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Suffolk / Re: William Dorling of Southgate, Bury St. Edmunds - alive 1731
« on: Friday 01 August 25 10:39 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for this info.

Just discovered Wm. Dorling as a "miller" so will see how any additional info fits in around these snippets.  It could be that my un-named source for his occupation was wrong to start with :(

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Suffolk / Re: William Dorling of Southgate, Bury St. Edmunds - alive 1731
« on: Thursday 31 July 25 20:58 BST (UK)  »
Hi Amondg,

Interesting.  Being listed in Pool Books back in 1700s meant he had property & a degree of wealth, didn't it?

Windy

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Suffolk / William Dorling of Southgate, Bury St. Edmunds - alive 1731
« on: Thursday 31 July 25 17:32 BST (UK)  »
Good afternoon everyone,

I'm hoping for some assistance in understanding William Dorling a little better.

I seem to have him as a miller in 1731 (but no source).  He is mention in an insurance policy of that year, but no occupation is given.

Thirty years later a mill at Southgate burnt down.

Anything (BMD related) or any evidence to confirm his occupation would be absolutely fantastic!

Thanks in advance,
Windy

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Suffolk / Re: John Dearson Miller (aka John Deerson Meller), Horringheath, nr. BStE, 1749
« on: Tuesday 08 July 25 10:09 BST (UK)  »
Blimey!  So much interesting information!

I think the 1719 couple are my chaps parents as that would make him 30 years old at the time of the Policy.

Horsecroft was described as a "Hamlet" sitting near Horringheath in the 1749 policy.  Horringheath is now called Horringer (I believe) and is just SW of Bury St. Edmunds.

It is frustrating when transcribed info does not contain all the original information, but I suppose it down to time.  May be this will improve with AI? :)

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Suffolk / Re: John Dearson Miller (aka John Deerson Meller), Horringheath, nr. BStE, 1749
« on: Monday 07 July 25 20:15 BST (UK)  »
This is what I was worried about, but I have found a ref in Bury & Suffolk Herald to a John Dearson in Horsecroft, being a miller in September 1831.

The plot thickens.  So we currently have at least 3 dead Dearson Millers in about 30 years?

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Suffolk / Re: John Dearson Miller (aka John Deerson Meller), Horringheath, nr. BStE, 1749
« on: Monday 07 July 25 19:58 BST (UK)  »
Hi Hepburn,

Interesting.

My man was certainly old enough to take out an insurance policy in 1749, so maybe he is the John Miller (father), and their son was first born and named the same as his father?  The rape case was in the early 1800s and must have been the John Dearson Mill of 1753?

Confused or what!
 
Windy

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Suffolk / John Dearson Miller (aka John Deerson Meller), Horringheath, nr. BStE, 1749
« on: Monday 07 July 25 18:32 BST (UK)  »
Good afternoon fellow Rooters,

I have just located a possible new Suffolk miller (occupation)?  Listed in an insurance policy dated 1749 is a John Dearson Miller, he lived a Horringheath (Horsecroft), and was described as a miller.

I have located a ref to his death in 1767, and a further ref to a John Deerson Miller, and a final reference to a rape case (much later but same parish) to a John Deerson Meller.

However, I have found very little that confirms his occupation.  Can any one help?

Many thanks in advance,
Windy :)

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Suffolk / Re: John Humphrys of Tuddenham, 1746
« on: Tuesday 03 June 25 09:40 BST (UK)  »
Hi Alan,

Thanks so much!  Always adds to the confusion when two villages share a name in the same County. :)

Windy.

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Suffolk / John Humphrys of Tuddenham, 1746
« on: Tuesday 03 June 25 00:07 BST (UK)  »
Hi all,

Looking for any info on John Humphrys who was miller at (a) Tuddenham in 1746.  Any help would be great, but mostly which of Suffolk two Tuddenhams was he at.

My guess would be that he was at the Water Mill at Tuddenham St. Mary, but it may be St. Martin.

Any DOB/BOB date would be great or marriage info.

As always, many thanks in advance,

Windy

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