Martha Catherine (Carter) Aubrey (1726 - 1788)

Born 1726 in Chilton, Buckinghamshire, England

Wife of Thomas Aubrey 5th Bt — married 18 Jul 1738 in England

Descendants

Died 5 Dec 1788 at about age 62 in Bath, Somerset, England

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Biography

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Martha, child of Richard Carter & Martha Cornish of Chilton, England, was born in about 1726 and baptised on 23 February 1726 in Northwold, Norfolk, England.^[1]

Martha Catherine Carter married Sir Thomas Aubrey in 1783 in St George, Hanover Square, Middlesex, England.^[2]

Their children are:

1. Sir John Aubrey (1739-1826), 6th baronet
2. Col. Thomas Aubrey (1740-1814)
3. Col. Richard Aubrey (1744-1808)
4. Patricia (k/a Patty) Mary Aubrey (1751-74), born on March 28, 1751; died unmarried on September 13, 1774, and was buried at Boarstall, where she is commemorated by a monument.

They lived at Stoke Lyne (Oxon). The Boarstall estates were settled on Thomas by his father in 1738. He further inherited the settled estates at Llantrithyd from his elder brother in 1768. He also had a house in Bath, which made a convenient stopping place on his journeys between the two estates.

Martha died at Bath on December 5, 1788. She was buried at Llantrithyd on December 14th.^[3] Find A Grave: Memorial #138330496 retrieved May 3, 2020.

Thomas died on September 4 1786 and was buried at Llantrithyd on September 13. ^[3] Find A Grave: Memorial #138330454 retrieved May 3, 2020.

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812"
   Norfolk Record Office; Norwich, Norfolk, England; Norfolk Church of England Registers; Reference: PD 373/3
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61045 #1216015 (accessed 23 January 2023)
   Martha Carter baptism on 23 Feb 1726 (born about 1726), child of Richard Carter & Martha Carter, in Northwold, Norfolk, England.
2. ↑ Marriage: "Westminster Marriages"
   Archive: City of Westminster Archives Centre
   FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 23 January 2023)
   Martha Catherine Carter marriage to John Aubrey in 1783 in St George, Hanover Square, Middlesex, England.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} The Complete Baronetage, Vol. III, p 94

• This is the source for information unless otherwise referenced: Landed Families of Britain and Ireland – Aubrey, later Aubrey-Fletcher, of Llantrithyd, Boarstall, Dorton and Chilton.