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Facts and Events
| Name |
James Martin |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
16 Oct 1803 |
Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England |
| Christening[1] |
6 Nov 1803 |
Bethnal Green, Middlesex, EnglandSt Matthew |
| Marriage |
2 Sep 1829 |
St Luke, Middlesex, Englandto Emma Cassanet |
| Census[2] |
30 Mar 1851 |
St. Paul's Walden, Hertfordshire, EnglandWhitwell |
| Census[3] |
7 Apr 1861 |
Hackney, Middlesex, England7 Providence Place |
| Death[4] |
1870 |
Hackney, Middlesex, England |
| Burial[5] |
16 Dec 1870 |
Stoke Newington, Middlesex, EnglandAbney Park Cemetery |
James Martin was born on 16th October 1803 and baptised the following month in the parish of Bethnal Green in Middlesex, a couple of miles north-east of London. He was the son of Richard and Christiana Martin.
On 2nd September 1829, aged 25, James married Emma Cassanet at St Luke's Church, Old Street, just outside the City of London to the north. James's mother was one of the witnesses to their marriage.
James and Emma appear to have had at least twelve children together between 1830 and 1851, although several died young. The first seven children were born in various locations in London's East End, with the family's address given as Hackney Road in Shoreditch in 1830, Gloucester Place in Bethnal Green in 1832, and London Fields in Hackney in 1834. They lived back in Shoreditch in 1838, at Poplar in 1839 and at Bethnal Green in 1841. James was described as both a silk manufacturer and school master whilst living in the London area.
In the spring of 1842, two of their children, James and Augustine Cassanet, died in Bethnal Green at about the same time, aged two and one - their deaths were both registered on the same page.
Later that year the family left the London area and moved out to Whitwell, in the parish of St Paul's Walden in Hertfordshire. On 23rd November 1842 James was ordained as the pastor of the Independent Chapel in Whitwell.
The family remained at Whitwell for several years. Local newspapers describe how in the summer parties were organised for the Sunday School children of the village in a meadow that belonged to James's house. The family appears in Whitwell in the 1851 census, with James described as an "Independent Minister of Chapel".
James and Emma's youngest son was born in Whitwell later in 1851. Some time between 1851 and 1861 the family left Whitwell and returned to the London area, appearing at 7 Providence Place in Hackney in the 1861 census. James was described as a "Dissenting Minister Independent" at this time.
James died in 1870, aged 67. He was buried at Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington on 16th December 1870. Emma survived him by nearly seventeen years.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Church of England. Parish Registers of St Matthew, Bethnal Green.
1803 / Nov[embe]r 6 / James Son of Richard & Christiana Martin Born 16 Oct[obe]r 1803
- ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
Class HO107; Piece 1710; Folio 472; Page 27, 30 Mar 1851.
Address: Whitewell, Paulswalden, Hertfordshire
James Martin, head, married, male, 46 [1804/5], Independent Minister of Chapel, b. London
Emma Martin, wife, married, female, 42 [1808/9], b. London
Emma Martin, daughter, female, 14 [1836/7], b. London
Alfred Martin, son, male, 6 [1844/5], Scholar at Home, b. Paulswalden, Hertfordshire
Charles Martin, son, male, 4 [1846/7], Scholar at Home, b. Paulswalden, Hertfordshire
Ellen Martin, daughter, female, 3 [1847/8], b. Paulswalden, Hertfordshire
James Martin, son, male, 2 [1848/9], b. Paulswalden, Hertfordshire
- ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
Class RG9; Piece 164; Folio 90; Page 17, 7 Apr 1861.
Address: 7 Providence Place, South Hackney, Hackney, Middlesex
James Martin, head, married, male, 55 [1805/6], Dissenting Minister Independent, b. Bethnal Green
Emma Martin, wife, married, female, 52 [1808/9], b. Bethnal Green
Emma Martin, daughter, unmarried, female, 23 [1837/8], b. Shoreditch
Alfred Martin, son, male, 18 [1842/3], Wharfinger, b. Whitewell, Hertfordshire
Charles Martin, son, male, 16 [1844/5], Jeweller, b. Whitewell, Hertfordshire
Ellen Martin, daughter, female, 14 [1846/7], b. Whitewell, Hertfordshire
James Martin, son, male, 12 [1848/9], b. Whitewell, Hertfordshire
Arthur Martin, son, male, 10 [1850/1], b. Whitewell, Hertfordshire
- ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
d. James MARTIN, December Quarter 1870, Hackney Registration District, Volume 1b, page 353, aged 67 [1802/3]
- ↑ Abney Park Cemetery Registers, accessed 21 Mar 2020.
bur. 16 Dec 1870, Abney Park Cemetery, grave 47098: James Martin, buried 16 Dec 1870, aged 54
Wife Emma and a baby granddaughter were later buried in the same grave.
- Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle
Volume 21, Page 85, 1843.
The Rev. James Martin.
On Wendesday, Nov. 23rd, 1842, the Rev. James Martin was ordained pastor of the Independent church at Whitwell, in Hertfordshire.
- Hertford Mercury and Reformer, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
Page 4, 18 Aug 1849.
WHITWELL.
INDEPENDENT SUNDAY SCHOOLS. - On Wednesday, the 8th inst., the children of the Sabbath Schools connected with the Independent Chapel, at Whitwell, had their annual treat. A green booth, ornamented with flowers, was erected in the meadow attached to the house of the Rev. James Martin, the Minister of the Chapel. The children, about eighty in number, were provided with plum cake and ale, a barrel of which was provided by Robert Hill, Esq. The children were, of course, highly delighted with the entertainment, as also were the numerous friends who were present at tea, provided on the grounds on the interesting occasion.
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