Saturday, June 25, 2011

Happy 291st anniversary, William SHELVERTON & Martha MANNING

My 7th great-grandparents were married on June 25, 1720 in Snailwell, Cambridgeshire, England. Snailwell is near Freckenham.
(The original record lists the groom as William SILVERTON).

Keith Paterson  has posted this photo of St. Peter's in Snailwell. This may have been the church where they were married.

More images of St. Peter's Snailwell



St Peter, Snailwell - Roof (John Salmon) / CC BY-SA 2.0

We are not sure where exactly William and Martha were born and baptized, nor do we yet know their parents.

The couple lived at Timworth, Suffolk, near Bury St. Edmunds.
They had at least nine children:
Martha 1721
Hannah 1722 - died 1782 Freckenham, Suffolk.
Elizabeth 1724
Mary 1727
Anne 1729
*William 1731, married Ann BELL, died 17 Oct 1796 Burwell.
Susanna 1733, married Charles Mortlock, died 1821 Freckenham
Samuel 1735
Thomas 1736 baptized May, buried November

William Shelverton was buried 17 Nov 1757 in Freckenham, Suffolk. His wife Martha Shelverton was buried many years later - 20 Aug 1783 in Freckenham.

There is a SHELVERTON one-name project at GOONs. Contact Sandra Adams

This is our "brick wall couple". Any suggestions would be most welcome!

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