See also

Family of John Edwards and Mercy Pettit

Husband: John Edwards

  • Name:

  • John Edwards

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1783 (app)

  •  

  • Witness:

  • 17 Jan 1834 (age 50-51)

  • John Edwards witnessed the marriage of Thomas Marriott and Catharine Edwards on Friday on 17 January 1834 in St. Mary's Church, Church Lane, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England

  • Directory:

  • 1844 (age 60-61)

  • Waltham Hall, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • as a Farmer of

  • Death:

  • 1845 (age 61-62)

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 5 Jul 1845

  • Waltham Hall, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • aged 62.

Wife: Mercy Pettit

  • Name:

  • Mercy Pettit4

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Thomas Pettit (1745?-1814)

  • Mother:

  • Martha Dove ( - )

  • Birth:

  • 1783 (app)

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 30 Jun 1783 (age 0)

  • St. Andrew's Church, Winston, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • daughter of Thomas and Martha Pettit

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 67-68)

  • Waltham Hall, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • head of the household widow, aged 68, Farmers wife. Born in Winston Suffolk.

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 77-78)

  • Waltham Hall, Stowmarket Road, Stonham Parva, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • aged 77, widow. Born in Winston Suffolk, living with son

  • Death:

  • 1862 (age 78-79)

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 29 Jun 1862

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Lane, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • aged 78 and now of Needham Market.

Child 1: Thomas Edwards

  • Name:

  • Thomas Edwards

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Elizabeth Hayward (1808?-1879)

  • Birth:

  • 2 Jul 1809

  • Stonham Aspal, Suffolk, England7

  • Baptism:

  • 22 May 1810 (age 0)

  • Blessed Virgin Mary Church, The Street, Stonham Aspal, Suffolk, England7

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 31)

  • Little Stonham, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • head of the household aged 30 Farmer born in Suffolk

  • Directory:

  • 1844 (age 34-35)

  • Little Stonham, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • as a farmer of

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 41)

  • Near Waters, Wortham, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • head of the household aged 42, farmer 300 acres empl. 10 men & 7 boys. Born in Stonham Aspall.

  • Directory:

  • 1855 (age 45-46)

  • Redgrave, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • as a farmer of

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 51)

  • Palgrave, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • head of the household married aged 51 Farmer 214 acres empl. 6 men 4 boys born in Stonham Aspal

  • Directory:

  • 1868 (age 58-59)

  • Palgrave, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • as a farmer and land owner of

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 71)

  • Grange Farm, Palgrave, Suffolk, England13

  •  

  • head of the household aged 71,unmarried, Farmer. Born in Stonham Aspal.

  • Death:

  • 1892 (age 82-83)

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 16 May 1892

  • St. Peter's Church, Lion Road, Palgrave, Suffolk, England14

  •  

  • aged 82.

Child 2: John Edwards

  • Name:

  • John Edwards

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Laura Theresa Kersey (1831?-1885)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • farmer15

  • Birth:

  • 22 Jul 1811

  • Stonham Aspal, Suffolk, England16

  • Baptism:

  • 11 Sep 1811 (age 0)

  • Blessed Virgin Mary Church, The Street, Stonham Aspal, Suffolk, England16

  • Directory:

  • 1844 (age 32-33)

  • Waltham Hall, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • as a farmer of

  • Witness:

  • 3 Aug 1850 (age 39)

  • John Edwards witnessed the marriage of Thomas Pettit and Eliza Edwards on Saturday on 3 August 1850 in St. Mary's Church, Church Lane, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 39)

  • Waltham Hall, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • aged 39, unmarried, Farmer 360 acres empl. 14 men & 8 boys. Born in Stonham Parva, living with mother.

  • Directory:

  • 1855 (age 43-44)

  • Stonham Parva, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • as a farmer of

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 49)

  • Waltham Hall, Stowmarket Road, Stonham Parva, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • head of the household aged 49, Farmer of 300 acres empl. 13 men & 8 boys. Born in Stonham Parva

  • Directory:

  • 1868 (age 56-57)

  • Little Stonham, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • as a farmer of

  • Death:

  • bef 1881 (age 69-70)

  •  

Child 3: Catharine Edwards

  • Name:

  • Catharine Edwards17 18 19

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Thomas Marriott ( - )

  • Birth:

  • 21 May 181317 18

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 18 Jun 1813 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Lane, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England17 18

  •  

  • daughter of John Edwards (farmer) and Mercy late Petit of Little Stonham

Child 4: William Edwards

  • Name:

  • William Edwards17

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1 Dec 181417

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 21 Jun 1815 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Lane, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England17

  •  

  • Christened as James. Note in Register - This entry is erroneous. The name should be William son of John & Mercy Edwards, according to the testament of his father. signed J. Wilcox, Rector.

Child 5: Henry Edwards

  • Name:

  • Henry Edwards17

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 28 Aug 181617

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 21 Nov 1816 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Lane, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England17

  • Death:

  • Jan 1817 (age 0)

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 5 Jan 1817

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Lane, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • infant

Child 6: Emma Edwards

  • Name:

  • Emma Edwards17

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Charles Jannings (1798?- )

  • Birth:

  • 3 Jun 1818

  • Little Stonham, Suffolk, England17 20

  • Baptism:

  • 3 Sep 1818 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Lane, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England17

  • Witness:

  • 2 Jun 1837 (age 18)

  • Emma Edwards witnessed the marriage of Thomas Edwards and Elizabeth Hayward on Friday on 2 June 1837 in St. Catherine's Church, Stowmarket Road, Ringshall, Suffolk, England

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 32)

  • Waltham Hall, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • aged 32, unmarried. Born in Stonham Parva, living with mother.

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 42)

  • Roydon Hall, Creeting St. Peter, Suffolk, England20

  •  

  • married wife and living with her husband, a step-son, two children, a sister and three servants. Born in Stonham Suffolk

Child 7: Mary Ann Edwards

  • Name:

  • Mary Ann Edwards

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1819 (app)

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 26 Oct 1819 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Lane, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England3

  • Death:

  • Nov 1832 (age 12-13)

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 29 Nov 1832

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Lane, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • aged 13.

Child 8: Eliza Edwards

  • Name:

  • Eliza Edwards3

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Thomas Pettit (1821?-bef1881)

  • Birth:

  • 19 Feb 18233

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 8 Aug 1823 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Lane, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England3

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 28)

  • Hall Farm, Winston, Suffolk, England21

  •  

  • wife aged 20 ?, Farmers wife. Born in Stonham, living with her husband.

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 58)

  • Hall Farm, Winston, Suffolk, England22

  •  

  • head of the household aged 58, widow, Farmer 220 acres empl. 11 Labs & 3 Boys. Born in Stronham Parva.

Child 9: Henry Edwards

  • Name:

  • Henry Edwards3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Martha Ann Woodward (1825?- )

  • Birth:

  • 19 Feb 1823

  • Little Stonham, Suffolk, England3

  • Baptism:

  • 8 Aug 1823 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Lane, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England3

  • Witness:

  • 3 Aug 1850 (age 27)

  • Henry Edwards witnessed the marriage of Thomas Pettit and Eliza Edwards on Saturday on 3 August 1850 in St. Mary's Church, Church Lane, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 28)

  • Copdock, Suffolk, England23

  •  

  • head of the household aged 28, farmer 200 acres empl. 8. Born in Little Stonham.

  • Directory:

  • 1855 (age 31-32)

  • Copdock, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • as a farmer of

  • Witness:

  • 4 Oct 1855 (age 32)

  • Henry Edwards witnessed the marriage of Charles Jannings and Emma Edwards on Thursday on 4 October 1855 in St. Mary's Church, Church Lane, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 38)

  • Turnpike Road, Copdock, Suffolk, England24

  •  

  • head of the household aged 38, Farmer 200- acres empl. 7 men & 2 boys

  • Death:

  • 1869 (age 45-46)

  • Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford, Suffolk, England

  • Burial:

  • 24 Dec 1869

  • All Saints Church, Church Street, Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford, Suffolk, England25

  •  

  • aged 64.

Child 10: Maria Edwards

  • Name:

  • Maria Edwards3

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 24 May 18243

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 10 Jun 1825 (age 1)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Lane, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England3

  • Witness:

  • 10 Nov 1847 (age 23)

  • Maria Edwards witnessed the marriage of Henry Edwards and Martha Ann Woodward on Wednesday on 10 November 1847 in All Saints Church, Church Street, Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford, Suffolk, England

  • Witness:

  • 3 Aug 1850 (age 26)

  • Maria Edwards witnessed the marriage of Thomas Pettit and Eliza Edwards on Saturday on 3 August 1850 in St. Mary's Church, Church Lane, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 26)

  • Waltham Hall, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • aged 26, unmarried. Born in Stonham Parva, living with mother.

Child 11: Harriet Edwards

  • Name:

  • Harriet Edwards

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1831 (app)

  • Little Stonham, Suffolk, England20

  • Baptism:

  • 21 Jan 1831 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Lane, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England3

  • Witness:

  • 3 Aug 1850 (age 18-19)

  • Harriet Edwards witnessed the marriage of Thomas Pettit and Eliza Edwards on Saturday on 3 August 1850 in St. Mary's Church, Church Lane, Little Stonham, Suffolk, England

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 19-20)

  • Hall Farm, Winston, Suffolk, England21

  •  

  • Sister, aged 20, unmarried, visitor. Born in Stonham, living with sister.

  • Witness:

  • 14 Feb 1861 (age 29-30)

  • Harriet Edwards witnessed the marriage of John Edwards and Laura Theresa Kersey on Thursday on 14 February 1861 in St. Mary Le Tower Church, Tower Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 28)

  • Roydon Hall, Creeting St. Peter, Suffolk, England20

  •  

  • unmarried visitor living with her sister, brother-in-law, two nephews, a niece and three servants. Born in Little Stonham

Sources

1.

Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Cit. Date: 26 June 2001. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

2.

Archive CD Books, White's Directory of Suffolk 1844 (own copy), (CD-ROM). Beccles Library. Cit. Date: 2 March 1998.

3.

Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Cit. Date: 7 March 2000. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

4.

Suffolk Family History Society - Bosmere and Claydon Baptisms 1754-1812, (2010 SFK-BPI-11/P2 own copy). Cit. Date: 1 February 2017.

5.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). 1851/1797/437.

6.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). 1861/RG9/1158/P241.

7.

Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Cit. Date: 17 January 2001. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

8.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1109/P171.

9.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). 1851/1795/342.

10.

Archive CD Books, White's Directory of Suffolk 1855 (own copy), (CD-ROM). CD-ROM, own copy.

11.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). 1861/RG9/1149/P141.

12.

Morris's Directory of Suffolk 1868. Ipswich Record Office. Cit. Date: 3 October 1998.

13.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1853/73/31.

14.

The Federation of Family History Societies, National Burial Index for England & Wales v.3, (2010 own copy). Cit. Date: 30 October 2001.

15.

Suffolk Family History Society - Bosmere and Claydon Baptisms 1813-1900, (2008 SFK-BPI-11 own copy). Cit. Date: 29 July 2017.

16.

Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Cit. Date: 24 January 2001. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

17.

Ibid. Cit. Date: 29 February 2000. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

18.

Suffolk Family History Society - Bosmere and Claydon Baptisms 1813-1900, (2008 SFK-BPI-11 own copy). Cit. Date: 7 July 2017.

19.

Suffolk Family History Society - Suffolk Marriage Index 1813 - 1837, (1992 - 2005 own copy). volume:11 page:45. Cit. Date: 2 August 2017.

20.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG09 piece:1146 folio:114 page:1. Cit. Date: 31 December 2017.

21.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). 1851/1797/179.

22.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1861/112/1.

23.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). 1851/1798/83.

24.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). 1861/RG9/1159/P348.

25.

The Federation of Family History Societies, National Burial Index for England & Wales v.3, (2010 own copy). Cit. Date: 9 November 2001.