See also
Husband:
Spencer Colchester (1889-1962)
Wife:
Betsy Rosetta Cobbold (1893-1988)
Children:
Marriage:
Q3 1926
Spencer Colchester
Name:
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Occupation:
Note:
He took over the family farm in 1922. As his father died intestate, Spencer farmed as a trustee for his mother and three sisters until the farm was sold in 1926. His father in-law, Samuel Cobbold, bought it back for him - interestingly, at half the price paid in 1879. Spencer had the reputation for being a good farmer, if rather conservative, thus the annual round of tasks had barely changed for 100 years. He slowly mechanised the farm. First by hiring a tractor as back up to the horses and acquiring a McCormack binder in 1926. Occasionally steam engines winched cultivators across the fallows. In 1944 he bought a Standard Fordson and Ransomes plough, but still two pairs of horses were retained for ploughing, drilling and a host of ancillary tasks.Ten years later he purchased a combine harvester. He never relinquished the reins of running the farm, and slipped quietly away only two weeks after winning the beef cattle prizes at the 1962 Christmas Fatstock Show in Stowmarket.
His wife Betsy was a poultry dealer's daughter, so one of the daily chores on the farm was the collection of eggs from nest boxes and anywhere else the hens would hide them
Birth:
12 Apr 1889
Ashes Farm, Oak Farm Lane, Mendlesham, Suffolk, England8 3 4 9 10 6 7 11
Baptism:
12 May 1889 (age 0)
St. Mary's Church, Church Road, Mendlesham, Suffolk, England12 4
son of John Colchester (farmer) and Ellen Louisa of Mendlesham, born on 12th April 1889
Census:
5 Apr 1891 (age 2)
Near Turnpike, Mendlesham Green, Suffolk, England9
son living with his parents John and Ellen, sisters Beatrice and Ida, and a servant. Born in Mendlesham Suffolk
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 11)
Near Turnpike, Mendlesham Green, Suffolk, England10
son living with his parents John and Ellen, and sisters Ida and May. Born in Mendlesham Suffolk
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 21)
Street Farm, Mendlesham, Suffolk, England6
unmarried son working on the family farm and living in ten rooms with his parents John and Ellen, and sisters Beatrice, Ida and May. Born in Mendlesham Suffolk
Military Service:
btw 1915 and 1918 (age 25-29)
and suffered heavily at the Somme, being wounded, injured from the effect of mustard gas, and shell shocked
Medals:
Victory and British medals
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 50)
Ashes Farm, Oak Farm Lane, Mendlesham, Suffolk, England7
a married farmer living with his wife Betsy and a closed record (presumably son Roy). Born 12th April 1889
Administrator:
23 Dec 1958 (age 69)
Spencer Colchester was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Beatrice Harriet Mary Colchester on Tuesday on 23 December 1958 at the Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Death:
27 Dec 1962 (age 73)
Ipswich and East Suffolk Hospital, Anglesea Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England1 5 11 15
Probate:
13 Mar 1963
Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England15
of Ashes Farm Mendlesham Suffolk died 27th December 1962 at the Ipswich and East Suffolk Hospital (Anglesea Road Wing), administration of effects of £9,334 10s 7d (~£177,000 in 2017) to Betsy Rosetta Colchester widow and Roy Bernard Samuel Colchester farmer
Name:
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Occupation:
dairy maid17
Note:
She was a poultry dealer's daughter so one of the daily chores on the farm was the collection of eggs from nest boxes and anywhere else the hens would hide them.
Birth:
30 Aug 1893
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 7)
Grange Farm, Saxham Street, Stowupland, Suffolk, England18
daughter living with her parents Samuel and Mercy, and brother Samuel. Born in Stowupland Suffolk
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 17)
Grange Farm, Saxham Street, Stowupland, Suffolk, England17
unmarried daughter doing dairy work and living in eight rooms with her parents Samuel and Mercy, brothers Samuel and Frederick, and sister Ivy. Born in Stowupland Suffolk
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 46)
Ashes Farm, Oak Farm Lane, Mendlesham, Suffolk, England7
married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Spencer and a closed record (presumably son Roy). Born 30th August 1893
Administrator:
13 Mar 1963 (age 69)
Betsy Rosetta Cobbold was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Spencer Colchester on Wednesday on 13 March 1963 at the Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Death:
May 1988 (age 94)
Hartismere Hospital, Castleton Way, Eye, Suffolk, England1 19 20
Probate:
8 Jul 1988
Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England20
of Hartismere Hospital Eye Suffolk died 8th May 1988, probate not exceeding £70,000 (~£164,000 in 2017)
Name:
Sex:
Male
Occupation:
Executive Summary:
was born on 19 Jan 1929. He is retired now, but farmed all his life at Ashes Farm Mendlesham. Soon after taking over the101 acres from his father in 1962, he bought 46 acres and by 1977 had doubled the size of his farm to 223 acres. After a set back of a major fire during the 1980 harvest which destroyed most of the farm buildings, he replaced them with more functional modern ones. As cows and beef becameless profitable, the farm became mainly arable with a pig breeding and fattening unit
.Roy has researched the majority of this family tree. He also has a great interest in local history and archaeology, receiving a commendation for the research on Ashes Farm. He serves on several committees, and is aco-ordinator of the Farm Crisis Network - not entirely a retirement task during an agricultural depression and a foot and mouth crisis.
He was married to Priscilla Elizabeth Ellen BARFOOT in 1956 in Gipping.Priscilla Elizabeth Ellen BARFOOT was born on 25 Jun 1931. Source Roy Colchester
Birth:
19 Jan 1929
Administrator:
13 Mar 1963 (age 34)
Roy Bernard Samuel Colchester was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Spencer Colchester on Wednesday on 13 March 1963 at the Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Death:
Probate:
25 May 2020
Probate Registry, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England22
grant and will, died 4th March 2020
Giles Colchester personal communication. email. Cit. Date: 14 October 2001.
England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Stow 1926 quarter:3 volume:4a page:2461. Cit. Date: 6 April 2020.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hartismere 1889 quarter:2 volume:4a page:775. Cit. Date: 4 April 2020.
Suffolk Family History Society - Hartismere Baptisms 1754-1812, (2015 SFK-BPI-10/P1 own copy). Mendlesham St. Mary baptisms entry:249. Cit. Date: 4 April 2020.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1962 quarter:4 volume:4b page:910. Cit. Date: 6 April 2020.
England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10703 class:RG78 piece:577 registration district:210 sub-district:1 enumeration district:5 schedule:42. Cit. Date: 4 April 2020.
UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6645D page:7 line:9 letter code:TXHS. Cit. Date: 6 April 2020.
Jane Catherine Elizabeth Finbow personal communication. letter. Cit. Date: 22 May 1999.
England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1458 folio:4 page:1. Cit. Date: 5 April 2020.
England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1763 folio:62 page:18. Cit. Date: 4 April 2020.
FindMyPast Lives Of The First World War 1914-1918, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Suffolk Regiment no:43713. Cit. Date: 5 April 2020.
Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Parish Records. Mendlesham St. Mary fiche:21. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.
Ancestry British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards 1914-1920, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Suffolk Regiment no:43713. Cit. Date: 6 April 2020.
Ancestry UK WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914-1920, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Suffolk Regiment no:43713. Cit. Date: 6 April 2020.
UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1963 page:438. Cit. Date: 6 April 2020.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Stow 1893 quarter:4 volume:4a page:751. Cit. Date: 6 April 2020.
England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10689 class:RG78 piece:576 registration district:209 sub-district:3 enumeration district:4 schedule:53. Cit. Date: 6 April 2020.
England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1761 folio:131 page:5. Cit. Date: 6 April 2020.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Gipping and Hartismere 1988 quarter:2 register:588 volume:10 page:2357. Cit. Date: 6 April 2020.
UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1988 page:1637 no:8851507423Q. Cit. Date: 6 April 2020.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hartismere 1929 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1531. Cit. Date: 29 August 2017.
UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Leeds 2020 no:1588231843342691. Cit. Date: 15 September 2021.
Giles Colchester personal communication. email dated 15th September 2021. Cit. Date: 15 September 2021.