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My families from East Anglia
Thompson,
Cooper, Sapey and Rawlinson |
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Thompson
John Tompson
married Ann probably about 1739, for their child
John Thompson was born in February 1740/1
The family
lived in Norfolk and there were many Johns !
John born
1740/1 had a son John who also had a son John.
This John had a younger brother Robert who was
to become my great great grandfather.
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The Parish Church of Happisburgh,
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He and his
wife Susan Bush had three children, Samuel, the
youngest, and his wife Anna Maria Pulford being
the father of my grandfather Bernard Bush
Thompson. ‘BBT’ as he was always called became
the successful headmaster of his own school in
Felixtowe “Eastward Ho! College”, a boarding
school suited to boys - and one or two small
girls who were of a ‘more delicate disposition’.
His wife
Daisy
Maunder, whose family came from Tavistock in
Devon, gave him three children two boys and my
mother, and was the matron in the school.
Samuel
Thompson’s older brother William, had a great
interest in horticulture and with his friend Mr
Morgan founded the well known seed merchants
“Thompson and Morgan” in Ipswich.
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Family Tree/Chart
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Cooper
The earliest known Cooper is Johes born about
1600 in North Norfolk.
The following generations - Rogerus and then William, both
from Holkham.
Edmundi, William's son was baptised on 22 January 1687 in
Sherringham.
His son, Thomas from Hunstanton married a widow Ann Chapman
in 1764 at Heacham church. From the gravestone in North
Runcton it appears that she was the daughter of Hugh & Ann
Rightus.
They seemed to have had 8 children born between 1768 and
1782 - Thomas, Nicholas, Ann, Edmund, Richard, Mary, Sarah
and Celia.
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Thomas & Ann
Cooper Memorial at North Runcton
Nicholas Cooper, born 21 December 1769
in North Runcton, a village a few miles
south of kings Lynn - or Lynn as it was
known then. He married
Hannah Sapey in
St Mary's church, Snettersham, about 8
miles north of Lynn and only a couple of
miles north of the well known grounds of
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Nicholas and Hannah Cooper had 4
children, Thomas, William,
Nicholas and John. John who was
born on 10 January 1809 in North
Runcton grew up and joined the
Royal Navy at the age of 18
boarding HMS
Herald. A sailing career followed which was to last until
1847, serving on many surveying ships in the Mediterranean.
Whilst in Malta he met Elizabeth
Davis who was serving on another
ship. John and Elizabeth married
in St Paul's Cathedral, Malta in
March 1841and went on to have
four children - Francis, Henry,
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Elizabeth
Davis who was born in 1823 at sea, was the daughter of Morgan Davis
and his wife Ann. Francis &
Henry were educated back in England at Hurstpierpoint
College. Henry went on to Lancing College and entered the
ministry at a church in North Kent. Francis Thomas
Cooper became a Savings bank Clerk, married Susanna Pelling. Their
daughter, Mary Frances married Walter John Redman in
Prittlewell, Essex and moved to London where they had their
family.
Redman connection |
Family Tree/Chart
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Sapey
The earliest record we have of the Sapey family is that of
William Sapey marrying Lydia in the very early 1700s. Their family
was born and baptised in Harlpey.
The following generation was from the next village of Little
Massingham, a mile or two to the south of Harpley.
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Snettersham village and
church with its tall spire which can be seen
from miles around. William and Hannah Sapey from Little Massingham
moved to bring up their family in Snettersham a
village some 20 miles away and about 8 miles
north of Lynn. It was here in Snettersham
that Hannah's daughter,
Hannah, married
Nicholas Cooper
in 1795.
Family Tree/Chart
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Rawlinson
The Rawlinson family
not connected with the Coopers or Sapeys
originated from the north of Suffolk, and
through the generations gradually moved south
through the county and into Essex, again moving
south through that county. William Rollinson
born about 1600 had a son Henery b.1623 Bury St
Edmunds, Suffolk. Henery and his wife Ann had a
son John in 1667 in Hollesley aso in Suffolk.
Richard was born in in Denham c1708 and married
Frances Dous. They had Samuel baptised in
Withersfield who married Elizabeth Hemstead.
They had a son whom they too called Samuel,
baptised in Withersfieldon 23 September 1781 who
married Elizabeth Wade in Stambourne, Essex.
The
Rawlinson family in Essex |
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