Married: Mary Watson
on 16 October 1781, in
Elmswell,
Suffolk, England. The marriage was witnessed by John Marshall and Sarah
Marshall. Mary is listed in the marriage record as a spinster, of
Elmswell, and Abraham is listed as single, of Elmswell.
Sources:
Baptism:
John Nichols
Marriage:
John Nichols; IGI Batch
8518230 sheet 32
Adelaide Sarah
Clarke
Birth: 1858, in
Thurston, Suffolk, England
Baptised: 5 September 1858, in Thurston, Suffolk, England
Mother: Hannah
(Frost) Clarke
Married: Ellen Lewis
on 11 April 1872, in Thurston, Suffolk. The marriage was witnessed by
Joseph Bradley and Harriet Borling. Arthur is recorded as aged 29, a
bachelor and labourer of Thurston, the son of John Clark, a labourer.
Ellen is recorded as aged 34, a spinster and domestic servant of
Thurston, the daughter of Thomas Lewis, a labourer.
Married: Eliza Stiff
on 1 March 1892, in Thurston,
Suffolk,
England. The marriage was witnessed by Harry Stiff and Ada Elizabeth
Buxton. Charles is recorded as aged 26, a bachelor and labourer of
Tostock, the son of John Clarke, a labourer. Emma is recorded as aged
25, a spinster of Thurston, the daughter of William Stiff, a labourer.
Occupation: Agricultural Labourer (1881); Platelayer
(1891); Labourer (1892).
A platelayer repairs railway tracks.
Birth:
England Birth Index (4Q1889 vol
4a
p710); 1891 census shows place as Elmswell, but I believe this is in
error and the place of birth shoud be Tostock - Edward's older brother
Arthur is also shown as born in Elmswell, but the 1901 census and the
baptism both show Arthur as born in Tostock.
Death:
England Death Index (4Q1892 vol 4a p413)
Eleanor Clarke
Birth: 1849/50, in
Tostock, Suffolk, England
Baptised: 22 August
1852, in Tostock, Suffolk,
England
Married:John
Clark on 6 April
1761, in Tostock, Suffolk, England. The marriage was witnessed by
Gregory Lockwood and John Bally. Elizabeth is noted as being single,
and of Tostock.
Sources:
Married:William
Mens on 13 March
1817, in Tostock,
Suffolk,
England. The marriage was witnessed by Simon Mens and William Borley.
Both William and Elizabeth are recorded as being single and of Tostock.
Children:
Married:Charles
Snelling on 23 January 1852, in Thurston,
Suffolk,
England. The marriage was witnessed by Maria
Balls and John Halls. Charles is recorded as a bachelor, of full age,
of St James Bury St Edmunds, a shoemaker
and the son of John Snelling, a shoemaker. Eliza is recorded
as a
spinster, of full age, of Thurston and the daughter of John Clark, a
labourer.
Married: Edwin Rowe
on 30 June 1883, in Thurston,
Suffolk,
England. The marriage was witnessed by George Holden and Emily Holden.
Edwin is recorded as a widower, aged 40, an insurance agent from
Southsea. Emma is recorded as a spinster, aged 35 of Thurston,
a
domestic servant and the daughter of John Clark, a labourer.
Census:
1851: Thurston, Suffolk; aged 2, b. Thurston 1861:
Meadow Lane, Thurston, Suffolk
Sources:
Birth:
England Birth Index (1Q1849 vol
12 p4?1); exact place from 1861 census
Marriage:
John Nichols; England Marriage
Index (2Q1883 vol 4a p851)
Emma (Clarke)
Barrell
Birth: 1867, in
Tostock, Suffolk, England
Baptised: 2 June
1867, in Tostock, Suffolk, England
Mother: Ellen
(Lewis) Clarke
Married:Arthur
James Frost
on 22 December 1896, in Thurston,
Suffolk, England. The marriage was witnessed by George Arthur Clark and
Gertrude Borley. Arthur is recorded as aged 21, a bachelor and shepherd
of Great Ashfield, the son of William Frost, a labourer. Fanny
is
recorded as aged 23, a spinster of Thurston, the daughter of Arthur
Clark, a labourer.
Mother: Ellen
(Lewis) Clarke
Married: Florence May Everett
on 27 July 1925 in St Bartholomews, Ingham, Suffolk, England.
Florence was born on 7 January 1893 in Ingham, Suffolk, the daughter of
Benjamin Everett and Alice Cutting.
Occupation:
Agricultural labourer (1891); Carter for Merchants (1901)
Death: 30 January
1942, in Thurston, Suffolk, England
Burial: 5
February 1942, in Thurston, Suffolk, England, aged 64
Married: Mary Ann
Clarke on 16 August 1856, in
Thurston,
Suffolk,
England. The marriage was witnessed by Charles Snelling and Maria
Balls. Henry is recorded as a bachelor, of full age, of Thurston, a
labourer
and the son of John Clark, a
labourer. Mary Ann is recorded as a
spinster, of full age, of Thurston and the daughter of James Clark, a
labourer. Mary Ann was born about 1827, and buried on 18
January
1861 in Thurston, Suffolk.
Married: Henry Smith
on 14 October 1826, in Tostock,
Suffolk,
England. The marriage was witnessed by William Bauley and Ann Crofts.
Both Henry and Jane are recorded as single and of Tostock. Henry was
born in 1797/8, in Higham, Suffolk.
Occupation: Innkeeper
Death: 1882, in Stow
district,
Suffolk, England, aged 83
Notes:
The baptisms of two Jane Clarkes, both the daughter of Samuel Clarke
and Ann Rampley are recorded in the IGI baptism extracts - one on 29
August 1798 and 12 November 1799. Although it is possible that this is
either a transcription error or for some reason a second baptism, I
have represented it as two separate daughters, with the first one
presumably dying young. John Nichols represents the situation as a
single person, initially baptised on 29 August 1798, and later
marrying Henry Smith. The 1881 census gives an age of 84, indicating a
birthyear of the surviving Jane as 1796/7, which is a strike against
the two-Jane theory, but the age at death, generally more accurate,
lists her age as 83 at her death in early 1882, indicating birth in
1798/9.
Census: 1861: Tostock Green,
Tostock, Suffolk 1871: Tostock Green,
Tostock, Suffolk 1881:
Tostock
Green, Tostock, Suffolk
Sources:
Birth:
Age at death; place from 1881
census
Baptism:
IGI Baptism records Batch
C062741
Marriage:
John Nichols; Henry details
from 1861 census
Occupation:
1861, 1871, 1881 census
Death:
England Death Index (1Q1882 vol
4a p410)
Jane (Clarke) Borley
Birth: 1832/3, in
Tostock, Suffolk, England
Baptised: 10 January 1836, in Tostock, Suffolk,
England
Married:Robert
Borley on 23
October 1857, in Tostock, Suffolk, England. The marriage was witnessed
by John Crofts and Harriet Clark. Robert is recorded as aged
36, single, a labourer from Tostock, the son of Edward Borley,
a
labourer. Jane is listed as aged 24, single from Tostock, the daughter
of John Clark, a blacksmith.
Children:
Married:Francis
Bradley
on
2 February 1792, in Tostock, Suffolk, England. The marriage was
witnessed by Chas. (Cross) and William Borley. Both Francis and Jemima
are recorded as being of Tostock.
Occupation: Carpenter
Buried: 17 August 1783, in Tostock, Suffolk, England
Will:
John Clarke of Tostock, carpenter, to son Joseph Clarke all that
messuage, tenement in which I now live, to daughter Sarah, wife of
Richard Everard, Tostock, labourer, all that messuage and tenement I
purchased from Mr Samuel Harrison and in which George Phillips now
lives. My son Joseph Clarke to pay to my grand sons John and Samuel
Clarke 5 pounds a piece when they arrive at 21 and that the premises
bequeathed to him stand charged for the due performance of the same.
Executor Rev Orbell Ray. Money arising from the sale of personal
effects divided between Joseph Clarke and Sarah Everard.
Date of Will 10 Aug 1783 John
Clarke X
witnesses Orbell Ray, John Chandler, Gregory Lockwood
Sources:
Baptism:
IGI baptism records batch
C062741
Marriage:
IGI marriage mecords batch
M062741
Occupation:
from will
Burial:
Correspondence with John Nichols
Will: transcribed
by John
Nichols
John Clarke
Baptised: 22 March
1740/1 (OS/NS), in Tostock,
Suffolk, England
Married (1st): Jane
Hilder on 30 April 1764, in
Tostock,
Suffolk,
England. The marriage was witnessed by John Clark and Adem Wright. John
and Jane are both listed as being single and of Tostock.
Married (1st):
Elizabeth Tiffney on 2 November 1798,
in Tostock,
Suffolk, England. The marriage was witnessed by Samuel Copsey and
Samuel Clark. Both John and Elizabeth are recorded as single and of
Tostock. Elizabeth was born about 1775, and was buried on 1 December
1807 in Tostock. Children:
Married (2nd):
Sarah Copsey in 1811 in Tostock, Suffolk, England. Sarah was born in
January 1781, in Tostock, and baptised in Tostock on 5 February 1781,
the daughter of James and Margarett Copsey. Sarah was the graddaughter
of Samuel Copsey, a witness at John's first marriage. Sarah was buried
on 17 March 1864, in
Thurston, Suffolk. In the 1861 census she is recorded as working as a
laundress.
1841: Planch,
Thurston, Suffolk
1851: Thurston, Suffolk: Sarah Clark aged 69, born in Tostock
1861: Stockfield
Green, Thurston, Suffolk
Occupation:
Agricultural labourer
Buried: 16 August 1835, in Thurston, Suffolk, England
Sources:
Baptism:
John Nichols; IGI baptism
records batch
C062741 has date as 14 November 1771
Marriage (1st):
IGI marriage records batch M062741; John Nichols; Elizabeth details from
John Nichols
Marriage (2nd):
children's baptism
records; 1841 census; Sarah surname and marriage date and place and
Sarah as granddaughter of Samuel from Mark Copsey; Sarah baptism from England
Births and Christenings batch C06274-1; Sarah birthplace from 1851
census; Sarah occupation from 1861 census; Sarah burial from
John Nichols
Occupation:
1841 census shows his widow
as "ag lab widow", 1842 and 1846 marriage records of his son John.
Burial:
John Nichols
John Clarke
Baptised: 13 January
1792, in Tostock, Suffolk,
England
Married:Eliza
Crofts, on
13
November 1827, in Tostock, Suffolk, England. The marriage was witnessed
by John Crofts and Charlotte Crofts. Both John ad Eliza are recorded as
single. John is listed as being of Tostock.
Married (1st):
Hannah Frost on 6 November 1842, in
Thurston,
Suffolk, England. The marriage was witnessed by John Frost and Maria
Clark. John is recorded as aged 24, a bachelor and labourer of
Thurston, the son of John Clark, a labourer. Hannah is recorded as aged
28, a spinster of Thurston, and the daughter of William Frost, a
labourer. Hannah was buried on 22 June 1846, in Thurston, Suffolk.
Married (2nd):
Elizabeth Makins
on 26 February 1848, in Thurston, Suffolk, England. The marriage was
witnessed by James Waylett and John Halls. John is recorded as a
widower of full age, a labourer of Thurston and the son of John Clark,
a labourer. Elizabeth is recorded as a spinster of Thurston, of full
age, the daughter of Henry Makins, a bricklayer. Elizabeth was born in
1813/4 in Lawshall, Suffolk.
Married (1st): Susan
Jacob on 15 April 1848, in
Pakenham,
Suffolk, England. The marriage was witnessed by Geoffrey Frost and
Sarah Jacob. John is recorded as a bachelor, of full age, a blacksmith
of Tostock, the son of Samuel Clark, a thatcher. Susan is recorded as a
spinster, of full age, of Pakenham, the daughter of True Jacob, a
labourer. Susan was baptised on 3 April 1825, in Pakenham, the daughter
of True Jacob and Mary. She died between 1861 and 1871.
Eliza was born in 1836 in
Elmswell,
Suffolk, the daughter of John Adams and Susan Parfrey. She died in 1885,
in Tostock, Suffolk, and was buried on 28 November 1885, in St Andrew
Tostock.
Married: Alice Ward
in 1874, in Thetford
district (Norfolk and Suffolk). Alice was born in 1849/50, in
Brandon, Suffolk, the daughter of George Ward, a wheelwright.
Birth:
England Birth Index (3Q1848 vol
12 p438); 1861, 1881 census
Baptism:
IGI baptism records Batch
C062741
Marriage:
England Marriage Index
(4Q1874 vol 4b p1141); Alice details from 1881 census
Occupation:
1881, 1891 census
John Charles Clarke
Birth: 1861, in
Tostock, Suffolk, England. (Note
that the 1861
census conducted on 7 April 1861 shows John's age as 10 months,
indicating birth in May 1860. This may be more accurate, and the civil
registration in 1Q1861 was done late)
Baptised: 7 April
1861, in Tostock, Suffolk, England
Married:Elizabeth
Everitt in 1880, in Stow
district,
Suffolk, England. Elizabeth was John's third cousin, once removed -
their common ancestors were John Clark (1703 - 1783) and Catherine
Barker.
Married:Susan
Mary
Lyas on 8
February
1770, in Tostock, Suffolk, England. The marriage was witnessed by John
Clark and Samuel Copsey. Joseph and Susannah are both listed as single,
of Tostock.
In addition, Rebecca Clarke is possibly of these parents. Rebecca
Clark married John Wyard of Thurston in Tostock on 10 November 1803,
and the marriage was witnessed by John Clark. When Joseph's youngest
daughter, Maria, married in 1808, after Joseph's death, that marriage
was witnessed by John Wiard, a suitable role for a brother-in-law.
Rebecca was buried in
Beyton on 9 December 1821, aged 42, making her birth in 1778/9.
Buried: 22 September 1802, in Tostock, Suffolk,
England, aged 58
Sources:
Birth:
Age at burial
Baptism:
John
Nichols; IGI Batch 8834731
Marriage:
IGI marriage records Batch
M062741; John Nichols
Children:
Rebecca notes from John
Nichols
Burial:
John
Nichols
Joseph Clarke
Baptised: 30 June
1751, in Elmswell, Suffolk, England
Married:Thomas
Fenton
Hawkins
on 3 November 1808, in Tostock, Suffolk, England. The marriage
was
witnessed by John Wiard and William Borley. Maria is recorded as
single, of Tostock.
Married:William
Balls on 28 April 1844, in Thurston, Suffolk,
England. The marriage was witnessed by John Clark and John Halls.
William is recorded as aged 23, a bachelor of Thurston and a labourer
and the son of William Balls, a labourer. Maria is recorded as a
spinster, aged 22 of Thurston and the daughter of John Clark, a
labourer.
Married: Anne
Rampley (also spelled Ramply, Rampling
and
Ramplin)
on 21 July 1789, in Pakenham, Suffolk, England. The marriage was
witnessed by Thomas Tweed and Elizabeth Grimwade. Both Samuel and Ann
are recorded as single, and of Pakenham. (Interesting in Samuel's case
who was born in Tostock, and is seen back in Tostock in the 1841
census. It could be an error, or Samuel may have lived for a time in
Pakenham.) Ann was born about 1768, and was buried on 20 January 1842,
in Tostock.
Married:Sophia
Cocksedge
on 22 February 1827, in Tostock, Suffolk, England. The marriage was
witnessed by Lucy Cocksedge and William Borley. Both Samuel and Sophy
are recorded as single and of Tostock.
Marriage: John
Nichols; IGI
marriage extracts Batch
M062741
Occupation:
1841 census; marriage record of sons John (1848) and William
(1852) and daughter Sophia (1858); 1861, 1871 census; marriage record
of son Thomas (1872)
Samuel Clarke
Birth: 1837, in
Tostock, Suffolk, England
Baptised: 30 July
1837, in Tostock, Suffolk, England
Birth:
aged 3 in 1841 census, aged 33
in the 1871 census and aged
44 in 1881 census (age 22
in 1861 census and
age 50 in 1891 census do
not align with baptism date)
Baptism:
IGI Baptism records Batch
C062741
Occupation:
1861, 1871, 1881, 1891
census
Samuel Clarke
Birth: Nov/Dec 1840,
in Tostock, Suffolk, England
Baptised: 5 February
1854, in Tostock, Suffolk,
England, aged 12.
Married: Ann Eliza
Murton on 12 April 1873, in Tostock,
Suffolk, England. The marriage was witnessed by Charles Murton and Mary
Ann Finch. Samuel is recorded as aged 32, a bachelor and thatcher of
Tostock, the son of John Clark, a blacksmith. Ann is recorded as aged
22, a spinster and servant of Tostock, the daughter of David Murton,
deceased. Ann was born in 1851, in Tostock, Suffolk. In the
1881 census, Ann appears as Eliza which may have been the name she
commonly used.
Married:Richard
Everitt on
30 May 1768, in Tostock,
Suffolk,
England. The marriage was witnessed by John Clark and Joseph Clark.
Both Sarah and Richard are recorded as single and of Tostock.
Buried: 13 November
1831, in Tostock, Suffolk,
England
Notes: Richard and Sarah Everard are
mentioned in the will
of Sarah's father, John Clark, who left the family his house when he
died in 1783. Good thing too, looking at how many children they had
already accumulated by 1783!
Sources:
Baptism:
IGI Baptism records Batch
C062741
Marriage:
IGI Marriage Records Batch
M062741; John Nichols
Burial:
John Nichols
Sarah Clarke
Baptised: 28 April
1783, in Tostock, Suffolk,
England
Married:Wilson
Manfield
on 22 October 1858, in Tostock,
Suffolk,
England. The marriage was witnessed by William Clark and Mary Clark.
Wilson is recorded as a single labourer of Tostock, aged 23, the son of
Joseph Mansfield, a farmer. Sophia is recorded as aged 29, single of
Tostock, the daughter of Samuel Clark, a thatcher.
Married:Esther
King on 5 May
1872, in Tostock, Suffolk, England. The marriage was witnessed by
William Clark and Mary Clark. Thomas is recorded as a bachelor, aged
28, a thatcher of Tostock and the son of Samuel Clark, a thatcher.
Esther is recorded as a spinster, aged 26, of Tostock, the daughter of
Joseph King, deceased.
Married (1st):
Elizabeth Bradley on 6 December 1729,
in Elmswell, Suffolk, England. Elizabeth was buried on 15 May 1732, in
Tostock.
Married (2nd):
Sarah _____.
After William's death, Sarah married a Thomas
Hazelwood, a
widower of Soame, Cambridgeshire on 18 September 1750, in Tostock, in
the record of which she is listed as a widow. Sarah was buried on 18
May 1765, in Tostock.
Married:Mary
Murton on 29
October
1852, in Tostock, Suffolk, England. The marriage was witnessed
by David Murton and Jane Clark. William is recorded as a bachelor, a
thatcher of full age of Tostock, the son of Samuel Clark, a thatcher.
Mary is recorded as
a spinster, of full age, of Tostock and the daughter of Samuel Murton,
a labourer.
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