Butcher Family of Hoxne District, Suffolk

updated 18 June 2013

Jonathan Butcher, [email protected]

 

This is a work in progress, describing what I have been able to learn of the early descendants of Richard Butcher of Wilby, Suffolk. 

 

The known history of this branch of the family begins with Richard Butcher (Bocher), a yeoman farmer in Wilby, Hoxne District, Suffolk, likely born around 1480/90.  He had an (elder?) brother William, from whom he bought land, but who has not been found further.  It seems possible that these two were nephews of John Bocher of the adjacent parish of Laxfield – for whom see companion file Other Early Butcher Families in Hoxne District.

 

While Richard Bocher’s parentage has not been proven, it seems likely that he might be a son of one William Bocher of Wilby – who is tentatively listed as the first known generation.

 

First Generation

 

1.  William1 Bocher.  William, perhaps born around 1460, seems to have died leaving young children.  He left a rather uninformative will, found in the Norwich Consistory Court (abstract) , dated 10 Feb. 1495/6 and probated 28 Nov. 1498 at Hoxne.  The will mentions wife Margaret and children, but does not name any of the children.  It says only that a certain tenement in Laxfield was to go to “that childe that is most kinde and curteys unto my Wyff Margarette.”.  Margaret Bocher qualified as executrix.  Given the terms of William’s will, it seems likely that Margaret would herself have left a will.  Such is not found under surname Bocher, but she may well have remarried.

 

Possible issue:

            i.          ?William, sold land in Wilby to his brother Richard; otherwise unknown.

+11      ii.         ?Richard, likely born about 1480/90.

 

Second Generation

 

11.  Richard2 Bocher was likely born around 1480/90.  Rychard Bocher of Wylbey [Wilby], Suffolk, yeoman, made a will in Wilby on 11 November 1541, probated 21 Apr. 1542, witnessed by John Goldesmyth, Thomas Salter, Edmunde Tooke, Willm. Towle and Willm. Saye (abstract) . (Archdeacon of Suffolk Wills, 14 (1541-43), ff. 21-22).  He was buried in Wilby on 14 April 1542. The will mentions various properties in Wylbey, Saxmundham, and Stradbroke, including land in Wylbey he bought of his brother William Bocher.  He also mentions his brother-in-law William ffylbey, who was executor along with son John Butcher. 

 

Richard’s wife was Johane Filby, daughter of Robert ffylbye of Wilby who made a will on 28 July 1531 (Archdeacon of Suffolk 1C/AA2/11/15).  She died prior to her husband.  Richard’s will names the following children:

 

+111    i.,         Robert, probably born around 1515.

+112    ii,         John, probably born around 1520.

+113    iii.        Hewe (Hugh), probably born about 1525/30.

iv.        Katheryne.  Possibly the same as the Cristina Bocker who mar. in Stradbroke 29 Oct. 1552 Nich. Debden?

v.         Elizabeth

vi.        Johane.  Mar Wilby 19 Oct. 1545 John Kinge.

vii.       Alyse

 

Third Generation

111.  Robert3 Bocher, probably born around 1515, and evidently the only child not at home when his father’s will was made.  Mentioned as a godson in the will of Robert ffylbye (1531).  He was left a cash bequest in his father’s will and directed to leave his brothers in peaceable possession of their landed inheritance – probably already having received his share and possibly indicating he was the eldest son.  A Robert Butcher married in Wilby on 21 Oct. 1541 Agnes Adam[s].  He lived in Stradbroke and seems to have been the Robert Butcher buried there 16 July 1571, not leaving a will.  His children are only partially known (perhaps some were baptized in the adjacent parish of Laxfield, where registers are lost prior to 1575), but seem to have included:

i.                    ?perhaps Henry, bur. Wilby 26 Dec. 1541 (no indication of age or parentage)

ii.                  Alice, bp. Stradbroke 6 July 1543 and mar. 16 Oct. 1572 Robert Broke.  She was buried in Stradbroke 31 July 1623 (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~svane/pafg36/htm, accessed 2/15/05).

iii.                ?perhaps a William Bowcher who married in Stradbroke 14 Sep. 1567 Christina Warne and was bur. there 10 Nov. 1575. No baptisms of children are shown in Stradbroke.  A grant of administration on the estate of William Butcher of Stradbroke was issued by the Norwich Consistory Court in 1578 (act book, 1570-1579, fo. 365).  The administrator appears to have been William Hanner (?), likely as principal creditor.

iv.                ?perhaps Robert, bp. 16 Mar. 1549/50 Stradbroke, bur. 14 Mar. 1552/3 (parents not shown)

v.                  ?perhaps Susanna Bocher, bp. 12 Feb. 1554/5 Stradbroke (parents not shown).

vi.                ? perhaps Thomas “Botger” (?), bp. Stradbroke 13 Apr. 1555 (see Cratfield in Other Early Butcher Families in Hoxne District )

vii.              Henry, bur. 18 Jan. 1561 Stradbroke.

viii.            ? perhaps Henry, born ca. 1565, of Denham (see Henry-Mark Butcher families )

 

112.  John3 Bocher, probably born around 1520, was bequeathed land in Wylbey and Saxmundham.  Married Wilby 23 Oct. 1549 Elizabeth Jarvis.  (She might be the Elizabeth Bocher bur. South Elmham St. James 21 Jan. 1558/9, NBI2)..  John Butcher is apparently mentioned in a conveyance of townlands in Wilby on 5 June 1554 (Suffolk RO Ipswich, Wilby Parish Records, FC 88/L1/10).  Returns for John Butcher are on the 1568 Subsidy Returns in Laxfelde and Wilby.  Married secondly in Wilby 31 Aug. 1575 widow Catherine James.  John was buried in Wilby 16 Feb. 1588/9.  He made a lengthy will in Wilby on 15 July 1585, proven in 1589 (Archdeacon of Suffolk wills R32/517, (abstract).)  “Katherine Butcher widow and sometimes wife to parson James” was bur. Wilby 25 Oct. 1611.  In his will, John conveyed the majority of his lands to his nephews Thomas and Hugh Bocher.  John had children:

i.                    John, bur. Wilby 17 Jan. 1562/3, unmarried.

ii.                  Alice, mar. Worlingworth 19 July 1575 Thomas Grynlinge (Greenling)

 

113.  Hugh3 Butcher was probably born about 1525/30 and was bequeathed land in Wilby and Stradbroke by his father.  He married in Wilby on 20 Oct. 1552 Joan Grene.  Hugh was buried there on 24 May 1565 (NBI2 shows him as “Henry”).  “Hewe bucher of Willbye in Suff., yeom.” made a will on 20 May 1565, proven 20 Dec. 1565 (Archdeacon of Suffolk wills, LDS film 96922 (abstract) ).  This leaves his lands to his wife Jone for life, including the “tenement where I now dwell lying in Wilbye and Stradbroke”, then to son Thomas.  Also named are son Hewe, who also received lands, and daughters Elizabeth and Alice.  Executors were his brother John Butcher and Edmond Tooke, witnesses William Mayo, Robert Stanton the younger, John Rowe of Stradbroke, and John Goldsmith the younger.  Widow Johana Butcher was on the 1568 Subsidy Return in Wilby and was buried there on 28 Mar. 1600.  Children: 

+1131              i.          Thomas.  Probably born about 1553, Wilby (there is a gap in the register       in this period).

+1132              ii.         Hugh, bp. 20 Oct. 1560 Wilby.

iii.        Elizabeth.  Mar. Wilby 30 Jan. 1573/4 Edmond Tooke Senr.  Edmund was buried in Wilby 27 Apr. 1578.  Elizabeth seems to have mar. 2nd William Writhock.  William Writhock is named as a brother in law in the will of Hugh Butcher, 1607, while the will of Thomas Butcher (1615) mentions nephews John and Robert Writhock.  William Writhoke was bur. in Stradbroke on 30 June 1626 leaving a will which shows his occupation as blacksmith; widow Elizabeth Writhoake was bur. there 13 Nov. 1626.

                                    i.          Margaret [Writhoke], bp. 5 Oct. 1591 Stradbroke, bur. 28 Mar. 1592

            i.          John, bp. Stradbroke 13 July 1594, bur. 8 Feb. 1594/5

            ii.         Robert, bp. 3 Oct. 1596, bur. Stradbroke 23 May 1659.

iii.        John.  Perhaps the John Writhock who left a will in Wingfield in 1634.

            iv.        Mary, bp. 23 Dec. 1601, bur. 8 Mar. 1601/2.

iv.        Alice.  Mar. Wilby 2 Nov. 1585 John Calver.  An Alice Calver was buried in Wilby 20 Dec. 1585.  One child:

            i.          Alice [Calver], bp. 12 Dec. 1585 Wilby

Fourth Generation

1131.  Thomas4 Butcher was probably born about 1553 in Wilby, Suffolk (the Wilby baptismal register is missing the pages for 1545-54 and 1557). According to the IGI, he married Mary Fiske in Cratfield 9 Sept. 1584.  Thomas and Hugh Butcher are mentioned in a conveyance of land in Wilby in 1610 (Suffolk RO Ipswich, FC 88/L1/12).  Mary was buried in Wilby 22 Mar. 1597; Thomas was bur. there 19 Aug. 1615.  He left a will in Wilby dated 20 July 1615, probated Sept. 1615 (R48/90, (abstract) ).  They had the following children:

                                      i.      John, bp. Wilby 30 Aug. 1585, bur. 14 June 1609, unmarried.

                                    ii.      Mary, bp. 19 Nov. 1587, mar. John Smyth.  The IGI shows a marriage between Mary Butcher and John Smith in Cratfield 24 Oct. 1614.

                                  iii.      Elizabeth, bp. 1 June 1590, probably mar. Wilby 31 Oct. 1611 William Baker.  Not mentioned in her father’s will.  She is apparently the Elizabeth Baker bur. in Wilby 30 Dec. 1612.  William Baker married secondly in Flixton on 16 Nov. 1613 Bridget Gooch and left a will in Ringsfield, Suffolk in 1621 (information provided by Terry Baker, 11/22/05).  Elizabeth and William apparently had one child:

i.              Mary, bp. last of May 1612, Wilby.

            iv.  Margaret, bp. 1 Dec. 1594.  Married in Fressingfield 29 Dec. 1614 Francis Sandcrofte (Sancroft).  She was buried in Fressingfield 4 Aug. 1631.  Francis Sancroft (1580-1647) and Margaret had six daughters and two sons.  One of the sons was William Sancroft (born Fressingfield 30 Jan. 1616), who attended Emmanuel College.  He went abroad during the Civil War, returning at the Restoration and was appointed Dean of St. Paul’s in 1664.  In 1677 he became Archbishop of Canterbury, being suspended in 1691 after refusing to take the oath to the Prince of Orange.  He died in Fressingfield on 24 November 1693.

v.   Lucy, bp. 23 Feb. 1597/8, bur. 1 July 1606.

 

1132.   Hugh4 Butcher was bp. 28 Oct. 1560 in Wilby, Suffolk. .  He was buried in Wilby on 16 Sep. 1607.  Hugh left a will dated 2 Sep. 1607 (abstract) , which is also referred to in the will of his son, another Hugh.  This mentions freehold lands in Laxfield, Stradbroke, and Wilby. He married in Wilby on 17 Oct. 1591 Finett Borrett.  She was bp. in Wilby 22 Mar. 1564 (“Phinett Borrette”), daughter of Robert Borrett Sr. (will 1592), and was living in 1620.  Hugh had possibly married previously in Saxtead, Suffolk on 11 July 1586 Margaret Kerrich (they do not appear further in Saxtead records[1]).  Transcripts of the parish registers of Dennington, Suffolk show that widow Fynyt Butcher married Henry Taylor on 21 Feb. 1612; however, her husband in 1620 was apparently Robert Taylor.  They do not appear further in the Dennington parish records, and the estate of Finet Tailer was administered in Wilby in 1623 (A6/6/21).  She was buried there on 10 Dec. 1623.  Issue by Finett Borrett:

i.                    Mary, bp. 13 Aug. 1592 Wilby.  Apparently died young.

ii.                  Hugh, bp. 13 Jan. 1593/4, bur. 19 July 1620, single.  Made will in Wilby, 8 July 1620, proven 25 Sep. 1620 (abstract) .  This mentions his siblings, mother, father-in-law (step-father?) Robert Taylour, and kinsmen Nicholas Crispe, John Writhock, Richard Greene, and Francis Sandcrofte the younger.  Greene and Sandcrofte were executors.  Of these “kinsmen”, John Writhock was a cousin, while Francis Sandcrofte was husband of a cousin.  Nicholas Crispe was probably from Laxfield, but his relationship is not known.  Richard Green (1578-1658) was a prominent resident of Wilby and had a wife Elizabeth (see “A Memoir of Thomas Green, Esquire, of Ipswich…”, 1825).  While he was likely related to earlier Greens in Wilby neither Richard’s baptism or marriage is found there, and he may have come from Horham, where the Green family also owned land, but where the early parish registers are lost.

iii.                Jone, bp. 25 Apr. 1596.  Her brother Hugh left her an annuity for support.  Bur. Wilby 10 Dec. 1623.

iv.                Thomas, bp. 12 Nov. 1598 Wilby, bur. 15 Nov. 1599.

v.                  Catharine, bp. 23 Dec. 1599.  Living in 1620.  She may be the Catherine Butcher who mar. in Stradbroke 1 Nov. 1622 Edward Barbor.

+11322.           vi.        Robert, bp. 22 Mar. 1603

vii.       Mary - evidently a younger Mary, as she was a minor in 1620.

 

Fifth Generation

11322.  Robert5 Butcher was bp. 22 Mar. 1603 in Wilby, Suffolk.  He received lands in Laxfield and Stradbroke from his father and from the will of his brother all lands in Wilby, both free and copyhold to hold for 40 years.  He married in Wingfield, Suff. in Mar. 1624 Elizabeth Warner.  She was apparently the Elizabeth Warner bp. in Wingfield on 21 Sept. 1606, daughter of Francis and Mary Warner.  Francis Warner and Mary Godfrey were married in Wingfield 8 Dec. 1595[2].  Robert had children in Wilby through 1647, but does not appear on the muster rolls of “Able Men of Suffolk” in 1638.

 

Robert Butcher and family appear to have moved from Wilby to Fressingfield some time after 1647 and he would seem to be the elder Robert Butcher, “clerk” of Fressingfield, Suff. who was bur. there Jan. 4, 1685.  No will found, and he likely disposed of any property before his death.  Elizabeth, wife of Robert Butcher, was buried in Fressingfield 18 Sep, 1683.  Children:

i.                    Francis, bp. 24 Aug. 1627 Wilby.  I long ago noted from an index to PCC Admons. that there was a Francis Butcher whose estate was administered in Weybread, Suff. (just north of Fressingfield) in 1655; who could be this man; however, I do not find this in the published abstracts of PCC Act Books.  No evidence found that he married.   There is a confusing reference to an item in the Wilby parish records regarding townlands, referring to a copy of the Court Roll of the Manor of Wilby for 25 Oct. 1637 (SRO FC/88/L1/15), for which the abstract says “Francis Butcher admitted to piece of land known as Payoks pightle and Bridges.”  We don’t know of an older Francis at this time, and Payoks pightle is mentioned in earlier Butcher wills.  Is this a reference to the Francis b. 1627 as eldest son and heir?

ii.                  Robert, bp. 27 Apr. 1630.  Probably Robert Butcher the younger, bur. in Fressingfield, 19 Sep. 1669.  No evidence found that he married.

+113223          iii.        Thomas, bp. 23 Jan. 1633/4. 

+113224          iv.        John, bp. 7 Aug. 1636, Wilby. 

+113225          v.         Hugh, bp. 22 Mar. 1640 Wilby. 

+113226          vi.        Simon, bp. Wilby 28 Nov. 1643. 

vii.       Benjamin, born 9 April , bp. 15 Apr. 1647 Wilby.  Probably the Beniamen Butcher bur. Fressingfield 16 Mar. 1665.

 

Sixth Generation

113223.  Thomas6 Butcher was bp. 23 Jan. 1633/4 in Wilby, Suffolk.  There was a Thomas Butcher in Eye, Suff. from 1665-1683 who may or may not be this man.  Thomas Butcher of Eye was buried on 1 May 1683.  He had the following children baptized (the last by wife Elizabeth, the earlier records not showing mother’s name):

i.          Elizabeth, bp. Eye 26 Feb. 1665, bur. 28 Feb. 1676/7

ii.         Mary, bp. 24 Oct. 1668, bur. 26 Oct. 1668

iii.        William, bp. 11 Oct. 1672

iv.        Mary, bp. 16 Apr. 1678

 

113224.  John6 Butcher, bp. 7 Aug. 1636, Wilby.  Perhaps he was the John Butcher bur. S. Elmham St. Cross 6 Apr. 1671 – but I suspect it is more likely that this was an infant.  It seems likely that he may have crossed the Waveney into Norfolk, as a John Butcher “of Rednal” [Redenhall, Norfolk] was bur. in Fressingfield on 2 Sept. 1690.  He may have married secondly in S. Elmham St. Cross on 2 Nov. 1680 widow Mary Francis.  She was bur. there 13 July 1688.  Perhaps he married again, as Sarah, “late wife of Jn. Butcher of Brockdish” was buried in S. Elmham St. Cross 7 Nov. 1707.  Children:

i.                    Hannah, b. 13 June 1656 S. Elmham St. Cross

ii.                  Elizabeth, bp. 8 July 1662 Fressingfield

+1132241        iii.        Robert, bp. 1 Mar. 1662/3 S. Elmham St. Cross.

iv.        Sarah, bp. 4 June 1666

v.         John “ye son of John Butcher of Harleston” [next to Redenhall in Norfolk], bur. Fressingfield 3 Sep. 1686

 

113225  Hugh6 Butcher was bp. 22 Mar. 1640 Wilby.  Buried Mar. 2, 1695 Fressingfield, “late of fflixton”.  Estate administered 1695 Flixton.  Married in Fressingfield 10 Oct. 1667 Elizabeth Stowers.  Apparently moved from Fressingfield to Mendham, where the parish register is lost prior to 1678.  Paid Hearth Tax in Mendham in 1674.

+1132251                                i.          Robert, bp, 29 June 1668 Fressingfield.  .

ii.         Elizabeth, bp. 5 Sept. 1669 Fressingfield, bur. in Mendham 2 May 1684.

+1132252        iii.        ?Hugh, born about 1671?

iv.        Catherine, bp. 5 May 1681 Mendham, bur. there 20 Dec. 1681.

v.         Sarah, bp. 2 Sep. 1683 Mendham

vi.        Theophilus, bp. 15 Mar. 1684/5 Mendham, bur. 19 Mar. 1685.

vii.       James, bp. 8 Mar. 1686 Mendham, acc. to transcript on LDS film 992241 (IGI, taken from the Suffolk FHS transcript, has this as Hannah, bp. 8 May 1686 Mendham)

+1132255         viii.       Simon, bp. 21 Aug. 1687 Mendham (Suffolk FHS transcript shows him     as son of Hugh and Mary).

 

113226  Simon6 Butcher was bp. Wilby 28 Nov. 1643.  Married in Withersdale, Suffolk on 8 Oct. 1667 Mary Stalworthy.  Paid Hearth Tax in Fressingfield in 1674.  A resident of Mendham, he was bur. in Fressingfield on 6 Sep. 1696.  His estate was administered (no will).  His widow Mary apparently leased a house in Flixton in 1701/2 as a lease in the Adair family papers (Suffolk RO, Lowestoft Branch, HA12/B1/5/81) refers to lands occupied by Mary Butcher and Daniel Butcher in Flixton.  She may be the “Mary Butcher of Loddon in Norfolk wydow” who was bur. in Fressingfield 1 Nov. 1720.  Her estate was apparently administered in the Court of the Archdeacon of Norfolk.  Simon Butcher and wife Mary had:

+1132261        i.          Simon, bp. 5 Sep. 1669 Stradbroke.

ii.         Mary, bp. 24 April 1671 Fressingfield.  Could be the Mary Butcher who married in Ilketshall St. Andrew in Sept. 1702 Thos. Squire.

+1132262        iii.        Daniel, bp. 20 May 1673.

+1132263        iv.        Robert, bp. 16 Apr. 1675 Fressingfield.

                        v.         Sarah, bp. 19 Nov. 1676.  Probably the Sarah bur. Fressingfield Nov. 30, 1676.

vi.        Elizabeth, bp. 4 Nov. 1677.  May be the Elizabeth who married in Withersdale 22 Oct. 1697 Robert Chittock.  An Elizabeth Chittock was buried in Weybread 21 Mar. 1742.

vii.       Deborah, bp. 11 May 1679 Fressingfield.  Probably the Deborah Butcher, of Homersfield, who mar. S. Elmham St. Cross Feb. 20, 1704 Francis Gyet of Wisset.

viii.      Edward, bp. 10 May 1681 Mendham (son of Simon and Mary).  There was an Edward Butcher bur. Withersdale 26 Dec. 1750 (NBI2)

+1132265        ix.        Samuel, bp. 2 Feb. 1683/4 Mendham

x.         Matthias, bp. 29 Mar. 1685 Mendham, bur. 19 Nov. 1685.

xi.        John, bp. 26 June 1687 Mendham.  Perhaps in S. Elmham St. Cross in 1727? – where John Butcher and wife Mary had:

            i.          John, bp. 1 Oct. 1727 S. Elmham St. Cross

            ii.         Sarah, born 18 Sep. 1730

            iii.        Elizabeth, bp. 1 June 1736

 

Seventh Generation

1132241.  Robert7 Butcher, bp. 1 Mar. 1662/3 S. Elmham St. Cross is one of several Robert Butchers of similar age.  He is another possibility for the Robert Butcher Sr. of South Elmham St. Cross listed below who mar. in 1699 Helena Pooley.  However, it seems more likely that he may have married late and is the Robert Butcher who mar. 11 Oct. 1704 S. Elmham St. Cross Mary Bourn.  No burial records positively identified, but they seem to have had:

i.          Ann, bp. 19 Sep. 1705 S Elmham St. Cross

+11322411      ii.         Robert, bp. 10 Aug. 1707 Mendham.

iii.        Samuel, bp. 5 Sep. 1708 Mendham.  Probably the Saml. Butcher of Elmham, Suff. bound apprentice to Fran. Reader of Harleston, Norf., cooper, on 31 July 1723 (Register of Duties Paid for Apprentice Indentures on Ancestry.com).  He may be the Samuel Butcher in Redenhall, Norf. with wife Sarah.  Samuel Butcher, innkeeper, was buried in Redenhall 4 Jan. 1754/5.  Widow Sarah Butcher, age 91, was bur. Redenhall  28 Aug. 1799.  They had:

i.                    Samuel, bp. 1 Jan. 1731/2, bur. 8 Jan. 1731/2

ii.                  Samuel, bur. Redenhall 15 May 1738

iii.                Sarah, bp. 8 Mar. 1733 Redenhall [is this Samuel above?]

iv.                Margaret, bp. 8 Jan. 1735/6 (see ATs for reading)

v.                  Anne, bp. 28 Dec. 1736, bur. 28 Oct. 1737

vi.                Frances, bur. 8 June 1740 Redenhall

vii.              Catherine, bp. 17 July 1744, seems to have married there in 1779 Thomas Wilson (entry is illegible on film).  Catherine, dau. of Thomas Wilson and wife Catherine (nee Butcher) was bap. Redenhall 20 Aug. 1786.

viii.            Ann, bp. 17 July 1744 (see BTs)

ix.                William, bp. 6 Oct. 1746, bur. 16 Nov. 1746

x.                  Robert, bp. 1 Jan. 1747/8, bur. 28 June 1748

iv.        Elizabeth, bp. 7 May 1710 Mendham

 

1132251.  Robert7 Butcher was bp. 29 June 1668 Fressingfield, Suffolk.  He is likely the Robert Butcher who made a will in St. Margaret’s, South Elmham 17 Mar. 1749, probated 16 May 1750.  This appoints son James Butcher (of Mendham) and son-in-law Jonathan Poppy (of Metfield) executors, and was witnessed by F. Cutts, Amos Rackham, Judah Wright, and Jonathan Carsey.  He does not seem to be the Robert Butcher who married in 1706 Pulham St. Mary the Virgin, Norfolk (just across the river) Elizabeth Cock (Boyd’s index), or the one who married in S. Elmham St. Cross 19 Oct. 1704 Mary Bourn (shown as “Bowen” on FreeReg).  Perhaps his wife was the Sarah, wife of Robert Butcher, bur. in Great Redisham, Suff. 15 Oct. 1722 (Bps. Trs.).  A possible second marriage is found in Norwich St. Stephens, where Robert Butcher of Mendham, widower mar. on 16 July 1729 Elizabeth Pitcher of Mendham, spinster.  He left children:

i.                    Hugh.  In the NRO there is a settlement certificate, 8 Apr. 1738, from Homersfield, Suff. to Earsham, Norf. for Hugh Butcher, his wife Sarah, and child Hugh.  However, he does not appear in the Earsham PR beyond the baptism of one daughter in 1738.  He is thus perhaps the Hugh Butcher who by wife Sarah had:

i.                    Mary, bur. Homersfield, Suff. 20 Mar. 1735/6

ii.                  Hugh, born prior to 1738.  (He is probably not the Hugh Butcher bur. E. Dereham, Norf. 13 May 1804, age 68, who seems to have been from Shipdham).

iii.                Sarah, bp. 20 Mar. 1738/9 Earsham, Norf., bur. there 21 Mar. 1738/9 (AT 9)

ii.                  Elizabeth.  Probably Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Butcher, bp. S. Elmham St. Cross, 20 Aug. 1715, mar. S. Elmham St. Cross Apr. 8, 1740 John Brock.  Robert’s will mentions son-in-law John Brock.

+11322512      iii.        James, probably born about 1700

iv.        Sarah, probably Sarah, daughter of Robert Butcher, bp. S. Elmham St. Cross 15 Jan. 1716/7, mar. 14 Sept. 1739 S. Elmham St. Cross Jonathan Poppy.  Living in Metfield 1750.

v.         probably Charles, son of Robert Butcher, bur. S. Elmham St. Cross July 23, 1718 or 1719 (NBI2).

 

1132252.  Hugh7 Butcher  was likely born around 1671 in Mendham (before the start of extant registers) and was a brother or Robert (1132251), and so a son of Hugh6 if the previous Robert is correctly identified.  Hugh “Boucher” Sr. was bur. in Hoxne 16 July 1726.  He left a will dated 1 Feb. 1723, Hoxne, and probated 26 July 1726 (abstract) , mentioning his brother Robert Butcher (perhaps the Robert, son of Hugh, bp. 1668) and his godson, Robert’s son Hugh.  His first wife seems to have been named Mary.  Hugh seems to have married secondly in Sibton on 2 Sep. 1697 Eliz. Pigott, and “Elizabetha Vxor Hugonis Butcher de Mendham” was bur. in Sibton 21 Sep. 1703.  He is the Hugh Butcher who married (thirdly?) Ann Cream [Craine?] in Scole, Norfolk 27 Feb. 1703/4, but does not further appear in the Scole register.  (Lands derived from the Craine family are mentioned in Hugh’s will)  Ann, wife of Hugh “Boucher” was bur. in Hoxne 23 Nov. 1721.  Hugh Butcher of Hoxne left a wife Sarah (apparently a later wife from the terms of the will).  She may be the Sarah butcher bur. in Metfield 27 Apr. 1729.  Children:

i.                    John (eldest surviving son), left land in Willowdale (Withersdale?). Apparently the John, son of Hugh and Mary Butcher baptized Withersdale 15 Dec. 1693.  Likely the John Butcher of Hoxne who married in Withersdale Mar. 22, 1725 Susan Carter of Brundish.  There was also a John Butcher who married in Cratfield 23 June 1728 Anne Hollis (Bps Trs.).  Does not appear further in the Hoxne or Withersdale registers.  Finally, a John Butcher and wife Sarah had children John (1737) and Sarah (1739) bp. in Syleham, Suff.

ii.                  Hugh, son of Hugh and Ann, bp. 30 Jan. 1704/5, Mendham.  Infant, bur. Mendham 1 Feb. 1704/5 (NBI2).

iii.                Ann, bp. 27 May 1707 Mendham, bur. there 11 June 1707.

+11322523      iv.        Thomas, s. of Hugh and Ann Butcher, bp. Mendham 11 July 1708.

v.                  Mary, probably Mary, d. of Hugh and Ann Butcher, bp. 28 Aug. 1710 Fressingfield.  Thomas Squire and Mary Butcher, both single and of Hoxne, were mar. in Ubbeston, Suff. 14 (or7?) Sept. 1727.  There was also a Mary Butcher bur. Metfield 20 Mar. 1727/8 and one bur. Homersfield 20 Mar. 1735.

vi.                Anne, d. of Hugh and Ann Butcher, bp. 19 Nov. 1711 Fressingfield.  May be the Ann Butcher who mar. in Cratfield in 1733 Fr. Hun.

vii.       Hugh, s. of Hugh and Ann Butcher, bp. Fressingfield 16 June 1714.  Probably the Hugh who had an illegitimate daughter by Hannah, dau. of Japhet Edwards (bp. 1719 Metfield, according to Edwards genealogy).

                        i.          Sarah (Edwards), bp. 30 Dec. 1741 Mendham (base daughter of Hannah Edwards by Hugh Butcher)

                                    He seems to NOT be the Hugh Butcher who appears in Shipdham, Norfolk with wife Alice (whose ancestry is, however, untraced).  Hugh Butcher and Alice Clemance, both of Shipdham, were mar. Garveston 9 Aug. 1730. 

+11322528      viii.      Robert, s. of Hugh and Ann Butcher, bp. 14 Aug. 1715 Fressingfield.  Inherited lands in Metfield adjacent to his brother Thomas.

ix.        Benjamin, bp. Hoxne 4 Nov. 1716, bur. 2 April 1717.

x.         Elizabeth, bp Hoxne 15 Sep. 1718.  Perhaps the Elizabeth Butcher who mar. in Fressingfield May 18, 1744 James Simonds

xi.        Judith, bp. Hoxne 12 Oct. 1719.  There was a Judith Butcher who married in Redenhall, Norf. 4 Oct. 1745 John Wright.  There was also a Judith Butcher who had an illegitimate daughter, Elizabeth, bp. Dickleburgh, Norf. 10 Feb. 1746/7 and bur. there 18 Apr. 1747.

 

1132255  Simon7 Butcher was bp. 21 Aug. 1687 Mendham.  His cousin, Simon (1132261) apparently cannot be the one who married in 1707 Finite Nursey, so this is presumably the Simon Butcher who married in Ilketshall St. Margaret 18 Jan. 1706/7 Finite Nursey.  Simon presumably died before 1720, as a partial transcript of Ilketshall St. Margaret parish registers made in 1891 (LDS 894713) shows John Butcher, base born son of “Finite Butcher a widow”, bp. and bur. there in 1720.  He might be the Symon Butcher bur. in Melton, Suffolk 16 Oct. 1718.  Issue by Finite Nursey:

+11322551      i.          George, bp. 1 Dec. 1708 Ilketshall St. Margaret. 

                        ii.         Phynet, bp. 18 June 1710 S. Elmham St. James, bur. 15 Feb. 1710/11

iii.        Lucie [Lucy], bp. 20 July 1712.  Married in Ilketshall St. Margaret 5 Oct. 1729 John Hugman

iv.        Phinet, bp. 29 Apr. 1714.  May be the “Funte” Butcher shown in Boyd’s Index as having married in Hedenham, Norf. in 1743 Phil. Buterton.  Free Reg shows this as Phillip Butterton of Bungay and Jinite Butcher of Bungay, 10 Apr. 1743

v.         Joshua, bp. 4 Mar. 1715/6

vi.        Joseph, bp. 21 July 1718

 

1132261  Simon7 Butcher (Jr.) was, bp. 5 Sep. 1669 Stradbroke, Suffolk.  He married. in Mendham, Suff. 31 Oct. 1695 Margaret Spalding (also recorded Withersdale 21 Oct. 1695).    Margaret was a daughter of Andrew Spalding, who had a butcher’s stall in Harleston, Norf. and was bur. in Mendham, Suffolk 21 Nov. 1707, leaving a will in the Court of the Archdeacon of Norfolk.  Simon was deceased when his father in law made his will on 28 Oct. 1707, and thus died between 1706 and 1707, although a burial record has not been found.  Margaret (Spalding) Butcher appears to have been living in Redenhall in 1714 as a widow as the burial of Lydia Butcher in 1714 mentions only her mother as parent.  She might then be the Margaret Butcher who mar. in Redenhall on 21 June 1721 Thomas Gobbet and was apparently bur. 27 June 1728.  Issue by Margaret Spalding:

+11322611      i.          Andrew, bp. 11 Oct. 1696 Withersdale, Suff.  .

                        ii.         Simon, bp. 24 Nov. 1697 Withersdale, bur. there 28 Dec. 1697

iii.        Simon, bp. 3 Oct. 1698 Withersdale.

iv.        Robert, bp. 29 Oct. 1699 Mettingham, Suff., apparently buried there in 1700 (day not given).

iv.        Mary, bp. 9 Mar. 1704/5 Redenhall, Norfolk

+11322614      v.         Mark, bp. 13 Apr. 1705 Redenhall, Norfolk (son of “Simon Bouchier and Margaret his wife”).

vi.        Lydia, bp. 19 Feb. 1706/7, bur. 22 July 1714 Redenhall (“daughter of Margaret Bouchier”)

 

1132262  Daniel7 Butcher was bp. 20 May 1673 in Fressingfield, Suffolk.  Married 17 Feb. 1701/2 Withersdale to Lydia Danford.  Issue:

+11322621      i.          Daniel, bp. Nov. 1703 Flixton, Suffolk.

ii.         Anne, bp. 27 Oct. 1704 Flixton.  Might be the Ann Butcher bur. Mendham 11 July 1707 (NBI2).

+11322622      iii.        Simon, bp. 3 Mar. 1707 Flixton.  Perhaps the Simon Butcher who married in  (by Bungay), Norf. 17 Oct. 1728 Mary Beaumont and had daughter Elizabeth, bp. 30 Nov. 1729 Ellingham, Norfolk (IGI)

 

1132263  Robert7 Butcher was bp. 16 Apr. 1675 Fressingfield. He seems likely to be the Robert Butcher who mar. 25 May 1699 in Ilketshall St. Andrew to Helena Pooley and had children in S. Elmham St. Cross.  He may be the Robert Butcher buried S. Elmham St. Cross Dec. 8, 1735 or 1736 (NBI2).  Children:

+11322631      i.          Robert, b. 2 Apr., bp. 11 April 1701 S. Elmham St. Cross.

                        ii.         Hellen, bp. 11 Aug. 1707, bur. 20 Nov. 1711

                        iii.        Henry, bp. 26 Sep. 1712. 

                        iv.        Hellen, bp. 20 May 1714, bur. 11 Sept. 1714

 

1132265  Samuel7 Butcher was bp. 2 Feb. 1683 in Mendham, Suffolk.  He appears likely to have settled in Long Stratton, Norfolk.  FreeReg has abstracted ATs for Long Stratton for 1725-1812 (earlier registers exist, but have not been searched), and these show children of Samuel and Mary Butcher (there may have been others bp. prior to 1725).  Mary Butcher was bur. there 12 Oct. 1741.

i.                    Mary, bp. Long Stratton 15 Mar. 1718/9, probably the Mary who mar. there 11 Dec. 1743 Robt. Webb.

ii.                  Samuel, bp. 31 Jan. 1720/1, bur. 20 Sep. 1722

iii.                Elizabeth, bp. 23 June 1723

iv.        Samuel Jr., bp. 25 Jul. 1725 Long Stratton, Norf., bur. there 23 Dec. 1749.  He married on 19 Apr. 1747 Mary Alderton and had:

            i.          Mary, bp. 11 Jan. 1747/8 Long Stratton

            ii.         Sarah, bp. 12 Nov. 1749

v.         Robert, bp. 21 Sep. 1727, bur. 8 Jan. 1731

vi.        Simon, bp. 21 Jan. 1727/8 (FreeReg says son of Samuel and Mary)

vii.       Robert, bp. 30 Jan. 1731/2

viii.      John, bp. 6 Apr. 1734

ix.        Susan, bp. 24 Apr. 1739

Eighth Generation

11322411.  Robert8 Butcher was bp. 10 Aug. 1707 Mendham, Suffolk.  It is possible, although unclear, that he could be the Robert Butcher of Peasenhall, single, who married in Ubbeston, Suffolk on 12 June 1733 Sarah Capon of Walpole and was buried in Walpole, Suff. 30 Jan. 1785, aged 77.  Sarah was bur. there 28 Jan. 1794 aged 84.  They lived in Walpole and Cookley and had the following children bp. at Walpole Independent Church:

i.          Sarah, bp. 12 Apr. 1734, “8 weeks old”, parents of Walpole.  Mar. 2 Mar. 1756 John Miller

ii.         Robert, b. 14 Mar. 1734/4, bp. 9 May 1735 (of Walpole).  I had thought he was the Robert who mar. in nearby Holton in 1762, but the PR of Cookley shows Robert son of Robert and Sarah Butcher bur. 5 Feb. 1735/6.   Perhaps there was another son Robert (a patron submitted record on the IGI also shows a Robert, son of Robert and Sarah, bp. Walpole 4 Oct. 1730 – but the Walpole records for this period are lost)?  In any case, one Robert Butcher mar. Holton 11 Nov. 1762 Susannah Riggs.  They do not appear to have been buried in Holton (according to the records extracted in the National Burial Index, NBI2), nor do I find the marriages of their other children there on the records contained in the IGI.  However, it is possible that Robert’s widow was the Susannah Butcher who was buried in Wenhaston (adjacent to Holton) on 9 Oct. 1817, aged 69.  There was also a Robert Butcher, widower, bur. Thorington 3 Feb. 1803.  Neither Robert nor Susannah seems to have left a will or estate.  The Holton baptismal records have been abstracted to the IGI, and show the following children of Robert and Susannah:

i.          Robert, bp. 10 Dec. 1763 Holton

ii.         Thomas, bp. 12 May 1765

iii.        Mary, bp. 15 Mar. 1767, mar. there 18 Aug. 1790 George Suggate, a well-known clockmaker of Halesworth

iv.        Judah (male), bp. 13 May 1770

v.         Ann, bp. 27 Sep. 1772.

iii.        Thomas, b. 15 May, bp. 6 June 1737 (of Cookley)

iv.        Elizabeth, b. 9 July, bp. 10 Aug. 1739 (of Cookley); mar. 14 Oct. 1767 David Cable.

v.         Mary, b. 25 Aug., bp. 23 Oct. 1741 (of Walpole)

vi.        John, b. 26 Dec., bp. 30 Dec. 1742 (of Walpole)

vii.       Mary, b. 20 June, bp. 18 Sep. 1747 (of Walpole)

viii.      Thomas, b. 12 May, bp. 31 May 1749 (of Walpole).  He is likely the Thomas Butcher, age 75, bur. Barsham, Suff. 9 Nov. 1824.

ix.        Lydia, b. 20 Feb., bp. 12 Apr. 1751 (of Walpole)

 

11322512  James8 Butcher, probably born about 1700, was executor of his father’s will and a resident of Mendham in 1750.  One of two James Butchers in Mendham at this time, one with wife Mary and the other who mar. there 2 Feb. (IGI, or 2 Dec., Bishops Trs.) 1735 Rachel Rackham.  I think this is most likely the one with wife Mary (marriage record not located).  Both James Butchers seem to have died in 1776.  This is likely the one called “farmer” as opposed to the other, “labourer”, bur. 26 Oct. 1776.  Mary, wife of James Butcher, had been bur. in Mendham 2 July 1775.  (See the Henry Butcher family for the other James of Mendham; this James is probably a different person than the James Butcher with wife Mary in Bedfield (see Debenham family) or the one with wife Mary in Kettleburgh).  James and Mary Butcher of Mendham had:

i.          Mary, bp. 30 Apr. 1738 Mendham.  May be the Mary Butcher who married in Mendham 7 June 1766 William Thompson (Geo. Clamp and James Godbolt, witnesses).

ii.         Ellina, bp. 7 Feb. 1740 Mendham

iii.        James, bp. 22 Aug. 1743 Mendham, bur. 15 Apr. 1749.

iv.        Robert, bp. 2 Feb. 1745/6 Mendham (s. James and Mary).  May be the Robert Butcher of Mendham who married in Withersdale 9 Feb. 1767 Jemima Motts.  A Robert Butcher, aged 59, was bur. Mendham 12 Oct. 1802.  Jemima was bur. there 4 Sep. 1789, aged 48.  They had:

            i.          Jemima, bp. 5 Jul. 1770 Mendham

            ii.         Frances, bp. 19 Sep. 1774

iii.        Robert, bp. 31 Mar. 1775, bur. Mendham 28 June 1835, age 59.  Perhaps the Robert Butcher in Syleham with wife Susan (Juby).

iv.        Thomas, bp. 21 Oct. 1778.  He seems likely to be the Thomas Butcher of Redenhall, signing by mark, who mar. there by banns on 10 Dec. 1800 Mary Aldous, with Susan Butcher and Geo. Chappell witnesses (FreeReg shows the marriage as 10 Dec. 1807).  They had a daughter Jemima b. 19 June and bp. 20 June 1810 Redenhall.  Possibly he was also the father of Robert Aldous Butcher b. Mendham about 1801, but not bp. there (see Butcher misc. families).

v.         Sarah, bp. 3 Mar. 1750/1 Mendham

vi.        Samuel, bp. 12 Feb. 1753/4, by wife Elizabeth (Day) had:

            i.          Elizabeth, bur. 5 Apr. 1778 Mendham

ii.         Benjamin, bp. 27 July 1777 Mendham, bur. 19 July 1784

            iii.        John, bp. 20 Feb. 1780, bur. 4 Mar. 1780

vii.       Ann, bp. 30 Dec. 1758 Mendham; bp. again at age 12 on 4 June 1770.

 

11322523  Thomas8 Butcher, bp. Mendham 11 July 1708, was bequeathed land in Metfield left by will of his grandfather Craine (sp? – Creame?).  Thomas Butcher of Metfield mar. there by License on Dec. 9, 1728 Mary Squire of South Elmham St. Cross.  There was also a Thomas Butcher who mar. in Flixton 29 Sep. 1731 Mary Bramwell.  Moved from Withersdale to Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk by 1742, where Mary was bur. 12 July 1748.  Thomas was living in 1752, as he is mentioned in the will of his brother Robert.  I wonder if he may be the Thomas Butcher, pauper from Wymondham, age 75, bur. from the Wymondham Union Workhouse at Wicklewood, Norf. 4 Jan. 1782, aged 75.  An Ann Butcher, widow, was bur. there 17 Nov. 1783, aged 71.  Children of Thomas and Mary:

i.                    Mary, bp. 12 April 1730 Metfield.  Probably the Mary Butcher, of this parish, single, who mar. in Thorpe Abbotts, Norf. 28 Oct. 1760 James Johnson, single, of Broome, Suff., with Thomas Moore and Thomas Chilvers as witnesses.

ii.                  Elenor, bp. 26 Jan. 1731/2 Metfield (Bishop’s transcripts)

iii.                Elizabeth, bp. 27 Apr. 1735 Cratfield

iv.                Judith, bp. 16 Dec. 1736 Withersdale.  May be the Judith Butcher bur. S. Elmham St. Peter 3 June 1748 (NBI2)

v.                  Robert, bp. Thorpe Abbots, Norf. 20 Aug. 1742, mentioned in will of his uncle Robert, 1752

vi.                Helena, bp. Thorpe Abbots 1 July 1744

vii.              Thomas, bp. Thorpe Abbots 21 Dec. 1746, mentioned in will of his uncle Robert

 

11322528.  Robert8 Butcher, bp. 14 Aug. 1715 Fressingfield, was bequeathed land in Metfield by his father.  It appears likely he is the Robert later in Scole, Norfolk (from whence his mother came).  That Robert moved first to Wortham, Suffolk, but does not appear in the register there.  There is a Sudbury Marriage License for Robert Butcher of Wortham, widower, and Mary Martin of Scole, single, aged 22, at Great Barton, 29 May 1742.  Robert Butcher of Scole, Norfolk made a will on 28 Dec. 1752 (Norwich Consistory Court).  This leaves bequests to Elizabeth Roper, his housekeeper; Elizabeth Roper, between 4 and 5 years old, daughter of the housekeeper; son Robert Butcher “which I had by Mary the daughter of Harwin Martin”, under 21; Robert and Thomas Butcher, the two sons of my brother Thomas Butcher; Margaret the daughter of Harwin Martin; and brother Thomas Butcher.  Samuel Lemon of Hoxne, gent. was appointed executor, and the will was probated 7 April 1753.  The wording of the will at first makes it sound as though the son Robert was illegitimate.  However, the Scole register shows that “Robt the son of Robt Butcher and Mary his wife was baptized” on 25 Mar. 1743.  “Mary the late wife of Robt. Butcher was buried from Brandesh [Brundish] Suff” in Scole on 21 Mar. 1746.  Children of Robert and Mary:

+113225281    i.          Robert, bp. Scole, Norf. 25 Mar. 1743

ii.         Harwin, bur. Scole 13 Jan. 1747/8.

 

11322551  George8 Butcher was bp. 1 Dec. 1708 Ilketshall St. Margaret, Suffolk.  Probably the George Butcher who had wife Sarah and died in Alburgh, Norfolk, labourer, March 29, 1782.  Geo. Butcher and Sarah Filby were mar. in Shotesham St. Mary, Nof. in 1731 (Boyd’s Index).  In the NRO there is a settlement certificate, 9 Apr. 1735, from Alburgh to Redenhall, for George Butcher, his wife Sarah, and children Simon and Catherine.  Another settlement certificate, 27 Jun. 1750, from Alburgh to Denton, is for George, his wife Sarah and children Simon, Catherine, Elizabeth, Sarah and George.  Sarah, wife of George Butcher, aged 30 years, “born quaker”, was baptized in Alburgh 20 Oct. 1739.  Sarah “the relict of George Butcher late Sarah Deal spinster aged 74 and a pauper” was buried in Alburgh Feb. 11, 1784.  Children:

+113225511    i.Simon, bp. Alburgh 7 Feb. 1732/3.  He may be the same as the Simon, son of  George Butcher, bp. Saxlingham Nethergate, Norf. 13 Jul. 1732 (FreeReg).

                        ii.         Catherine, born prior to 1735, evidently died young

iii.        George, bp. 18 May 1738 Denton (“of Alburgh”).  He may be the George Butcher who mar. in Beccles, Suff. 9 Nov. 1769 Mary Salmon.  Perhaps moved to Lowestoft, where a George Butcher, aged 74, was bur. 19 Mar. 1817 and had children by wife Mary.  They do not seem to have been related to the other Butchers in Lowestoft, and their children included two sons named Simon, both of whom died young, along with other children (family group sheet on IGI).  This shows the following children:

            i.          George, bp. 28 Jun. 1770 Lowestoft

ii.         Lydia, bp. 8 Jan. 1772, mar. Lowestoft 18 Jul. 1790 George Newton

            iii.        John, bp. 11 Nov. 1774

            iv.        Sarah, bp. 8 Oct. 1775

            v.         Simon, bp. 19 Mar. 1780, bur. 1 Mar. 1781

            vi.        Catherine, bp. 2 Apr. 1781

            vii.       Mary, bp. 22 Mar. 1785

            viii.      Simon, bp. 30 Mar. 1787, bur. 31 Mar. 1787.

iv.        Catherine, bp. Alburgh Feb. 8, 1741/2

v.         Elizabeth, bp. Alburgh Feb. 8, 1741/2 (twin).  Perhaps the Elizabeth Butcher who mar. in Redenhall in Dec. 1763 John Angelo

vi.        Sarah, bp. 4 May 1743 Denton (“of Alburgh”)

 

11322611  Andrew8 Butcher was bp. 11 Oct. 1696 Withersdale, Suff.  Apparently lived in S. Elmham St. James, Fressingfield, Alburgh (Norf), and S. Elmham St. Peter.  According to Boyd’s Marriage Index, Andrew Butcher and Elizabeth Rake were married in South Elmham St. James in 1723.  This does not appear on the transcript of the parish register available on LDS microfilm, but a local researcher confirmed from the microfiche that Andrew Butcher and Elizabeth Rake were married in S. Elmham St. James on Dec. 2, 1723.  This leaves a bit of a mystery, as “Rake” is not a surname found in this area.  Perhaps this surname is a miswriting of Wake or Pake (Peck) or Rafe (Rolfe)?  The South Elmham St. James records do however show that Mary, wife of John Rack, was buried on 18 Feb. 1718/9.  Andrew Butcher was buried in S. Elmham St. Peter May 27, 1755.  His widow Elizabeth was buried there May 10, 1757.  Had by wife Elizabeth:

i.          Simon, bp. 29 May 1725 S. Elmham St. James, bur. 23 Aug. 1725.

+113226112    ii.         Robert, bp. 16 Sep. 1726 St. James S. Elmham

                        iii.        Elizabeth, bp. 29 Mar. 1728 Fressingfield.  This might be the Elizabeth who mar. in S. Elmham St. Peter 30 Sep. 1754 John Smith of S. Elmham St. James with Robert Butcher and Andrew Gortchin (or is that Andrew Butcher?) as witnesses

                        iv.        Lydia (“Lyddy”), bp. 4 Nov. 1729 Fressingfield.  Perhaps the Lydia Butcher who mar. in South Elmham St. James by license 11 Apr. 1758 Daniel Chaston (John Jackson and Thos. Morse witnesses).  They had a daughter Mary bp. there in 1763.  Another possibility is that she was the Lydia Butcher who married in Bungay on 29 Sep 1751 Edward Mayes and was bur. in Bungay St. Mary 27 Nov. 1811, widow, aged 84.  They had a number of children in Bungay.

                        v.         Mary, bp. 18 June 1731 Fressingfield

                        vi.        Daniel, bp. 10 Aug. 1739 Alburgh, Norfolk, bur. there 7 Jan. 1739/40

 

11322614  Mark8 Butcher was bp. 13 Apr. 1705 Redenhall, Norfolk.  He married in Weybread, Suffolk on May 11, 1730 Ruth Scolding (both of Weybread, also Bishop’s transcripts).  With wife Ruth had children bp. Fressingfield and S. Elmham All Sts. 1734-50.  Metfield parish records in the Suffolk RO Ipswich (FC 91/G4/53) contain a settlement certificate for Mark Butcher, Ruth his wife, and their five children from the hamlet of Wortwell in Parish of Redenhall with Harleston, Norfolk dated 7 Jan.1752.  Ruth, wife of Mark Butcher, died 4 July and was bur. Metfield, Suff. 7 July 1762.  Mark Butcher, widower of Metfield, mar. there 24 Oct. 1769 Elizabeth Chapman, widow.  She was bur. 26 Apr. 1772.  Mark Butcher, widower, mar. in Metfield 25 June 1773, Elizabeth Simpson, widow.  She was bur. in Metfield 1 July 1792.  Mark died 27 Nov. 1792, aged 88, and there is a grave marker in Metfield.  No will has been found.  Mark and Ruth (Scolding) Butcher had:

i.                    ? perhaps Sarah, born about 1731.  From naming patterns, it seems possible that Sarah Butcher, “of Linstead Magna”, who married South Elmham All Saints on 19 Oct 1755 William Woolnough, might have been an elder daughter of Mark and Ruth – although a tree submitted to Ancestry.com identifies her as the Sarah, dau. of John and Mary, bp. So. Elmham St. Cross 1730 (see under 113226).  For their family, see http://belindacohen.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/woolnough7.htm.  They are said to have had the following children [surname WOOLNOUGH]:

                                                              i.      Sarah, bp. 10 Sep 1756 South Elmham All Saints, bur. 15 Dec 1757.

                                                            ii.      Sarah, born abt. 1757

                                                          iii.      William, 1760-1835, mar. Rachel Butcher of Mendham

                                                          iv.      Ruth, bp. 24 Aug. 1762 South Elmham St. James

                                                            v.      Rachel, bp. 30 Oct 1763, d. 1843

                                                          vi.      Anne, bp. 5 Oct. 1766, d. 1846, mar. Robert Shearing

                                                        vii.      Isaac, bp. 26 May 1768, d. 17 Apr. 1771

                                                      viii.      Elizabeth, bt. 12 Feb. 1769, d. 1839

                                                          ix.      Simon, bp. 17 Nov 1771 South Elmham St. James

                                                            x.      Lydia, bp. 14 Mar. 1773, d. 22 Nov. 1778

                                                          xi.      Isaac, 1776, mar. Elizabeth Knight

                                                        xii.      Mark, bp. 7 June 1778, mar. Elizabeth Barham

ii.                  Ruth, bp. 2 Feb. 1732/3 Mendham.

+113226141    iii.        Mark, bp. 7 Jan. 1734/5 Mendham.

+113226142    iv.        Samuel, bp. Mendham 17 Mar. 1736/7.

+113226143    v.         Simon, bp. 29 Dec. 1739 South Elmham All Saints.

vi.        Daniel, bp. 30 July 1742 S. Elmham All Saints.  One Daniel Butcher had an illegitimate son James by Margaret Tyrrell, bp. Earsham 13 Aug. 1774.

vii.       John, bp. 4 Mar. 1744/5.  Perhaps he is the John Butcher who was mar. 11 Jan. 1778 Bungay St. Mary to Sarah Dickens.

viii.      Lydia, bp. 23 Oct. 1747

ix.        Benjamin, bp. 23 Dec. 1750

 

11322621  Daniel8 Butcher was bp. Nov. 1703 Flixton, Suffolk.  Probably the Daniel who had children in Ellingham (by Bungay), Norfolk by wife Judith from 1734.  Daniel Butcher and Judith Chaplin were mar. in Mundham, Norfolk 13 June 1733.  Judith was bur. Ellingham 10 Apr. 1763, Daniel 21 July 1764.  Issue:

i.          Robert, bp. 9 June 1734 Ellingham.  Mar. there 9 July 1765 Ann Dearing and had children in Ellingham from 1765:

            i.          Benjamin, bp. 23 Nov. 1765 Ellingham

ii.         Sarah, bp. 10 Apr. 1768

            ii.         Robert, bp. 13 Feb. 1770

ii.         Daniel, bp. 1 Mar. 1736.  Married in Ellingham 17 Aug. 1761 Elizabeth Wix and  had

            i.          Mary, bp. 28 Feb. 1762 Ellingham (by Bungay), Norf.

ii.         Judith, bp. 1 Apr. 1764; likely the Judith Butcher who married Robert Betts in Metfield, Suff. on 17 Sep. 1787.

iii.        William, bp. 13 Nov. 1739.  A William Butcher of “Ellringham” mar. in Wymondham Virgin Mary and St. Thomas a Becket 22 Nov. 1763 Chriss Matchett (FreeReg).  Christian, wife of William Butcher of Thwayte, was bur. Ellingham 26 Aug. 1765.  William and Christian Butcher had a daughter Catherine bp. Thwaite, Norf. 15 July 1765, bur. 20 July.  He seems to have married secondly in 1765: Sarah Butcher of Bedingham mar. William Butcher of Thwaite in Thwaite St. Mary 30 Sept. 1766, with Robert (X) Buttcher (sic) as witness.  She was bp. 3 July 1743 Bedingham and was a daughter of Robert Butcher (see account under Butcher of Shelton).  Sarah Butcher was bur. Bedingham 29 May 1807, aged 63.  William Butcher was bur. in Bedingham 8 Feb. 1818, aged 77.  William and Sarah Butcher of Bedingham had:

            i.          Robert, bur. Thwaite 9 Apr. 1769

ii.         Henry, bp. Topcroft 18 Oct. 1771 (of Bedingham), bur. Thwaite 6 Nov. 1771.

 

11322622.  Simon8 Butcher , bp. 3 Mar. 1707 Flixton, appears to have gone to Long Stratton, Norfolk, where his uncle Samuel settled..  Simon Butcher married in Ellingham (by Bungay), Norf. 17 Oct. 1728 Mary Beaumont.  He and much of his family seem to have died suddenly in 1750, perhaps from disease or in a fire.  Simon was bur. there 23 July 1750; his wife Mary 27 Jul. 1750.  Issue:.

                        i.          Elizabeth, bp. 30 Nov. 1729 Ellingham, Norfolk (IGI), bur. Long Stratton 4 Aug. 1750.

                        ii.         Mary, bp. 28 May 1732 Long Stratton, Norfolk

                        iii.        Susan, bp. 25 Feb. 1733/4

                        iv.        John, bp. 11 June 1739

                        iii.        Susan, bp. 20 Jul. 1735

                        iv.        James, bur. 6 Jul. 1750

                        v.         Sarah, bur. 25 Jul. 1750

                        vi.        Martha, bp. 1 June 1745, bur. 23 Jul. 1750.

 

11322631  Robert8 Butcher was b. 2 Apr., bp. 11 April 1701 S. Elmham St. Cross, Suffolk.  This may be the Robert of Metfield, Suffolk with wife Elizabeth.  No marriage record has been found.  It appears that this couple moved from Metfield to S. Elmham St. Cross about 1730, but the records present a problem, showing a son Robert bp. in Metfield 18 May 1730 and a son James bp. in S. Elmham St. Cross on 5 Feb. 1729/30 – too close together to be the same couple, assuming infant baptism.  It may, however, be the case that the date read for James Butcher’s baptism is wrong, or Robert was baptized as an older child.  I did not find James’ baptism reported in the Bishop’s transcripts for 1729-30.  This is probably the Robert Butcher who was buried in S. Elmham St. Cross on July 7, 1739.  There does not appear to have been a probate record.  An Elizabeth Butcher, likely his widow, was buried there 14 Jan. 1742.  Children:

                        i.          Elizabeth, bp. 2 April 1722 Metfield (year confirmed by Bishops Transcripts).  May be the Elizabeth Butcher who married in Fressingfield on May 18, 1744 James Simonds.

                        ii.         Eleanor, bp. 1 Mar. 1723/4 Metfield.  Might be the Helen Butcher who married in Ilketshall St. Andrew on 21 April 1752 William Barber

                        iii.        Alice, bp. Metfield 29 July 1725, bur. Bungay Holy Trinity 19 April 1752, age 27.

                        iv.        Ann, bp. Metfield 22 Mar. 1728/9, buried 27 April 1729.

                        v.         Robert, bp. Metfield 18 May 1730 (confirmed by Bishop’s transcripts).  This might be the Robert Butcher in S. Elmham All Saints and Saint Nicholas whose wife Margaret was bur. 5 Nov. 1755.  Robert Butcher, widower, married there secondly on 16 May 1757 Mary Moore (Henry Moore and Saml. Burrough witnesses).  He made a will there on 13 Jan. 1762, proven 23 June 1762, witnessed by Eliz. Fisk and Jno. Welton.  This names as heirs his wife Mary, James Brightle the son of James Brightle of Oreford [the surname is probably Brightwell and the location Orford, on the central coast], and cousin Robert Butcher (left 20 pds. when James Brightle comes of age).  The identity of this cousin is unclear at present.

                        vi.        James, bp. 5 Feb. 1729/30 (?), S. Elmham St. Cross . Could be the James Butcher bur. Mendham 15 Apr. 1749.

                        vii.       Mary, bp. 4 Dec. 1735 Homersfield (Bps. Trs. – but not found in the Homersfield register; the IGI has 2 Dec. 1736 S. Elmham St. Cross)

                        viii.      Sarah, bp. 6 Nov. 1737 Homersfield

 

Ninth Generation

113225511.  Simon9 Butcher was bp. Alburgh, Norfolk 7 Feb. 1732.  He is likely the Simon Butcher, of Homersfield, who mar. in Redenhall, Norf. 2 Feb. 1761 Ann Tower.  They seem to have removed to Middleton, Suffolk (Blything District) where Ann Butcher age 75 was bur. 4 Oct. 1815 and Simon Butcher age 82 was bur. 12 Mar. 1816.  Issue:

i.          Ann, bp. 13 July 1764 Redenhall,  May be the Ann Butcher of Redenhall who mar. there 8 Nov. 1781 Solomon Haggish of Mettingham.

ii.         Elizabeth, bp. 9 Jan. 1768

iii.        Susanna, bp. 9 Sept. 1769

iv.        Sarah, bp. 13 Apr. 1775

 

113225281      Robert9 Butcher, was bp. Scole, Norf. 25 Mar. 1743.  He appears to have moved a few miles to Yaxley, Suffolk.  A Sudbury diocese marriage license exists for Robt. Butcher, single, age 25, and Sarah Thrip of Yaxley, 25, at Yaxley, 27 Dec. 1766.  Sarah was buried at Yaxley on 4 Aug. 1772 and Robert married second Elizabeth.  Robert was buried in Yaxley on 3 Apr. 1809, aged 66.  Robert Butcher of Yaxley, farmer, made a will on 15 June 1803, proven at Diss 21 May 1809 (Norfolk Consistory Court Wills, 1809, 97).  This mentions his son Robert Butcher of Market Weston (co-executor), son Osborn Butcher of Redgrave (co-executor), wife Elizabeth, daughter Sarah the wife of Joseph Clover of Norwich, gent., and grandson Robert Symonds Butcher, son of my son Robert Butcher.  Witnesses were Mary Kerry and J. Bellmare.

 

By first wife Sarah Robert had:

i.                    Sarah, bp. 14 Dec. 1768 Yaxley, mar. Joseph Clover of Norwich

ii.                  Robert, bp. 22 Aug. 1769, bur. 25 Feb. 1770 Yaxley (NBI2)

By second wife Elizabeth, Robert appears to have had:

iii.                Robert, a farmer of Market Weston in 1803 with wife Sophia.  Apparently left a will in Ipswich in 1852.  Children included:

i.                    Robert Symonds Butcher, born 1802 Market Weston, Suffolk according to IGI.  His first wife seems to have been Esther, who was bur. 16 Aug. 1832 in Redgrave, Suff. aged 28.  Married secondly in West Rudham, Norf. 17 Feb. 1835 Eliza Maria Algar.  They had children bp. in East Raynham, Norf., where he was a farmer

ii.                  Osborn., born ca. 1805, bur. Ipswich 18 June 1866, aged 61.  The 1861 Census of Ipswich shows him to have been born at Nayton, Suff., but the 1851 Census says Market Weston.  Died 1866.  Osborn, son of Robert Butcher mar. in Rudham. Norf. 26 Jun. 1838 Sarah Algar.

iii.                George Fredrick, born ca. 1813, mar. Rudham, Norf. 26 Jun. 1839 Louisa Susan Algar

iv.                Osborn, of Redgrave, Suff. mar. in Redenhall, Norf. 22 Nov. 1798 Anna Maria Redgrave of Redenhall.  Mar second in Alburgh, Norf. 7 June 1803 Ann Elizabeth Brown.  He was a deacon of Wattisfield Congregational Church in Suffolk in 1807 (John Browne, 1877, History of Congregationalism and Memorials of the Churches in Norfolk and Suffolk).  There was an Osborn Butcher who d. June Q. 1838 at St. George, Hanover Square, London.

i.                    Osborn, bp. 15 June 1804 Wattisfield Independent, Suff

ii.                  Francis Brown, bp. 21 Mar. 1806 Wattisfield Independent

iii.                Robert, b. 24 Apr. 1807 Burnham Westgate, Norfolk (Ancestry.com)

iv.                other children said to have been bp. at Kirby Cane, Norf. 1807 and Burnham Westgate, 1810-21.

 

113226112.  Robert9 Butcher was born about 1723/4 according to his burial record and bp. 16 Sep. 1726 in S. Elmham St. James, Suffolk.  Robert Butcher, son of Andrew Butcher, was bound apprentice to John Butler of Wortwell, Norf., carpenter on 2 Feb. 1741/2 (Register of Duties Paid for Apprentice Indentures, 1710-1811 on Ancestry.com).  Robert is next positively identified in S. Elmham St. Peter, Suffolk.  Robert Butcher “of the Parish of St. Peters” married in S. Elmham St. Margaret on Nov. 28, 1755 Margaret Cunningham (John (X) Cunningham and Joseph Jen___ witnesses).  She was born ca. 1735, according to burial record, but seems likely to be the Margaret, daughter of John and Margaret Cunningham, bp. 26 July 1741 South Elmham St. Cross.. They moved to Alburgh, Norfolk about 1762. 

 

“Robert Butcher a Farmer Aged 68 years was Buried April ye 26th 1792” in Alburgh.  Robert Butcher, farmer, made a will at Alburgh, Norfolk on 24 June 1791, probated at Denton 31 Jan. 1793 (Norfolk Consistory Court Wills 1793 F30), naming all his living children, but not the daughters married names (abstract) .  Widow Margaret Butcher made a will in the adjacent parish of Wortwell, Norfolk (as widow of Robert Butcher) on 17 Mar. 1802, probated at Mendham 18 May 1810, leaving her property to her children, but naming only son John Butcher (Norfolk Consistory Court Wills 1810, F90).  Margaret Butcher, “widow of Robert from Wortwell aged 74 y.”, was buried in Alburgh 28 April 1810.

 

Children of Robert and Margaret (Cunningham) Butcher:

i.                    Mary, bp. Dec. 8, 1756 S. Elmham St. Peter, Suffolk.  Married S. Elmham St. Margaret 29 Oct. 1776 John Howlett of S. Elmham St. Cross.  She was bur. S. Elmham St. Peter Feb. 2, 1785, age 28.  John Howlett seems to have married secondly Ann Clutton.

i.                    John [HOWLETT], bp. 13 July 1777 S. Elmham St. Cross

ii.                  Amy, bp. Nov 27, 1778 S. Elmham St. Cross.  Mar. 2 Aug. 1802 S. Elmham All Sts. & St. Nicholas to Francis Butler.  They were living in South Elmham All Saints in 1851.  Amy was bur. 15 June 1859 Halesworth, Suff. and Francis was bur. there on 14 Mar. 1859 according to descendant Edward Wright of Hull, UK.

iii.                Ann, bp. Oct. 15, 1780, living with her grandfather Robert Butcher in 1791.

iv.                George, bp. S. Elmham All Saints & St. Nicholas 30 Jan. 1785, bur. S. Elmham St. Peter April 1785

ii.                  Elizabeth, bp. May _, 1758 S. Elmham St. Peter, living 1791.  May be the Elizabeth Butcher who mar. in Syleham, Suff. 12 Oct. 1789 Nathaniel Bowles.

iii.                Sarah, bp. Nov 3, 1759 S. Elmham St. Peter, living 1791.  Might be the Sarah Butcher, single, “of this parish”, who married in Topcroft, Norf. 10 July 1780 William Smith.

iv.                Robert, bp. June 14, 1761 S. Elmham St. Peter, living 1791.  He was buried in Alburgh 15 Nov. 1852, aged 90.  Married in Alburgh Oct. 19, 1789 Mary Smith.  She was buried in Alburgh 23 Nov. 1851, aged 79.  Children:

i.                    Charlotte, b. ca. 1790/1, buried Alburgh June 7, 1801, aged 10.

ii.                  ? probably Robert, born ca. 1791 Ditchingham, Norf. but not bp. there.  He is likely the Robert Butcher who mar. in Bungay St. Mary 23 Jan. 1815 Elizabeth Payne (IGI), who was bur. there 13 Aug. 1824,aged 36.  Robert married secondly in Bungay St. Marys on 17 Oct. 1826 Ann Runnicles.  On the 1841 Census Robert (aged 50), J. printer, and wife Ann (40), with no children, are listed in Bungay St. Mary.  They appear there again in 1851, when he is listed as “Pauper (Printer – Pressman), b. Ditchingham, Norf., and again in 1861.  Robert Butcher, aged 80, d. Wangford Dist., Suff. in 1871.  One child found for his first marriage:

i.                    Samuel, bp. 17 Mar. 1816 Bungay St. Mary, bur. there 27 Mar. 1816.

iii.        Samuel, b. 15 Mar., bp. 16 June 1793 Homersfield, Suff., bur. 8 Sep. 1793

iv.        Samuel, b. 20 Sep. 1794, bp. 17 May 1795 Homersfield  In 1871 he was living in Bungay, Suff. in the house of his daughter Charlotte, wife of Robert Pulford.  Of Bungay in 1851 (labourer, with wife Elizabeth) and 1861.  Married S. Elmham St, Jas. 14 Nov. 1818 Elizabeth Crickmer.  She was bur. Bungay Trinity 26 Feb. 1858.  He was bur. there 12 Jan 1877, aged 84.

i.          Charlotte, bp. 30 Jan. 1820 Bungay Trinity, mar. first Bungay 5 July 1841 Robert Girling, second Robert Pulford

            ii.         Harriet, bp. 2 July 1822, bur. 29 Apr. 1838.

            iii.        Robert, b. ca. 1824/5, at home in 1841, not in 1851

iv.        Mary Anne, b. ca. 1828/9, mar. prior to 1851 Census Richard Smith

v.         Samuel, bp. 21 Oct. 1831 (seems to be shown as James on the 1851 Census).  Of Bungay Trinity in 1871, farm labourer, with wife Agnes and several children.  Mar. Bungay Trinity 12 Dec. 1852 Agnes Aldred.

            vi.        Emily, bp. 27 Mar. 1834 Bungay Trinity, bur. 11 Aug.           1836.

v.                  George, bp. 30 April 1797 Bungay Trinity, Suffolk (son of Robert and Mary (late Smith)), buried Alburgh 18 Dec. 1826.

vi.                John, bp. 20 June 1799 Bungay Trinity

vii.              Sylvanus, bp. 30 Aug. 1807 Ditchingham, Norf

viii.            Ann, bp. 20 Mar. 1810

ix.                Benjamin, b. 2 Jan., bp. 3 May 1812, a labourer in Bungay Holy Trinity in 1851 with wife Harriet, no children.

x.                  Henry, born Ditchingham and bp. there 31 Jan. 1815.  Henry, son of Robert Butcher, of Alburgh, labourer, married in Wortwell Independent Meeting House on 31 Oct. 1846 Rachel Pulford, daughter of Thomas Pulford of Wortwell.  Of Alburgh on 1861 Census (which shows his birthplace as Ditchingham, age 46).  Of Ditchingham, Norf. in 1891, age 76, b. Alburgh.  He may be the Henry Butcher listed as having died in Pulham Workhouse on 20 June 1903, although his age is given as 75.  His children included (thanks to Jane Barrett for the list):

                                                                                                              i.       Samuel, b. abt. 1846

                                                                                                            ii.      Emma, b. abt. 1850

                                                                                                          iii.      Mary Ann, b. 21 Feb. 1852, mar. Francis Grimmer in Alburgh, 19 May 1880.

                                                                                                          iv.      George, b. abt. 1854

                                                                                                            v.      James, b. abt. 1859

                                                                                                          vi.      Charlotte, b. abt. 1861

v.                  John Hurrey, bp. 24 June 1763 Alburgh, Norf., living 1791, 1810.  He married Theodocia Worme of “Cretenham” [Frettenham?], Norf., the banns being read in Alburgh in Sept.-Oct. 1796, although the marriage did not take place there.  John Butcher, age 85, was buried at Holton, Suffolk on 30 Mar. 1849.  Theodosia Butcher was listed as a widow in Metfield in the household of her daughter Emily Catchpole on the 1851 Census, b. Burton, Norf..  She died at age 97, and was buried at Holton, Suffolk on 13 Oct. 1864 (information provided by Jill Hickey).  They had

i.                    Emily, born April 18, 1800, bp. 20 Apr. 1800 Redenhall and again bp. 26 July 1802 Alburgh. .  She was apparently widow Catchpole, operating a store in Metfield in 1851 (http://suffolkedwards.freehostia.com/metfield/grpf134.html).

ii.                  John, born May 13, bp. 26 July 1802 Alburgh.  He married Sophia Edwards in Metfield 15 July 1828 and moved subsequently to Holton, Brampton, Ringfield, and Shadingfield, Suff., where he appears on the 1851 Census (“Farmer out of business.”).  Sophia was bp. Metfield 20 June 1809, daughter of Japhet and Charlotte (Freeman) Edwards.  (http://suffolkedwards.freehostia.com/metfield/grpf113.html).  Perhaps later of Chiswick, London?

i.                    Emily, bp. 10 Aug. 1828 Metfield, living with aunt Emily Catchpole in 1851.

ii.                  Elizabeth, bp. 23 May 1831 Holton, Suff.

iii.                Ellen Louisa, bp. 27 Apr. 1834 Holton

iv.                Harriet, bp. 8 Oct. 1837 Brampton, Suff.

v.                  Henry, bp. 27 Aug. 1838 Brampton

vi.                Sophia Selina, bp. 9 Feb. 1840 Brampton

vii.              William Edward, bp. 31 July 1842 Brampton

viii.            Frederick, bp. 31 July 1842 Brampton

ix.                Eliza Augusta, bp. 28 Apr. 1844 Brampton

x.                  Benjamin Japheth, bp. 28 Sep. 1845 Brampton

xi.                Isaac Alfred, bp. 27 Aug. 1848 Ringsfield, Suff.

xii.              George Anthony, bp. 27 Aug. 1848 Ringsfield

xiii.            Joseph Edwards, bp. 7 Apr. 1850 Shadingfield, Suff.

iii.                James, b. May 13, bp. July 26 1804, Alburgh, living with his mother and sister Emily in Metfield in 1851.  Married in 1858, West London Reg. Dist, Louisa Edwards, bp. Metfield 13 Apr. 1817, daughter of Japhet and Charlotte (Freeman) Edwards (http://suffolkedwards.freehostia.com/metfield/grpf134.html), who had worked in the shop of his sister, Emily Catchpole..  On the 1871 Census we find him in Metfield, Suffolk as James Butcher, “Grocer, Draper, & Farmer”, aged 64, born “Albrough”, Norfolk.  With him were wife Louisa, age 50, born Metfield, Suffolk, and son James E. Butcher, 10, born Metfield, also Selina Seaman, niece, 16, b. Fressingfield, Suffolk, Eva Edwards, niece, 15, b. Wacton, Norfolk, and Alfred Edwards, lodger, 20, b. Metfield, Suffolk.  On the 1881 Census James is shown in Metfield (#103), listed as age 70, grocer and farmer of 45 acres, born Ilk. St. Lawrence, Suff.  With him were wife Louisa, 63, Susan Presley, 15, assistant (no relation shown), and Selena Seaman, niece, 26, born Fressingfield, Suff.  James Butcher, grocer, died in Metfield, Suffolk on 23 May 1882.  The death certificate states that he was aged 79 years, and died of heart disease and congestion of the lungs.  Widow Louisa Butcher provided the information.   Louisa was still living in Metfield on the 1891 Census (grocer and draper), aged 68, with boarder Ada Fisher, 15, and niece Leticia George, 12, b. London.  One child:

i.                    James E., b. Metfield ca. 1860/1

iv.        Isaac Worme, b. 15 Feb., bp. 27 May 1806 Alburgh.  Buried Holton, Suff. 6 Feb. 1882, aged 75 (information provided by Jill Hickey).  Of Holton on the 1871 census with wife Charlotte. He married at Norwich St. Michael at Thorne on 12 Jan. 1832 Charlotte Pyett and/or at Kessingland on 13 Sep. 1832 Charlotte Block.  Charlotte was buried 16 Aug. 1871 at Holton.  Isaac then seems to have married at Holton 11 Feb. 1873 Sara Ann Fisk.  They were living in Wissett, Suff. in 1881.  Baptisms of several children of Isaac and Charlotte are recorded at Framlingham Wesleyan Methodist Church.

v.         Elizabeth, bp. Mar. 1808 (FreeReg)

vi.        Henry, bp. 7 June 1812 Alburgh (see Henry son of Robert just above).

vi.                Samuel, bp. Alburgh, Norfolk 3 Nov. 1765, bur. 9 Jul. 1767.

vii.              Valentine, bp. Alburgh Mar. 20, 1768.  Living 1791. Mar. S. Elmham St. Cross, Suffolk 30 Dec. 1790 Sarah Felmingham.  Further record not found.

viii.            Phoebe, bp. Alburgh Apr. 22, 1770, living 1791.  Likely the Phoebe Butcher who married in Syleham, Suff. 13 Oct. 1794 Timothy Denny.

ix.                Ann, bp. Alburgh 14 Feb. 1774, bur. Mar. 9, 1788

+1132261125  x.         James, bp. Alburgh June 5, 1775

xi.        Samuel, bp. Mar. 27, 1778, bur. Apr. 8, 1785

xii.       Mark, bp. July 6, 1780 Alburgh, Norf., living 1791.  He may be the Mark Butcher with wife Hannah (Runacres) who was listed in Mendham, Suff. on the 1841 Census as an agricultural laborer, aged 65, not born in Suffolk (but see also Mark, son of Mark # 113226141).  Mark and Hannah had:

i.                    Harriet, bp. 24 Apr. 1808 Ipswich St. Mary Stoke, Suff.

ii.                  Mark, bp. 22 Oct. 1810 Bungay St. Marys, Suff.

iii.                Henry, b. 3 Apr. 1814, bp. 4 Jan. 1818 Mendham, Suff.

iv.                Harriet, b. 3 Dec. 1817, bp. 4 Jan. 1818 Mendham

v.                  Edward, b. 9 Jan., bp. 30 Jan. 1820, Mendham

vi.                James, b. 8 July, bp. 28 July 1822 Mendham, at home in 1841

vii.              Emma, bp. 30 Nov. 1823 Mendham, at home in 1841.

xiii.            Margaret, bp. Dec. 23, 1781 privately and again in church 2 Oct. 1782 Alburgh.  She mar. in Redenhall, Norf. 28 Nov. 1805 Robert Cossey and had children bap. there.

 

113226141  Mark9 Butcher was bp. 7 Jan. 1734/5 Mendham, Suffolk.  Mar. Earsham, Norf. 1 Nov. 1763 Mary Benham (IGI).  Mark leased lands in Earsham in 1771 from William Lane and William Windham, according to papers at the Norfolk RO (MEA3/527, 658 x 6 ).

 

Rosemary Frost provided the following information from the Norfolk Chronicle 22 Feb 1783, p2 column 4:

 

"On Tuesday last was tried in the Court of Exchequer, before Mr Baron Eyre, an information against Mr Mark Butcher of Earsham in Norfolk, liquor merchant, for running a large quantity of foreign geneva; when, after a long trial, and many witnesses called on behalf of the Crown, a verdict was given to the entire satisfaction of the Judge, and a crowded court, in favour of the defendant, without his calling a single witness, --- In the course of the trial several excise officers who had seized in the warehouse of Mr Butcher a large quantity of british geneva, on pretence of its being foreign, and run by him, and had in consequence thereof lodged the above information, were examined in support of the same, but gave such contradictory and improbable evidence, that no credit was given to it and several eminent and other persons in the liquor trade were called on behalf of the crown to give their opinion respecting the quality of the liquor that had been seized, all of whom gave their evidence in favour of the defendants, except one, whose behaviour previous to, and at the trial, appeared to be biassed (sic) by prejudice and self interest.--- the public showed (sic) their detestation of the insolent and alarming proceedings of those engines of oppression, in their unlawful seizure of so large a portion of the property of an innocent individual, by the most extravagant demonstrations of joy on their discomfiture, which was testified in Bungay, and Earsham, by illuminations, firing of guns, ringing of bells etc."

 

He is the Mark Butcher, Gent. who left a will in Earsham, Norf. 7 May 1807, codicil 28 June 1808, proven 21 Jan. 1809.  Mark Butcher, “Wine Merchant”, was buried in Earsham, Norfolk Jan 11, 1808, aged 75 years.  The will names wife Mary and children.  Mary is probably the Mary Butcher of Bungay, age 78, buried in Earsham 3 April 1818.  Issue:

i.                    Robert, executor of his father’s will, bp. 5 Mar. 1764 Earsham, was a prosperous “liquor merchant” and operated a distillery in Earsham.  Robert Butcher of Bungay, aged 80, was buried in Earsham on 27 Aug. 1844.  He married in Earsham on 15 April 1789 Anna Maria Heyhoe of Hardingham, Norf. (witness Mary Ann Bertram, Robert Carnell).  They apparently moved to Broome, Norf. and then to Bungay, Suff., as Court Book of Bungay in 1807 refers to Robert Butcher “late of Broome Norfolk, and now of Bungay, Sfk., liquor merchant” (information from Rosemary Frost).  He leased lands at Strums Meadow, Bungay in 1806, and in Earsham in 1809.  Anna Maria inherited land at Garboldisham by will of widow Ann Lumley in 1808, which was sold by deed in the manor of Garboldisham on 28 Dec. 1820.  They were living at The Grove, Bungay St. Mary on the 1841 Census and he is referred to as Robert Butcher, Esq. of Upland Grove, Bungay in the Ipswich Journal of 22 May 1841.  Robert died intestate, and The Grove was sold (and later demolished) after his death.  Prior to his death he gave by bond £2000 to his sister Mary, who soon after distributed it to her nieces.  Anna Maria Butcher of Bungay died there on 3 July 1848 and was buried in Earsham 12 July 1848, aged 86.  Detailed information on this family was provided by Rosemary Frost, including many references from the diaries of J.B. Scott.  Children:

i.          Anna Maria, b. 12, bp. 13 Feb. 1790 Broome.  Married later in life: A notice in the Ipswich Journal of 22 May 1841 says “Married…At Bungay, Robert Saunders, Esq. of Clapham Common, to Anna Maria, eldest daughter of Robert Butcher, Esq., of Upland Grove, Bungay, Suffolk.”  In 1845 they were living in Clapham.  They were living at Remenham Lodge, Remenham, Berks in 1851, where Robert was a magistrate.  Robert Saunders died 28 Jan. 1860 Henley on Thames, according to the J.B. Scott diaries.  Widow Anna Maria Saunders appears there in 1861 as a “Fundholder Landed Proprietor” and was also there in 1871.

ii.         Edward Heyhoe Butcher, bp. 26 Jun. 1791 Broome; of Bungay, aged 22, bur. Earsham 23 June 1813.

iii.        Robert Camell Butcher, b. 12, bp. 16 Sep. 1792; “an infant from the Psh of Broome”, bur. Earsham 11 April 1793

iv.        Mary Pinson, bp. 27 Mar. 1796 Broome

v.         Sarah Camell, b. abt. 1797 Broome, mar. 2 Sep. 1819 Aldeburgh with Hazlewood, Suff. to Thomas Warren Mercer.  He was vicar of Northallerton, Yorkshire, and the couple appear there on the Census through 1871.  Six children.

vi.        Elizabeth St. John, bp. 25 Jul. 1797 Broome, mar. Bungay St. Mary 31 May 1820 Thomas Collingwood Hughes [baronet Hughes of East Bergholt].  The marriage is recorded in the Gentleman’s Magazine of 1820: “Thomas Collingwood Hughes, esq., son of the late Robert Hughes, bart. of Southampton, to Elizabeth St. John, dau. of Rob. Butcher, esq., of Upland Grove, near Bungay, Suffolk” (http://books.google.com/books?id=Rz7Yv9ZTaiEC&pg=PA562&lpg=PA562&dq=%22Thomas+Collingwood+Hughes%22&source=web&ots=73T6jO8eYW&sig=NJ2ufukk9uxJhfKSVWqCP6xEYy0&hl=en).  A notice in the Ipswich Journal of 3 Oct. 1846 says, “Died, 30th of July, of dysentery, at Secunderabad, in India, Lieut. Marcus Collingwood Hughes, of her Majesty’s 63rd Regiment, eldest son of Rev. T. C. Hughes, of Cerne Abbas, Dorsetshire, and grandson of the late Robert Butcher, Esq., of the Grove, near Bungay.”  Thomas (12 Aug. 1800 – 22 May 1889) was the 8th Baronet.  Elizabeth is noted as having died 12 July 1879 (http://www.tonyteague.freeserve.co.uk/Surnames/f2896.htm ) in Northampton.  Besides Marcus C., they were the parents of Sir Alfred Hughes, 9th bart. (3 Jan. 1825 – 1 Jan. 1898) and seven others.

vii.       Harriet, bp. 11 Aug. 1798 Broome;  “infant dau. of Robert Butcher, Esqr. from Broome”, bur. Earsham 20 Sep. 1798.

viii.      Robert, bp. 14 Mar. 1801 Bungay Holy Trinity, Suff. (IGI mistakenly has 1810).  It seemed possible that he was the Robert Aldous Butcher, aged 70, bur. Bungay Holy Trinity 27 Nov. 1871; however, he is not mentioned in the will of Mary Butcher, the diaries of J.B. Scott, and papers relative to the estate of Robert Butcher Sr. refer to the “coheiresses” to the property.  It is still possible that they were one and the same and that he was intentionally disinherited for one reason or another.

ix.        Marcus Grigson, bp. 18 Aug. 1802 Bungay St. Mary.  At Eton College in 1817.  Matriculated Brasenose College, Oxford in 1822 and graduated as a priest in 1826, being posted to S. Mary, Newington Butts, Surrey.  Died unmarried on 5 July 1835 in Torquay, Devon, aged 35.

ii.         Mary, bp. 7 June 1766 Earsham.  Died unmarried, Bungay, 3 Mar. 1846.  The Ipswich Journal of 7 Mar. 1846 records her death as follows: “3rd last, at Bungay, Mary, daughter of the late M. Butcher, Esq. of Earsham, and sister of the late Robert Butcher, Esq., of the Grove.”  She left an NCC will dated 1 Jan. 1845, pr. 25 June 1846, naming many nieces and nephews.

iii.        Mark, bp. 3 Sep. 1767.  Mark Butcher of Bungay, age 50, was buried in Earsham 21 Aug. 1818.  Probably unmarried.

iv.        Elizabeth, bp. 10 Feb. 1769, bur. 25 Aug. 1770

v.         John, bp. 3 June 1770, bur. 15 Sep. 1770

vi.        Charlotte, bp. 25 Dec. 1771 mar. John Rix Birch.  They had:

                                                                                      i.      Charlotte [Butcher] Birch, bp. 16 June 1799 Earsham, Norf., mar. Bungay St. Mary 11 Jan. 1831 Jams Balfour.  In 1845 he was a minister at Edington Vicarage near Pearshore in Worcs.

                                                                                    ii.      Augusta Anna, b. and bp. 5 June 1803 Earsham

vii.       Simon, bp. 30 Mar. 1774.  Simon, son of Mark and Mary Butcher, was bur. in Earsham on 23 Nov. 1775. 

viii.      John, bp. 13 Sep. 1779, bur. 5 Apr. 1780

viii.            Anna Maria, bp. May 1, 1782 mar. Nov. 19 1807 Lt. John Waddams of the 67th Foot (Gentleman’s Magazine).  She was living when her sister Mary made her will in 1845, “otherwise called Mrs. Kirby.”  Mary mentions Anna Maria’s children:

                                                                                  iii.      Marianna, mar. William Richard Todd

                                                                                  iv.      Rosamund, mar. Hanry Fauval(?) of Isle of Jersey, printer

                                                                                    v.      Charlotte

                                                                                  vi.      Elizabeth, mar. G. Needle of Jersey

x.         John, bp. 1 Apr. 1783, “not in England” in 1807

xi.        Harriet, bp. 29 May 1785, bur. 11 Feb. 1786

xii.       George, bp. 26 Sep. 1788, “not in England” in 1807

 

113226142  Samuel9 Butcher, bp. Mendham 17 Mar. 1736/7.  Married in Mendham 18 Oct. 1762 Elizabeth Rackham. and/or in Metfield 4 Sep. 1763 Elizabeth Day.  In the NRO there is a settlement certificate, 16 Feb. 1768, from Wortwell to Earsham, for Samuel Butcher, hemp dresser, his wife Elizabeth, and children Ann and Lydia.  Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Butcher, was buried in Earsham, Norfolk 8 Mar. 1780.

i.                    Elizabeth, bp. 22 July 1764 Metfield, bur. 5 July 1767 Earsham, Norfolk

ii.                  Lydia, bp. 7 May 1767 Earsham

iii.                Samuel, bp. 27 Mar. 1769 (son of Samuel and Ann). It seems possible that this man might be the same as a Simon Butcher.  Simon Butcher of St. Stephens, Norwich was buried in Earsham 3 June 1836, aged 67.  He married Elizabeth Jex (surname from the baptisms of her children) and had:

i.                    Amelia, bp. 15 Sep. 1793 Topcroft

ii.                  John, born 17 Mar. 1795, bp. Earsham 29 Mar. 1795; also bp. 13 June 1797 Topcroft, “from Earsham”.

iii.                Pemelia, bp. 13 June 1797 Topcroft

iv.                Simon, born 15 Oct. 1797, bp. 22 Oct. 1797 Earsham, seems to have lived in Norwich St. Augustine

v.                  Mary, born 10 Sep. 1799, bp. 15 Sep. 1799 Earsham

vi.                Mark, bur. Earsham 15 Apr. 1808, aged 1 yr.

vii.              Elizabeth, born 24 Jan. 1810, bp. 28 Jan. 1810 Earsham

viii.            Eliza, born 4 Nov. bp. 10 Nov. 1811 Earsham, bur. 1 Jan. 1812

iv.                Ann, bp. 27 Mar. 1769 (daughter of Samuel and Ann)

v.                  Daniel, bp. 14 Mar. 1773.  Appears to have had children in Bungay St. Mary by wife Mary Watson.

vi.                Elizabeth, bp. 12 Mar. 1775

vii.              Robert, bp. 27 May 1776

 

113226143  Simon9 Butcher, bp. 29 Dec. 1739 South Elmham All Saints.  He moved to Mettingham, Suff.  An indenture of sale dated 6 Dec. 1770 was offered for sale on ebay (see http://www.durtnall.org.uk/DEEDS/Suffolk%20301-400.htm, checked 9/7/06) relating to lands in Mettingham and made between Richard Aldrich of S. Elmham St. James, John Colothorpe of Blithburgh and wife Sarah, John Garroul of Bungay, Elizabeth Woolsey of Mettingham, William Garroul of Mettingham, George Robertson, and Simon Butcher. 

 

Simon Butcher, single, of St. Andrews Ilketshall mar. in Mettingham on 5 Oct. 1764 Susanna Roberson of Mettingham (Tho. Baldwin and George Roberson witnesses).  Susanna wife of Simon Butcher was bur. in Mettingham 14 Apr. 1771, and a headstone in Mettingham shows that she died there 11 April 1771.  Simon mar. secondly in Mettingham on 6 Feb. 1776 Hannah Hayward (Jane Dring and Lucy Hayward witnesses).  Hannah d. Mettingham 16 Feb. 1778, and was buried there on 20 Feb., aged 21.  Simon’s third wife was Lucy Hayward, sister of his second wife, whom he married on 25 Aug. 1778 at Kensington, Middlesex (information provided by Elizabeth Pilgrim, 4 Jan. 2010).  Lucy, wife of Simon Butcher, d. 16 Aug. 1804, aged 44 and was buried in Mettingham on the same day.

 

Simon Butcher, Gent. made a will in Mettingham 8 Jan. 1808, proven 27 Feb. 1810.  A headstone in Mettingham churchyard shows that Simon Butcher, gent. d. 26 Nov. 1809, aged 70.  He was buried there on 21 (27?) Nov.  

 

Mettingham parish registers relative to Simon’s family were extracted by Jennifer Willer and forwarded by Duncan Pierce.

 

Simon and first wife Susanna (Roberson) had:

            i.          Simon, bp. 25 Jan. 1767 Mettingham, bur. 1 Feb. 1767.

Simon and second wife Hannah (Hayward) had:

ii.         Lucy, bp. 30 May 1776 Mettingham, bur. 22 July 1776.

Simon and third wife Lucy (Hayward) had:

iii.        Charlotte, bp. 12 Feb. 1779 Mettingham, mar. there 27 June 1803 Thomas Pymar of Beccles (witnesses Maria Butcher, Lucy Butcher, Sarah Parker, and Elizabeth Parker).  She died 1833.  David Lindley offered the following details on this family: THOMAS PYMAR 1779-1854

1794        Corp Beccles Fen 27 Jun          Thomas Pymar elected Organist at £30 pa. Undertook to keep the organ in tune and play every Sunday throughout the year as has been usual.

1794        Corp Beccles Fen 27 Jun          At this Assembly Mr George Pyke England of the parish of St Pancras, organ builder hath proposed to put up an organ which he now has to dispose of in the church of this town in the room of the  organ now there, consisting of 19 or 20 stops with a swell and every other necessary part (except the case) and to bear and pay the charge of taking down the said old organ and  fixing up the other so as to leave the same in a complete and perfect state and condition for the sum of £231. It was agreed to. The Corporation to pay for the packing cases for the organ and the carriage. Any disagreement about price to go to arbitration.

[This organ was built about 1757 by Richard Bridge for St James’s Church, Clerkenwell. It was purchased by George England  & removed by him to Beccles. St James’s was rebuilt 1788-92 by James Carr]

1795        Corp Beccles Fen 22 Jun Mr England having put up the new organ, approved, to be paid £244-10s. The Deputy Steward to procure £200 upon the bond of the Corporation to pay this account.

1798        Vestry Minutes 9 Apr              One guinea a year to be paid to the men belonging to the Choir, not exceeding 8.

1805        Thomas Pymar married (not in Beccles) Charlotte Butcher of Mettingham, some time before this, when their first child Thomas was born. He died two months later. Their second (and last?) child Charlotte was born in 1809.

1805        Corp Beccles Fen 1 Apr Organ to be cleaned

1811:       Norwich Paper         Mrs Nicholson at the close of the present vacation intends to open a school at Beccles for the reception of a limited number of young ladies. Terms (inclusive of Masters) Boarding 40 guineas per annum. French & Italian: Mr Bardelin; - Writing & Arithmetic: Mr Burrows; Music: Mr Pymar;  Drawing: Mr Crome; - Dancing: Messrs Noverre & Nicholson.

1813        Corp Beccles Fen 9 Apr As an economy cut the Council decided  to discontinue Organist’s salary after Midsummer’s Day.

1814        Corp Beccles Fen 17 Mar Pymar reinstated on same terms as before. His arrears of salary to be paid.

1816        Corp Beccles Fen 11 Apr Thomas Pymar to be paid £30 to keep the organ in tune and play thereon every Sunday. Organist to  be paid £5 pa for teaching the children to sing. Thomas Pymar to provide organ blower from his salary.

1822        Corp Beccles Fen 10 Jul £30 to Mr Pymar the organist and £10 pa for his trouble in instructing the boys to sing, but expenses of organ blower to be defrayed by the organist.

1825        Corp Beccles Fen 22 Mar Organist’s salary raised to £35, but he pays organ blower and expenses of tuning.

1826        Mr Pymar appointed a Member of the XXIV

1827        Corp Beccles Fen 27 Jul Mr Woodroffe examined the organ: Estimate for repairing the mechanical and other parts of the instrument to its original state: From the dilapidated situation it exhibits, it is highly necessary something should be done; for if neglected much longer a very serious expenditure will be incurred.

The repairs pointed out by Rev Mr Elwin, (a gentleman of known judgment and discrimination as an organ builder) will not exceed £100, but from the complex nature of an instrument of that kind and the impossibility of examining every part whilst standing, I cannot speak within £10.  Mr Woodroffe asked to give estimate of altering the outside case of the organ and putting it into complete repair, exclusive of painting and re-gilding the pipes.

1827        Corp Beccles Fen 25 Aug Letter from Mr Woodroffe: Expense of a new speaking front to the organ and the front of the case altered as shown in the drawing will be £45.  Agreed Mr Woodroffe do necessary repairs to internal and external parts of the organ.

1829        Vestry Minutes 20 Apr £10 to be paid annually to Mr Pymar for teaching the children to sing.

1829        Charlotte Pymar (the daughter) married William S Ferrier.

1833        Vestry Minutes 8 Apr              £10 to Mr Pymar & 15s to James Bull for working the bellows.

1833        Charlotte Pymar, his wife, died, aged 54.

1846        Vestry Minutes 7 May £8 paid for cleaning Organ

1847        Vestry Minutes 10 Jun The Organists salary to be paid out of Church Rates £40 p.a. & £5 for training the Choir

1849        Vestry Minutes 9 Apr Mr Pymar re-elected Organist; Thomas Winsdale organ blower

1850        Vestry Minutes 1 Apr

1852        Vestry Minutes 12 Jan Death of Mr Pymar, “much respected”. Vote of condolence. Post to be advertised at £35.

1852        Church Monument   In memory of  THOMAS PYMAR  who for upwards of 59 years was organist of this parish  and departed this life on the 1st.of January 1854  aged 79 years. To the deceased: as a man of strict honor  and integrity, a kind and generous friend  and an accomplished and talented musician.  This tablet is erected by his surviving  fellow townsmen and friends.

                                                                  1853      Norfolk News 16 Apr CHORAL SOCIETY: An Organ, the property of Mr Pymar erected in the Assembly Room opened. Sothen (from Norwich) presided. Chapman (of Chapel Royal & native of Beccles) ... 400 Audience.

iv.        John Hayward, bp. 24 July 1780.  His estate was administered in Mettingham 1815/6 (Archd. Suffolk), although a burial record is not found there.  He is the NOT the John Butcher who mar. in Bungay St. Mary 11 Oct. 1803 Keziah Wittler (Lydia Rackham and Robert Banham witnesses) – for whom see the Henry-Mark Butcher families.

v.         Lucy, bp. 1 Mar. 1782, mar. in Mettingham on 28 Mar. 1805 George Grimmer of Haddiscoe in Norfolk.  Witnesses were Maria Butcher, Sophia Butcher, Mary Butcher, and Anna Butcher.  She was buried in Haddiscoe in 1838, aged 56.

vi.        Robert, bp. 8 Jan. 1784, living in 1808.

vii.       Maria, bp. 29 Jan. 1786, living in 1808.  Married in Bungay St. Mary by license on 23 Aug. 1810 Bartholomew Banham Last of Lowestoft, single (Sophia Ansted and Mary Butcher witnesses).

viii.      Mary, bp. 14 Dec. 1787, living in 1808.  Married in Bungay St. Mary by license on 6 May 1811 Thos. Sayer of Loddon, Norf., widower (Frances Sayer and Wm. Hobson witnesses).

ix.        Sophia, born 24 Feb. and bp. 4 Mar. 1789 mar. 20 Oct. 1807 Richard Bunne Anstead of Bungay St. Mary (witnesses Maria Butcher, Mary Butcher).

x.         Simon, bp. 4 Apr. 1790, bur. 12 Apr. 1790.

xi.        William, bp. 10 Apr. 1792, bur. 9 June 1792.

xii.       William, bp. 18 Mar. 1793, bur. 21 May 1793.

xiii.      Anna Maria, born 17 Mar. and bp. 2 Apr. 1796, living in 1808.

            xiv.      Simon, bp. 10 Feb. 1797, bur. 2 June 1797.

Tenth Generation

1132261125  James10 Butcher was bp. Alburgh, Norfolk June 5, 1775.  He was a farmer in Kirstead, Norfolk with 60 acres in 1851, living there in 1853.  He married first in Alburgh by license on 4 April 1799 Sarah Whitton.  John Whitton and Margaret Butcher were witnesses.  She was baptized in Denton 2 April 1775 the daughter of John Whitton and wife Sarah Middleton and is named in John Whitton’s will, made Denton 14 Mar. 1809.  Sarah was bur. in Denton 1 May 1809, soon after the birth of her son John.

 

James settled in Earsham, along the Waveney, where the manor was the property of the Duke of Norfolk and is called “farmer” in the parish records there (indicating that he leased a farm, rather than being a laborer).  He married secondly at Ilketshall St. Margaret, Suffolk 18 Sept. 1810 Elizabeth Masterson bp. 19 Nov. 1775 S. Elmham St. Nicholas, Suffolk, dau. of John and Ann Masterson.  She was living at time of 1851 Census, .  They moved from Earsham to Kirstead some time after 1816.  On Kelly’s 1853 Directory at Kirstead, farmer. 

 

James died 7 May 1855 in Stockton, Loddon Dist., Norfolk (June quarter, 4b:160).  The death certificate lists him as aged 80 years, “formerly a farmer at Denton”, and states that he died of old age.  Information was provided by James Barwick, “present at the death” who appears to have been his son in law.  James Butcher of Stockton, aged 80, was buried in Denton 12 May 1855.  Widow Elizabeth Butcher of Kirstead, aged 82, was buried in Denton 3 Mar. 1858.

 

Children of James Sr. by first wife Sarah Whitton:

i.                    Walter, bp. July 27, 1799 Denton.  Walter Butcher, son of James and Sarah, seems to have been baptized again in Denton on Dec. 6, 1800.  He married in Denton on 9 Oct. 1828 Mary Wooltorton, with Robt. Wooltorton and Rebekah Butcher as witnesses.  He is indicated as a labourer in 1829.  In 1861 he and wife Mary were servants in the household of Thomas More in Metfield, Suffolk.  Living with his brother John on the 1871 Census in Alburgh, occupation farrier.    Walter Butcher of Alburgh, aged 73, was buried in Denton on 14 Feb. 1873, aged 73.  His wife was likely the Mary Butcher, aged 66, buried in Denton 29 Dec. 1864.  Children (supplemented with information provided by Jill Hickey, April 2005)

i.                    James, bp. 7 Aug. 1829 Denton.  Mar. Elizabeth Cox in Depwade District 1871.

i.          James Herbert, b. 1873

ii.         Sydney Leonard, b. Oct. 1877

iii.        Walter Henry, b. 8 June 1879, bp. 14 Mar. 1880 Alburgh

iv.        Ethel Mary, b. 1882

ii.                  Walter Whitton Butcher, born ca. 1831 Great Ellingham, who was living in Sprowston, Norfolk in 1881 and 1901.  Proprietor of the Red House pub in Norwich All Saints, 1856-59.  Married in Thorpe St. Andrew, Norfolk 25 May 1854 Elizabeth Cattermole, daughter of Robert Read.

iii.                Henry.  Had wife Esther and had a son George b. in Bungay in 1863,

iv.                Elizabeth Butcher, b. ca. 1837 Gr. Ellingham and listed as niece and companion in the house of Miss Elizabeth Wooltorton in Denton on the 1861 Census

v.                  John, b. ca. 1840

vi.                Emma, b. 1841 Bungay, bur. 23 Nov. 1854 Denton

ii.                  Rebecca, bp. Sep. 10, 1800. Mar. Denton 2 Mar. 1831 James Barwick, with Henry Whitton and Eleanor Butcher witnesses.  They were living in Stockton, Norfolk in 1871.

iii.                William, b. 27 Dec., 1801 Denton.  Of Flixton, Suff. in 1851, bur. there 4 Aug. 1859. He is likely the William Butcher who married on 6 Nov. 1827 in Great Ellingham, Norfolk Ann Leggett and had:

i.                    Henry Legget Butcher, bp. 20 Jan. 1828 Great Ellingham

According to Jill Hickey, he then married in Pulham St. Mary the Virgin on 23 Dec. 1830 Harriet Mayes and had:

ii.                  Emma Whitton, bp.2 Dec. 1832 Rumburgh, Suff.

iii.                Harriet Anne, bp. 1 Mar. 1835 Rumburgh.  Harriet A. Butcher, aged 66, b. Rumburgh, Suff., single, was living in St. Matthew, Ipswich in 1901 with niece Emma Howlett, 17, b. Beccles.

iv.                Charles Edward, bp. 10 Apr. 1836 Rumburgh, d. 27 April 1874 Kentish Town, occupation farmer and brewer.  Mar. 12 Oct. 1863 in Haverstock Hill Elizabeth Butcher, daughter of John Butcher and Elizabeth Youell (19 Jan. 1840 – 27 Apr. 1881).

i.          Frederick William, b. 23 June 1864 Kentish Town, d. 8 Apr. 1941 Greenwich, London.  Mar. 5 Aug. 1888 Newington to Frances Middlecott.  5 children.

v.                  William, bp. 4 Apr. 1841 Rumburgh but probably born about 1838 as aged 3 on 1841 Census, mar. about 1868 Sarah Ann Calver and lived in South Elmham St. Margaret, Covehithe, and Walton.

i.          Ellen Maria, b. abt. 1868 Flixton, mar. 23 Feb. 1895 Walton, Suff. Harry Barber.

ii.         Charles, b. abt 1869, S. Elmham St. Margaret, Suff.

iii.        William, b. abt. 1870 S. Elmham St. Margaret

iv.        Harry Herbert, b. abt 1872 S. Elmham St. Margaret, m. Agnes Bessie Lambert

v.         Edward, b. abt. 1874 S. Elmham St. Margaret

vi.        Alice, b. abt. 1876 S. Elmham St. Margaret

vii.       Jane, b. abt. 1878 S. Elmham St. Margaret

viii.      Arthur, b. 1880 South Elmham St. Margaret

ix.        Ernest, b. abt. 1883 Covehithe, Suff.

x.         Florence, b. abt. 1886, Covehithe

xi.        Walter, b. abt. 1889, Walton, Suff.

vi.        Eleanor, bp. 4 Apr. 1841.  Probably the Eleanor, aged 22, born Gr. Ellingham, visiting in the household of Elizabeth Wooltorton in Denton in 1861.

            iv.        James, b. ca. 1803/4 Earsham (by Census).  Baptized in Denton Oct. 26, 1806.  He was living in Kirstead, Norfolk by 1833.  His first wife was Ann, by whom James Butcher, miller, had a son born in 1833. There is a marriage between a James Butcher and Ann Woods recorded in 1832 in Sloley, Norfolk (Norfolk Transcription Archive) that appears to be this couple.  Sloley is NE of Norwich, just south of North Walsham.  Anne Butcher “of Kirstead” was buried in Denton on 12 Dec. 1834, aged 24.  James married secondly Letitia E. Howlett, who was born on 6 Sept. 1800 in Barnham Broome, Norfolk, (although the 1851 Census implies she was b. ca. 1806 Barnham Broome).  Letitia was living in 1851.  The marriage of James Butcher and Letitia Howlett is recorded in Barnham Broom: “James Butcher of the Parish of Kirstead, Norfolk, Widower, and Letitia Howlett of this Parish, Spinster, were married in this Church by Licence…this twenty first day of October in the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty five.” James and Letitia Butcher were in Kirstead, Norfolk on the 1841 Census and again in 1851 (where he is listed adjacent to James Butcher Sr.).  James appears in White’s Directory of 1854 at Kirstead.  At this time, Kirstead, located 7 miles SSE of Norfolk, was a town of 259 souls and 56 households.  The Directory shows James Butcher as a shopkeeper.  The family moved soon after.  In 1861 James and Letitia are found in Kirby Bedon, Norfolk (p. 156), just southeast of Norwich.  He is listed as aged 55, occupation Farm Bailiff, born Denton, Norfolk.  Daughter Matilda, 16, was the only child still at home.  Letitia Butcher, aged 67, d. 21 Nov. 1868 according to an inscription in the churchyard of Kirby Bedon St. Andrew.  James is then likely the James Butcher, occupation “Dealer”, who was a lodger (without family at home) living in Framlingham Pigot (which is next to Kirby Bedon in Henstead District) on the 1871 Census.  This man is listed as aged 59 and born Denton, which does not exactly match our man – but he may not have personally provided the information.  Finally, in Henstead District, Norfolk there is a death record for a James Butcher, age 65, in December Quarter 1882 – again a possible identification, although our James would have been about 79.

                        Child by first wife Ann (Woods):

i.          James Long, born Apr. 16, bp. June 17, 1833 Kirstead.  Appears on the 1841 Census as James Butcher, aged 8.  Not at home in 1851, at which time he is listed as a visitor in the household of Edward and Elizabeth Sandall in Sloley, Norfolk.  In 1861, James Butcher, age 29, born Kirstead, occupation carpenter, unmarried, was living with his brother William John in Fulham, Middlesex.  In 1871 he is likely the James Butcher, age 37, b. Norfolk, occupation house carpenter, living in Hackney, London with wife Rebecca, 31, and no children.  There is a death record for a James Butcher in Hackney in June Quarter 1873, aged 40 (Civil Registration Index, 1b:266).

ii.         Henry, b. 2 Dec. 1834, bp. 14 Dec. 1834 Sloley, Norf., son of James Butcher and wife Ann, occupation miller, of Kirstead.  Bur. Denton 11 Apr. 1835.

                        Children by second wife Letitia (Howlett):

iii.        Ann Eleanor, bp. Nov. 7, 1836 Kirstead, Norfolk, at home in 1851.  Anne Eleanor Butcher, of Kirby Bedon, aged 21, was buried in Denton on 8 Sep. 1858.

iv.        William John, b. 1837 Kirstead (from later Census), but baptism not found in the Kirstead Parish Register. The British Civil Registration index shows a William John Butcher, born Loddon Dist., Norfolk, December Quarter 1837 (13:162).  Appears in his parents household in 1841 as William Butcher, aged 3, but was not at home in 1851.  Instead, we find him (William Butcher, age 13, born Kirstead) living in the household of his uncle John Howlett in Barnham Broome.  William John Butcher, son of James Butcher, married at St. James, Westminster on 15 April 1860 Helen Cooper, daughter of George Cooper   She was born ca. 1846 in Somers Town, Middlesex.  William J. Butcher, grocer and cheesemonger, age 23, b. Kirstead, Norfolk was living in Fulham, Middlesex in 1861 with his wife and two brothers (p. 62).  On the 1871 Census, William J. Butcher, age 33, Cheesemonger, born Kirstead, Norfolk was living in Wood Green, Middlesex with his family.  By the 1881 Census, wife “Ellen” Butcher (identifiable from her age and birthplace) was a domestic servant in the household of Rolla Buisby, Umbrella Manufacturer.  On the 1891 Census, the couple were back together (without children) in Camberwell, London.  William J.’s occupation was still cheesemonger.  Helen Butcher, age 56, died in 1897 in Camberwell, Surry.  Then, on the 1901 Census, John Butcher (widower, Grocer’s Assistant, age 64, born Kirstead, Norfolk) is found as a patient in an infirmary in St. Giles, London.  Most of John’s family had died or dispersed, and he later moved to live with his brother Charles in Massachusetts.  He died in Cambridge, MA 11 Nov. 1924

v.         Jane E. or A., b. ca. 1839/40 Kirstead (per Census), living at home in 1851.  On the 1861 Census,  Jane E. Butcher, age 21, b. Kirstead, was an unmarried shopwoman living in a linen millinery dormitory at 9 Market Place in St. Peter Mancroft Parish, Norwich.  There is a record of a death of a Jane Butcher, aged 32, in Norwich in June 1877 (4b:66).

vi.        Lydia Maria, b. ca. 1841/2 Kirstead.  In 1861 she was a millinery apprentice lodging in the household of Sarah Lock in Lakenham, Norfolk (p. 27). On the 1871 Census she was unmarried, listed as a Draper in a dormitory of numerous unmarried people in St. Peter Mancroft Parish, Norwich.  Mar. Norwich District 1871 George Gilbert.  Listed as a widow in St. Giles Parish, Norwich on 1881 Census (lodging housekeeper) and again in Norwich, 5th Ward on 1891 Census.  She died there later in 1891

vii.       Charles, b. 27 Feb. 1843 Brooke, Norfolk.  He was at home in 1851, and in 1861 was living with his brother William John in Fulham, Middlesex, aged 18, born Brooke, Norfolk, occupation grocer’s assistant.  He moved to America soon after.  According to family tradition, he stowed away on a ship bound for Brazil, but was put off at the first port of call – New York.  I do not find him on the 1871 English Census.   Examination of the New York immigration records at www.castlegarden.org reveals several Charles Butchers.  Ours may be the Charles Butcher, laborer, age 29, who arrived on May 15, 1872 on the ship China, from Liverpool.  Charles settled first in upstate New York, then moved to Massachusetts.  He d. 24 Dec. 1916, Cambridge, MA,  According to family information, Charles mar. 1872 in Batavia, NY Mary Elizabeth Laramy. 

viii.      Matilda Mary, b. 1844 Bungay, Suffolk (Census and Civil Reg. index).  Living with her parents in 1861, aged 16, born Bungay, occupation school mistress.  Mar. in Erpingham District, Norfolk 1866 (Civil Register index) Joseph Tipper of Kendal, Westmorland.  She appears as a widow on the 1891 and 1901 Census in Kendal. 

v.                  Eleanor (no bp. found), married in Denton on 3 Sep. 1834 John Riches, with Catherine Matchett and Eliz. Wooltorton witnesses.

vi.                Henry, bp. Mar. 8, 1807 Denton. .  A Henry Butcher of Kirstead, singleman, married there on 2 Aug. 1835 Mary Ann Burgess.  He was living in North Walsham in 1851 and in Kirstead on the 1881 Census, widowed, farmer of 82 acres, aged 72, born Denton, Norf.  The 1871 Census of Kirstead shows him as aged 60, born Denton, with wife Mary Ann and unmarried children Mary Anne (34) and Henry (28), both born North Walsham.  He was still in Kirstead in 1891 and was buried there on 29 Jan. 1895, aged 86, according to a grave marker.  His wife Mary Jane (sic) died 19 Oct. 1880, aged 64.  Issue (information of Jill Hickey):

                                                                                      i.      Mary Ann, born 24 Feb., bp. 27 Apr. 1836 North Walsham

                                                                                    ii.      James, born 12 Apr. bp. 18 June 1837 North Walsham, unmarried in 1881

                                                                                  iii.      Caroline, born 18 Apr. bp. 15 May 1838 North Walsham, mar. in Kirstead 13 Apr. 1867 John Atkinson Johnson

                                                                                  iv.      Henry Nathan, born 22 Nov. bp. 17 Dec. 1839 North Walsham, mar. Kirstead 1 June 1874 Anna Baldry

viii.            John, born 23 Apr. 1809 Denton, bp. June 16 1809 Earsham, Norfolk (son of James Butcher and Sarah (late Whitton)) and again on Feb. 9, 1810 at Denton (son of James Butcher and Sarah his wife late Whitton).  He is the John Butcher of Denton, Norfolk who mar. in Mendham, Suff. on 6 Mar. 1832 Elizabeth Youell.  John and Elizabeth Butcher were living in Denton, Norfolk on the 1861 Census.  In 1881, they are found on High St. in Alburgh, with son Edward still at home.  He was buried in Alburgh 14 Mar. 1889, aged 79.  Elizabeth Butcher of Pulham Workhouse, aged 84, was buried there on 5 Oct. 1894. The 1861 Census shows them with their younger children at home.  Issue (including information of Jill Hickey):

i.                    Mary Whitton, bp. 12 May 1833 Denton.  She became in 1873 the second wife of Alfred Flegg of Alburgh (http://brianfoulgerfamilyhistory.co.uk/descendants_of_alfred_flegg.htm).

ii.                  Robert, bp. 26 Oct. 1834, bur. 18 Oct. 1836

iii.                Henry Whitton, bp. 17 Apr. 1836, bur. 10 Dec. 1842, aged 6.

iv.                George Whitton, bp. 6 May 1838.  Died 1880 Havistock Hill, St. Pancras.  Mar. Eleanor Wooltorton.

i.          Henry, b. 1866

ii.         Thomas George, b. 21 Jan. 1868, mar. Emily Gill

v.                  Elizabeth, b. 19 Jan. and bp. 1 Mar. 1840 Denton, d. 27 April 1881 Lambeth.  Married first her cousin Charles Butcher and second, St. Stephen in Bow, 2 Nov. 1874, John Young, single, b. Tormarton, Glouc. abt. 1835.

vi.                John, b. 20 Sep. 1841 Denton and bp. 5 Oct.(Dec.?) 1841.  Mar.18 Oct. 1864 Susanna Buxton.  A shoemaker, living in Alburgh in 1891.  They had 17 children.

vii.              William Henry, bp. Denton 5 May 1844.  Had wife Kate and lived in Barrow, Lancashire.

viii.            Charles, b. Denton 23 Jan. 1846, bp.5 Apr. 1846

ix.                James, bp. 2 Apr. 1848, bur. 15 Aug. 1854

x.                  Edward, bp. Denton 7 April 1850.  Unmarried, living with his brother John in 1891.

xi.                Walter, bp. 23 Mar 1853, bur. 21 June 1853

xii.              James Henry, bp. Denton 3 Dec. 1855.  A blacksmith, he married Louisa Cooper and lived in Alburgh.  Of Redenhall in 1891.

 

Children of James Sr. by second wife Elizabeth Masterson:

ix.                Edward, born Aug. 29, bp. Sept 28, 1812 Earsham.  “Of Kirstead”, aged 22, he was buried in Denton on 23 Jan. 1835.

x.                  Elizabeth, bp. Jan. 29, 1815 Earsham.  At home, unmarried in 1851.  Eliza Butcher of Kirstead, age 43, was bur. in Denton 10 Mar. 1859.

xi.                George, bp. Mar. 10, 1816 Earsham.  At home, unmarried in 1851.  Listed on White’s 1854 directory in Kirstead as a farmer.  Of Kirstead on 1861 Census, farmer of 83 acres, unmarried, living with niece Harriet Butcher (b. Rumburgh, Suffolk ca. 1835)[3] and nephew Thomas Butcher (b. Ipswich, Suffolk ca. 1850).  George Butcher of Kirstead, aged 49, was buried in Denton 18 Oct. 1865.

xii.              Joseph, born ca. 1818 Kirstead (no baptism found, but named in his father’s will).  Of Shipnall, Shropshire in 1851 and Thorp, Essex in 1861, b. Kirstead.  In 1871 he was in Weston Turville, Bucks, and in 1881 in Reading St. Mary, Berks.  He was a Baptist minister and married Amelia Caroline Simpson in Bury St. Edmunds Dist., Suff. Dec. Q 1846 (FreeBMD).  Issue:

i.          Joseph William, b. Sep. Quarter 1847 St. Pancras, Middlesex.  Of Headingly cum Burley, Yorks. in 1881 with wife Elizabeth and several children.  Like his father, a Baptist minister.  He was in Rawdon, Yorks in 1891.

ii.                  Thomas, b. 26 May 1855 Britannia Place, St. Mary Stoke, Ipswich.  Of Ipswich in 1881, occupation piano tuner; also listed in his father’s household in 1881, unmarried.

iii.                Mary A., b. ca. 1859/60 Thorpe le Sohen, Essex

 

 



[1] The IGI shows Mary, daughter of Hugh and Margaret Butcher, bp. 18 Jan. 1580 Bedfield, Suff.  I wonder if this might actually be 1586?

[2] Francis Warner was bp. 16 Sep. 1572 Wingfield, son of Robert and Christine Warner.  Mary Godfrey in turn appears to have been bp. 2 Feb. 1577 Wingfield, d. of John and Mary Godfrey.

[3] Harriet A. Butcher, aged 66, b. Rumburgh, Suff., single, was living in St. Matthew, Ipswich in 1901 with niece Emma Howlett, 17, b. Beccles.