An Amy TOWNEND was christened 2 May 1772 in Luddenden, Yorkshire, daughter of Martin Townend and Martha Thornley. However, it is likely this was a different Amy
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Amy married Stephen Davis/Davies in 1795 in West Ham Essex (now part of Greater London). Amy's name was recorded as Amey in the marriage register and Emma in the christening records of her first two children who were christened in Burbage in 1796 and 1798. The rest of her children were christened in the nearby parish of Great Bedwyn from 1801, noting the family appears to have been residing in Great Bedwyn from 1796 (see notes under husband Stephen Davies and eldest daughter Maria).
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In 1820 Amy Davis was a witness at the marriage of her second daughter Elizabeth to George Pike.
In 1830 Amy Davis was a witness at the marriage of her third daughter Ann to Thomas Eastman.
In 1841, Amy Davies (65), independent, was living in Brook St., Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, with her daughter Ann Eastman and her family.
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Amy Davies of Marten died aged 74 years (burial record).
Marriage Information:
Amy married Stephen Davis, son of Thomas Davis and Ann Ogbourn, on 28 Dec 1795 in All Saints' Church, West Ham, Essex, England. (Stephen Davis was christened on 13 Oct 1775 in Burbage, Wiltshire, England and was buried on 15 un 1836 in Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England, aged 60 years.)
Marriage Notes:
Stephen Davis, Bachelor, and Amey Townsend, Spinster, both of this Parish*
Married by Banns
Both signed
Witnesses: Benjamin Barber, Hy. Challon
* "both of this Parish" simply means that the groom and bride had been residing in West Ham for 8 months or more. The couple returned to the groom's home county within twelve months after their marriage. It is entirely possible that Amy was native to Essex; however, she appears in neither the baptismal register for West Ham between the years 1770 to 1775 inclusive), nor in any of the baptismal registers for those nearby parishes thus far examined.
