See Mewse branch here

Children of James and Mary
C2......Simon b 1750 Lowestoft
C3......Elizabeth b 1756 Lowestoft d 1831 Lowestoft
C4......John b 1758 Lowestoft
C5......Thomas b 1759 Lowestoft

GENERATION 2

Children of John and Elizabeth
C6......Maria b 1789 m James BARBER 19 May 1811 St Margarets Lowestoft (see Edmonds tree here)
Note: James was a baker. Witnesses to the wedding were James BARBER, Sophia and Matilda ADAMS
C7......Charlotte bap 1 Jun 1792 Pakefield m Kersey ALDIS 22 Feb 1820 St Margarets Lowestoft
C8......Matilda b 23 Feb 1794 bap 23 Feb 1794 Pakefield m Charles CLARKE 6 May 1823 Lowestoft
C9......George b 19 Aug 1795 bap 23 Aug 1795 Pakefield m Ann FERRETT 6 May 1823 Lowestoft
C10....John b 22 Sep 1797 bap 24 Sep 1797 Pakefield
A1......James b 1799 Pakefield
C12....Sophia b 1788 Pakefield d 1886 Oulton Workhouse aged 79
C13....William b 1801 d 1802
C14....William b 14 Jul 1802 Pakefield bap 18 Jul 1802 Pakefield m Elizabeth LEGGETT

Note: Sarah was the daughter of James CURTIS and Mary ROUS. James was a decorator at the Lowestoft China factory (you can read about it here). It is thought that he was apprenticed at Walker & Co, the firm which made Lowestoft Porcelain, in the 1770s There were two children by his second marriage but no record has yet been found of them.

Children of James and Sarah
L1......James bap 28 Apr 1786 Lowestoft bur 15 Jan 1796 Lowestoft
L2......Jeffery dob unknown, died in infancy

GENERATION 3

Note: in 1851 John was a jouneyman baker living in Pakefield Street, Pakefield

Children of John and Hannah
C15......John b abt 1836 Pakefield
C16......Charlotte Maria b 1st qr 1839 Pakefield {Mutford 13 433]
C17......George b 4th qr 1841 Pakefield [Mutford 13 436]
C18......William Samuel b 3rd qr 1846 Pakefield [Mutford 13 428
C19......Harriet Elizabeth b 4th qr 1855 Pakefield [Mutford 4a 557]
C19a....James b Feb 1851 Pakefield

Children of James and Eleanor
A2....James b 1831 Lowestoft
A3....Sophia b 1833 Lowestoft m Amos FISK 4th qr 1852 [Blything 4a 1426]
A4....Joseph b 1835 Lowestoft
1......Francis b 3rd qr 1837 Lowestoft bur 5 Jan 1916 Lowestoft

GENERATION 4

Note: In 1871 the census shows Elizabeth and family at Sparham's Cottages, Lowestoft, but Francis was absent. In 1881 Francis was living at 2 Sparham Buildings, St Peters Street, Lowestoft and was a mariner, but he was a coal dealer in 1891 living at 3 Chapel Street, Lowestoft

Children of Francis and Elizabeth
2......Frank b 4th qr 1861 Lowestoft [Mutford 4a 1480]
Note: In 1871 Frank was staying with his grandparents, John and Mary Ann MEWSE
3......Alice Elizabeth b 3rd qr 1864 [Mutford 4a 679] bap 2 Oct 1864 Lowestoft bur 1 Jul 1868 Lowestoft
4......Joseph John b 4th qr 1866 Lowestoft [Mutford 4a 698] d 12 Apr 1944 Lowestoft
5......Mary Ann E b 1st qr 1870 Lowestoft [Mutford 4a 764] m either James BOARDLEY 3rd qr 1893 [Mutford 4a 1530]
Note: Mary Ann was a beatster in 1891, living with her parents
6......Edith Annie bap 21 Aug 1872 Lowestoft bur 18 Sep 1872 Lowestoft
7......Samuel Charles b 4th qr 1874 Lowestoft [Mutford 4a 737]
Note: Samuel was an apprentice in 1891
7a....Hannah Elizabeth Alice b 3rd qr 1873 Lowestoft [Mutford 4a 727] bur 12 May 1904 aged 9 months
7b....Eleanor Elizabeth b 3rd qr 1879 Lowestoft [Mutford 4a 784] d 3rd qr 1879
8......Elizabeth Eleanor b 4th qr 1881 Lowestoft {Mutford 4a 784]
Note: Elizabeth Eleanor was a dressmaker in 1901
8a....Hannah Elizabeth Alice b 1903 bur 12 May 1904 Lowestoft aged 9 months

GENERATION 5

Note: Frances was the daughter of William and Elizabeth FARMAN

Children of William and Susan
C20......George Welsh ("Pikey") b 4th qr 1867 Pakefield [Mutford 4a 640]
C21......James Frederic b 1869 Pakefield [Mutford 4a 668]
C22......Harriet Elizabeth b 1871Pakefield [Mutford 4a 671] m Charles WOODS 2nd qr 1895 [Mutford 4a 1535]
C23......Ernest John b 1st qr 1874 Pakefield [Mutford 4a 733] m Frances ANDERSON 1st qr 1899 [Mutford 4a 1217]
C24......Gertrude Ann b 1st qr 1878 Pakefield [Mutford 4a 765]
C25......Charles Richard b 4th qr 1879 Pakefield [Mutford 4a 824]
C26......Edith Jane b 2nd qr 1882 Pakefield [Mutford 4a 857]
C27......Edward Frank b 3rd qr 1884 Pakefield [Mutford 4a 871]
C28......Ethel Maud b 3rd qr 1887 Pakefield [Mutford 4a 897]
C29......William b 3rd qr 1889 Pakefield [Mutford 4a 892]
C30......John b 1st qr 1891 Pakefield [Mutford 4a 964]

Child of William and Frances
C31......Mark Robert b 4th qr 1905 [Mutford 4a 1104]

Note: Frank was a merchant, mariner and a coal dealer in Lowestoft. He had a sweet shop, butchers shop and a coal merchant, and became a leading businessman. In 1891 he had living in with him Hannah CAMPLING 48, a monthly nurse and his aunt as well as his sister in law, Gertrude BECKETT aged 19, single, born in Rushmere and recorded as a domestic servant. In 1911 there was a servant, Hilda SHARMAN aged 17 living in.

Children of Frank and Mary Ann
9......Ethel Annie b 1889 d 6 Dec 1893 Lowestoft
10....Hilda Florence b 1892 d 19 Mar 1893 aged 16 months
11....Frank Sylvester b 1896 d 30 Mar 1977
12....Gladys Mary b 12 Aug 1897 Lowestoft
13....Joseph b 1902 d 14 Feb 1903 aged 9 months
14....Winifred Lilian b 1908 d 23 Jul 1999
Note: Winifred, known by the family as Auntie Wyn, died a spinster

Note: Joseph was a coal dealer and they lived at 6 Wilde St Lowestoft at the time of their deaths. In 1911 the family was at 54 Beccles Road, Lowestoft

Children of Joseph and Ellen
15......Joseph John d 11 Mar 1893 (19 weeks old)
Note 15 Joseph John died at 1 Capps Buildings, Beach, Lowestoft
15a....Ellen Edith b 1895 Lowestoft
Note: Ellen was a milliner in 1911
15b....Lillian Alice b 1898 Lowestoft
16......Edith Eleanor b 1901 Lowestoft d 26 Oct 1901 (3 months old)
Note: 16 Edith died at 304 Raglan Street, Lowestoft

Note: in 1901 Samuel was a house painter living at St Georges Terrace, Beccles Rd Lowestoft and in a 1912 directory a beer retailer at 77 Crown St Lowestoft named Samuel ADAMS was recorded. The 1911 census shows him at 73 Cross Street as a beer retailer. In 1913 at the death of their son their address was "The Oak Tavern, Crown St, Lowestoft

Here is his signature in 1911:

GENERATION 6

Note: George was a fisherman. In 1901 the family was at 53 St George's Rd, Kirkley. In 1911 he was at sea, mate on the "Young Percy" a fishing boat (Harry COLEMAN was master)

Children of George and Caroline
C32......Helen b 1890 Kirkley
C33......George Victor b 3rd qr 1891Kirkley [Mutford 4a 948] d 2nd qr 1892 [Mutford 4a 537]
C34......Thomas William b 2nd qr 1894 Kirkley [Mutford 4a 943]
Note: In 1911 he was a trawl net fisherman
C35......George Edward b 3rd qr 1896 Kirkley [Mutford 4a 987]
C36......Elise b 1897 Kirkley [1901 census]
C37......Lilian Alice b 1st qr 1898 Kirkley [Mutford 4a 1030]
In 1911 Lilian was a net mender
C38......William b 1899 Kirkley [1901 census]
C39......Gladys May b 4th qr 1900 Kirkley [Mutford 4a 1043]
C40......Charles b 1902 Kirkley [1901 census]

Frank was a pork butcher in 1911 living at 155 St Peters Street, Lowestoft
Children of Frank and Nancy
18......Frank
19......John

Note: Edwin was a post office engineer
Children of Edwin and Gladys
20......Jean Mary b 14 Aug 1930 Lowestoft d 1996 m David Owen JEBBITT
21......Jill Edwina b 1936

Many thanks to Stuart JEBBITT (son of David Owen JEBBITT and Jean Mary HUMPHREYS) who provided all the information for this page.

You can contact him

See the JEBBITT family tree here



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