groom Sn PETER
Groom Age
Groom Residence otp
Groom Condition
Groom Rank Profession yeoman
Groom Sign/Mark (S/M) S
Groom Father Name
Groom Father Rank Pro
Bride Fn Elizabeth
Bride Sn MARTEN
Bride Age
Bride Residence otp
Bride Condition spinster
Bride Rank Profession
Bride Sign/Mark (S/M) S
Bride Father Name
Bride Father Rank Pro
Banns / Licence (B/L) B
Witness Fn1 Arthur
Witness Sn1 Peter
Witness Fn2 Edward
Witness Sn2 Peter
Other Information
Transcriber Notes
Transcriber John Evans
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Day Month 05-Mar
Year 1833
Parish/Reg Dist North Hill
Forename Elizabeth
Surname PETER
Age 62
Residence Illand
Notes
Trans Notes
Transcriber Sue Mutton
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England Compiled Records Source:
First name(s): GRACE
Last name: MARTEN
Gender: Female
Birth year: 1771
Baptism year: 1771
Baptism date: 25 Aug 1771
Parish: Blisland
Father's first name(s): John
Father's last name: Marten
Mother's first name(s): Elizabeth
Mother's last name: -
Relationship: Dau
Place: BLISLAND
County: Cornwall
Country: England
Record set: Cornwall Baptisms
Category: Birth, Marriage,
Death &
Parish Records
Subcategory: Parish Baptisms
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Day Month 25-Aug
Year 1771
Parish/Reg Dist Blisland
Forename Grace
Surname MARTEN
Sex dau
Father Forename John, Mr.
Mother Forename Eliz.
Residence
Father Rank Pro
Notes
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Day Month 17-Apr
Year 1776
Parish/Reg Dist North Hill
Forename Jenny
Surname MARTIN
Sex
Father Forename John
Mother Forename Elizabeth
Residence
Father Rank Pro
Notes
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Day Month 28-Mar
Year 1795
Parish/Reg Dist North Hill
Forename Jenny
Surname MARTEN
Age 18
Residence Penhole
Notes daughter of
late John,
yeoman
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In Blisland, John and Elizabeth successfully have two daughters, Elizabeth and Grace when
Elizabeth would be about the age of 36 and 38. Perhaps then they thought they were through.
It does appear from the evidence that John and Elizabeth moved their family 'back' from
Blisland to Elizabeth's home town or to Penhole of North Hill where Elizabeth Hender did
have her family there. There they would surprisingly have one more dauther named Jenny when
Elizabeth would be about the age of 43. Jenny Marten would live to the age of 18 or nearly
19 and then die in 1795. By then father John Marten would have died in the third quater of
1787 as deduced from the death regitry by other genealogists. Of course Elizabeth would
have married John Peter in 1788 after her father had died and John Peter would sign as the
witness to the marriage of Elizabeth's sister Grace when she married Reginald Jenkin in
1802. Mother Elizabeth Hender Marten would live until 1804 when she died at age 70 thus
confirming that she was that Elizabeth Hender born in 1733 to Thomas Hender and John Reed.
Now which of the other Elizabeth Martens buried in 1823 others make her I cannot tell for
sure. They three found in the parish registers of Cornwall are but age 37 of Black lane,
St. Mary Magdalene of Launceston, age 16 of Roskonwell of St. Keverne, daugher of William
a pauper, or an infant child who died in Callington. Perhaps they have her dying in Devon
or not reporting her death in a known parish register. I've not the time to find out as I
have found her dying at the confirming age of 70 in 1804 in the same parish as her husband
John Marten in North Hill. Or perhaps they have them traveling and migrating to Canada,
Australia, South Africa or the United States? Further, I find not other marriages in or
round about North Hill between a John Marten/Martyn/Martin and an Elizabeth to account for
the John and Elizabeth Marten of North Hill who had Jenny Martin by Elizabeth Marten, wife
of John who died in 1804 at age 70 confirming her birth to be of 1733 that matched Elizabeth
Hender daughter of Thomas Hender and Joan Reed.
The RED marker pinpoints Penhole near Coad's Green
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