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CRUNKHORN, Martha
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Name CRUNKHORN, Martha Birth 1696 Moulton, Lincolnshire, England
Gender Female Death 1721 Spalding, Lincolnshire
Burial 26 Jun 1721 Spalding, Lincolnshire
Person ID I1466 Edgoose Last Modified 2 Feb 2026
Father CRUNKHORN, Richard, b. 13 Nov 1659, Morton By Bourne, Lincolnshire
d. 1707, Moulton, Lincolnshire, England
(Age 47 years) Mother FOUNTAINS, Martha d. 1705, Moulton, Lincolnshire, England
Marriage 6 Jun 1689 Moulton, Lincolnshire, England
Family ID F664 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family ATKINSON, Joseph, b. 1688, Spalding, Lincolnshire
d. 1738, Spalding, Lincolnshire
(Age 50 years) Marriage 14 Apr 1715 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire
Children 1. ATKINSON, Mary Magdalen d. 1731, Spalding, Lincolnshire
[Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. ATKINSON, Robert d. 1720, Spalding, Lincolnshire
[Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. ATKINSON, William d. 1720, Spalding, Lincolnshire
[Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. ATKINSON, Anne d. 1721, Spalding, Lincolnshire 
5. ATKINSON, Elizabeth d. 1721, Spalding, Lincolnshire 
6. ATKINSON, Joseph d. 1724, Spalding, Lincolnshire
[Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F842 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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MARTHA ATKINSON nee CRUNKHORN 1696-1721
Martha, daughter of Rich: and Martha CHRUNKHORN, was baptised at Moulton, Lincolnshire, on 31 March 1696.
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An Index of the Will of Richard CRUNKHORN (1659-1707), yeoman, of Moulton, Lincolnshire. The Will was made on 29 October 1707. Probate was granted at Lincoln in 1707.
01*Richard CRUNKHORN, the Testator.
02 Richard CRUNKHORN, eldest son of the Testator.
03 John CRUNKHORN, son of the Testator.
04 Luke CRUNKHORN, son of the Testator.
05*Martha CRUNKHORN, daughter of the Testator.
06 John EDGOOSE, brother-in-law of the Testator, guardian, executor.
07 Geo. ELDRED, witness.
08 Jude FISHER, witness.
09 Solomon MORRIS, witness.
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1705-1708/35)
She witnessed the will of John EDGOOSE in 1715.
An Index of the Will of John EDGOOSE (1649-1715), yeoman of Pinchbeck. The Will was made on 30 March 1715.
01*John EDGOOSE, the Testator.
02 John EDGOOSE, grandson of the Testator.
03 William WILKINSON, tenant.
04 MARROT, tenant.
05 John GRIMES, grandson of the Testator.
06 James GRIMES, grandson of the Testator.
07 Elizabeth GRIMES, granddaughter of the Testator.
08 Anne GRIMES, granddaughter of the Testator.
09 William LEWIN, tenant.
10 William WIMBER, tenant.
11 Joseph MASON, tenant.
12 John BRICKLES, tenant.
13 Henry ELLWOOD, tenant.
14 Thomas BAKER, tenant.
15 Judith HAMERS, reversion following her death.
16 Jane CHAMBERLAIN, wife of John CHAMBERLAIN.
17 John CHAMBERLAIN.
18 COLE
19 James EASDALE, tenant.
20 Elizabeth, wife of James GRIME, daughter of the Testator.
21 Mary, wife of John WILKINSON, grandaughter of the Testator.
22 John WILKINSON, who married Mary GRAYHAM, granddaughter of the Testator
23 Elizabeth LAWSON of Gosberton, widow.
24 Mary, the wife of Joseph MASON, kinswoman of the Testator.
25 Mary HOULDEN, the Testator's maid servant.
26 Robt. NEWTON, the Testator's manservant.
27 John PAGE, the Testator's manservant.
28 John CRUNKHORN, son of the Testator's brother-in-law Richard CRUNKHORN.
29 Richard CRUNKHORN, brother-in-law of the Testator.
30 Luke CRUNKHORN, son of the Testator's brother-in-law Richard CRUNKHORN.
31 Mr. Edward DALE, guardian of the Testator's grandson John EDGOOSE.
32 Mr. Squire HUDSON, guardian of the Testator's grandson John EDGOOSE.
33 James GRIMES, son-in-law of the Testator.
34*Martha CRUNKHORN, witness.
35 John HUCKBODY, witness.
36 John WEYMAN jun., witness.
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1715/i/51)
Martha CRUNKHORNE and Joseph ATKINSON married at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 14 April 1715.
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The Will of Richard CRUNKHORN (abbreviations expanded):
In the Name of God Amen I Rich(ar)d CRUNKHORN of Spalding in the County of Lincoln Grocer doe make and ordein this my last will & testam(en)t in manner following That is to say Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my Brother John CRUNKHORN and to my Brother Luke CRUNKHORN and to each of them the sume of fifty pounds to be paid them out of my Estate hereafter menc(i)oned when they shall attain their severall Ages of one and twenty years
Item I give unto my Brother and Sister Joseph ATKINSON and Martha his wife All that my Farm in Moulton in Henngate late in tenure of John BROCKY(?) and now in the occupac(i)on of him the said Joseph ATKINSON And alsoe all those nine acres in tenure of Mathew DEPEER in Moulton afores(ai)d. And all other my houses lands and tenem(en)ts whatsoever & wheresoever To hold to them the said Joseph ATKINSON & Martha his wife for & dureing the Term of their naturall lives And the life naturall of the Survivour of them and afterwards to the right heires of the sd Joseph ATKINSON for ever Subject nevertheless to the paym(en)t of the said two Legacies to my Brothers John & Luke
And my mind farther is and I doe direct that the said two Legacies shall be placed out at Interest for my said Brothers by my said brother Joseph ATKINSON within six months after my decease And in case either of them should dye before he attaining his Age of one & twenty years Then I give the Legacie of him that shall soe die and all the Interest & advantages thereof to the Survivour of them two And if they should both happen to dye under the s(ai)d Age Then I give both the said Legacies and all the Interest and advantage thereof to my said sister Martha the wife of the s(ai)d Joseph ATKINSON And I doe make the said Joseph ATKINSON Executor of this my will In Witnes whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal the thirteenth day of Aprill Anno D(o)m(in)e 1717
Signed sealed published & declared by the s(ai)d Rich(ar)d CRUNKHORN to be his last will in the p(re)sence of
Henry X GOODLAD
William YOUNGER
Wm ATKINSON
(LCC Wills 1717/ii/16)
Martha ATKINSON, wife of Joseph, was buried at Spalding, Lincolnshire, on 26 June 1721.
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(revised 14.02.2020)

