In 1834 Thomas Martin was the sole executor and residuary legatee of his father's Will.
At the time of the 1841 England Census Thomas Martin, aged about 35, farmer, and wife Maria Martin, aged about 30, were living in Hextle House, East Peckham Kent. With them were children: Edwin (5), Emily (2) and Frederick (1 month).
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Thomas Martin of East Peckham died aged 47 years (burial record).
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MARTIN.—July 3, at Hextall Court, East Peckham, aged 47, Thomas Martin, Esq., whose many amiable qualities had endeared him to his friends and neighbours, and his loss will be much felt in the parish.
The Sussex Advertiser, 10 Jul 1849, p. 9
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HADLOW.
The mortal remains of our late esteemed neighbour, Thomas Martin, Esq., of East Peckham, were deposited in the family vault in the chancel on Wednesday last. The funeral was quite unostentatious ; no mourning coaches were used, but the hearse was followed by 13 private carriages, containing the friends of the deceased, who were desirous of sharing in the last tribute of respect to departed worth. His life was marked by kindness and charity, and many are left to mourn his death.
Kentish Gazette, Tuesday, 24 Jul 1849, p. 3
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Abstract of the Will of Thomas Martin of East Peckham in the County of Kent, Gent., written 16 Mar 1849, proved 7 Sep 1849. 4
Appoints his wife Maria Martin, his nephew George Simmons son of his late sister Elizabeth Simmons, and his friend Thomas Martyr Wild of Brandbridges in the parish of East Peckham, gentleman, executors and trustees of his will and guardians of his children. He bequeaths to his trustees and executors £100 for their efforts.
Desires to be buried in the chancel of the parish church of Hadlow in the county of Kent.
Bequeaths £2,000 to his brother William Martin.
Bequeaths £200 each to his nephew the said George Simmons, his nephew Thomas Simmons* son of his sister Ann Simmons wife of Henry Simmons, and to his nieces Anne Simmons, Mary Ann Simmons and Elizabeth Simmons (sisters of the said Thomas Simmons).
* Thomas Simmons married in 1856 to Caroline Deudney, a niece of Thomas Martin's wife Maria.
Bequeaths £200 to his servant Edward Hodge.
Made bequests in the form of dividends and interest payments to his sisters Frances, widow of the late Henry Bates, and Sophia, wife of John Taylor.
Made bequests in the form of dividends and interest payments to his daughters Emily Martin† for the term of her natural life and Anna Martin.
† Emily Martin was buried in Hadlow St. Mary on 8 Mar 1851, aged 11 years.
Gives and bequeaths £6,000 each to his sons Horace Martin, Edwin Martin and Leslie Martin.
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