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Title: St Mary's Cemetry, Mistley, Essex query
Post by: PER on Wednesday 13 October 21 19:11 BST (UK)
Hi All,

Thank you for reading my query.

Do you know if any old headstones from the 1700's still exist (and are readable) at St Mary's in Mistley?
Do you know if these headstones have been transcribed anywhere?
          - Billion graves has 13 headstones relating to military people but not the full graveyard done.
          - findagrave dont have them :(

I think my 4x great grandparents were buried there, Hannah Dyer buried 1765 and Samuel Francis Dyer buried in 1771. There are not a lot of sources for this couple back then; so exploring the long shot possibility that a gravestone might give any further information.

Thank you for reading

Best wishes

Paula
Title: Re: St Mary's Cemetry, Mistley, Essex query
Post by: sandiep on Thursday 14 October 21 20:09 BST (UK)
Essex & Suffolk surnames have transcriptions for Parish registers  in St Mary Mistley might give you some info

https://essexandsuffolksurnames.co.uk/parish-register-transcriptions/essex/mistley-st-mary/
Title: Re: St Mary's Cemetry, Mistley, Essex query
Post by: PER on Thursday 14 October 21 21:18 BST (UK)
Thank you Sandip, I checked the burials on here but its the same as is on findmypast and freereg.org unfortunately. Also happy to look at different sources though :)
Title: Re: St Mary's Cemetry, Mistley, Essex query
Post by: sandiep on Friday 15 October 21 11:57 BST (UK)
Have you tried asking Mistley Parish Council  someone there might know if any transcribing has been done.  or Essex Family History society.
Title: Re: St Mary's Cemetry, Mistley, Essex query
Post by: rosie99 on Friday 15 October 21 12:18 BST (UK)
Where did you find a record of Samuel with middle name Francis  :-\
Title: Re: St Mary's Cemetry, Mistley, Essex query
Post by: PER on Friday 15 October 21 21:36 BST (UK)
Hi Rosie,

You are correct, Samuel's burial does not show a middle name. His middle name was shown on the baptism record of his son Robert in 1740 Mistley, Essex. Robert's ordination papers referenced this baptism which is how got back to Mistley. I don't believe Samuel and Hannah married in Mistley or Samuel was born there though. For further information i have written a biography at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dyer-14449
Title: Re: St Mary's Cemetry, Mistley, Essex query
Post by: PER on Saturday 16 October 21 14:10 BST (UK)
Hi Sandie, Nope I haven't asked the parish council - yet - I will e-mail them soon. I did have a look at EFHS and they have not transcribed that graveyard :(
Title: Re: St Mary's Cemetry, Mistley, Essex query
Post by: sandiep on Saturday 16 October 21 18:40 BST (UK)
hopefully someone at parish council might know as the church was demolished nothing is said on searches that stones were removed.
afraid I have run out of ideas but good luck do keep us informed, I can see from your wikitree you have search  a lot.
sandie