Family of Henry Crooks and Elizabeth Meakins

Husband: Henry Crooks

  • Name:

  • Henry Crooks1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1737 (app)3 4

  •  

  • Death:

  • Nov 1807 (age 69-70)4 3

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 30 Nov 1807

  • St. Catherine's Church, Stowmarket Road, Ringshall, Suffolk, England3 4

  •  

  • aged 70 of Ringshall

Wife: Elizabeth Meakins

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth Meakins1 2

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1736 (app)3 4

  •  

  • Death:

  • Dec 1823 (age 86-87)3 4

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 17 Dec 1823

  • St. Catherine's Church, Stowmarket Road, Ringshall, Suffolk, England4 3

  •  

  • aged 87 of Elmsett

Child 1: John Crooks

  • Name:

  • John Crooks1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1762 (app)1

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 3 Mar 1762 (age 0)

  • St. Catherine's Church, Stowmarket Road, Ringshall, Suffolk, England1

  •  

  • son of Henry Crooks and Elizabeth

Child 2: Elizabeth Crooks

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth Crooks1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1763 (app)1

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 19 Apr 1763 (age 0)

  • St. Catherine's Church, Stowmarket Road, Ringshall, Suffolk, England1

  •  

  • daughter of Henry Crooks and Elizabeth

Child 3: Mary Crooks

  • Name:

  • Mary Crooks1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1767 (app)1

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 1 Apr 1767 (age 0)

  • St. Catherine's Church, Stowmarket Road, Ringshall, Suffolk, England1

  •  

  • daughter of Henry Crooks and Elizabeth

  • Death:

  • May 1767 (age 0)3 4

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 14 May 1767

  • St. Catherine's Church, Stowmarket Road, Ringshall, Suffolk, England4 3

  •  

  • daughter of Henry and Elizabeth

Child 4: Sarah Crooks

  • Name:

  • Sarah Crooks1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1767 (app)1

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 1 Apr 1767 (age 0)

  • St. Catherine's Church, Stowmarket Road, Ringshall, Suffolk, England1

  •  

  • daughter of Henry Crooks and Elizabeth

Child 5: Thomas Crooks

  • Name:

  • Thomas Crooks1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Elizabeth Fairs (1769?-1858)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • agricultural labourer becoming a pauper5 6 7

  • Birth:

  • 1768 (app)

  • Ringshall, Suffolk, England5 6 8 1

  •  

  • Wattisham in 1861 census

  • Baptism:

  • 9 May 1768 (age 0)

  • St. Catherine's Church, Stowmarket Road, Ringshall, Suffolk, England1

  •  

  • son of Henry Crooks and Elizabeth

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 72-73)

  • Battisford, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • aged 70, agricultural labourer living with his wife. Born in Suffolk

  • Miscellaneous:

  • 17 Sep 1846

  • Stowmarket, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • of Battisford 10 children was given 12s (~£30 in 2005) for sickness by the Central Suffolk Agricultural Association at their 7th Annual General Meeting, being proposed by Mr. Edward Lingwood

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 82-83)

  • Battisford, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • head of the household aged 82 married, pauper formerly agricultural labourer living with his wife and John Crooks (grandson?). Born in Ringshall Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 92-93)

  • Porch Cottage, Battisford, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • lodger aged 91 widower, pauper living with a son, daughter-in-law and three grandchildren. Born in Wattisham Suffolk

  • Death:

  • May 1861 (age 92-93)

  • Suffolk, England3 4 10

  • Burial:

  • 19 May 1861

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Road, Battisford, Suffolk, England3 4

  •  

  • aged 93 of Battisford

Child 6: Mary Crooks

  • Name:

  • Mary Crooks1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1770 (app)1

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 18 Mar 1770 (age 0)

  • St. Catherine's Church, Stowmarket Road, Ringshall, Suffolk, England1

  •  

  • daughter of Henry Crooks and Elizabeth

Child 7: Abraham Crooks

  • Name:

  • Abraham Crooks1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1772 (app)1

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 8 Nov 1772 (age 0)

  • St. Catherine's Church, Stowmarket Road, Ringshall, Suffolk, England1

  •  

  • son of Henry Crooks and Elizabeth

Child 8: Jonathan Crooks

  • Name:

  • Jonathan Crooks1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1775 (app)1

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 29 Jan 1775 (age 0)

  • St. Catherine's Church, Stowmarket Road, Ringshall, Suffolk, England1

  •  

  • son of Henry Crooks and Elizabeth

Child 9: Robert Crooks

  • Name:

  • Robert Crooks1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1776 (app)1

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 7 Jul 1776 (age 0)

  • St. Catherine's Church, Stowmarket Road, Ringshall, Suffolk, England1

  •  

  • son of Henry Crooks and Elizabeth

Child 10: Catherine Crooks

  • Name:

  • Catherine Crooks1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1781 (app)1

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 12 Nov 1781 (age 0)

  • St. Catherine's Church, Stowmarket Road, Ringshall, Suffolk, England1

  •  

  • daughter of Henry Crooks and Elizabeth

Sources

1.

Suffolk Family History Society - Bosmere and Claydon Baptisms 1754-1812, (2010 SFK-BPI-11/P2 own copy).

2.

Suffolk Family History Society - Bosmere, Claydon, Orford and Loes Marriages 1754-1812, (2007 SFK-MI/03 own copy).

3.

Suffolk Family History Society - Suffolk Burial Index, (2020 SFK-BUI/03-1 own copy).

4.

The Federation of Family History Societies, National Burial Index for England & Wales v.3, (2010 own copy).

5.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1018 folio:3 page:1.

6.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1797 folio:489 page:24.

7.

Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). son John's marriage.

8.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG09 piece:1157 folio:13 page:19.

9.

FindMyPast Newspaper article, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). The Ipswich Journal Saturday 19 September 1846 page:4.

10.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1861 quarter:2 volume:4a page:355.