Person:Sarah Hammond (36)

Sarah Hammond was baptised on 26th February 1790 at South Bersted in Sussex, daughter of Sarah Hammond, formerly Stocker, and her husband George Hammond, a blacksmith.

On 26th December 1808, aged eighteen, Sarah married Thomas Martin at South Bersted. He was originally from South Bersted too, but had moved to the neighbouring parish of Felpham some time before their marriage.

Sarah and Thomas settled in Felpham after their marriage, having ten children baptised there between 1809 and 1832. Thomas worked as a fisherman.

Back in South Bersted, Sarah’s mother died in 1827.

In the summer of 1835, one of Sarah’s sons, Thomas, died at the age of seventeen, being buried at Felpham on 12th July 1835. Sarah died just a few weeks later, being buried at Felpham on 2nd August 1835, aged 45.

Sarah’s husband Thomas survived her by over 42 years. Her father also outlived her.

1. ↑ Church of England. Parish Church of South Bersted (Sussex). Parish registers of South Bersted, 1564-1904. (Chichester: West Sussex County Council).

   1790 / Feb[rua]ry 26th / Sarah Daught[e]r of George & Sarah Hammond

2. ↑ Burials register, in Felpham, Sussex: Parish Registers (West Sussex County Council, Chichester).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Felpham in the County of Sussex in the Year 1835
   No	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   268	Sarah Martin	Felpham	August 2nd 1835	47 years [1787/8]	J.B. Beed, Vicar