I have visited the church & village several times since learning that Thomas was born here-the photographs were taken in August 2012. It would appear that the church once had a tower on it, or maybe a spire, but the various histories I have looked at don't mention it apart from it being rebuilt 1777-8.
Just a bit more information about Thomas's parents. Thomas's father George and his mother Hannah married at St Edith's, Bishop Wilton, lovely day when I visited there on 11 August 2012.
Hannah's birthplace was the hamlet of Gowthorpe:- in 1841, she was working as a farm servant at Top Garrowby Farm. In Garrowby Hall lived the local landowner, so Top Garrowby Farm was a part of that estate.
George Martindale & Hannah Gowthorpe were married at St Edith's, Bishop Wilton on 11 May 1846.
Yapham in 1840 according to Whites Directory in Google Books
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Wf80AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA243&lpg=PA243&dq=yapham+cum+meltonby&source=bl&ots=UBP8dElgsJ&sig=5PCkRhhiDsl_TB-9wHcG5S-dzmE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ZiReVPqsFaOV7AbMroHoCg&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBTge#v=onepage&q=yapham%20cum%20meltonby&f=false
Banns
of Marriage: I publish the banns of marriage between George Martindale of this
parish and Hannah Gowthorpe, of Bolton , on 19th
April, 26 April & 3rd May 1846. (Source Parish Records of Yapham
Banns of Marriage (Number MF 1763 at Borthwick Institute, York)
Bolton is another hamlet between Yapham & Fangfoss. So by 1846, Hannah was working & living there before her marriage to George. Her future husband, George, was a widower-his first wife Elizabeth Maynard, he buried in St Martin's graveyard 27 April, 1844. George lived in the village of Yapham in a rented house, where he had his tailor's workshop. He also had access to a small croft-a field where he could grow crops. I did some research at the Borthwick Institute in York, where I obtained some photographs of the Tithe Map of 1845. Using this map & the information accompanying it I was able to find his home as it is now in Yapham.
His house in the cream painted house, to the left of the first white washed house. The house to the left of the cream washed house and the house buildings to the left of that house lie it once was the croft of George Martindale,which in 1845, according to the Tithe Award consisted of grass. So at the time of his marriage to Hannah, George was an established tailor, one of the craftsmen in the village. Other craftsmen at the time in Yapham was a blacksmith, wheelwright & shoemaker. So the people of Yapham had someone who could shoe their horses & make & mend metal machinery, someone who could make & repair their carts & wooden machinery, someone who could make & mend their shoes & boots & someone to make and mend their clothes.
So Thomas Martindale, their eldest son, was brought up in the above house in the square at Yapham. Between 1847 & 1861, the Martindale family grew in size as children were born every 2 years or so & baptised at St Martin's Church.
The next marker post as it were was the 1851 census-
This shows George 31, a tailor, born Pocklington.
Hannah, his wife, 30, born Fangfoss,
Thomas Martindale, 4, born Yapham,
William Martindale, 2, born Yapham
Richard S. Ingledew, 16, born, Yorkshire, an apprentice tailor.
William Martindale baptised at St Martin's, Yapham on 25 February 1849, William son of George & Ann Martindale, of
Yapham, a tailor, by JF Ellis, vicar (Source- Parish Record of Yapham in the County of York
John
Henry Martindale baptised at St Martin's Yapham on 14 March 1852
Baptism:
March 14, 1852, John Henry, son of George & Hannah Martindale, Yapham,
Tailor, J F Ellis, incumbent (BT:Baptisms in the Parish of Yapham in the County of York
Mary
Ellen Martindale baptised at St Martin's Yapham on 5 September 1854, but she died in 1854.
Baptism,
5 September 1854, Mary Ellen, daughter of George & Hannah Martindale, of
Yapham, Tailor, J F Ellis, vicar (BT Baptisms in the Parish of Yapham in the
County of York) Borthwick Institute)
Burial:
31 January 1856, at Yapham, aged 2 years, by J F. Ellis, Vicar (Parish Records,
Burials at Yapham, in the County
of York
George Gowthorpe Martindale baptised at St Martin's Yapham on 2 November 1856
Baptism:
November 2, 1856, George Gowthorpe, son of George & Hannah Martindale,
Yapham, tailor, by J F Ellis, Vicar (BT Baptisms in the Parish of Yapham in the
County of York
Robert Martindale baptised at St Martin's Yapham 12 November 1858
So by 1861, the home in Yapham was quite busy with 6 children aged between 14 & 3, but an event was going to happen just before census day in 1861 that must have had a dire effect on Thomas as the eldest of the family, but of all the others too. I discovered this as I was walking around the graveyard of St Martin's, Yapham on that day of August, 2012. Whilst taking a photograph of the church, there by the door of the church were two gravestones.
Yes, on 4 April, 1861, age 34, Hannah Martindale died, and was buried beneath this stone by a grieving George, no doubt with his young family around him. She was buried in the same grave as that of their daughter Mary Ellen. Judging by the date of her death, and that of the birth of their second Mary Ellen Martindale, their 7th child, who was baptised on 17 March 1861, Hannah may have died due to complications following child birth.
Baptism:
March 17, 1861, Mary Ellen, daughter of George & Hannah Martindale, of
Yapham, George Martindale’s occupation-Tailor & Farmer. (By James Francis
Ellis-incumbent vicar of Pocklington with Yapham)Source: Parish Record Baptisms
in the Parish of Yapham in the County
of York
Note George is now shown as a farmer & tailor.
The census date of 1861 was 7 April 1861, so one can only imagine the sorrow that George must have felt on that day as he completed his census form.
George Martindale, 41, widower, tailor employing 2 boys
Thomas Martindale, 14, tailor's son
William Martindale, 12, tailor's son
John Henry Martindale, 6, tailor's son
Robert Martindale, 2 tailor's son
Missing from the family group on census day was George Gowthorpe & Mary Ellen Martindale but staying with the family, no doubt after the funeral of Hannah was George's mother Mary Martindale (mis-transcribed by the census recorder as mother-in-law, when she is his mother)
George Gowthorpe Martindale on census day was staying with his grandparents, Thomas Gowthorpe & his wife Susannah whilst Mary Ellen, aged 1 month, is with a family called Simpson in Yapham. Maybe Mrs Simpson is acting as a wet nurse because Hannah Martindale, Mary's mother has just died, I don't think she is any relation at all, just friends pulling together in times of need.
That entry in Google Books above and further research by myself confirms that there was a school in Yapham,so it's quite likely that Thomas did attend a school for a short time and probably learnt to read & write. I suppose the next family event was his father George Martindale making for him a third marriage.
On 23 July 1862, George Martindale married Mary Wray at All Saints Parish Church Nafferton.
According to records at John Rylands College, Manchester, Thomas was a Primitive Methodist Minister from 1869 to 1877. However, in order to become a minister he would have to study in a classroom for a year and then be appointed to a church for on the job training, serving a probationary period of some 4 years, during which as well as preaching he would have to study for examinations as well. The first record I have of Thomas & Methodism is in a newspaper article.
PRIMITIVE
METHODIST CONFERENCE AT NOTTINGHAM .
The Sheffield
& Rotherham Independent (Sheffield, England), Saturday, June 04, 1870; pg.
8; Issue 5279. (479 words). 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II
The President, the Rev. M. Lupton, took his
place yesterday at nine am.
The following is a list of young men who
are received on probation, and whose trail is to be dated from 1869:-Wm. Knibb,
Matthew Smith, T. Martindale, P. Peacock, Chas. Leafe, etc
This article in the Sheffield & Rotherham Independent on Friday July 1st, 1870 reported on the occasion:
“Presentation to a Primitive Methodist Minister:- Last night, the Primitive Methodist Congregation at Doncaster, presented a handsome marble timepiece and an elegant silver inkstand to the Rev. Thomas Whittaker, superintendent of the Doncaster district. Mr. Whittaker appears to have won the hearts of his whole congregation, is leaving Doncaster for Scarbro'. The presentations took place in the schoolroom, Spring Gardens, and were made by the Rev. T. Martindale and Mr. Wadsworth. Mr. Martindale giving the inkstand in behalf of the Young Men’s Bible Class, and Mr. Wadsworth presenting the timepiece in the name of the congregation.”
This is that church, Spring Gardens Primitive Methodist Church Portland Place, Doncaster
See other old photographs of Doncaster http://doncasterhistory.co.uk/other/old-doncaster-images/
So by 04 April, 1871, according to the census Thomas is a full time Primitive Methodist Minister at Spring Gardens Methodist Church in Doncaster. He is in "digs" with a Mrs. Bramhill in Cemetery Road, Doncaster, not far from the city centre.
More about Doncaster Methodism can be found here:- http://www.doncastermethodistcircuit.org.uk/history.htm
PRIMITIVE
METHODIST CONFERENCE .
The
Sheffield & Rotherham Independent (Sheffield, England), Saturday, June 17,
1871; pg. 7; Issue 4710. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.
Conference
for 1872 should be held at Yarmouth. We make the following selections from the
list of stations of the itinerant preachers. HULL DISTRICT:
Grimsby
1st: John Stephenson (2), Thomas Martindale
So from 1872 to 1873, Thomas was working in Grimsby, in the First Methodist Circuit based at Victoria Street Primitive Methodist Church as an itinerant preacher, serving his 4 year probation. However Thomas passed his probation in 1873 and was appointed to Scarborough by Conference held in London in June 1873.
The Sheffield
& Rotherham Independent (Sheffield ,
England
Primitive
Methodist Conference: On Saturday morning, at nine o’ clock, the Conference
assembled in Ionbridge Chapel, London
Not long afterwards on 8th July 1873, Thomas married Jane Palliser, someone he must have met when in 1871 when he was serving in Doncaster. Before passing his probation he wouldn't have sufficient money to get married and keep a wife.
The record states this:
The record states this:
1873 Marriage solemnized at the Primitive Methodist Chapel
Sutton in the Forest in the District of Easingwold in the County of York
Number 141: 08 July 1873: Thomas Martindale 26 years, Bachelor, Primitive Methodist
Minister, of Grimsby, son of George Martindale, Draper & Tailor & Jane
Palliser 25 years, of Sutton in the Forest daughter of William Palliser a
builder were married in the Primitive Methodist Chapel by Robinson Cheeseman, Thomas & Jane sign register, William & Hannah Palliser witnesses. (Note Robinson Cheeseman his fellow probationer at Doncaster marries him to Jane).
This record shows a remarkable discovery for me, maybe an answer to a problem I have been seeking for many years. Note the record states that on 8th July1873, Thomas's abode is shown as being Grimsby. Much later on, in 1879, Thomas's then widow Louisa, married John Harry Doughty of Grimsby. I have always wondered a man from Grimsby could court & marry a girl from Beverley, Yorkshire with a huge piece of water in the way.
Thomas was then appointed to serve at Scarborough, again I turned to newspapers for information:-
The York Herald (York, England
Amongst the
preachers stationed were: Scarbro’: John Stephenson, 1, Alfred Kitson; Thomas
Martindale, James Mules, sup.
The York Herald (York, England
PRIMITIVE
METHODISM IN THE EAST RIDING-Conference in Filey
The Hull Packet
and East Riding Times (Hull, England), Friday, May 15, 1874; Issue 4661.
Ministerial
Appointments:- The Following are the Conference appointments for this
district:- Scarborough : John Stephenson,
Alfred Kitson, Thomas Martindale, James Mules, sup., and E. Morton, sup.
So Thomas & his Jane Martindalewere all set to start a new life in Scarborough, Yorkshire, leaving behind Doncaster Circuit. However, not long after they arrived at Scarborough, this article in the York Herald.
The
York Herald (York, England
DEATHS: On the 13th inst, aged 26,, Jane, wife of the Rev. Thomas Martindale, ofScarborough .
I have also used the Primitive Methodist Magazine as a source which is available online at British Online Archives http://www.britishonlinearchives.co.uk/index.php
For a small fee you can search for anything you want as the magazines have been digitalised, so I used them to search for Thomas Martindale and found a number of answers, however, two of the magazines were copied, and they are available to view at the John Rylands University in Manchester, UK, so I am going there sometime to look up Thomas's obituary which I know was in the 1877 magazine.
Anyway to get back to Thomas who was now in Scarborough, Yorkshire mourning the death of his wife Jane, who had died so young. On July 12 1875, Thomas took part in a large open air meeting of the Primitive Methodist Church in Malton.
Not long after this Thomas married his second wife, Louisa Dixon. She was the eldest daughter of Edward Dixon & his wife Eliza Jane Dixon, nee Dufton.
MARTINDALE-DIXON:-On November 6th, at the Primitive Methodist Jubilee Chapel, Aberdeen Walk, Scarborough, by the Rev. John Stephenson, the Rev. T. Martindale, Primitive Methodist minister, Scotter, Lincolnshire, to Louise, second daughter of Edward Dixon, Esq, Clifton Villa, Scarborough, and formerly of Micklegate, York-No Cards.
Photograph above provided with the kind permission of Neil Jefferson from Scarborough Old Photos and Next Generation on Facebook.
The marriage record records that they were married by John Stephenson, Thomas's fellow minister who was appointed with him to Scarborough in the record above. The certificate & newspaper article show the name & location of the Primitive Methodist Chapel in Scarborough in 1875.
This from an article in the Scarborough News:- http://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/nostalgia/methodism-grips-the-town-1-6391070
So by now Thomas had been appointed to Scotter in Lincolnshire. In fact according to the Primitive Methodist Magazine of 1875 he was appointed to Scotter in the conference of that year held at Leicester. His fellow ministers were George Shaw, & John F Reed. The conference report was also reported in the Lincolnshire Chronicle of Friday 25 June 1875. The conference of 1876, held in Newcastle upon Tyne in June appointed Thomas to Poole, so he and Louisa travelled to that part of Hampshire soon afterwards.
Thomas must have by now started to be ill-certainly his younger brothers suffered from breathing difficulties, maybe they had asthma, because that was the reason two of them emigrated to Australia. In January 1876, on 29th, Thomas made his will in the presence of his brother-in-law George Edward Dixon and a local builder called James Watts. By now he was living at "Herrington Villa", Oxford Road, Bournemouth, Hampshire.
On 29 November 1876 at "Herrington Villa", Thomas Edward Justyn Martindale was born to his parents Thomas Martindale & Louisa Martindale nee Dixon.
I wrote a letter to Bournemouth library in 2007 asking if they had any newspaper accounts for the death of Thomas Martindale whom I knew from Free BMD had died in Bournemouth area in 1877. This was the result.
Bournemouth Visitor's Directory (weekly paper)
Saturday January 27th 1877: DEATHS:-Martindale- January 22, the Rev. T Martindale,
Primitive Methodist Minister, aged 30 years.
Now it's 2017, and I have been sent some information about Thomas's grandfather, George Martindale, whose name is on the photograph above of a gravestone in Yapham Churchyard.
This is the stone:
Here is George Martindale in the 1841 Census, at the bottom of the page, as Geo. Martindale, aged 60, born in Yorkshire, in a family, where the head is a Joshua Leighton, an agricultural labourer aged 60 with Eliza Leighton,aged 12, Elizabeth Leighton aged 11 & Wm. Leighton aged 16, and at top of page a Hannah Hatadenby aged a female aged 20. They are all in a village called South Cave, at the area called West End. No for a long time I couldn't work out who this family were and how they were related to George. However just recently I have been contacted by a researcher into the Leighton family who has found that a Joseph Leighton also known as Joshua Leighton married Ann MARTINDALE at St Chad's Church, Rochdale, Lancashire on 11 June 1810.
So in the census of 1841 George Martindale is with his sister's family in South Cave whilst his new wife Mary Martindale is at home in the tailor's house & garden in Yapham. His two sons had their own families to care for on census day, 1841.Here is his wife Mary at their home in Yapham cum Meltonby:
Yapham: Mary Martindale, 45, born Yorkshire, William Catton, 19, Tailor's apprentice, born Yorkshire & George Newby, 14, Tailor's apprentice, born Yorkshire
His sister Ann Leighton, nee Martindale married to Joseph/Joshua Leighton born 1788, was at her son's farm in South Cave. He was called Richard Leighton.
West End, South Cave,
Richard Leighton, 25, Farmer, born Yorkshire: Ann Leighton, 60, born Yorkshire: Ann Evans, 35, born Yorkshire, Edward Evans, 3, born Yorkshire, Sarah Evans, 1, born Yorkshire: Jane McTurk, 40, of Independent Means, not born in Yorkshire: Margaret McTurk, of independent means, 12, not born in Yorkshire, etc.
Now a few years later back in Yapham where George lived as the village tailor, in the Tithe Map of 1845, George is listed as the tailor and his house is visible on the Tithe Map of the village.
You will note that the map shows the village of Yapham, divided into numbered plots. For example the church is number 148, next to it are plots 143 & 142. Geo Martindale has a house & tailor's shop on Plot 108, but as you can see that's a large plot, much bigger than most of the smaller plots like 118, 121, The Blacksmith's shop, 104, the Wheelwright's shop & House and 107, W. Gowthorpe's shoemaker's house & shop. etc. In fact George rented his plot from the landowner called George Wilson.
On the Tithe award which I viewed and purchased from the Borthwick Institute, reads thus:
Landowner: George Wilson: Occupier: Geo. Martindale: Land & Description:Number Referring to the plan: 108: Croft: 3 Rods & 32 perches: State of Cultivation: Grass: 118: House & Garden: 1 rod & 22 perches, not in cultivation:
So as you can see the map should read,Geo Martindale Croft: 108 & House & Garden: 118:
Now I can't find George or his wife Mary in the 1851 Census.
DEATHS: On the 13th inst, aged 26,, Jane, wife of the Rev. Thomas Martindale, of
I have also used the Primitive Methodist Magazine as a source which is available online at British Online Archives http://www.britishonlinearchives.co.uk/index.php
For a small fee you can search for anything you want as the magazines have been digitalised, so I used them to search for Thomas Martindale and found a number of answers, however, two of the magazines were copied, and they are available to view at the John Rylands University in Manchester, UK, so I am going there sometime to look up Thomas's obituary which I know was in the 1877 magazine.
Anyway to get back to Thomas who was now in Scarborough, Yorkshire mourning the death of his wife Jane, who had died so young. On July 12 1875, Thomas took part in a large open air meeting of the Primitive Methodist Church in Malton.
The
York Herald (York, England
Great Gathering of Primitive
Methodists at Malton
On Sunday and Monday there
was a gathering at Malton of the members of this connection in the Malton
Circuit, but in consequence of the stormy weather which prevailed throughout
the whole of Sunday, the proceedings were very much interrupted. The Orchard
Field had been secured for the open-air
demonstration, which had to be omitted, but on Sunday morning there were large
processions throughout the borough, and in Greengate, sermons and addresses
were delivered by the Rev. J. Gregory, from Pudsey; Rev. J. Swan, of
Sunderland; and Mr. Gasgoigne, Scarbro’. In the afternoon there was a second
large congregation in the chapel. Lovefeasts were held in the evening in the
various chapels of the borough. In the evening the Revs. J. Swan, of Sunderland , and T. Martindale, of Scarbro’, preached in
the market-place, and afterwards a large public meeting was held in the chapel
presided over by Mr. Charles Witham.
Not long after this Thomas married his second wife, Louisa Dixon. She was the eldest daughter of Edward Dixon & his wife Eliza Jane Dixon, nee Dufton.
The
York Herald (York, England), Saturday, November 13, 1875; pg. 5; Issue 5855.
19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II
MARTINDALE-DIXON:-On November 6th, at the Primitive Methodist Jubilee Chapel, Aberdeen Walk, Scarborough, by the Rev. John Stephenson, the Rev. T. Martindale, Primitive Methodist minister, Scotter, Lincolnshire, to Louise, second daughter of Edward Dixon, Esq, Clifton Villa, Scarborough, and formerly of Micklegate, York-No Cards.
The marriage record records that they were married by John Stephenson, Thomas's fellow minister who was appointed with him to Scarborough in the record above. The certificate & newspaper article show the name & location of the Primitive Methodist Chapel in Scarborough in 1875.
This from an article in the Scarborough News:- http://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/nostalgia/methodism-grips-the-town-1-6391070
So by now Thomas had been appointed to Scotter in Lincolnshire. In fact according to the Primitive Methodist Magazine of 1875 he was appointed to Scotter in the conference of that year held at Leicester. His fellow ministers were George Shaw, & John F Reed. The conference report was also reported in the Lincolnshire Chronicle of Friday 25 June 1875. The conference of 1876, held in Newcastle upon Tyne in June appointed Thomas to Poole, so he and Louisa travelled to that part of Hampshire soon afterwards.
Thomas must have by now started to be ill-certainly his younger brothers suffered from breathing difficulties, maybe they had asthma, because that was the reason two of them emigrated to Australia. In January 1876, on 29th, Thomas made his will in the presence of his brother-in-law George Edward Dixon and a local builder called James Watts. By now he was living at "Herrington Villa", Oxford Road, Bournemouth, Hampshire.
On 29 November 1876 at "Herrington Villa", Thomas Edward Justyn Martindale was born to his parents Thomas Martindale & Louisa Martindale nee Dixon.
I wrote a letter to Bournemouth library in 2007 asking if they had any newspaper accounts for the death of Thomas Martindale whom I knew from Free BMD had died in Bournemouth area in 1877. This was the result.
Bournemouth Observer (biweekly paper) Saturday January
27th 1877: On the 22nd January, at Bournemouth ,
the Rev. T Martindale, aged 29 years.
He left a will as this record at Winchester Archives records
"Rev Thomas Martindale formerly of Scarborough then Scotter in
Lincolnshire died 22 Jan 1877 in Bournemouth proved at Winchester by Louisa
Martindale of Scarborough widow relict and Edward Dixon of Clifton Villa
Scarborough gentleman the executors"
In the will which was made on the 29th January 1876, in the presence
of George Edward Dixon, ironmonger, of Bournemouth and James Watts, builder of
Bournemouth, he appointed his wife Louisa Martindale and Edward Dixon of
Clifton Villa, Scarborough in the county of York, gentleman as trustees of his
will. He bequeathed all the household, furniture, plate, linen china, glass
provisions and other household effects belonging to him at the time of his death
to his wife, Louisa Martindale. His wife was to put certain sum of money in
trust for any children that he had(if he had any), and the rest was to be
shared between his sister Mary Ellen Martindale, and brothers William
Martindale, John Henry Martindale, George Gowthorpe Martindale and Robert
Martindale.
In effect, the will only amounted in total sum of less than
£100.
He was buried in Christchurch Cemetery in an unmarked grave. I have been to that cemetery but failed to find the grave. In March 2022, I was sent an email from a person called Mike ELLIS, who had seen the gravestone of Thomas MARTINDALE at Christchcurch Cemetery and sent me a photograph of his gravestone, which I have added to this blog: 
That year the Primitive Methodist Conference was held in Scarborough and in the magazine an obituary for Thomas was published. The magazine was not digitalised by BOA, so I will be going to Manchester to view it there at John Rylands College library, Deansgate. I will add the obituary in due course.
So ended the life of Thomas; his widow Louisa went on to marry John "Harry" Doughty of Grimsby. Together they had my grandfather Stanley Doughty born 1880.
Now it's 2017, and I have been sent some information about Thomas's grandfather, George Martindale, whose name is on the photograph above of a gravestone in Yapham Churchyard.
This is the stone:
In Loving Remembrance of George Martindale of Yapham, who died February 11th 1858, aged 74 years. So this George Martindale was born about 1784. In fact he was born on 24 August 1783, at Pocklington, the son of William Martindale & Hannah KIRBY. He was christened at a church in Pocklington on 21 September 1783-most likely the parish church.
Summary of his life
"When George Martindale was born on 24 August 1783 in Pocklington, Yorkshire, his father, William, was 26 and his mother, Hannah, was 20. He married Faith Staddears and they had two children together. He then married Mary Rea on 18 November 1837 in York, Yorkshire. He died on 11 February 1858 in his hometown of Yapham, at the age of 74."
George Martindale was born on 24 August 1783 in Pocklington, Yorkshire, to Hannah Kirby, age 20, and William Martindale, age 26. The rercord at Borthwick Institute states this:
Baptisms at Pocklington: PR at Borthwick Institute, York
George, Martindale, son of FATHER William Martindale, labourer of Pocklington, son of George Martindale, Spridlington, farmer, MOTHER: Hannah, daughter of Thomas Thirsby of Pocklington and Elizabeth his wife. Born August 24 1783 baptised 21st September 1783
His brother William was born on 21 March 1786 in Pocklington, Yorkshire, when George was 2 years old. (Number 22: William Martindale, son of William Martindale, labourer of Pocklington and Hannah, daughter of Thomas Thirby , born March 21, 1786, baptism, 6 April 1786)
His sister Ann was born on 16 July 1788 in Pocklington, Yorkshire, when George was 4 years old.
No 38, Ann Martindale, daughter of William Martindale, of Pocklington, labourer, & Hannah Daughter of Thomas Thirby, born July 16 1788 bap. July 20 1788
His brother John was born on 21 October 1795 in Barmby Moor, Yorkshire, when George was 12 years old.
George Martindale lived in Fridaythorpe, Yorkshire, on 22 January 1805.
Number 9: George Martindale bachelor, of the parish of Fridaythorpe, & Faith Staddears, spinster of this parish were married in this church by banns this twenty second day of January in the year 1805 by Richard Wadworth, curate of Pocklington.
22 January 1805 • Fridaythorpe, Yorkshire, England
Faith Staddears is a bit of a mystery-it's a good possibility that her surname is spelt wrongly, but as she died before the census was put together it's difficult to trace her real name. There was a girl called Faith Stothers, daughter of Elizabeth Stothers born in Yapham cum Meltonby, 2 March 1783 & christened at that church on 9 March 1783 according to family Search where those Martindales lived so it's possible that she is one of them.
George Martindale by trade was a tailor, his craft was recorded on the baptism of his son Thomas who was born & christened in Fridaythorpe-October 1807 • Fridaythorpe, Yorkshire, England
4 October 1807: Thomas, son of George & Faith Martindale, Fridaythorpe, tailor (birth 22 September 1807)
George & Faith do not have another child until 1820, and that was in Pocklington. The name of the child was George, born before February 15 1820, because that was when he was christened in the Parish Church at Pocklington. Just having two children was quite unusual for a married couple in the 1800's.
Not having the proper record of this christening, just Family Search, the occupation of George, the father of a young George Martindale is not mentioned. I shall have to go to the Borthwick Institute in York and look it up.
Anyway the family move to Yapham Cum Meltonby, a few miles from Pocklington, where George becomes the tailor in the village. The next record I have of George is death of his wife Faith-
952: Faith Martindale, of Yapham, buried at Pocklington on 28th February 1836, aged 52 years, G A Cockburn, vicar. Source:Source Information
Title
Pocklington Parish Records, Repository Information,
Name, Borthwick Institute, York University, Address
University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK, Email
bihr500@york.ac.uk
So George was left with his 2 sons, Thomas now 29 & George 16.
The following year, 1837, George marries again: on 18 November 1837, at York St Martin, Coney Street, George married Mary Rea, daughter of Robert Rea. At the time he was living in Acomb. So another trip to the Borthwick to record that marriage in detail.
So the next official record I have for George is the 1841 census,
George Martindale was born on 24 August 1783 in Pocklington, Yorkshire, to Hannah Kirby, age 20, and William Martindale, age 26. The rercord at Borthwick Institute states this:
Baptisms at Pocklington: PR at Borthwick Institute, York
George, Martindale, son of FATHER William Martindale, labourer of Pocklington, son of George Martindale, Spridlington, farmer, MOTHER: Hannah, daughter of Thomas Thirsby of Pocklington and Elizabeth his wife. Born August 24 1783 baptised 21st September 1783
His brother William was born on 21 March 1786 in Pocklington, Yorkshire, when George was 2 years old. (Number 22: William Martindale, son of William Martindale, labourer of Pocklington and Hannah, daughter of Thomas Thirby , born March 21, 1786, baptism, 6 April 1786)
His sister Ann was born on 16 July 1788 in Pocklington, Yorkshire, when George was 4 years old.
No 38, Ann Martindale, daughter of William Martindale, of Pocklington, labourer, & Hannah Daughter of Thomas Thirby, born July 16 1788 bap. July 20 1788
His brother John was born on 21 October 1795 in Barmby Moor, Yorkshire, when George was 12 years old.
George Martindale lived in Fridaythorpe, Yorkshire, on 22 January 1805.
Number 9: George Martindale bachelor, of the parish of Fridaythorpe, & Faith Staddears, spinster of this parish were married in this church by banns this twenty second day of January in the year 1805 by Richard Wadworth, curate of Pocklington.
22 January 1805 • Fridaythorpe, Yorkshire, England
Faith Staddears is a bit of a mystery-it's a good possibility that her surname is spelt wrongly, but as she died before the census was put together it's difficult to trace her real name. There was a girl called Faith Stothers, daughter of Elizabeth Stothers born in Yapham cum Meltonby, 2 March 1783 & christened at that church on 9 March 1783 according to family Search where those Martindales lived so it's possible that she is one of them.
George Martindale by trade was a tailor, his craft was recorded on the baptism of his son Thomas who was born & christened in Fridaythorpe-October 1807 • Fridaythorpe, Yorkshire, England
4 October 1807: Thomas, son of George & Faith Martindale, Fridaythorpe, tailor (birth 22 September 1807)
George & Faith do not have another child until 1820, and that was in Pocklington. The name of the child was George, born before February 15 1820, because that was when he was christened in the Parish Church at Pocklington. Just having two children was quite unusual for a married couple in the 1800's.
Not having the proper record of this christening, just Family Search, the occupation of George, the father of a young George Martindale is not mentioned. I shall have to go to the Borthwick Institute in York and look it up.
Anyway the family move to Yapham Cum Meltonby, a few miles from Pocklington, where George becomes the tailor in the village. The next record I have of George is death of his wife Faith-
952: Faith Martindale, of Yapham, buried at Pocklington on 28th February 1836, aged 52 years, G A Cockburn, vicar. Source:Source Information
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So George was left with his 2 sons, Thomas now 29 & George 16.
The following year, 1837, George marries again: on 18 November 1837, at York St Martin, Coney Street, George married Mary Rea, daughter of Robert Rea. At the time he was living in Acomb. So another trip to the Borthwick to record that marriage in detail.
So the next official record I have for George is the 1841 census,
Here is George Martindale in the 1841 Census, at the bottom of the page, as Geo. Martindale, aged 60, born in Yorkshire, in a family, where the head is a Joshua Leighton, an agricultural labourer aged 60 with Eliza Leighton,aged 12, Elizabeth Leighton aged 11 & Wm. Leighton aged 16, and at top of page a Hannah Hatadenby aged a female aged 20. They are all in a village called South Cave, at the area called West End. No for a long time I couldn't work out who this family were and how they were related to George. However just recently I have been contacted by a researcher into the Leighton family who has found that a Joseph Leighton also known as Joshua Leighton married Ann MARTINDALE at St Chad's Church, Rochdale, Lancashire on 11 June 1810.
So in the census of 1841 George Martindale is with his sister's family in South Cave whilst his new wife Mary Martindale is at home in the tailor's house & garden in Yapham. His two sons had their own families to care for on census day, 1841.Here is his wife Mary at their home in Yapham cum Meltonby:
His sister Ann Leighton, nee Martindale married to Joseph/Joshua Leighton born 1788, was at her son's farm in South Cave. He was called Richard Leighton.
West End, South Cave,
Richard Leighton, 25, Farmer, born Yorkshire: Ann Leighton, 60, born Yorkshire: Ann Evans, 35, born Yorkshire, Edward Evans, 3, born Yorkshire, Sarah Evans, 1, born Yorkshire: Jane McTurk, 40, of Independent Means, not born in Yorkshire: Margaret McTurk, of independent means, 12, not born in Yorkshire, etc.
Now a few years later back in Yapham where George lived as the village tailor, in the Tithe Map of 1845, George is listed as the tailor and his house is visible on the Tithe Map of the village.
You will note that the map shows the village of Yapham, divided into numbered plots. For example the church is number 148, next to it are plots 143 & 142. Geo Martindale has a house & tailor's shop on Plot 108, but as you can see that's a large plot, much bigger than most of the smaller plots like 118, 121, The Blacksmith's shop, 104, the Wheelwright's shop & House and 107, W. Gowthorpe's shoemaker's house & shop. etc. In fact George rented his plot from the landowner called George Wilson.
On the Tithe award which I viewed and purchased from the Borthwick Institute, reads thus:
Landowner: George Wilson: Occupier: Geo. Martindale: Land & Description:Number Referring to the plan: 108: Croft: 3 Rods & 32 perches: State of Cultivation: Grass: 118: House & Garden: 1 rod & 22 perches, not in cultivation:
So as you can see the map should read,Geo Martindale Croft: 108 & House & Garden: 118:
Now I can't find George or his wife Mary in the 1851 Census.
