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Hester Claxton

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Ellen

Ellen Report 27 Jun 2022 03:17

I am trying to find the parents of Hester Claxton born abt 1656 at Suffolk. Hester married a Henry Snowden Snowling 17th February 1677 at Halesworth, she died in 1713 & was buried 5th June 1713 at Halesworth Suffolk.
I do have Henry's & all of their childrens details
Thank you

greyghost

greyghost Report 27 Jun 2022 08:21

The marriage you refer to for our info (no actual date on this transcription)

England, Boyd's Marriage Indexes, 1538-1850
Suffolk, England

First name(s) Hester
Last name Claxton
County Suffolk
Country England
Marriage year 1677
Spouse's first name(s) Henry
Spouse's last name Snowling
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Place Thorington

Thorington village c 3 miles SE of Halesworth

Not seeing a baptism for Hester - you're lucky to have got back as far as you have.

Ellen

Ellen Report 27 Jun 2022 09:48

I got this information from My Heritage on line

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 27 Jun 2022 09:59

The only slight chance you’d have of finding info would be by visiting the County Records Office. OR by contacting the relevant FHS, who may be able to assist you

Ellen

Ellen Report 27 Jun 2022 12:30

I am not able to visit County Records as I live in Western Australia but thanks for the suggestion

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 27 Jun 2022 15:12

Ellen - check out what is available at the Record Office

https://nrocatalogue.norfolk.gov.uk/index.php/suffolk

If it seems that there is something useful they can usually give you details of some paid for research. Don't worry that it says norfolk - they share.

It is always worth asking the locla FHS to see if they have anything :
https://suffolkfhs.co.uk/


It is always work checking out the GENUKI pages for either County or place as it can sometimes give you details of what years of church records are available..

safc

safc Report 27 Jun 2022 16:02

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Baptism entry While we have made all efforts to correctly record the information in the original document there may be different interpretations of the written words. If you have access to the original document and believe we have made a mistake you are encouraged to report this to us. Report an Error in this Data Field
(only fields with a value are shown) Value
County Norfolk
Place (Links to more information) Dickleburgh
Church name (Links to more information) All Saints
Register type (Links to more information) Parish Register
Birth date 1 May 1656
Baptism date 1 May 1656
Person forename Hestir
Person sex F
Father forename Luke
Father surname CLAXTON
Transcribed by Gay Odonnell
File line number 621

safc

safc Report 27 Jun 2022 16:07

Marriage entry While we have made all efforts to correctly record the information in the original document there may be different interpretations of the written words. If you have access to the original document and believe we have made a mistake you are encouraged to report this to us. Report an Error in this Data Field
(only fields with a value are shown) Value
County Suffolk
Place (Links to more information) Halesworth
Church name (Links to more information) St Mary
Register type (Links to more information) Other Transcript
Marriage date 20 Jun 1655
Groom forename Luke
Groom surname CLACKSTON
Groom parish of Halisworth
Bride forename Lidda
Bride surname WIGGS
Bride parish of Halisworth
File line number 17


https://www.freereg.org.uk/

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 27 Jun 2022 16:28

I keep forgetting about frrereg. :-(

greyghost

greyghost Report 27 Jun 2022 16:48

So do I !!

Dickleburgh is in Norfolk about 16 miles across the border to Halesworth in Suffolk.

safc

safc Report 27 Jun 2022 17:04

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Burial entry While we have made all efforts to correctly record the information in the original document there may be different interpretations of the written words. If you have access to the original document and believe we have made a mistake you are encouraged to report this to us. Report an Error in this Data Field
(only fields with a value are shown) Value
County Norfolk
Place (Links to more information) Dickleburgh
Church name (Links to more information) All Saints
Register type (Links to more information) Parish Register
Burial date 9 May 1656
Burial person forename Lidia
Relationship wife
Male relative forename Luke
Relative surname CLAXTON
Burial person surname CLAXTON
Transcribed by Gay Odonnell
File line number

LondonBelle

LondonBelle Report 27 Jun 2022 17:08

Ellen, if you have Ancestry the image of the Baptism that safc has found is on there. It would appear that the Claxtons came from Dickleburgh in Norfolk so there are other baptisms etc on there too including her father Luke's. In some cases it might mean wading through the images year by year. Ancestry has a good collection of Norfolk Records. Unfortunately, Ancestry's collection for Suffolk isn't so good.

safc

safc Report 27 Jun 2022 17:11

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Baptism entry While we have made all efforts to correctly record the information in the original document there may be different interpretations of the written words. If you have access to the original document and believe we have made a mistake you are encouraged to report this to us. Report an Error in this Data Field
(only fields with a value are shown) Value
County Suffolk
Place (Links to more information) South Elmham St Cross
Church name (Links to more information) St George
Register type (Links to more information) Parish Register
Baptism date 4 Jul 1613
Person forename Liddia
Person sex F
Father forename Stephen
Mother forename Katherine
Father surname WIGGE
Transcribed by Melanie Andersen
File line number 234

Ellen

Ellen Report 28 Jun 2022 12:18

Thank you ALL for your messages I will go on Ancestry & check out the Baptisms. I am VERY happy with all of your replies this is such a great site