Children of Thomas and Hannah
A9b......Mary bap 15 Dec 1730 Methwold St George
A9c......Ann bap 27 Aug 1732 Methwold St George
A9d......Hannah bap 7 Jul 1736 Methwold St George

Children of Edward and Mary
B2......William bap 2 Jun 1751 Methwold St George
B3......William bap 14 Feb 1753 Methwold St George

GENERATION 3

Children of John and Mary Feetham
8......William bap 14 Aug 1761 Methwold
9......Elizabeth bap 17 Oct 1762 Methwold m George RUDDICK 1 Nov 1784 methwold St George
Note: Witnesses to the marriage were Thomas COATS and Avis BIRD
10.....John bap 26 Aug 1764 Methwold bur 1764 Methwold
11.....John bap 4 Dec 1765 Methwold bur 22 Jan 1827 aged 61Methwold St George
12.....Ann bap 17 Apr 1768 Methwold m Philip BOVILL 7 Nov 1787 Methwold
13.....Sarah bap 13 Apr 1770 Methwold d1770 Methwold
14.....Sarah bap 11 Sep 1771 Methwold
15.....Mary bap 15 Aug 1773 Methwold m Richard WISEMAN 1 Jul 1789 Weeting
16.....Susan bap 8 Mar 1775 Methwold
17.....Jane bap 26 Feb 1777 Methwold m John SIMONS 5 Mar 1800 Methwold St George
Note: Witnesses to the marriage were Thomas COATES and Elizabeth FEETHAM
18.....Rose b abt 1780 Methwold bur 28 Sep 1781 Methwold St George

GENERATION 4

Note: Witnesses to the marriage were John LASSCOCK & John GRAHAM

Children of John and Pheobe Feetham
23......William bap 5 Oct 1782 Feltwell hanged himself 6 Apr 1808 m Susan date unknown
Note: After William's death Susan married Christopher WALKER (b 1782) 1810 with whom she had nine children, which included two sets of twins. Christopher was the son of John WALKER and Deborah SPINKS
24......Robert bap 21 Aug 1785 Feltwell d 1877 Ag Lab in Feltwell in 1851 census
25......Elizabeth bap 16 Oct 1787 Feltwell m Edward THORPE at Feltwell 20 Nov 1829 witnesses Joseph FEETHAM & Elizabeth THORPE
26......Rimmer bap 25 Jan 1790 Feltwell m Sarah RUDDOCK 15 Jan 1816 witnesses marriage wereLesley EDWARDS & George GRAHAM
27......Thomas bap 14 Feb 1792 Feltwell m Ellen PEARMAIN (d 17 Jul 1838)
Note: Thomas was granted letters of administration on 16 July 1842 as Ellen died intestate
28......Smith bap 15 Aug 1793 Feltwell
29......Matthew bap 20 Apr 1794 Feltwell m 1Ann COOPER at Hockwold 13 Dec 1816 [ag Lab in 1851 ] 2 Sarah b 1795 Hockwold d 8 Jul 1873 Feltwell aged78
Note: In 1841 and 1851 Matthew was an ag lab.In 1861 Matthew was again an ag lab and he and Sarah were living at "near the Cross" in Feltwell, where Sarah was a shopkeeper
30......Christopher bap 13 Aug 1796 Feltwell d 4th qr 1877 Feltwell
31......Susan bap 23 Sep 1804 Feltwell (had illegit child Sophia bap 15 Feb 1833)
32......Ruth (dob unknown) d 5 Oct 1857 Feltwell

Note: her tombstone reads:-

"When Ruth a-gleaning went
Jehovah was her guide
To Boaz field he led her straight
And she became his bride"

For the origin of this epitaph click here

GENERATION 5

Children of Rimmer and Sarah
B5......William bap 1 Jun 1816 Feltwell St Mary
B6......Elizabeth bap 20 May 1818 Feltwell St Mary

Note: Witnesses to the first marriage were William PAIN and Sarah ANDERSON. In 1822 Christopher was shown as a pauper. In 1837 the tithe map records Christopher as living in a cottage owned by Mary WHITEMAN In 1841 he was at Chapel Street, Feltwell and was a carpenter, but in 1861 he was an ag lab widower living in Cock Street, Feltwell, with Mary JOHNSON spinster aged 66 born Hockwold as a "house worker". They married in 1st qr 1868 and were still at Cock Street Feltwell in 1871. Christopher was still an ag lab in 1871 aged 75. In 1881 Christopher and Rebecca were living in "Alms House", Feltwell

40......Elizabeth b 1821 Feltwell
41......Robert bap 8 May 1822 Feltwell
42......Smith b 1826 Feltwell
42a....John bap 9 Jul 1827 Feltwell St Mary d 13 Aug 1845 Feltwell
43......John b 1829 Feltwell d 1877 Methwold m Mary WIGG 3rd qr 1850 [St Albans 6 691]
Note John went to live in Methwold and was a bricklayer, See his will here
44......Mary b 2nd qr 1839 bap 1840
Mary was an ag lab in 1861 boarding at "Barracks nr the Cross" with Ann VALE
45......Christopher dob unknown, alive in 1841
46......Susan bap 15 Aug 1832 Feltwell st Mary d 2nd qr 1838

Children of Joseph and Frances
48......Susan b 1826/7 Methwold d 3rd qr 1852 [Thetford 4b 275] m William GRASS (b 1820 Brandon) 2nd qr 1842 [Thetford 13 486]
49......Sally Wells b 1832 Methwold

Note: in 1841 the family was living in Hockwold cum Wilton: also present was James KIDD aged 20, an ag lab, still with the family in 1861. William was managing the Feltwell Anchor Inn in 1845, 1854 and 1869. In 1861 he was farming 126 acres, and as well as James KIDD, two other ag labs were living there: William HARRISON aged 40 born in Littleport and William ALLINGTON, born in Lakenheath.. By 1877 he had bought the Plough and 5 acres of land. See his will here

Children of William and Mary
C2......Sarah b abt 1833
C2a....James Clark b 1834 Feltwell d 4th qr 1909 [Thetford 4b 197]
C3......James b abt 1835
C4......Hephzibah b 2nd qr 1839 m Thomas JACOB 4th qr 1863 [Thetford 4b 1062] - See Palmer tree here
C4a....George b 1842
C4b....Elizabeth b 1844 m (a) John JACOB 21 Oct 1863 Hockwold (b) John TAYLOR 4th qr 1876 [Thetford 4b 1118]
Note: Witnesses to the marriage were Elizabeth FEETHAM and George Robert JACOB
C5......Samuel Clarkb 1843.
Note: In 1861 Samuel was an ag lab working at Lodge House, Methwold Hythe. He was living in Littleport in 1877 and was a farmer

Children of Edward and Susanna
51......Eliza b 1834 Feltwell
52......John b 1846 Feltwell
53......Ann b 1837 Feltwell
54......Sarah b 4th qr 1838 Feltwell
55......Edward b 4th qr 1840 Feltwell

Note: James was an ag lab

Children of James and Sarah
58......William bap 22 Nov 1840 Feltwell St Mary
58a....Ellen b 1st qr 1841 Feltwell [Thetford 13 301]
58b....Helen Pearman bap 11 May 1845 Feltwell St Mary
59......John b 1847 Feltwell
59a....John bap 8 Oct 1848 Feltwell St Mary
60......Annie Elizabeth b 3rd qr 1851 Feltwell [Thetford 13 323]
61......James Pearman b 2nd qr 1854 Feltwell [Thetford 4b 414] d 3rd qr 1854 Feltwell [Thetford 4b 299]
61a....James Pearman b 3rd qr 1855 Feltwell [Thetford 4b 351]
Note: James became a coal miner - in 1881 he was boarding in Worksop with his sister 60 Annie, and in 1891 he was boarding at Bathurst Terrace, Scarcliffe.

Note: witness Christopher FEETHAM.

[See MORLEY TREE]

Note: Ann and William Morley are buried in the churchyard at Hockwold Parish Church, with their son Christopher.

Child of William and Marion
61b......William b 1873 Feltwell

GENERATION 7

Note: Daniel was a widower on marriage, having previously been married to Emma WILSON with whom he had 6 children. From 1871 to 1874 the family were at Brandon Creek

Child of Daniel and Sarah
54a......Daniel b 1st qr 1866 [Huntingdon 3b 265]

Note: In 1861 Richard was a carpenter and the family lived at 20 Union Street, Ipswich. In 1871 Sally was living in Methwold at Old Chapel Strreet and in 1881 she was back in Ipswich, a widow living at 14 Peel Street

Children of Richard and Sally
49b......Matilda Emma b 4th qr 1857 [Ipswich 4a 564]
49c......Arthur b 4th qr 1860 [Ipswich 4a 535]
49d......Julia b 4th qr 1864 [Ipswich 4a 572] m William Thomas LAURIE (b 1868 London) 3rd qr 1893 [Ipswich 4a 969]
Note: William was a groom and coachman living at 2 Upper Barcley Stret, Ipswich in 1901
49e......Clara b 3rd qr 1866 [Ipswich 4a 563]

Note: In 1851 and onward James was at Feltwell Anchor Inn as an innkeeper and in 1901 he was a farmer, still at Feltwell Anchor. Caroline was the daughter of Walter (b abt 1824 Swaffham) and Hannah BOUGHEN (b 1828 Wilton)

Children of James and Caroline
62......James William Clark b 1894 Feltwell [Thetford 4b 345]
Note: In 1911 after the death of his father in 1909, James was the manager of a farm at Southery, and his mother Caroline was shown as the farmer. They had two live-in servants: Caroline NICHOLS a 31 year old married cook, and Agnes GODBOLT, a 16 year old housemaid both born in Feltwell. James was living in Brandon at "Clyde Bungalow, Brookville" in 1929 when he applied for and was granted a patent on "removable collars". You can see the patent here.
63......Arthur Albert C b 2nd qr 1896 Feltwell [Thetford 4b 366]
64......Gertrude Mary b 4th qr 1899 Feltwell [Thetford 4b 344]

Note: In 1881 and in 1891 the family was living at Haggonfields, Worksop, and Annie's brother 61a James Pearmain Feetham a coal miner was boarding with them in 1881.

Children of William and Annie
65......Eliza b 5 Feb 1875 Haggonfield, Worksop
66......Robert b 1877 Haggonfield, Worksop
67......Jesse b 1880 Haggonfield, Worksop m Violet SMITH 2nd qr 1912 [Worksop 7b 118]
68......Edith b 1883 Haggonfield, Worksop m Ernest L LAWRENCE 2nd qr 1913 [Worksop 7b 89]
69......Annie b 1885 Haggonfield, Worksop m George Shillito FULLARD 4th qr 1907
70......William b 1888 Haggonfield, Worksop m Rose WITHAM 2nd qr 1907 [Worksop 7b 111]
71......Ethel S b 1890 Haggonfield, Worksop m John W DAVIES 4th qr 1915 [Worksop 7b 68]

GENERATION 8

Note:Elizabeth had previously married Jethro FINCHAM 1st qr 1882 [Downham 4b 507] by whom she had 5 children. In the 1891 census they appear living at the Anchor Inn Feltwell Anchor when the landlord was Caroline BOUGHEN, Elizabeth's sister. A George FEETHAM was boarding there in 1891 In 1881 Daniel was a farmer's pupil, and in 1891 he was an engine driver. In 1901 he was an innkeeper and ag lab, living at Feltwell Anchor.

Child of Daniel and Sarah
72......Julia Sarah b 4th qr 1900 Feltwell Fen

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