"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

Note: Witnesses to the first marriage were William PAIN and Sarah ANDERSON. 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
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 b 1832 Feltwell d 2nd qr 1838

Note: in 1841 the family was living in Hockwold cum Wilton: also present was James KIDD aged 20. William was managing the Feltwell Anchor Inn in 1845, 1854 and 1869. 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
C3......James b abt 1835
C4......Hephzibah b 2nd qr 1839 m Thomas JACOB 4th qr 1863 [Thetford 4b 1062]
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 Clark dob unknown.
Note: Samuel 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 unknown
58......Ellen b 1st qr 1841 Feltwell [Thetford 13 301]
59......John b 1847 Feltwell
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 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: 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: 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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