I need to clear my brain out - hence this detailed post...if you can see any light I'd be very grateful.
I have an ancestor Robert Hawes, who died in East Dereham in 1830 aged 86-88 years (depending on source) meaning he was born c1742-44. There is no sign of him apart from the four children (Mary, William, Ann, Sophia) he had with his wife Grace in East Dereham in the 1790s.
However, there is this from a newspaper in Suffolk:
1790, 1 Sep: Notice was given that a property and land was for sale in the parish. ‘A copyhold estate, late the property of the widow Hawes, deceased, consisting of a very good farmhouse, barn, stable etc. and about eight or nine acres of exceedingly good arable land now in the occupation of Mr. Edmund King.’ Also a notice appeared asking for a beneficiary to make contact. ‘Notice to Heir at Law: Mr John Hawes of Walsham le Willows, Suffolk having been absent for some years and being heir to part of the estate of the widow Hawes, deceased, he is desired to send his name and place of abode to Mr. Robert Hawes of East Dereham.’
[You can see this at http://www.walsham-le-willows.org/hi...rterlyreview/5 if you wish]
Walsham-le-Willows is just 25 miles from East Dereham.
I have assumed that Robert is executor to an as-yet unfound will for the widow (his mother?)...and that the John he is trying to find is a relative (brother?).
So I searched the extracted records on the IGI and found Robert Hawes christened 2 Sep 1744 to parents Thomas & Ann in Walsham-le-Willows. Looking good!
But then the problem...there were (at least) 9 other children (including 2 brothers John (christened 1749 & 1765)), including another Robert christened 11 Oct 1767. And I can't find any burial records online to help me out.
One thought that has occurred to me is that as the siblings (all born to Thomas & Ann on the IGI) have the following christening dates:
Robert (chr. 1744) John (46) Mary (49) William (53) Hannah (57) Thomas (62) James (64) John (65) Robert (67) William (69)
Is it possible that there were either 2 Thomas & Ann's on the go at the same time...or that Ann died, say about 1754, and he remarried another Ann...and they ended up using some names again even though the first children hadn't necessarily died.
I wonder whether any of you have any thoughts as to what I should do next to prove/disprove the link?
Thanks for reading!
I have an ancestor Robert Hawes, who died in East Dereham in 1830 aged 86-88 years (depending on source) meaning he was born c1742-44. There is no sign of him apart from the four children (Mary, William, Ann, Sophia) he had with his wife Grace in East Dereham in the 1790s.
However, there is this from a newspaper in Suffolk:
1790, 1 Sep: Notice was given that a property and land was for sale in the parish. ‘A copyhold estate, late the property of the widow Hawes, deceased, consisting of a very good farmhouse, barn, stable etc. and about eight or nine acres of exceedingly good arable land now in the occupation of Mr. Edmund King.’ Also a notice appeared asking for a beneficiary to make contact. ‘Notice to Heir at Law: Mr John Hawes of Walsham le Willows, Suffolk having been absent for some years and being heir to part of the estate of the widow Hawes, deceased, he is desired to send his name and place of abode to Mr. Robert Hawes of East Dereham.’
[You can see this at http://www.walsham-le-willows.org/hi...rterlyreview/5 if you wish]
Walsham-le-Willows is just 25 miles from East Dereham.
I have assumed that Robert is executor to an as-yet unfound will for the widow (his mother?)...and that the John he is trying to find is a relative (brother?).
So I searched the extracted records on the IGI and found Robert Hawes christened 2 Sep 1744 to parents Thomas & Ann in Walsham-le-Willows. Looking good!
But then the problem...there were (at least) 9 other children (including 2 brothers John (christened 1749 & 1765)), including another Robert christened 11 Oct 1767. And I can't find any burial records online to help me out.
One thought that has occurred to me is that as the siblings (all born to Thomas & Ann on the IGI) have the following christening dates:
Robert (chr. 1744) John (46) Mary (49) William (53) Hannah (57) Thomas (62) James (64) John (65) Robert (67) William (69)
Is it possible that there were either 2 Thomas & Ann's on the go at the same time...or that Ann died, say about 1754, and he remarried another Ann...and they ended up using some names again even though the first children hadn't necessarily died.
I wonder whether any of you have any thoughts as to what I should do next to prove/disprove the link?
Thanks for reading!
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