Thomas East & Martha Coleman

Notes for Thomas East:

Maids Moreton Parish Registers (Christening):
3-11-1816 East, Thomas, s. of Richard & Maria, Labourer.

Notes for Martha Coleman:

Blakesley Parish Registers (Christening):
20-5-1821 Martha, Colman d. Jeremiah & Sarah, Woodend, Labourer.

Thomas East & Martha Coleman:

(Marriage Certificate): 18-10-1838, Bradden, Towcester R.D.
Thomas East, ofa, b, Farming, Maids Moreton, Bucks., s. Richard East, Labourer.
Martha Coalman, 18, sp, Servant, Maids Moreton, Bucks, d. Jeremiah Coalman, Labourer.
wit: Thomas Coalman, Edward Fletcher.

  • Zilphah East
    • Baptism: 20 Jan 1839, Maids Moreton, “d. Thomas & Martha, Maids Moreton, Labourer”.
    • Buried: 3 Apr 1842, Maids Moreton, “Zilphah East, infant”.
(1841) Address: Maids Moreton, Bucks.
East |Thomas |25 |Ag-lab |Y
     |Martha |21 |       |Y.
  • Lucy East
    • Baptism: 12 Dec 1841, Maids Moreton.
    • Buried: 16 Feb 1847, “Lucy East, aged 5.”
  • George Jeremiah East
    • Baptism: 12 Jun 1845, Maids Moreton.
    • Buried: 15 Jun 1845, Maids Moreton, “George Jeremiah East, aged 1m.”
(1851) Address: Akeley Road, Maids Moreton, Bucks.
East |Thomas |Head |Mar |34 |Ag. lab. |Maids Moreton, Bucks.
     |Martha |Wife |Mar |30 |         |Wooding Green, Northamp.
  • Elizabeth East
    • Baptism: 18 Jan 1852, Maids Moreton.
    • Married: Francis Beckett, 19 May 1870, Elsfield.
    • Died: after 1911.
  • Tom George East
    • Born: 28 Dec 1854/5 (from Sarah Sophia & Tom George’s Family Bible).
    • Baptised: 20 Jan 1859, Tingewick, “s. Thomas & Martha, Tingewick, Labourer”.
    • Married: Sarah Sophia Basson, 19 Sep 1876, Elsfield.
    • Died: 28 Jan 1884, Royal Southern Hospital, Liverpool, aged 29.
  • Jane Maria East
    • Born: 12 days before the Census!
    • Baptism: 4 Aug 1861, Tingewick.
    • Married: Edwin Downing, 21 Apr 1881, Elsfield.
    • Died: between 1891-1901.
(1861) Address: Tingewick, Bucks.
East |Thomas    |Head |Mar |43 |Ag-lab  |Maids Moreton, Bucks.
     |Martha    |Wife |Mar |40 |        |Woodend, Northampton.
     |Elizabeth |Daur |    |9  |Scholar |Maids Moreton, Bucks.
     |Thomas G. |Son  |    |5  |Scholar |Tingewick, Bucks.
     |Jane M.   |Daur |    |12d|        |".

Not sure what prompted the move to Elsfield, but whilst there, Elizabeth and Tom George got married.

(1871) Address: Oxford Rd, Elsfield, Oxon.
East |Thomas     |Head |Mar |53 |Ag Labourer |Maids Moreton, Bucks.
     |Martha     |Wife |Mar |50 |            |Woodend, Northampton.
     |Tom George |Son  |    |15 |Labourer    |Tingewick, Bucks.
     |Jane M     |Daur |    |10 |Scholar     |Tingewick, Bucks.

… and then they moved back.

(1881) Address: 21 Duck Lake, Maids Moreton, Bucks.
East |Thomas  |Head |Mar |64 |Farm Labourer |Maids Morton, Bucks.
     |Martha  |Wife |Mar |61 |              |Woodend, Northamptonshire.
     |Jane M. |Daur |    |20 |Dressmaker    |Tingewick, Bucks.

The 1881 Census was taken on the 3rd of April, on the 21st, Jane married Edwin Downing in Elsfield.

(1891) Address: Duck Lane, Maids Moreton, Bucks.
East |Thomas |Head   |Mar |75 |Ag Labourer     |Maids Moreton, Bucks.
     |Martha |Wife   |Mar |72 |                |Wood-End, Bucks.
King |Fanny  |Lodger |S   |17 |General Servant |Maids Moreton, Bucks.
     |Clara  |Lodger |S   |15 |"               |".

(GRO Death): Mar 1899,
Martha East, 79, Buckingham 3a 522.

Headington Quarry Parish Registers (Burial):
12-12-1899 Thomas East, 82yrs, Windmill Road.
Note: Thomas’s daughter Elizabeth was living in Headington in 1901.