Two Children born only 1 baptised!!!

[coombs]

Some interesting additional info on Richard Titshall and his 1741 - 48 apprenticeship at Barnham/Sapiston.

Seems a John Morley was miller in Barnham in 1741.  Does the apprenticeship indenture confirm this?

Also, the same year (1741) Morley married Susan Sparham (of the Sapiston milling family).  This might have meant Richard worked at both mill sites for Morley/Spaham clan?

Hope this helps!

Windy

Hi, thanks for the extra info you have found, I have not looked at the original indenture yet. Interestingly when Richard married in 1748 to Judith Scarfe, he said he was of Sapiston.

[David Nicoll]

Hi,
    Just to say that I think that while noodling around looking for the family, I found others of that name who were also millers. The spelling seems to have been very flexible. There was a Thomas in the same parish a few years earlier as far as I remember.

[windy_miller]

Indeed, there were a whole bunch of Fitshalls, Fitfhalls, Titshals, etc. scattered across Suffolk working both wind and water mills.  All very hard to untangle.

[David Nicoll]

I realise if you are interested in the mills Norfolk may be a county too far, but it looked to me like the family moved south from Norfolk.

[coombs]

I wonder if the 1751 Gt Ellingham document which says Robert Titsale is a mistake for Richard Titsale.

Also, the baptism of Richard Titshall born c1764, (also searched under variants) has not been found, but a burial of a sister Hannah Titshall took place in Laxfield in 1774, daughter of Richard and Judith Titshall. No age given at burial but parents named and burial date. No baptism has been found for Hannah either. There may be many reasons for this. Baptised at a workhouse, NC chapel, not baptised at all, out of Suffolk at time of births etc.