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Title: Sophia Brown - b.Kings Lynn abt.1800
Post by: tikki_nik2 on Saturday 17 February 07 14:34 GMT (UK)

hI,

I have just got one line of my family back to Sophia Brown b. abt. 1800 Kings Lynn, Norfolk. She later married John Low of Laxfield, Suffolk and had a family in Cambridge. Does anyone know of any records from Kings Lynn that would help me to research her further?

Many thanks

Nikki

Title: Re: Sophia Brown - b.Kings Lynn abt.1800
Post by: teddybear1843 on Saturday 17 February 07 19:31 GMT (UK)

Hi Nikki

there are the usual Parish Registers but with the Lynn Parishes, there are a lot of people baptised every year.

With a name like Brown, your job is made all the more difficult.

Do you know when she married?  Who were the witnesses? Any clues to siblings?

One way to tie up children and parents is to look at wills, there are several Brown/e wills for King's Lynn.  It is a long job, but one that can pay dividends.


Best of luck.

Teddy

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Title: Re: Sophia Brown - b.Kings Lynn abt.1800
Post by: paulbarrett1984 on Saturday 31 March 07 23:57 BST (UK)

Hello,

It may be nothing, but one of my ancestors, Sophia Brown, was born in Gressenhall in c1807, but married in Lynn in 1829, to William Barrett.

Possibly a connection?

Paul.

Title: Re: Sophia Brown - b.Kings Lynn abt.1800
Post by: teddybear1843 on Sunday 01 April 07 10:12 BST (UK)

Hi Paul

I can see no Sophia Brown baptised in the Gressenhall, Beetley or Longham registers around 1807 but I have not checked any non-conformist registers and the other thing to realise is that she could have been baptised in the Workhouse.  If a child was born in the workhouse in Gressenhall, they were often baptised in their own parish when they went home, if they did go home.

Fate is a funny thing, I am sitting in Gressenhall at the moment!

Best of luck.

Teddy
 ;)