Martha Washbourne

     Martha was born before December 1637 in Bengeworth, Wickenford Parish, Worchestershire, England. In December 1637, she was christened in Bengeworth, Wickenford Parish, Worchestershire, England, at the parish church of St. Peter. Martha married Edmund Titus, son of Robert Titus and Hannah Carter, before 29 September 1657 in Westbury, Hempstead Town, Queens County, Long Island, New York, at the Quaker Meeting House. 31 August 1698, Edmund and Martha and her husband, [ROF:Hempstead Town] were listed on the Hempstead Town Census. Enumerated in this household were Edmund Titus, Martha, Peter, Silas, Hannah, Patience. Martha's husband, Edmund, died on 7 April 1715 in Hempstead Town, Queens County, Long Island, New York, leaving her a widow. Martha departed this life the 17th day of the 2nd month 1727 in Hempstead Town, Queens County, Long Island, New York. She had been bedridden for several years prior to her death. She was buried at Hempstead Town, Queens County, Long Island, New York.