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Thank you everone. BeverlyW, the person who added all the family names on your post had an email address and has replied to my mail Thanks. Thanks also mgnv... you are all stars.

To search Perth area cemeteries from the end of the 19th cent on, see:
http://www.mcb.wa.gov.au/ResearchAndGenealogy/Search.aspx

Alviegal... been ploughing through so much stuff.. but not come across that yet.... thanks.. you are a star.x

My goodness, I take it you have seen this. There are dozens of names on this.


http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/10421/20041220-0000/www.firstfamilies2001.net.au/firstfamily1572.html?id=MARTIN159563427

Beverly - sorry typo her birthdate is 1796 c - dates have varied on different records, but your info is correct. Thanks for your help

Ann thanks. I was given that the Burgess name was wrong from someone who had Elizabeth as a very distant ancestor ( from another page) and said it had been researched and put down to spelling error. Now I know this is wrong
I will be honest with everyone here. I am doing this as a favour and don't want to spend out too much on records. I was overwhelmed in less than 48 hours I had found nearly 200 ancestors, including some but not many living.. simply by researching one name. Australians seem very keen on genealogy and have great records. Am having to narrow down the more distant ones to keep some control over it and concentrating on direct lineage. Also would love some family background. You people are great, I had a lot of help doing my family tree which took months and months. Thanks so much

First name(s) Mercy
Last name Martin
Gender Female
Baptism year 1828
Baptism date 1828
Residence Salehurst, Sussex, England
Place Salehurst
County Sussex
Country England
Father's first name(s) Henry
Father's last name Martin
Mother's first name(s) Elisabeth

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Name: James Burgess
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 07 Oct 1816
Event Place: Northiam, Northiam, Sussex, England
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Batcup

GS Film Number: 001894275 , Digital Folder Number: 004426949 , Image Number: 00562

1841, no help except that the 1776 birth date is not accurate.

Name: Elizabeth Martin
Age: 40
Estimated birth year: abt 1801
Gender: Female
Where born: Sussex, England
Civil Parish: Salehurst
Hundred: Henhurst
County/Island: Sussex
Country: England
Registration district: Ticehurst
Sub-registration district: Salehurst and Bodiam and Etchingham
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 1108
Book: 7
Folio: 27
Page Number: 17

Henry Martin 40
Elizabeth Martin 40
Harriett Martin 15
Mercey Martin 13
Eliza Martin 11
Francis Martin 5
Elizabeth Martin 8
Henry Martin 2

Presumably you have the link for Western Australia BMD records:
http://www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au/_apps/pioneersindex/default.aspx

I am researching this family for a friend in Australia.

He is directly descended from Elizabeth Batcup ( sp) 1796 - 1887 circa. She married Henry Samuel Martin. Nov 8 1822. Records show her down as Burgess but this is incorrect at wedding.. They married in Sussex. They emigrated to Fremantle Australia August 20th 1843 on the Simon Taylor ship, with them were their children - Samuel MARTIN ......
MARTIN Harriet ......
MARTIN Mercy ......
MARTIN Eliza ......
MARTIN Elizabeth ......
MARTIN Frances
MARTIN Henry ......
MARTIN Alfred
Daughter Elizabeth marries Edward Charles Henry Turner ( this is my friend's direct link). Frances marries William Edward Syred - Alfred m Patience May - Eliza m Samuel Thornton - Mercy m William Webb - Harriet marries William John Gibbs.

We believe but not 100% that Elizabeth Batcup parents were John and Elizabeth. Salehurst comes up in some searches. Any info on the family before Elizabeth most welcome. Any details about the family in Australia also welcome. Father and oldest son Samuel at time of emigration were agricultural labourers.

EDIT - Sorry typo.. edited year of birth for Elizabeth