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Kent / Re: R.I.P Eileen Jones, nee Mann, Gravesend, Kent

« on: Thursday 25 April 24 08:59 BST (UK) »

Dear Gem,

I know this is a very late reply to your post, but I have recently discovered I am related to your late grandmother on her father’s (Ernest Walter Mann) side.

I would be so interested in a copy of the tree and any photographs as you mention.

In the hope you are still active on Rootschat!

Best wishes

James

Essex / 1670 Hearth Tax Return - ‘Page Family’

« on: Wednesday 06 May 20 18:30 BST (UK) »

Hi everyone -

Hope all OK in the current situation and staying safe and well.

Hoping someone might be able/willing to help with a search of the Hearth Tax return- I know there’s a publication but is currently either very pricey or out of stock in most outlets.

If anyone has this and would be willing to note occurrences of the surname ‘Page’ and places, I’d be so grateful!

With all best wishes, stay safe,

James

Suffolk / Re: Sarah Markwell (nee Balls) Stowmarket 1840- ????

« on: Monday 15 October 18 22:14 BST (UK) »

Thanks -

So, I'm descended through their first son George William (1859-1905). He and his wife Emma (nee Hill) are resident in Ipswich for each consecutive decade following their marriage (in Colchester) in 1879.

On the marriage certificate, a Sarah Markwell is witness (assuming this was his mother), and his father Benjamin is stated as deceased (not true! he died in 1905...)

It is a bit weird... not sure what was going on with their temporary move to Colchester. There also seems to be a link with Lowestoft (on the 1871 census two of George's sisters are stated as having been born there).

I'll check the Brighton connection.

J

Suffolk / Sarah Markwell (nee Balls) Stowmarket 1840- ????

« on: Monday 15 October 18 20:26 BST (UK) »

Hi everyone,

I've been trying to track down what happened to my 3x great-grandmother Sarah Markwell.

She was born Sarah Balls in Stowmarket and married to Benjamin Markwell in 1858, Stow Registration District.

The two had four children: George William, Mary Ellen, Sarah Jane, and Alice (there are possibly more), but her trail runs cold after the 1871 Census when the family are living on Bury Street Stowmarket (Benjamin an Iron Moulder).

In 1881 Benjamin is found living alone on Curriers Lane in Ipswich (error in transcription on Ancestry: Bengema Markewill?!), but listed as married.

He remarries in 1888 Elizabeth Nockolds, Woodbridge district, so I'm assuming Sarah must've died sometime before then...

Any help tracking her down would be very gratefully received!

Thanks all,

James

Norfolk / Re: John s/o William & Sarah Thirkettle 1714? Pulham

« on: Sunday 26 February 17 22:11 GMT (UK) »

Thanks so much for all this. Really helpful.

Will check that settlement certificate to see if it contains any further detail. Other children of John Thirkettke and Ann Archer baptised at Great Moulton:

Ruth 27.12.1741
Henry 9.1.1745
William 4.1.1746
George 21.8.1748
Henry 14.8.1763

(are there more? Gaps seem to be quite large...)

The will of John Thirkettle you mention (d.1724, Pulham) is very likely to be William's father.

Anyway, more to do.

James

Norfolk / John s/o William & Sarah Thirkettle 1714? Pulham

« on: Saturday 25 February 17 23:09 GMT (UK) »

Hi everyone,

Some help, please.

I've been trying to fill some gaps with my research into the Thirkettle family of the Pulham area.

I'm looking for a marriage of William Thirkettle 1681-1753 (Pulham St. Mary Magdalene) and Sarah (dates and details unknown) and the birth of who I believe to be their first child John sometime in the period 1710-15...

William's will dated 1751 and proved 1753 names his two sons John and Henry, and son-in-law William Green (husband of his late daughter Ruth), but no other relatives.

Henry was baptised at Pulham St. Mary Magdalene in 1716, and Ruth in 1722, but no sign of a John, or a marriage of William and Sarah.

Any help or leads much appreciated!

James

Norfolk Lookup Requests / Re: Sherman Cutler & Marie Oats(?) Marriage Wighton 9 Nov 1718

« on: Monday 08 August 16 14:23 BST (UK) »

Hi everyone,

Thank you so much for all these juicy leads. Really appreciate it and I'm definitely one step further.

And yes, this Sherman Cutler's son (also named Sherman) lived in Cromer & Runton, and is known locally for the stone carved with his initials and the date 1770 which appears at low tide off the cliffs of Runton.

Haven't yet found his (Sherman Cutler jr.) baptism, but hopefully he'll turn up in one or another of these parishes.

It surprises me how much they moved about, in comparison to my other Norfolk and Suffolk ancestors who lived at the same time. Thetford-Wighton-Lynn-Cromer... the distances are not small.

I'll post any findings to this thread in case it's of use to anyone in future,

James

Norfolk Lookup Requests / Sherman Cutler & Marie Oats(?) Marriage Wighton 9 Nov 1718

« on: Thursday 28 July 16 11:56 BST (UK) »

Hi folks,

A little help with deciphering a marriage entry at Wighton would be appreciated if anyone could take a look.

The entry is 9 November 1718 at Wighton and reads:

Sherman Cutler of 'T---ford'? and Marie Oats(?) of '---s'? were married...

Here is the page on FamilySearch:

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DT7S-S4G?i=79&wc=92BL-922%3A30434901%2C29358102%2C30487601%3Fcc%3D1416598&cc=1416598

Excited to have tracked him down (such an unusual name), but struggling to find out where their children were baptised and feel as they both seem to have been strangers to the parish in 1718, the locations above are vital clues, potentially.

Help!

James

Norfolk / Re: Great Moulton P.Rs / Thirkettle / 1700-1770

« on: Sunday 09 November 14 23:23 GMT (UK) »

Thanks all,

Really helpful. Gradually filling in the gaps... I wonder if the NFHS has a transcript? Now Norfolk County Records Office don't open on a Saturday I have very little chance of making it there...

James