Person:Martha Dean (11)

Martha Dean was baptised on 5th June 1763 at Great Gaddesden in Hertfordshire. She was the daughter of Hannah Dean, formerly Welsh, and her husband Edward Dean.

On 14th February 1781, aged 17, Martha married Thomas Crawley at Great Gaddesden. They went on to have thirteen children at Great Gaddesden between 1781 and 1808. Some of the children's baptisms describe the family as paupers.

Martha's father died in 1805, and her mother died in 1821.

Thomas died in 1833, when he was said to be 82 years old. His last abode was given as Church End in Great Gaddesden.

By the time of the 1841 census, Martha was an inmate at the Hemel Hempstead Union Workhouse, working as a charwoman. She died at the workhouse later that year, being buried at Hemel Hempstead on 13th December 1841, aged 78.

1. ↑ Church of England. Great Gaddesden Parish Registers. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   June the 5th 1763
   Baptized at Gaddesden Martha Daughter of Edward and Hannah Dean

2. ↑ England. 1841 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 HO107; Piece 441; Book 8; Folio 33; Page 3, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Hemel Hempstead Union Workhouse, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
   Many inmates, including:
   Martha Crawley, female, 82 [1758/9], Charwoman, born in county

3.   Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Martha CRAWLEY, December Quarter 1841, Hemel Hempstead Registration District, Volume 6, page 356, aged 82 [1758/9]

4. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Hemel Hempstead Parish Registers, 1558-1949. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Hemel Hemsted in the County of Hertford in the Year 1841
   No	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   2287	Martha Crawley	Union Workhouse	Dec[embe]r 13th	82 [1758/9]	J.Osmond Dakeyne, Perpet[ual] Curate, Box Moor