GREEN family from Sudbury/Long Melford

[Keeweegal]

Hi Sue

I cannot for the life of me remember why I said Elizabeth Thompson     I am off to get ready for work now,  so when I've had my second coffee I might get it together and remember...as usual my filing is sub standard and will find the cert and reply later.   

Kimberly

[Keeweegal]

Morning Sue or evening where you are 

Found the cert (not filed  )  The occupation of Elizabeth's father is noted as a 'Carman'...his name is William Thompson.     Does this match ?

Sorry I took so long.

Kimberly

[suffolk*sue]

Morning Sue or evening where you are 

Found the cert (not filed  )  The occupation of Elizabeth's father is noted as a 'Carman'...his name is William Thompson.     Does this match ?

Sorry I took so long.

Kimberly

It certainly does   , thanks.

One last request, can you tell me who the witnesses were please?

[Keeweegal]

Witnesses were:    Alfred Clubb and William (could be Street, Scott, strutt not as clear.     

Incidentally,  I have worked out that Ewen's father Robert Lenton Green is the cousin of my Abishai James Green... at long last!

Kimberly

[suffolk*sue]

Thanks, probably Strutt, think he was a serial witness. 

I just checked William Thompsons death cert and his occupation on that was flour carter which is pretty much a carman.

It was very sad William and his wife Susannah died within five days of each other, just after the 1861 census and were both buried on the same day.

[Keeweegal]

That is sad....can't imagine the misery of burying your parents together 

Now that I have found the connection between Robert Lenton and my Abishai,  might you have an approximate birth date for Elizabeth? and where?

Kimberly

[suffolk*sue]

Born in Sudbury c1816, found the record here.

http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=allCollections;r=1

[Keeweegal]

Thank you Sue

Why didn't I think of that 

Kimberly

[Descendant of Murby]

Hello there Keeweegal

I am researching good old James Abishai Green who is the GGG grandfather of my friend Andrew (for whom I am doing the research). This morning I was idly 'googling' his name and your very interesting posts came up! If you are still 'out there' would you be able to unearth the marriage details between James Abishai Green and Elizabeth Wiffin (I think you said she was)? Have you got any other information about them at all? For example their parents' names? Occupations? Witnesses? Where they were married?

On the Family Search website I found out that James Abishai Green's parents were Abishai Green (again!) and Sarah Goody (apparently - according to that website - not verified elsewhere as yet). And also that Abishai Green senior was born in 1765 in Sudbury to a Ewin Green and Elizabeth Linton (interesting, as those names come up in the succeeding generations don't they?).

But I can't find anything about Elizabeth Wiffin (eg birth, parents names) although the census says she is born in Sudbury.

Elizabeth and James Abishai had a daughter Hannah Green in 1811 in Sudbury who is too old to appear with them as a family on the 1841 census. By this time she is married to James King and living in Sudbury with about three children including a son called - wait for it - James Abishai King!

Any help is much appreciated.

Best wishes

Saira (Descendant of Murby) in Somerset England