Family of Robert Edwards and Susan Brooks

Husband: Robert Edwards

  • Name:

  • Robert Edwards4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1718 (app)

  • Gislingham, Suffolk, England5,6

  • Death:

  • Aug 1778 (age 59-60)7,8,9

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 16 Aug 1778

  • St. Mary's Church, Brettenham Road, Buxhall, Suffolk, England7,8,9,10

Wife: Susan Brooks

  • Name:

  • Susan Brooks1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1722 (app)5,6

  •  

  • Death:

  • Apr 1792 (age 69-70)5,11,12,13

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 8 Apr 1792

  • St. Mary's Church, Brettenham Road, Buxhall, Suffolk, England11,12,13

  •  

  • a widowed pauper

Child 1: Robert Edwards

  • Name:

  • Robert Edwards14

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Susan Smith (1749?-1835)

  • Note:

  •  

  •  

  •  

  • A lot of entries in Ancestry use the burial record in Long Melford in 1819 which says he was in the hospital there (but it was an almshouse, so doesn't fit if wife died in 1835 in Shelland), I suppose it could have been him, but why Long Melford?

  • Birth:

  • 1744 (app)1,14

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 12 Oct 1744 (age 0)

  • St. George's Church, Westhorpe Road, Wyverstone, Suffolk, England1,14

  •  

  • son of Robert Edwards

Child 2: John Edwards

  • Name:

  • John Edwards1,14

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1744 (app)1,5,14

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 12 Oct 1744 (age 0)

  • St. George's Church, Westhorpe Road, Wyverstone, Suffolk, England1,14

  •  

  • son of Robert

  • Death:

  • Nov 1744 (age 0)5,8,9,15

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 30 Nov 1744

  • St. George's Church, Westhorpe Road, Wyverstone, Suffolk, England8,9,15

  •  

  • son of Robert Edwards

Child 3: John Edwards

  • Name:

  • John Edwards1,15

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1747 (app)1,15

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 30 May 1747 (age 0)

  • St. George's Church, Westhorpe Road, Wyverstone, Suffolk, England15

  •  

  • son of Robert Edwards

Child 4: William Edwards

  • Name:

  • William Edwards16

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Susanna Ramply (1749?-1835)

  • Birth:

  • 1749

  • Buxhall, Suffolk, England1,5,16

  • Baptism:

  • 27 Feb 1748/49 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Brettenham Road, Buxhall, Suffolk, England10,16

  •  

  • son of Robt Edwards

  • Death:

  • 1817 (age 67-68)

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 28 Dec 1817

  • King Charles the Martyr Church, Church Lane, Shelland, Suffolk, England17

  •  

  • aged 69.

Child 5: Joseph Edwards

  • Name:

  • Joseph Edwards8,9,16

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1750 (app)16

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 15 Jul 1750 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Brettenham Road, Buxhall, Suffolk, England10,16

  •  

  • son of Robt Edwards

  • Death:

  • Feb 1751 (age 0-1)8,9

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 11 Feb 1751

  • St. Mary's Church, Brettenham Road, Buxhall, Suffolk, England8,9,10

  •  

  • son of Robert

Child 6: Susan Edwards

  • Name:

  • Susan Edwards16,18

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1752 (app)16,18

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 12 Jan 1752 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Brettenham Road, Buxhall, Suffolk, England10,16,18

  •  

  • daughter of Robt Edwards and Susan

Child 7: Joseph Edwards

  • Name:

  • Joseph Edwards4,16

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Sarah Steggall (1760-1804)

  • Birth:

  • 1754 (app)4,16,19

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 8 Nov 1754 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Brettenham Road, Buxhall, Suffolk, England4,10,16

  •  

  • son of Robt Edwards and Susan

  • Death:

  • Mar 1822 (age 67-68)8,9

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 28 Mar 1822

  • St. Mary's Church, Brettenham Road, Buxhall, Suffolk, England8,9,20

  •  

  • aged 66 of Buxhall

Note on Husband: Robert Edwards

birth and marriage records need verifying.

Note on Wife: Susan Brooks

birth and marriage records need verifying

Sources

1.

Terri Richardson personal communication. email. Cit. Date: 3 July 2007.

2.

Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Parish Records. Gislingham St. Mary fiche:3 of 16. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

3.

Ibid. Gislingham St. Mary film:J426/36. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

4.

Suffolk Family History Society - Stow and Thedwastre Baptisms 1754-1812, (2011 SFK-BPI-05/P2 own copy).

5.

Colin Edwards - Suffolk Edwards Database.

6.

Mike Northcote personal communication. email dated 24/8/2019. Cit. Date: 27 August 2019.

7.

Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Parish Records. Buxhall St. Mary fiche:3 of 11. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

8.

Suffolk Family History Society - Suffolk Burial Index, (2020 SFK-BUI/03-1 own copy).

9.

The Federation of Family History Societies, National Burial Index for England & Wales v.3, (2010 own copy).

10.

Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

11.

Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Parish Records. Buxhall St. Mary fiche:5 of 11. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

12.

Suffolk Family History Society - Suffolk Burial Index, (2020 SFK-BUI/03-1 own copy). Buxhall St. Mary. Cit. Date: 27 August 2019.

13.

The Federation of Family History Societies, National Burial Index for England & Wales v.3, (2010 own copy). Buxhall St. Mary. Cit. Date: 27 August 2019.

14.

Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Parish Records. Wyverstone St. George fiche:2 of 9. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

15.

Ibid. Wyverstone St. George fiche:2 of 11. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

16.

Ibid. Buxhall St. Mary fiche:3 of 10. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

17.

Sian Plant (One Name Study) personal communication. ex NBI. Cit. Date: July 2001.

18.

Church of the Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch, (www.familysearch.org). batch:C06193-3 sys:England-ODM film:919567.

19.

Colin Edwards - Suffolk Edwards Database. Colin Edwards - Suffolk Edwards Database.

20.

John Oakley personal communication. PAF. Cit. Date: 20 April 2001.