Frances Ann Witchingham (1773-1847). My 5th great-grandmother. Witchingham is a reasonably common surname in Norfolk and probably derives from the village of Witchingham, north-west of Norwich. Over time the name has been spelled in a variety of ways including Wychingham, Wichinham, Withingham and even Wichengim. I do have concerns about the Witchingham tree below. Some […]
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Hannah Holsworth and my other Holsworth ancestors
Hannah Holsworth (1791-1879). My 4th great-grandmother. Holsworth is a fairly common surname in Norfolk. Hannah, my 4th great-grandmother, came from the village of Salhouse and was the first by this name to join my family tree. She was born on 12 January 1791 to Thomas Holsworth and Ann Parfrey (see below) and was baptised in […]
Godfrey Weston and my other Weston ancestors
Godfrey Weston (1785-1862). My 4th great-grandfather. Godfrey Weston took advantage of a young woman and then tried to evade his responsibilities to her and the daughter he fathered out of wedlock… He was born on 14 March 1785 and baptised three days later at St Mary’s Church in Banham, Norfolk. His parents were John Weston […]
Ann Burley and my other Burley ancestors
Ann Burley (1775-1850).My 4th great-grandmother. She married into the Finch family. Ann Burley was the daughter of John Burley of Limpsfield and Sarah Goodman of Kingston, both in Surrey (see below). She was born on the 27 April 1775 and baptised on 3 June that year at St Peter’s Church in Limpsfield, where her carpenter […]
Elizabeth Wetherill (1713-1799?) – businesswoman of Norwich
Elizabeth Wetherill (1713-1799?) and Edward Peterson (1714?-1783). My 7th great-grand aunt and uncle. Elizabeth was baptised on 1 February 1713 at St Nicholas’s Church in Great Yarmouth, her parents being schoolteacher Thomas Wetherill and Mary Corpe. Her brother William Wetherill’s will refers to her as Elizabeth Peterson and mentions her children but I’ve not found […]
William Medway Ward (1828-1898)
William Medway Ward (1828-1898). My 2nd great-grand uncle. William was born on 14 July 1828 and baptised on 14 September at All Hallows Church in Tottenham, Middlesex, to parents William Ward and Mary Ann Downer. He married Maria Earnshaw on 25 November 1850 at St John’s Church in Hackney. She’d been born on 1 March […]
Sarah Rice and my other Rice ancestors
Sarah Rice (1791-1871). My 4th great-grandmother. Sarah was the first of the Rice family to join my family tree. She was baptised on 3 July 1791 at St Mary’s Church in Balcombe, Sussex, to parents George Rice and Mary Harman. She married William Budgen at St Nicholas’s Church in Worth, Sussex, on 2 November 1808. […]
Rebecca Lock and my other Lock ancestors
Rebecca Lock (1779-1861). My 4th great-grandmother. Rebecca was the first of the Locks to marry into my family, when she wed Charles Goulty in Woodbastwick, Norfolk, on 17 May 1796. She’d been born in the village and baptised at St Fabian and St Sebastian’s Church on 15 April 1779 – her parents were Stephen Lock […]
Lawrence Witchingham Symonds (1804-1847)
Lawrence Witchingham Symonds (1804-1847). My 4th great-grand uncle. Lawrence Witchingham Symonds was born on 16 August 1804 and baptised on the 19th at Holy Trinity & All Saints Church in Winterton, Norfolk, but drowned while a relatively young man. His parents were James Symonds and Frances Witchingham. Lawrence married Mary Green at St Andrew’s Church […]
Harriet Symonds (1841-1899)
Harriet Symonds (1841-1899). My 3rd great grand aunt. Harriet was born on 29 August 1841 to parents Charles Robinson Witchingham Symonds and Susannah Waters. She was baptised on 8 September at St Nicholas’s Church in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She married young in 1858, her husband being Henry Swan Chapman who was born in Yarmouth in […]
Samuel Symonds (1836-1909) – saving lives at sea
Samuel Symonds (1836-1909). My 3rd great grand uncle. Samuel was born to Charles Robinson Witchingham Symonds and Susannah Waters in 1836 and baptised on 20 July that year at St Nicholas’s Church in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. He lived with his family until his marriage on 28 December 1856 to Ann Maria Masterson. She was also […]
Thomas Finch (1686-1755)
Thomas Finch (1686-1755). My 7th great-grand uncle. Thomas got off to a rough start in life but married into a prosperous Sussex family, at least for a while… He was born in the village of Slinfold to carpenter John Finch and his wife Sarah Richardson. But he was clearly very ill as a baby because […]
Thomas Goughty (1778-1857)
Thomas Goughty (1778-1857). My 5th great uncle. Thomas was born in 1778 and baptised at St Swithin’s Church in Frettenham, Norfolk, on 11 October that year. His parents were Charles Goulty and Elizabeth Quantrel. He grew up in the village and at some point met Sarah Russell, who came from Crostwick, Norfolk, a short way […]
Frederick Green (1840-1892)
Frederick Green (1840-1892). My 3rd great-grand uncle. Frederick was born to parents William Green and Willoughby Staff and baptised on 28 September 1840 at St Nicholas’s Church in Great Yarmouth. He’s recorded as living in the town with his parents in the 1841 and 1851 censuses. However, he then disappears from the records. It’s not […]
Edward Green (1824-1876)
Edward Green (1824-1876). My 3rd great-grand uncle. Edward was born in 1824 to parents William Green and Willoughby Staff and baptised at St Nicholas’s Church in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on 29 October that year. He grew up with his parents and siblings in the town and then married on 25 October 1845 at St Nicholas’s. His […]
William Robert Green (1847-1882)
William Robert Green (1847-1882).My 2nd great-grand uncle. William was born in 1847 in Great Yarmouth and baptised on 18 July at St Nicholas’s Church. His parents were William Mark Green and Elizabeth Maria Symonds. He lived in Birmingham and Camberwell, South London, with his parents and siblings before returning to the Norfolk coast with them. […]
William Wetherill (1711-1789) – eminent teacher of maths
William Wetherill (1711-1789), Elizabeth Clarke (????-1767) and Elizabeth Shorten (????-1794).My 7th great-grand uncle and aunts. William was baptised on 14 October 1711 at St Nicholas’s Church in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to parents Thomas Witherill and Mary Corpe. He followed his father into teaching and left significant property on his death. William married Elizabeth Clarke in […]
James Wetherill (1750?-1801)
James Wetherill (1750?-1801).My 6th great-grandfather. James Wetherill’s parents were almost certainly Thomas Wetherill and Sarah Sley but the details of his birth and baptism are murky. He was probably born in or around 1750, judging by the fact that he died in Great Yarmouth aged 51 in 1801. A child was baptised in the town […]
Frederick Elijah Wetherill (1814-1906)
Frederick Elijah Wetherill (1814-1906).My 4th great-grand uncle. Frederick was born on 30 July 1814 and baptised at St John Timberhill, Norwich, Norfolk, a day later – his parents were Thomas Wetherill and Rebecca Brooks. As a child he grew up mainly in the city with his family but followed them when they moved to the […]
Rebecca Wetherall (1845-1878)
Rebecca Wetherall (1845-1878). My 2nd great-grand aunt. Rebecca was born to Mary Wetherall on 29 January 1845 at the Great Yarmouth Workhouse but the birth certificate has a blank where the father’s name should be, meaning she was illegitimate. The informant for the record was James Kemp, master of the workhouse. But why Mary had […]