Martha Bishop ~1773-1849

1757. A Martha Bishop was baptised Worth to Henry Bishop & Eliz. 12/9/1757 . This would make her ~ 9 years older than her husband Nathaniel, & it also could not be she giving birth up to 1810 or even 1820!!. So no suitable baptism for a Martha Bishop found

1790. Martha Bishop married Nathaniel Gunn 1766 on 1/7/1790, St Nic Brighton - from DGunn ancestry tree & confirmed on Ancestry England & Wales marriages 1538- 1940.

Nathaniel & Martha had Stephen Henry 1793, Reuben1795, Martha 1803, Nathaniel 1803, Thomas 1806 & 1813 John 1808, Elizabeth 1810, George 1820 & Elizabeth 1822 - this latter would mean she were only ~15 when she married!

1841C Living Brighton Place, Brighton, Nat Gunn 70 fisherman with Martha 65, ages likely rounded down, so would suspect we have Nathaniel 1766 & Martha Bishop here

GUNN, Nat M 70 1771 Sussex  
GUNN, Martha F 65 1776 Sussex  
GUNN, Geog M 20 1821 Sussex

1845. Nathaniel Gunn 1766 dies, aged 79, buried 2/11/1845 St Nicholas, Hanover Chapel, Brighton .

1849 His widow, Martha Gunn, nee Bishop, dies, aged 79, buried 30/8/1849 St Nicholas, Hanover Chapel, Brighton

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