Peter Hunnisett

Martin & Elizabeth Effemey of Romsey

Martin, the son of Martin and Mary Evemy, was baptised in West Tytherley, about 10 miles north-west of Romsey in Hampshire, on 27 March 1787.

Elizabeth Harding, daughter of William and Hannah, was baptised in Romsey on 27 February 1791.

Martin Effemey married Elizabeth Harding in Romsey on 6 December 1807 and they had a number of children baptised there:

Martin, and his son Martin, both seem to have been known as Mart which was sometimes mis-heard and appears in some records as Mark.

Elizabeth was buried in Romsey on 22 January 1837 and the 1841 census shows Mark living in Latemore Street, Romsey, along with William, Louisa, his married daughter Fanny and her husband William Rogers.

In 1851 Mark was still in Latemore Street, but this time his son, William, was staying with him along with his wife and daughter. In most records Mark was shown as a farm labourer.

By 1861 Mark was staying with his son Martin and his family and he died in 1866 aged 81.

Of their children:

• • Jane had a daughter, Fanny Effamy, baptised in Romsey on 30 September 1830 and buried there on 14 January 1831. Jane died and was buried in Romsey on 11 January 1832.

• Stephen was a farm worker and married Martha Wren in Michelmersh on 13 October 1831. They had the following children baptised:

  William

  18 Dec 1831

  Romsey

  Jane

  26 May 1833

  Romsey

  Ellen

  7 Sep 1834

  Romsey

  Elizabeth

  12 Jun 1836

  Romsey

  George

  1 Jul 1838

  Romsey

  Charles

  3 Jan 1841

  Romsey

  Edwin

  5 Feb 1843

  Romsey

  Alfred

  27 Apr 1845

  Michelmersh

  Fanny

  18 Jul 1847

  Michelmersh

  Frederick

  11 Nov 1849

  Michelmersh

  John

  23 Nov 1851

  Michelmersh

  Henry

  28 Feb 1854

  Michelmersh

  Sarah

  13 Apr 1856

  Michelmersh

  It is clear from the Romsey baptisms that they had moved to Michelmersh by 1836 which is where they were living in 1841 and at Marsh Cross, in 1851. Two of their children, Elizabeth and Charles, were staying with Martha’s parents, John and Elizabeth Wren, also in Michelmersh. By 1861 the family had moved to Timsbury. In 1871 and 1881 they had Martha’s widowed mother, Elizabeth Wren, living with them. They were still in Timsbury in 1891. Stephen died towards the end of 1891.

  • Jane married John Meaby in Michelmersh on 4 October 1851 and by 1861 they were living in Timsbury with their children. She died in 1885.

  • Ellen married John Vaughan in Michelmersh on 7 December 1853.

  • Elizabeth married Philip Percy in Timsbury on 3 April 1862.

  • George married Ellen Sullivan in Southampton in 1857.

  • Charles married Elizabeth Wren in Michelmersh on 13 April 1861.

  • Edwin married Mary Ann Sillence in Romsey in April 1888.

  • Alfred married Jane Oliver in Nursling on 13 October 1866 where they had Fred in 1868, George and Harry in 1870, and Alfred in 1872.

  • Fanny married Henry Charles Biddicombe in Timsbury on 22 November 1869.

  • Frederick married Mary Ann Day in Timsbury on 29 July 1871.

  • John married Sarah Jane Whatley in Polplar, London, in 1874.

  • Henry married Emma Coward in Timsbury on 8 January 1877.

• Fanny married William Rogers, a farm worker, in 1837. They seem to have always lived in Latemore Street, Romsey, but had no children.

• Martin, mostly shown as a shoemaker, married Elizabeth Teagues in St John's, Winchester on 20 September 1840 and they lived in Romsey where they had the following children baptised:

  Albert Frederick

  11 July 1843

  born 29 Mar

  Ellen

  11 Apr 1845

  born 5 Apr - died 1854

  William Edward

  6 Jun 1848

  Elija Martin

  6 Sep 1851

  born 5 Aug - died 1855

  Alford

   

  born 12 Nov 1853 - died?

  Ellen Emily

  8 Apr 1855

  Walter

  14 Jun 1857

  born 19 May

  Henery Heber

   

  19 Jan 1860 - died 1860

  Alfred

  12 Jan 1862

  born 27 Nov 1861

  In 1851 Martin, shown as Mark, was living in Latemore Street and they had Elizabeth’s father, William Teagues, staying with them. In 1861 they were at Hundred, Romsey, and had Martin’s father staying with them and they were still there in 1871. Martin died in 1880, aged 61.

  • Ellen had a son William Thomas in 1872, but he died the same year. Also in 1872 she married Thomas Scammell on Poplar, London. Their daughter, Beatrice, was staying with Ellen’s widowed mother in Romsey in 1891.

  • William married Eliza Macey in Horton, Dorset, in 1886.

  • Walter married Jessica Mullis in Shoreditch in 1886. He died in 1935.

  • Alfred married Emily Moore in Portsea in 1887.

• William was a farm labourer and married Martha sometime in 1842. Their only known child was baptised in Romsey:

  Fanny Louisa

  11 Apr 1847

  Romsey

  In 1851 they were staying with William’s father in Latemore Street, and in 1861 they were shown at China Court, Romsey. William died in 1875 and Martha in 1876.

  • Fanny married John Chant in Romsey on 27 Novenmber 1864.

• Louisa married Joseph Chapman and lived in Romsey and later Redhill.