Born in Spring Creek, Marlborough, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Charles Bright
and Jane (Newport) Bright
Sister of
Ann Jane (Bright) Neal, Thomas Alfred Bright, Eliza (Bright) Hamon, Robert Bright, Henry James Bright, Sarah Maria (Bright) Fredericks, Joseph William Bright, John Bright, Walter Bright, William James Bright and Horace Charles Bright
Wife of
Thomas Ambrose Clarke
— married
4 Jun 1896 in Otaki, New Zealand
Descendants 
Mother of
Annie Eva Sarah Grace (Clarke) Boyd, Elsie Matilda Mary (Clarke) Palmer, Amelia May (Clarke) Tutt, William Hender Ambrose Clarke, Martha Jane (Clarke) Johnson, Thomas Charles Clarke and Eliza Isabel (Clarke) Thomas
Died
at age 68
in Wellington, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Sep 2015
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Biography
Martha was born in 1867. She was the daughter of Jane Newport and Thomas Bright[1]
She married Thomas Ambrose Clarke in 1896 [2]
She passed away in 1935 age 67[3] and was buried in Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand.[4]
Sources
- ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
- NZ Birth registration 1867/21458
- ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
- NZ Marriage registration 1896/765
- ↑ "Births, Deaths & Marriages Online", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz), Death Registration of Martha Ellen Clarke, aged at death 67Y; citing Registration Number 1935/20084.
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #172100890
See also:
- Descendants of Samuel Newport and Catherine Bradley edited by Daniel Connell (unpublished family tree)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha:
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~3.12%
John Bright
:
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Annie Tatton :
23andMe
-
~1.56%
Marcus Strudwicke :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A685020 [compare], Ancestry member 1_strudwick
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A685020 [compare], FTDNA kit #336524
-
~1.56%
Vannessa Woolf :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UX1996984 [compare], Ancestry member VannessaWoolf
-
~1.56%
~3.12%
Lynn Austin :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Liz Newport :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H681512 [compare]
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~0.78%
Tristan Burtenshaw :
23andMe, GEDmatch M184656 [compare]
-
~0.78%
~1.56%
Tania (Somervail) Beynon :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member somervailt
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Liz Newport
Bright-2265 and Bright-1494 appear to represent the same person because: Same name year of birth date of death and husband
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by Liz Newport
Rejected matches › Helen Clarke (1870-) › Ellen Clarke (abt.1869-) › Martha E (Britt) Jones (abt.1865-) › Ellen May (Clark) Follett (1866-1936)
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