Family of John Edwards and Bridget Pettitt

Husband: John Edwards

  • Name:

  • John Edwards

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1745 (est)

  •  

  • Banns:

  • 29 Apr 1770 (age 24-25)

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

  •  

  • Also 15/4 22/4.

  • Witness:

  • 28 Oct 1793 (age 47-48)

  • John Edwards witnessed the marriage of John Edwards and Mary Carr on Monday on 28 October 1793 in St. John the Baptist Church, Onehouse, Suffolk, England

Wife: Bridget Pettitt

  • Name:

  • Bridget Pettitt

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Death:

  • bef 15 Nov 1830

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 15 Nov 1830

  • St. John the Baptist Church, Onehouse, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • aged 80.

Child 1: Mary Edwards

  • Name:

  • Mary Edwards

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Jun 1771 (app)

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 14 Jun 1771 (age 0)

  • Congregational Chapel, Ipswich Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England3

Child 2: John Edwards

  • Name:

  • John Edwards4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Mary Carr (1769?-bef1860)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • agricultural / farm labourer5,6

  • Birth:

  • 1773 (app)

  • Onehouse, Suffolk, England6

  • Baptism:

  • 14 Nov 1773 (age 0)

  • St. John the Baptist Church, Onehouse, Suffolk, England4,7

  •  

  • son of John Edwards and Bridget

  • Witness:

  • 18 Mar 1812 (age 38-39)

  • John Edwards witnessed the marriage of Jonathan Stocking and Susan Edwards on Wednesday on 18 March 1812 in St. John the Baptist Church, Onehouse, Suffolk, England

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 77-78)

  • Beside Harleston Green, Shelland, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • head of the household aged 78 married, agricultural labourer living with his wife, a daughter and son-in-law and a great grandson. Born in Onehouse Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Dec 1854 (age 80-81)

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 29 Dec 1854

  • King Charles the Martyr Church, Church Lane, Shelland, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • aged 82

Child 3: Elizabeth Edwards

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth Edwards

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Oct 1775

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 28 Oct 1775 (age 0)

  • Congregational Chapel, Ipswich Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England3

Child 4: William Edwards

  • Name:

  • William Edwards9,10

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Eunice Borley (1782?-1844)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • gardener11,12,13

  • Birth:

  • 1778 (app)

  • Stowmarket, Suffolk, England13

  • Baptism:

  • 12 May 1778 (age 0)

  • Congregational Chapel, Ipswich Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England3,9

  •  

  • son of John Edwards and Bridget

  • Re-Baptism:

  • 27 May 1778 (age 0)

  • St. John the Baptist Church, Onehouse, Suffolk, England7,10

  •  

  • son of John Edwards and Bridget

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 55)

  • Lombard Road, Battersea, Surrey, England12

  •  

  • a gardener living with his wife and two daughters, not born in Surrey

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 72)

  • Lombard Road, Battersea, Surrey, England13

  •  

  • widowed head of the household working as a gardener and living alone. Born in Stowmarket Suffolk

Child 5: Dillia Edwards

  • Name:

  • Dillia Edwards14,15

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Zachariah Moye (1776?-1835)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • laundress / washer woman16

  • Birth:

  • 1781 (app)

  • Onehouse, Suffolk, England14,16,17

  • Baptism:

  • 1 Mar 1782 (age 0-1)

  • Congregational Chapel, Ipswich Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England3,18

  •  

  • daughter of John Edwards and Bridget of Onehouse Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 60)

  • Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England17

  •  

  • as Maria Moye living with her son-in-law William Hudson, daughter Elisa, granddaughters Maria, Emma, Eliza and Emily, grandsons William and Thomas, and her son Robert Moye. Born in Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 70)

  • Woodbridge Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England16

  •  

  • widowed lodger as Dilla Moye formerly a laundress living with Rachael Haken. Born in Onehouse Suffolk

  • Death:

  • 9 Apr 1872 (age 95)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England19,20

  •  

  • as Dellia Moye

  • Burial:

  • 15 Apr 1872

  • Ipswich Old Cemetery, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England20,21

  •  

  • widow of New Street St. Matthew Ipswich as Deliah Moye who died on 9th April 1872 aged 95

Child 6: James Edwards

  • Name:

  • James Edwards

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Nov 1784 (app)

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • Nov 1784 (age 0)

  • Congregational Chapel, Ipswich Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England3

  • Death:

  • bef 9 Mar 1811 (age 26)

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 9 Mar 1811

  • St. John the Baptist Church, Onehouse, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • aged 27

Child 7: Bridget Edwards

  • Name:

  • Bridget Edwards3,11

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • William Dansey (1784?- )

  • Birth:

  • 1787 (app)3,22

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 24 Nov 1787 (age 0)

  • Congregational Chapel, Ipswich Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England3

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 50)

  • Onehouse, Suffolk, England22

  •  

  • living with her husband and two granddaughters. Born in Suffolk

Child 8: Susan Edwards

  • Name:

  • Susan Edwards23

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Jonathan Stocking (1793?-1864)

  • Birth:

  • 17 Mar 1790

  • Suffolk, England23,24

  • Baptism:

  • 18 Apr 1790 (age 0)

  • Congregational Chapel, Ipswich Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England3,23

  •  

  • daughter of John Edwards and Bridget his wife of Onehouse

  • Witness:

  • 8 Mar 1808 (age 17)

  • Susan Edwards witnessed the marriage of William Dansey and Bridget Edwards on Tuesday on 8 March 1808 in St. John the Baptist Church, Onehouse, Suffolk, England

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 50)

  • Garden House, Onehouse, Suffolk, England24

  •  

  • living with her husband Jonathan, sons Jonathan and John, daughter Eliza and grandchildren Jane and Barnabas Francis. Born in Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Feb 1849 (age 61)

  • Stow "Registration District", Suffolk, England25,26,27

  • Burial:

  • 24 Feb 1849

  • St. John the Baptist Church, Onehouse, Suffolk, England26,27

  •  

  • aged 61 of Onehouse

Child 9: Sarah Edwards

  • Name:

  • Sarah Edwards

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Jul 1792 (app)

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 11 Nov 1792 (age 0)

  • Congregational Chapel, Ipswich Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England3

  • Death:

  • Jan 1794 (age 1)

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 12 Jan 1794

  • St. John the Baptist Church, Onehouse, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • aged 18 months.

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1.

Suffolk Family History Society - Marriage Extracts. own copy. Cit. Date: 5 December 1998.

2.

Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Onehouse St. John the Baptist. Cit. Date: 28 June 1998. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

3.

Church of the Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch, (www.familysearch.org). Suffolk Family History Society. Cit. Date: 26 January 1998.

4.

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

5.

Suffolk Family History Society - Stow and Thedwastre Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-05/P1 own copy).

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England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:1794 folio:366 page:2.

7.

Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Cit. Date: 18 June 1998. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

8.

Ibid. Shelland King Charles the Martyr. Cit. Date: 18 November 1997. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

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FindMyPast Non-Conformist Births and Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Stowmarket Indpendent. Cit. Date: 29 November 2023.

10.

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11.

Suffolk Family History Society - Blackbourn, Stow, Thedwastre and Thingoe Marriages 1754-1812, (2010 SFK-MI/05 own copy). Cit. Date: 28 December 2017.

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13.

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20.

Suffolk Family History Society - Suffolk Burial Index, (2020 SFK-BUI/03-1 own copy). Ipswich Cemetery. Cit. Date: 28 August 2020.

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The Federation of Family History Societies, National Burial Index for England & Wales v.3, (2010 own copy). Ipswich Cemetery. Cit. Date: 28 August 2020.

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