Martin Teague (1783-1842)

Martin Teague was born in Cornwall. The date of his birth or baptism is currently unknown, as are the names of his parents and siblings. The approximate date given for his year or birth in this articlae is an estimate only based on what little information is known of him.

Although his parents and siblings are currently unknown, Martin is likely to be connected to the family of Martin and Elizabeth Teague (nee Nicholls), who lived in the St Hillary area of Cornwall from the 1730s to 1760s. The reason for this supposition is that the names of the children of this couple are almost identical to the names that Martin would give his own children. More research is required to connect the two families.

It should also be known that Martin is occassionaly recorded under the Teague surname variant 'Tyack' or 'Tyacke'. The use of this variant appears to have died out with his children, and the name 'Teague' has been used ever since.

Marriage
Martin married Ann Trounson at St. Erth in Cornwall on 27/1/1818. Her family were also from the St. Erth area. Martin and Ann would go on to have 7 children that have been identified as present. Although never officially given as a middle name, some of this children are occassionally identifed as having the middle name 'Trounson', possibly done by later researchers as a way of idenitying their records separately from other Teague families. The marriage record has Martin's surname recorded as Tyack.

1841 census
In the 1841 census for Cornwall, the family was living at North Parade, Camborne. Ann is recorded at home with children Martin, Jennifer, Ann and Margaret, while Martin is recorded at Gurlyn Mill, St Erth, where he was employed as a miller. His age is recorded on the census as 55, but it is beleived that this age is incorrect.

Other census information
Martin is yet to be located in later census information, but his children have been. Eldest son Martin became a stone mason who was lodging with Thomas Williams and family at St Buryn in 1851, and moved to the town of Paul after his marriage in 1854. He is at Paul in the 1861 and 1871 census, and is also recorded in a Rootsweb record of stone masons in Cornwall for 1871 and 1881. The same document names another Martin Teague, born in approximately 1800 at St Erth, also as a stone mason of the Paul township. It is possible that this is his father Martin, having changed occupations and living in the same town as his eldest son. This is unlikely however (but not impossible), considering wife Ann's second marriage to a James Holman in 1843. Further investigation is required.

Death
No information on Martin's death is currently known. Considering wife Ann's second marriage in October of 1843, he is likely to have died between the census of 1841 and 1843. This will need to be investigated however, as information on stone masons in Paul in 1871 list a possible entry for Martin.

Children

 * colspan="3" bgcolor="#FFfce0" style="color: #000000;" |Children of Martin and Ann Teague
 * colspan="3" bgcolor="#FFfce0" style="color: #000000;" |Children of Martin and Ann Teague