Family of John Postans & Martha Reynolds

Personal Details
- John Postans
  John was born in 1809 in Knighton Upon Teme and his christening took place there on March 4th, 1810.²¹
  - Birth Notes
    - Birth place: Knighton, Worcestershire, England (1851 census)
      
      Knighton is about 20 miles west of Ludlow, so seems strange he was born here, and then worked as a Farm Labourer around Tunbury, south east of Ludlow. It is more likely he was born in Knighton Upon Teme, Worcester, which is also where he married Martha in 1834.
      
      aka: Knighton On The Hill.
      
      JOHN POSTON
      Birth:
      Christening: 04 MAR 1810   Knighton Upon Teme, Worcester.
      Parents:
      Mother: HONORIA POSTON
      
      John POSTANS
      Birth:
      Christening: 04 MAR 1810   Knighton Upon Teme, Worcester.
      Death:
      Burial: 25 OCT 1887   Tenbury, Worcester, England
      Parents:
      Father: John LEELWARD or LEETWARD
      Mother: Honoria or Honor POSTONS
  He died at the age of 78 in October 1887 in Tenbury. His burial was on October 25th, 1887 in Tenbury.¹³
  - Death Notes
    - John may have died between 1851 and 1861. After 1851, all the children split up, and went into service, boarding or married. It's not clear what happened to John. If he stayed in Worcestershire, then the only death before 1861 is in Kidderminster (6c,137), but this isnt him.
      An IGI record has his death as 1887 which also confirms his birth in Knighton Upon Tern.
      
      John POSTANS
      Event(s):
      Birth:
      Christening: 04 MAR 1810   Knighton Upon Teme, Worcester.
      Death:
      Burial: 25 OCT 1887   Tenbury, Worcester, England
      Parents:
      Father: John LEELWARD or LEETWARD
      Mother: Honoria or Honor POSTONS
      
      Deaths Dec 1887   (>99%)
      Postans John 78 Tenbury 6c 133
  Martha Reynolds
  Martha was born about 1809 in Herefordshire.⁴ She died in December 1850 in Tenbury.³
  - Death Notes
    - Martha was missing from the 1851 census, but had a son Henry, born in Tenbury, in 1850. Martha must have died soon after Henry was born. The death is recorded in her maiden name.
      
      Name: Martha Postons
      Year of Registration: 1850
      Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
      District: Tenbury
      County: Herefordshire, Hereford and Worcester, Shropshire, Worcestershire
      Volume: 18
      Page: 359

Children
- Mary Postans
  Mary was born in 1835 in Middleton On The Hill.⁴
  - Birth Notes
    
    Where born: Herefordshire, England
    Civil parish: Middleton On The Hill
    
    Born: Rochford, Herefordshire, England (1851 census)
  Ann (Anne) Postans
  Ann, known as Anne, was born in 1836 in Tenbury and her christening took place on December 18th, 1836 in Rochford.⁵¹
  - Birth Notes
    
    Aged 28 in 1861, Born Tenbury
    Aged 35 in 1871, Born Worcester
    Aged 40 in 1881, Born Tenbury
    Aged 50 in 1891, Born Rochford
    Aged 60 in 1901, Born Rochford (Rockford on Index)
    
    Rochford is a small vilage about 1 mile east of Tenbury Wells, so this is the more likely place where Ann was born. Tenbury is then the obvious registration district, but there are no Births registered here for Ann. It appears Ann is older, and probably the age given in 1871 is her correct age. Then we find a Church IGI record for ann, christened at Rockford.
    
    ANN POSTANS
    Event(s):
    Birth:
    Christening: 18 DEC 1836 Rochford, Worcester, England
    Parents:
    Father: JOHN POSTANS
    Mother: MARTHA
  She died at the age of 82 on October 29th, 1918 in Ludlow.¹
  - Death Notes
    
    An IGI record has Ann's parents and exact date of death. The FreeBMD record gives an approximate age of 76, but Ann did loose about 5 years on her age between the 1871 and 1881 census records, so is clearly the same person.
    
    ANN POSTANS
    Event(s):
    Birth:
    Christening: 18 DEC 1836 Rochford, Hereford, England
    Death: 29 OCT 1918
    Burial:
    Parents:
    Father: JOHN POSTANS
    Mother: MARTHA REYNOLDS
    
    Name: Ann Clements
    Death Registration Month/Year: 1918
    Age at death (estimated): 76
    Registration district: Ludlow
    Inferred County: Shropshire
    Volume: 6a
    Page: 1152
  Jane Postans
  Jane was born in 1838 in Little Hereford.²
  John Postans
  John was born in June 1840 in Little Hereford.²
  - Birth Notes
    
    10 months old on 1841 census
  Thomas Postans
  Thomas was born in 1842 in Middleton On The Hill.²
  
  William Postans
  William was born in 1846 in Laysters.²
  Henry Postans
  Henry was born in 1850 in Tenbury and his christening took place on March 20th, 1850.²¹
  - Birth Notes
    
    Henry POSTANS
    Event(s):
    Birth:
    Christening: 20 MAR 1850 Tenbury, Worcester, England
    Parents:
    Father: John POSTANS or POSTON
    Mother: Martha REYNOLDS

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