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Norfolk / Re: Patterson Gt Yarmouth
« on: Monday 31 January 11 15:03 GMT (UK)  »
Hi, thank you, could you send it to (*) please? That would be most kind - if I discover anything that I think may be of value to you I will let you know as and when.

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Norfolk / Re: Patterson Gt Yarmouth
« on: Sunday 30 January 11 22:09 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Bodham. My great great great grandfather is a Newby, documented in various places as a master mariner. The family lived in Deal, Kent, throughout most of the 1800's and I'm wondering if the Newby's you have found could be their ancestors in Norfolk? Capt Robert H Newby was (I believe) a master mariner from around 1820 and commanded various vessels of the infamous South Sea Company, including the "Mary" (wrecked off Tasmania circa 1845), the Helen Denny and Pusey Hall amongst others. He was killed at sea as a passenger on a fellow captain's ship (the Wellington) around July of 1875 when the vessel struck an iceberg. I wonder if there is a connection with the 'Norfolk Line' you mention?

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