Wenden Wendon Family |
18 June 2018 |
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Dr Geoffrey Mann
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[There is a family story of an elopement from a seminary at Terling. This was said to involve Matthew's daughter Martha Ann but this is not borne out by the data and more likely, the story relates to Matthew himself and Elizabeth. There was a seminary or girls school in the centre of Terling, and Matthew lived there as a young man. Elizabeth was baptised in Paglesham, but it is not known whether she was sent to school at Terling some 20 miles away. It seems unlikely, but the family story otherwise has some credibility. The marriage took place after banns in Elizabeth’s home parish, which does not sound like an elopement – though the marriage was witnessed by Elizabeth’s sister, not her father]
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6 Matthew WENDON c1705-1779 m Sarah VAILES 1737 [ at Witham [ [ [ 5 Samuel WENDON 1752->1809 m Elizabeth DUDLEY 1785 [ at Terling [ [ [ 4 Matthew WENDON 1787-1867 m Elizabeth SKINSLEY 1815 [ at Paglesham [ [ [ 3 Martha Ann WENDON 1834-1921 at Rochford Methodist |
The earliest known ancestor is Matthew WENDON, a poor boy who was apprenticed by Witham parish to a weaver in Witham in 1715 when he was 10 years old, possibly after his mother remarried. He married Frances TOPPIN in 1722 only half way through his apprenticeship, probably because a child was due the next month.
Frances died in 1736 and Matthew remarried Sarah VAILES the following year. Their son Samuel, married and moved to Terling.
Samuel’s first wife died in childbirth and Samuel remarried Elizabeth DUDLEY at Terling in 1785. Samuel was probably a weaver like his father, but could not make a living and was sent back to Witham (by the SPEAKMANs) but he managed to return to Terling after a year or two.
Samuel's son, Matthew, moved south and married Elizabeth SKINGLEY at Paglesham in 1815. They had nine children altogether at Southchurch and then Prittlewell before settling at Barling.
Their youngest daughter, Martha Ann, married Henry MANN who lived along the road at Sutton near Rochford. Until her death in 1921, Martha lived at Elim Cottage in Shoebury where Henry had a market garden.
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SURNAME DATE/PLACE MARRIAGE TREE MARRIED TO: |
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CHIPPERFIELD Wm 14Apr1714 Witham ESS WendT0 WENDEN Sarah [wid?] CRANMER Ann (wid) 24Nov1719 Rivenhall ESS WendTR WENDEN William CURTIS Thos 17Nov1789 Terling ESS WendTR WENDON Sarah DUDLEY Elizabeth 12Jul1785 Terling ESS WendT0 WENDON Samuel HARRIS Elizabeth 9Oct1816 Terling ESS WendT0 WENDON Thomas HUMPHREY Phebe 21Feb1764 Witham ESS WendT6 WENDON Thomas LAPPAGE George 1q1853 Rochford ESS WendT0 WENDON Mary Ann MANN Henry 14Jul1858 Rochford ESS WendT0 WENDON Martha Ann RAVEN William 26Oct1742 Rivenhall ESS WendTR WENDEN Martha RIGNELL Judith 23Dec1760 Terling ESS WendTR WENDON John ROOKING Mary 9Oct1750 Rivenhall ESS WendTR WENDEN William SKINGLEY Elizabeth M. 22Jan1815 Paglesham ESS WendT0 WENDON Matthew SPELLER Sarah 15Sep1778 Felstead ESS WendT0 WENDON Samuel TOPPIN Frances 2Jun1722 Witham ESS WendT0 WENDON Matthew VAILES Sarah 15Jul1737 Witham ESS WendT0 WENDON Matthew VAUGHAN Samuel 3Oct1753 Rivenhall ESS WendTR WENDEN Elizabeth WADE Sarah 26Oct1693 Rivenhall ESS WendTR WENDEN William |
1) B6. origin of Matthew and the confusing duplication of Matthew/Sarah names at Witham
2) B5. confirmation that Samuel was baptised in 1752 and not 1761; age at burial would help but burial has not been found – not in NBI