1776 Baptised , with a twin sister Mary, on 3/3/1776 to George Seddon, weaver, in Denton St Lawrence - Manchester baptisms Ancestry
Martha Seddon married Gideon Coope on 2/1/1794 Prestwich , by license- IGI . Also FMP - witnesses were Samuel Coope & Samuel Grimshaw. Neither bride nor groom could write. Both were of the parish of Preston. No image given on FMP
They seemingly had 5 children
1799. Crispin Coope baptised to them Prestwich
1801. Gideon Coope baptised to them Prestwich
1805 Betty Ogden Coope baptised to them Prestwich
1807. Their daughter Matty was buried Prestwich - seemingly not baptised Ancestry
1809 Joshua Coope baptised to them Prestwich
Jnhwhitaker family tree Ancestry: Think John is descended from Betty Ogden Coope 1805
1812. Gideon Coope, joiner & builder, Prestwich, went bankrupt in 1812- press articles on FMP.
1814. Martha Coope dies . Buried 19/1/1814 Prestwich - Ancestry Coope tree
Her widower, Gideon Coope, remarried in 1815, had at least 8 more children, and died in 1843