Martin CHRISTIAN

Male 1563 - 1615  (~ 52 years)


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  • Name Martin CHRISTIAN 
    Christening 28 Jul 1563  Headcorn, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Move 1592  Pevensey, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Occupation Husbandman  [3, 4
    Will 3 Aug 1615  [5
    Burial 10 Aug 1615  Pevensey, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Probate 29 Aug 1615  Lewes, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Reference Number 4096 
    _UID DA2D574DB8E9D411AF25801457C10000B1F0 
    Person ID I142  Christians of Pevensey
    Last Modified 24 Jun 2009 

    Father Robert CHRISTIAN,   b. Abt 1540   bur. 25 Apr 1593, Headcorn, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 53 years) 
    Mother [CHRISTIAN],   b. Abt 1540   bur. 12 Jan 1586/87, Headcorn, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 47 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1560  [7
    _UID C12C574DB8E9D411AF25801457C100009751 
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Joan [CHRISTIAN],   b. Abt 1565   bur. 26 Feb 1596/97, Pevensey, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 32 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1590  [8
    _UID 4B2D574DB8E9D411AF25801457C100002200 
    Notes 
    • There is nothing to indicate whether Martin and Joan were married before or after he moved to Pevensey.
    Children 
    +1. John CHRISTIAN,   b. Bef Aug 1592   bur. 23 May 1623, Pevensey, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 30 years)
    +2. Steven CHRISTIAN,   b. Aft Aug 1594   bur. 21 Jun 1639, Pevensey, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 44 years)
    Family ID F83  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Sep 2013 

    Family 2 Darothie [CHRISTIAN],   b. Abt 1575   bur. 18 Dec 1644, Westham, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Marriage Between 1596 and 1602  [9
    _UID 4D2D574DB8E9D411AF25801457C100002420 
    Notes 
    • Dorothy named in conveyance of February 1602/3. Date of marriage must be after death of Joan (1596) but before conveyance. Given the bapt of Abraham (Mar 1602/3), the marriage is probably before summer 1602.
    Children 
    +1. Abraham CHRISTIAN,   c. 6 Mar 1602/03, Waldron, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 8 Sep 1643, Pevensey, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 40 years)
     2. Sara CHRISTIAN,   c. 26 Dec 1606, Catsfield, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Mary CHRISTIAN,   c. 14 Apr 1611, Pevensey, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 31 Dec 1626, Pevensey, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 15 years)
    Family ID F84  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Jun 2009 

  • Event Map
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  • Notes 
    • Churchwarden in Pevensey, 1610.
    • Property transactions:
      1) 6 Sep 1600, Bought two pieces of property in Waldron Sussex from Samuel Harper
      2) 2 Feb 1602/3 Sold property to in Waldron Sussex to Zealous Fuller. ESRO Add MS 307, PRO CP/25(2)/233, 44 Elizabeth I, Easter Term - Foot of Fine
      3) 3rd Mar 1610, Bought land with house in Horseye, Pevensey fromThomas Snow of Hailsham. (Probably the dwelling house referred to in will). ESRO Add MS 1544 Deed Poll.
      4) 1614/15, Gregg's Croft bought from Francis Norman and Zabulon Newington (Will)

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Parish Register, Headcorn, Kent, (microfilm).

    2. [S51] Deposition, Archdeaconry of Lewes, given 8th January 1612, Ep. II/5/9, ff. 39-41.
      Martin Christian of Pevensey in the County of Sussex, husbandman where he has lived for approximately the past twenty years, having been born in Headcorn in the County of Kent, of about 50 years of age, freely (so he says) gives sworn testimony as follows... [original in Latin]

    3. [S52] Will of Martin Christian, 3 August 1615, (Archdeaconry of Lewes).

    4. [S51] Deposition, Archdeaconry of Lewes, given 8th January 1612, Ep. II/5/9, ff. 39-41.

    5. [S52] Will of Martin Christian, 3 August 1615, (Archdeaconry of Lewes).
      Proved 29 August 1615

    6. [S6] Parish Register, Pevensey Sussex, (indexed transcript), SX/R113.

    7. [S1] Estimated.
      from baptism of son

    8. [S1] Estimated.
      from approx. age of eldest child mentioned in Martin's will

    9. [S20] Deduced.
      From burial of Martin's previous wife and baptism of first known child