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William Martin birth transcription error?? in Parish records

Posted by VanessaMArtin on 3/5/2018, 12:01 pm

Hi
I have been trying to trace my husbands family and got stuck on William Martin from Yarnscombe birth around 1826-1827. I know his father was John Martin and I have found him on a census with his siblings etc. I ordered your Yarnscombe baptisms 1813-1839 and can see his father john Martin and mother Grace Martin nee Furze in the booklet with the siblings baptisms but not William. It was pointed out to me that there is a William Furze baptised 25/12/1826 with a john and Grace as his parents and wondered if this had been entered incorrectly as mothers maiden name was Furze how or where can I check the original as I am having trouble locating the entry on ancestry etc?
Many Thanks

Re: William Martin birth transcription error?? in Parish records

Posted by Deborah O'Brien on 3/5/2018, 2:30 pm, in reply to "William Martin birth transcription error?? in Parish records"

You can view the original baptism record on FindMyPast. However, it clearly reads FURZE as surname. Possibly the cleric made an error - there was another FURZE baptism on the same page.

Re: William Martin birth transcription error?? in Parish records

Posted by VanessaMArtin on 4/5/2018, 6:40 am, in reply to "Re: William Martin birth transcription error?? in Parish records"

Thank you for looking I guess that is possible and would explain why I have had such a hard time trying to find it. It would make sense as dates parents,area and siblings all match and with his mothers maiden name being Furze.

Re: William Martin birth transcription error?? in Parish records

Posted by Graham Bolt on 13/5/2018, 6:32 am, in reply to "Re: William Martin birth transcription error?? in Parish records"

William Martin is my 3 x great grandfather. After much research on the Martin and Furse families I came to the conclusion that the Vicar recorded the surname wrong and the baptism is that of William Martin. When I started my research over thirty years ago my grandfather was still alive and could relate a lot of the family history by memory which fitted in with parish records. I have a lot of information on the Martin family if you are interested.

Re: William Martin birth transcription error?? in Parish records

Posted by Vanessa Martin on 16/3/2020, 2:01 pm, in reply to "Re: William Martin birth transcription error?? in Parish records"

Firstly I must apologise I have only just discovered and come across your response Graham.

and recently delved back into the family tree William Martin is my husbands x2 great grandfather. He is descended from his 5th son Edwin Martin. I had managed to go back 2 generations but are not positive. I would love to hear what other info you may have I beleive they were stonemasons but Edwin moved to Westonzoyland Somerset as a provident insurance sales man.

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