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Personal data Martha Pettit 

  • She was born in the year 1806 in Saffron Walden, Essex. England.
    Name: Martha Pettit
    Gender: Female
    Baptism Age: 1/12
    Birth Date: abt 1806
    Baptism Date: 4 Jan 1807
    Baptism Place: Ashdon, All Saints, Essex, England
    Father: George Pettit
    Mother: Elizabeth Pettit
    Parish Records;1756-1812
  • She was baptized on January 4, 1807 in All Saints, Ashdon, Saffron Walden, Essex, England.
    Name: Martha Pettit
    Gender: Female
    Baptism Date: 4 Jan 1807
    Baptism Place: Ashdon, Essex, England
    Father: George Pettit
    Mother: Elizabeth
    FHL Film Number: 000857056
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1851: 3 Church Street, Saffron Walden, Essex.
      Name: Martha Pettit Age: 48 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1803 Relation: Head Gender: Female
      Where born: S Walden, Essex, England Civil Parish: Saffron Walden Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Maps: View related Ecclesiastical Parish Town: Saffron Walden County/Island: Essex Country: England Registration District: Saffron Walden
      Sub-registration District: Newport ED, institution, or vessel: 9c Neighbors: View others on page Household Schedule Number: 7
      Piece: 1786 Folio: 399 Page Number: 3 Household Members: Name Age Martha Pettit 48 John May Pettit 15 George Richd Pettit 4
    • in the year 1861: Old Castle Inn, Castle Street, Saffron Walden, Essex.
      1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Old Castle Inn, Castle Street, Saffron Walden, Essex, England
      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Charles Howard Head Married Male 52 1809 Inn Keeper Saffron Walden, Essex, England
      Martha Howard Wife Married Female 54 1807 - Saffron Walden, Essex, England
      Charlotte Howard Daughter - Female 12 1849 Scholar Saffron Walden, Essex, England
      Emily Howard Daughter - Female 7 1854 Scholar Saffron Walden, Essex, England
      Elisabeth Howard Daughter - Female 5 1856 Scholar Saffron Walden, Essex, England
      - Lodger Name Unknown - - Male 55 1806 - -
      - Lodger Name Unknown - - Male 45 1816 - -
      Julia Allen Head Widow Female 44 1817 Traveller India
      Julia Allen Daughter - Female 10 1851 Traveller India
      Caroline Brown - Unmarried Female 30 1831 Traveller Ireland
  • She died on 4TH Q 1862 in Saffron Walden, Essex. England, she was 56 years old.
    First name(s) MARTHA Last name HOWARD Gender Female Age - Death quarter 4 Death year 1862
    District Saffron Walden County Essex Volume 4A Page 241 Country England
  • This information was last updated on February 23, 2021.

Household of Martha Pettit

(1) She is married to Edward Bird.

They got married on September 6, 1829 at Saffron Walden, Essex. England, she was 23 years old.

Name: Martha Pettit
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 06 Sep 1829
Marriage Place: Saffron-Walden, Essex, England
Spouse:
Edward Bird
FHL Film Number: 1526934

(2) She is married to Daniel (Charles) Howard.

They got married on August 15, 1860 at Saffron Walden, Essex. England, she was 54 years old.

First name(s) CHARLES Last name HOWARD Marriage quarter 3 Marriage year 1860 Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ CHARLES HOWARD married one of these people Mary Ann Bacon, Martha Bird District Saffron Walden
District number - County Essex Country England Volume 4A Volume as transcribed 4A Page number 515

First name(s) MARTHA Last name BIRD Marriage quarter 3 Marriage year 1860 Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ MARTHA BIRD married one of these people William Hales, Charles Howard District Saffron Walden
District number - County Essex Country England Volume 4A Volume as transcribed 4A
Page number 515 Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005

Notes about Martha Pettit

Father was Richard Pettit a taylor.

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Historical events

Christening day January 4, 1807

  • The temperature on January 4, 1807 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1807: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 8 » After two days of bitter fighting, the Russians under Bennigsen and the Prussians under L'Estocq concede the Battle of Eylau to Napoleon.
    • March 25 » The Slave Trade Act becomes law, abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire.
    • May 22 » A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason.
    • June 14 » Emperor Napoleon's French Grande Armée defeats the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Poland (modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) ending the War of the Fourth Coalition.
    • July 20 » Nicéphore Niépce is awarded a patent by Napoleon for the Pyréolophore, the world's first internal combustion engine, after it successfully powered a boat upstream on the river Saône in France.
    • December 17 » Napoleonic Wars: France issues the Milan Decree, which confirms the Continental System.

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