Martha Poole (1803 - 1821)

Born 14 May 1803 in New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Died 17 Jun 1821 at age 18 in Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Martha was born in 1803. She was the daughter of Richard Ridge and Jane Poole. She passed away in 1821.

Birth Martha was born 14 May 1803, and it was not until 1811 that she was baptised at Parramatta.^[1]

Baptism: The following is from St. John's Church, Parramatta register: "Martha, daughter of Richard Ridge & Jane Poole; Born 14 May 1803, Baptised 25 Aug 1811, by [Rev] Samuel Marsden, Registered at St John's Church of England Parramatta, Cumberland.^[2]

Death 17 June 1821.^[3] Buried St John's Cemetery Parramatta.^[4] Her grave has the inscription:

Sacred

to the memory of

MARTHA POOLE

who departed this life

June the 17 1821

Aged 18 years

Sources

1. ↑ New South Wales. Department of Justice and Attorney General. NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages. [data-base on-line]: POOLE MARTHA 2483/1803 Vol1A and 725/1803 Vol 148
2. ↑ New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Baptisms, 1790-1916 for Martha Ridge https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/60622/images/44132_1831101454_0699-00437?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=f2b535f9e6fd2fba22b609155e683750&usePUB=true&_phsrc=dOf31160&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.207244379.974301773.1615626329-748394131.1571540596&pId=29131
3. ↑ No death registration is in NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, data-base on-line, and her burial is not recorded in St John's Parramatta burial register.
4. ↑ Dunn, Judith, The Parramatta cemeteries: St John's. Parramatta: Parramatta and District Historical Society, 1991.

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New South Wales, Australia

Source: Ancestry.com. Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Text: Name: Martha Ridge Gender: Female Birth Date: 14 May 1803 Birth Place: Parramatta Baptism Place: St Johns Church, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Residence Date: 1803 Residence Place: New South Wales, Australia Father: Richard Ridge Mother: Jane Poole FHL Film Number: 1363870 Death Death 17 June 1821 (Age 18)

Source: Dunn, Judith, The Parramatta cemeteries: St John's. Parramatta: Parramatta and District Historical Society, 1991 Burial Burial Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia