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The Rebows and the Martins

  • Captain Matthew Martin (1676 - 1749)

    Captain Matthew Martin (1676 - 1749)

    Captain of the 480-ton 'Marlborough' a merchant ship in the service of the East India Company
  • Captain Matthew Martin's Family Tree

    Captain Matthew Martin's Family Tree

    Showing the two marriages between the Martin and the Rebow family a) between Mary Martin (i) and Isaac Lemyng Rebow in 1729 and b) between Mary Martin (ii) and Isaac Martin Rebow in 1772 (a first cousin marriage)
  • Captain Matthew Martin's Will 1748

    Captain Matthew Martin's Will 1748

    Proved at London 20 July 1749, National Archive PRO 11/772/98
  • Essex People 1750-1900

    Essex People 1750-1900

    By A. F. J. Brown, Essex Record Office Publications No. 59, Essex County Council,1972, SBN 900360 14 3, 206pp
  • Mary Martin Rebow Letters 1767-1779

    Mary Martin Rebow Letters 1767-1779

    Held in the Washington State University Digital Collection
  • Mary Martin's Will 1703

    Mary Martin's Will 1703

    Captain Matthew Martin's mother National Archives Probate 11/518
  • Samuel Martin's Will 1765

    Samuel Martin's Will 1765

    Proved at London, 13 June 1765, National Archives PRO 11/909
  • Samuel Martine's Will dated 30 November 1689

    Samuel Martine's Will dated 30 November 1689

    Captain Matthew Martin's father who was also a mariner
  • The Victorian Transformation of St Mary’s Church, Wivenhoe, in 1860

    The Victorian Transformation of St Mary’s Church, Wivenhoe, in 1860

    The Transformation of St Mary's in 2021 isn't its first one!
  • Will of George Edwards, Esquire, Royal Navy 1751-1797

    Will of George Edwards, Esquire, Royal Navy 1751-1797

    Illegitimate son of Isaac Martin Rebow
  • Will of John Gurdon Rebow 1799-1870

    Will of John Gurdon Rebow 1799-1870

    End of the Rebow bloodline
  • Will of Mary Hester Slater Rebow 1777-1834

    Will of Mary Hester Slater Rebow 1777-1834

    Great Great Granddaughter of Sir Isaac Rebow.
  • Will of Mary Rebow Martin 1751-1804

    Will of Mary Rebow Martin 1751-1804

    Commonly called Mary Rebow
  • Will of Sarah Martin (1683-1738) made in 1722

    Will of Sarah Martin (1683-1738) made in 1722

    Wife of Captain Matthew Martin. National Archives Probate 11/695 5 March 1738
  • Will of Sir Isaac Rebow d. 1726

    Will of Sir Isaac Rebow d. 1726

    MP for Colchester on many occasions.
  • Will of Thomas Martin 28 July 1772

    Will of Thomas Martin 28 July 1772

    National Archives PRO 11/1019
  • Wivenhoe Park: A History of the House and Grounds

    Wivenhoe Park: A History of the House and Grounds

    By Rosemary Feesey, Benham,1963, 47pp, (Essex County Libraries 942.671)
People
  • 50 Years of Playing the Organ at St Mary's
  • About Emily Jane Chidwick
  • About John Forsdick
  • About Lt. Commander Leonard Cockrell DSO
  • About the Mary Ann Sanford almshouses in Rebow Road
  • About the Rebow Almshouses and Mary Ann Sanford
  • About the Sanford Family and their Legacy
  • About the Wivenhoe Memories Exhibitions
  • About William Sanford b. 1749 -1830
  • Alexander Kay Barlow
  • An early resident of the Mary Ann Sanford almshouses - Mary Ann COLE
  • Anna Maria Turner - An early resident of the Mary Ann Sanford Almshouses
  • Arthur Shead
  • Bawtree/Hawkins Family Connection
  • Benjamin Stacey
  • Berkley Sainty
  • Bill Sadler
  • Bill's Model Boats
  • Births, Marriages and Deaths in Wivenhoe
  • Brian Anderton
  • Cllr Bill Sparrow
  • Daryl Williamson: Childhood Memories - A Wivenhoe Lad in the 1960s
  • Dr Wiliam Dean, Doctor in Wivenhoe for nearly 50 years (died Feb 1996)
  • Elsie Emma Harlow
  • Ernest James RAND
  • Essex People 1750-1900
  • Four Generations of the Scofield Family
  • Fred Downing's model Thames Sailing Barge
  • Fun and Games in the 19th Century
  • Graves and their Transcriptions in Wivenhoe's New Cemetery
  • Harry and Sarah Rice - Incomers at Work WW1
  • Harry William Peck and the History of Cedrics Garage
  • Harvey John Wix
  • Helen Hawkins
  • Henry Foote of Wivenhoe 1595
  • Herring smoking at The Cross
  • Ida Green
  • Jack Barrell Remembered (Born in 1910 and died in 2005)
  • Jean Harding (1923 - 2008)
  • Joan Hickson OBE - 'Miss Marple' [1906 - 1998]
  • John Espinasse's Will 14 July 1726
  • John Martin-Harvey. The Biography of an Actor-Manager
  • John Stewart who died on 5th February 2018
  • John Venstree of Wivenhoe 1591
  • Jonathan Carter's Will 1765
  • Joyce Blackwood: Childhood Memories - 1934 to the Pre Second World War
  • Len Barton & Gordon Green - Greengrocers in Wivenhoe
  • Lily Elizabeth Wade
  • Local Land Army Girls in 1942
  • Lord Hill of Wivenhoe
  • Lt Commander Leonard Charles Cockrell, Master Mariner in the early 1900s
  • Mary Ann Howling - an early resident of the Mary Ann Sanford almshouses
  • Mary Ann Turner, one of the first residents in the Sanford Almshouses
  • McEvers Bayard Brown
  • Member of Husk's Shipyard family visits the Wivenhoe Memories Exhibition - April 2015
  • Memories of the Village Bakery
  • Michael William Butt
  • Mr and Mrs Pawsey of Ballast Quay House
  • Mr Peter Green of Wivenhoe in his fishmonger's shop in Eld Lane, Colchester
  • Opening Ceremony of the Wivenhoe Almshouses
  • Otto Magnus Andersen
  • PC Sid Cox - Wivenhoe's policeman 1972 - 1997
  • People who have lived at Jonathan Feedham Court
  • People who have lived at the Mary Ann Sanford Almshouses
  • People who have worked for Wivenhoe Town Council
  • Phoebe Burrows story from about 1850 to the present day
  • Private Sid Ham Essex Regiment
  • Rear Admiral John Lee Barber's 90th Birthday Celebration - April 1995
  • Rear-Admiral John Lee Barber DSO CB (1905 - 1995)
  • Reflections on life at the Wivenhoe Girls and Infants School
  • Rennie, Ritchie & Newport Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
  • Residents of the Wivenhoe Almshouses
  • Rifleman Harold HARLOW (died 25th April 1917)
  • Samuel Gardiner Green [1839-1921]
  • Sarah Ann Eaton - an early resident of the Mary Ann Sanford Almshouses
  • Semprini lived in Wivenhoe
  • Shead Family - Early 1900s
  • Stanley Cook
  • Story of the Black Buoy Public House under Reg and Jean Blackwell
  • The Conways - Wivenhoe's Forgotten Family
  • The Funeral of Eccentric Millionaire Bayard Brown who died in April 1926
  • The Great Escape in 1870
  • The John Stewart 'Gone Fishing' Memorial Trophy
  • The Nick Butler Interviews
  • The Racing Yacht "Genesta"
  • The Sanford Family Legacy in the 1800s
  • The Three Avian Friends
  • The Watshams
  • The Will of John Potter - 1759
  • The Wivenhoe Doctors in the late 1800s
  • Thomas Cawton (1605-1659)
  • Thomas Corder Goodwin (6 October 1833 – 22 July 1900)
  • Thomas Tunmer - and a Forgotten Spa
  • Tony Forsgate's early memories growing up in Wivenhoe in the 30s and 40s
  • Victor Williamson
  • Visitors to Husk and Son's Boatyard
  • WAGA People
  • Who Lived in Wivenhoe in the 18th Century and What Did They Do?
  • Will of John Thomas, Yeoman, 1809 - 1813
  • Will of Kezia Hines 20 August 1880
  • Will of Mary Hester Slater Rebow 1777-1834
  • William Brummell (1777-1853)
  • Wivenhoe Families
  • Wivenhoe Football Club
  • Wivenhoe Footballers - 1907
  • Wivenhoe Open Gardens started in 1987
  • Wivenhoe People- Royal Navy
  • Wivenhoe Quarry, W.G. and Mr Bill Loveless
  • Wivenhoe Regatta - July 2016
  • Wivenhoe Sailing Club - 1925
  • Wivenhoe Town Council Mayors
  • Wivenhoe Urban District Council Chairmen
  • Wivenhoe Welslyan Brass Band 1911
  • Workers Education Association - Wivenhoe Branch
  • The Gooch Family
  • The Havens Family
  • The Corsellis Family
  • People Interviewed for the Story of Wivenhoe
  • People who served in WW1
  • Other People
  • The de Veres
  • The Rebows and the Martins
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