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Dora Lilian Cock was descended from our common ancestors, John Greenfield and Susan Whistler, who married about 1804. Direct ancestors of the Green branch are in red.

Last update: 20 Aug 2012

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Arnold...Cock...Clarke...Cracknel 1755...Cracknel 1816...Field...Fletcher
George...Greenfield...Grimmer...Holland...Humphrey...Ives...Johnson...Kemp
Lyon...Macro...Manborn...Matthews...Pettit...Pidd...Rudland...Russell
Walker...Whistler...Wilson...Woodruff...Woodruffe.

GENERATION 1

1 Edward COCK bur 25 Apr 1747 Hockwold m Ann bur 6 Sep 1768 Hockwold

Children of Edward and Ann
2......John bap 28 Feb 1702 Hockwold
3......William bap 1 Aug 1706 Hockwold

GENERATION 2

2 John COCK m Margaret bef 1744 [see COCK branch]

Children of John and Margaret
4......Joseph bap 1 May 1744 Hockwold
5......Ann bap 3 Jul 1757 Hockwold

GENERATION 3

4 Joseph COCK m Sarah FIELD Hockwold

Children of Joseph and Sarah
6......Joseph bap 2 Jan 1768 Hockwold
7......Field (male) bap 27 Dec 1769 Hockwold
8......John bap 25 Oct 1771 Hockwold

GENERATION 4

9 John CRACKNEL b abt 1755 d 10 Sep 1821 in Feltwell m Sarah

Children of John and Sarah
10......Mary bap 5 Aug 1794 in Feltwell
11......Robert m Mary Ann PETTIT
12......John d 11 Aug 1782
13......Elizabeth m John MANBORN

7 Field COCK m (a) Elizabeth WILSON (b) Jane WILSON of Felwell (c) Margaret GRIMMER

Children of Field and Elizabeth
14......Thomas bap 18 Jul 1784 Feltwell
15......Lydia bap 28 Apr 1786

Children of Field and Jane
16......Esther bap 3 May 1789 Wilton

Children of Field and Margaret Cock
17......Field bap 15 Sep 1799 Wilton - was a wheelwright in 1845
18......Robert bap 6 Aug 1801 Wilton
19......Sarah bap 30 Nov 1806 Hockwold
20......Mary bap 7 July 1808 Hockwold
21......Edward bap 20 Sep 1809 bur 1 Oct 1809
22......Joseph bap 14 Jun 1811 bur 16 Jun 1811

Note: there was also a Grimmer COCK keeping a beerhouse in Hockwold in 1845, but no record of baptism, and a Joseph COCK who kept the "Ball" public house in 1845.

GENERATION 5

14 Thomas COCK m Sarah

Note: In 1819 Thomas was a labourer and in 1822 he was a pauper. In 1814 and 1817 he was a labourer

Children of Thomas and Sarah
17b......Sophy bap 28 Aug 1819 Feltwell
17c......Jane bap 9 May 1822 Feltwell
17d......Joseph bap 8 Aug 1814 Feltwell
17e......William bap 4 Feb 1817 Feltwell

17 Field COCK m (a) 10 Mary CRACKNEL (d 15 Jan 1872) 20 Nov 1816 (b) Elizabeth PIDD 16 Oct 1836 Feltwell

Note: Field was a carpenter. Witnesses to the wedding to Elizabeth were Joseph COCK and Elizabeth WALKER

Children of Field and Mary
23......Robert bap 14 Sep 1817 Feltwell d 11 Apr 1876
Note: Robert was first a carpenter, then a farmer and a beerhouse keeper in Feltwell. The Bury and Norwich Post of 1 Sep 1874 reported:

24......Jane bap 21 Apr 1820 Feltwell m Joseph RUDLAND (b1817 d 1869)
25......girl d 1890
25a....Francis b 1835 Feltwell
Note: In 1851 Francis was a shepherd

26 John GREENFIELD b 1781 m Susan WHISTLER (bap 13 Mar 1775 d 28 Aug 1865) abt 18 04
[note: For Susan's ancestors, click here]
Note: John was a shoemaker

Children of John and Susan

27......Elizabeth bap 28 Nov 1802 Feltwell
27a....Sarah bap 1805
28......Susan bap 25 Mar 1806 Weeting
29......William bap 20 Jan 1807 Weeting
30......Mary bap 1810 d 8 Oct 1899 m Edward JOHNSON [See Johnson Branch]
30a....Field bap 26 Apr 1813 Feltwell
30b.....Elizabeth b 1817 d 1890 at Buckenham

GENERATION 6

23 Robert COCK m Elizabeth (b 1818 Buckenham) abt 1840

Note: In 1851 the family lived at Feltwell, but between about 1843 and 1845 it had been at Hockwold cum Wilton. Robert was a master carpenter

Children of Robert and Elizabeth
23b......Mary Ann b 1843 Hockwold cum Wilton m Robert GEORGE 2nd qr 1868 [Thetford 4b 681]
23c......Greenfield b 1845 Hockwold cum Wilton
23d......Jane b 1847 Feltwell m Martin Little MACRO 2nd qr 1876 [Thetford 4b 655]
23e......Alfred b 1849 Feltwell
Note: In 1871 Alfred was a draper's assistant in Bedford St, St Andrew, Norwich

31 Elizabeth GREENFIELD m 23 Robert COCK (b 1817 d 11 Apr 1876) 14 Oct 1842 [see COCK branch here]

Note: Robert was a master carpenter in Feltwell and in 1851 he had an apprentice named John RUSSELL

Children of Robert and Elizabeth

32......Mary Ann b 1843
33......Greenfield b 18 Jul 1845 d 1 Sep 1904
34......Amelia Jane b 2nd qr 1847 [Thetford 13 29(01)]
Note: She is buried with brother Alfred and his wife Mary in Lewisham cemetery
35......Alfred b 2nd qr 1849 [Thetford 13 463]
36......Charles Jabez bap 1 May 1851, carpenter, d 26 Jul 1913 in a fall from his horse in Kemps Lane Hockwold m Agnes JOHNSON(See Cock branchhere or the Johnson Branch here)
37......George b 1856
38......Arthur b 1st qr 1859 [Thetford 4b 425]
39......Edith b 3rd qr 1864 [Thetford 4b 383]

GENERATION 7

33 Greenfield COCK m Mary Edwards FLETCHER (b 23 Jul 1846 d 4 Dec 1930) 1870

Note: Greenfield seems to have been a man of many parts. In 1861 he is described as an apprentice carpenter, but he became a wheelwright in later years. In 1871 he was a carpenter living in Wilton.In 1879/80 he is listed in a directory as a "steam miller" . In 1881 he appears in the census as a builder and wheelwright employing 4 men and one boy living in Bell Street, Feltwell. In 1891 he was living in Bell Street, Feltwell as a builder and miller and he was described in a directory of 1892 just as a miller. When he died he was described as a builder.He lived in Bell Street, Feltwell, in a house later occupied by Mr Parnell, the village barber. An account of his funeral may be seen here

Children of Greenfield and Mary
39......Evangeline Charlotte E b 4th qr 1870 [Thetford 4b 363]
40......Ada Mary b 2nd qr 1872 [Thetford 4b 394]
41......Gertrude Annie b 3rd qr 1873 m Sidney JOHNSON [See Johnson Branch]
42......Ethel Sarah b 1875 m Harry JOHNSON [See Johnson Branch]
43......William Robert b 1877 Feltwell
44......Dora Lilian b 1878 Feltwell d 26 Mar 1959
45......Kate Louise b 1882 Feltwell
46......Elsie Winifred Gwendoline b 1884 Feltwell

35 Alfred COCK m Elizabeth CLARKE 9b 1849 Mildenhall) 4th qr 1872 [Mildenhall 4a 1090]

Note: In 1891 they were living at White House Drove, Littleport

Children of Alfred and Elizabeth
35a......John William b 4th qr 1873 Feltwell [Thetford 4b 319]
Note: In 1891 John was an ag lab
35b......Thomas H b 2nd qr 1876 Littleport [Ely 3b 633]
Note: In 1891 Thomas was an ag lab
35c......Sarah Ann b 2nd qr 1878 Littleport d as infant [Ely 3b 613]
35c......Sarah Ann b3rd qr 1880 Littleport [Ely 3b 571] m William WOODRUFFE 4th qr 1903 [Ely 3b 1221]
35d......Harriet b 1st qr 1885 Littleport [Ely 3b 607] m Arthur HOLLAND 2nd qr 1926 [Wisbech 3b 1398]
35e......Mary Ann b 1st qr 1888 Littleport [Ely 3b 559]
35f......Eliza b 4th qr 1889 Littleport [Ely 3b 552] m Robert WOODRUFF 3rd qr 1921 [Ely 3b 1439]

38 Arthur COCK m Maria WARNE (b 1860 Ely) 3rd qr 1883 {Ely 3b 1263]

Note: Arthur was a grocer, draper and carpenter in 1891 living at High Street, Hockwold cum Wilton and Maria was a dressmaker. Also living with the family was Emma ARNOLD servant b 1873 Wilton. In 1911 Arthur and Maria were at "Near Elm Tree, Feltwell"

Children of Arthur and Maria
38a......Reginald Arthur b 2nd qr 1885 Feltwell [Thetford 4b 381] m Ellen C DAY 2nd qr 1925 [Guildford 2a 201]
Note: In 1901 Reginald was a chemist's apprentice living at 2 Bridge Street, Thetford and in 1911 he was a chemist's assistant living at 129 High Street, Guildford
38b......Jeanette Marguerite b 3rd qr 1887 Feltwell [Thetford 4b 381]

GENERATION 8

43 William Robert COCK m Annie Elizabeth KEMP (b 1875 d 1912)

Child of William Robert and Annie
43b...... Harry dob unknown. Harry became Treasurer of Glamorgan County Council

44 Dora Lilian COCK m Ernest Russel MATTHEWS (b 9 Jul 1881 d 10 Apr 1965) 22 Apr 1905

Children of Ernest and Dora MATTHEWS
47......Ernest Greenfield b 1916 d 9 Jun 2005 m (a) Eveline Mary IVES (b 1 Aug 1912 d 5 Nov 2000) 26 Dec 1937 and (b) a second wife, still living
48......Gertrude Ellen b 1906 m George LYON
49......Frederick Russell b 1908 d 13 Jun 2001

GENERATION 9

48 Gertrude Ellen MATTHEWS m George LYON (d 1957)

Children of George and Gertrude
50......a daughter, still alive
51......a daughter, still alive

49 Frederick Russell MATTHEWS m Hilda HUMPHREY (b 28 Jul 1915 d 31 Oct 2000) on 28 Jun 1940

Children of Frederick Russell and Hilda
52......a boy, still living, b 27 Nov 1943: married, with issue: a boy b 6 Jun 1981
53......a boy, still living, b 27 Apr 1945: married, with issue: a boy b 6 Dec 1977

Note: there are other descendants of Ernest and Dora MATTHEWS, but all still alive and are therefore not shown. If you are interested in following this through, please contact Suzan Matthews, QC.,to whom my grateful thanks for the information which enabled this page.

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