Excerpts from the Parish Records of Edwardstone, Suffolk

This information has been extracted from microform copies of the original Edwardstone parish records (FL563/4/1-9) held at the Suffolk Records Office in Bury St. Edmunds. Whilst every care has been taken to make this listing as accurate and complete as possible, no guarantee as to its fitness for any purpose whatsoever is given. Use of this data is entirely at your own risk.
Ancestral Surnames
Chaplin, Crick, Game, Janning, Leeks, Middleditch, Piper, Rowland, Scott, Wilden
Other Surnames
Alderman, Alston, Amos, Bird, Boreham, Brackett, Brand, Brewer, Brooke, Cason, Cooper, Death, Driver, Emmery, Geet, Gibbon, Gosling, Griggs, Hayward, Holborrow, Holden, James, Kingsbury, Lawshall, Mann, Mattock, Morse, Moss, Mott, Newman, Nulton, Paine, Randal, Sherman, Steed, Smith, Strutt, Tyler, Ware, Woods, Wright
Not Found
Biles/Byles, Burman, Elder, Harrington, Notley
The following abbreviations may appear before the date:
B : Marriage banns
L : Anglicised version of the original entry which was written in Latin
R : Entry which appeared only in the register bills (bishop's transcripts)

Baptismal Records: 1645-1900

Surname      Forename     Parents                               Date

Chaplyn      Abraham      Steven & Anne                         24 Jan 1646/7
Crick        Anna         Thomas & Anne                         16 May 1647
Chaplyn      Abraham      Stephen & Anne                         1 Apr 1649
Chaplyn      John         Stephen & Anne                        18 Apr 1652
Scott        Susanna      John & Susan                           8 Aug 1652
Chaplaine    Isaac        Stephen & Anne                        25 Jun 1654
Chaplaine    Sarah        Stephen & Anne                         3 Feb 1656/7
Crick        Elizabeth    Thomas & Anne                         15 Feb 1656/7
Crick        Sarah        Thomas & Anna                         11 Mar 1659/60
Chaplyn      Edward       Edward & Susan                         3 Aug 1666
Chaplin      Susan        Abraham & Susan                        1 Nov 1674
Chaplin      Hannah       Abraham & Susan                       30 Jun 1676
Chaplin      Elizabeth    Abraham & Susan                       15 Feb 1677/8
Chaplin      Sarah        Abraham & Susan                        6 Aug 1682
Scott        John         Samuel                                26 Oct 1684
Chaplin      Mary         Abraham & Susan                       22 Feb 1684/5
Chaplin      Mattha       daughter of Abraham & Susan           10 Feb 1686/7
Chaplyn      Abraham      Abraham & Susan                        9 Mar 1689/90
Scot         Robert       Robert & Mary                         16 Jun 1718
Scot         Mary         Robert & Mary                         21 Sep 1721
Scot         Robert       Robert & Elizabeth                    11 Apr 1737
Scott        Sarah        Robert & Mary                          4 Sep 1743
Scott        Susan        Robert & Mary                         11 Dec 1750
Scott        Robert       Robert & Elizabeth                    16 Jan 1752
Scott        John         Robert & Elizabeth                    15 Aug 1753
Scott        Elizabeth    Robert & Elizabeth                    29 Sep 1754
Scott        Samuel       Robert & Elizabeth                    30 Jun 1756
Scott        Joseph       Robert & Elizabeth                     7 Jul 1759
Scott        Mary         Robert & Elizabeth                     7 Jul 1759
Scott        Mary         Robert & Ann                           9 Mar 1762
Scott        Susan        Robert & Elizabeth                    10 Mar 1767
Chaplain     Mary Ann     Roger & Ann                           23 Nov 1777
Chaplin      Sarah        Roger & Ann                           13 Dec 1778
Chaplin      Roger        Roger & Ann                            7 Aug 1780
Death        Michael      Michael & Susan (Scott)               13 Mar 1785
Driver       Margaret     John & Susan (Scott)                  11 Aug 1786
Driver       John         John & Susan (Scott)                  14 Oct 1787
Death        George       Michael & Susan (Scott)                4 Nov 1787
Rowland      Thomas       Thomas & Jane (Brewer)                 8 Feb 1789
Death        Mariah       Michael & Susan (Scott)               26 Apr 1789
Death        Elizabeth    Michael & Susan (Scott)               14 Nov 1790
Newman       Isaac        Isaac & Sarah (Rowland)               15 Sep 1793
Moss         Mary         James & Ann (Rowland)                 29 Dec 1793
Game         Harriot      James, husbandman, & Elizabeth        13 Jun 1813
Game         Robert       James, husbandman, & Phebe            13 Aug 1815
Game         William      James, labourer, & Phebe              13 Jun 1819
Chaplin      Emily        James, labourer, & Rosa, from Newton  21 Sep 1845
Leeks        William      Henry John, labourer, & Elizabeth      2 Sep 1900

Marriage Records: 1645-1900

Records of marriage banns run from 1754 to 1800 and 1824 to 1872 only.
Surname      Forename     Notes                                 Date

Middleditch  James        Groom was from Ipswich St. Peter.     28 Dec 1649
Brand        Anna         Bride was from Polstead.

Piper        John         [Both?] were from Great Cornard.       6 Jun 1666
Holborrow    Joane        Licence.

Crick        Thomas       [Both?] were from Hitcham. Licence.   14 Jun 1666
Bird         Elizabeth

Lawzell      Edward       Groom was from Bulmer. Bride was       6 Sep 1666
Chaplyn      Deborah      from Semer.

Brooke       John         Groom was from Colchester, Essex.      6 Sep 1668
Chaplyn      Hannah       Bride was from Edwardstone.

Hayward      Abraham      Both were from Assington. Licence.    24 Apr 1671
Chaplin      Mary

Brackett     Isaac        Both were from Sudbury. Licence.      27 Mar 1673
Gibbon       Alice

Alderman     Peter        Groom was a gentleman from            10 Apr 1678
Scott        Mrs. Sarah   Colchester, Essex. Bride was from
                          Edwardstone.

Waire        Christopher  Groom was from Boxford. Bride was      9 Dec 1680
Chaplin      Elizabeth    from Edwardstone. Licence.

Paine        Samuel       Groom was from Groton. Bride was       5 Jun 1683
Crick        Elizabeth    from Edwardstone.

Randal       Isaac        Both were from Edwardstone.           19 Jul 1683
Crick        Sarah

Mattock      Joseph                                              7 Jun 1709
Chaplin      Sarah

Kingsbury    Henry                                              25 Jul 1711
Chaplin      Susan

Griggs       Thomas                                             26 Mar 1733
Chaplin      Mary

Scot         Robert                                             26 Dec 1734
Nulton       Elizabeth

Mott         Samuel       Bride was a widow.                    22 Apr 1739
Scott        Elizabeth

Wilden       Thomas                                             11 Oct 1739
Alston       Mary

Scott        Robert                                              8 Aug 1743
Boreham      Mary

Chaplin      John                                               30 Sep 1744
Cason        Mary

Scott        Robert                                             12 Mar 1750/1
Tiler        Elizabeth

James        Samuel       Both were illiterate and from       B 13 Apr 1755
Scott        Mary         Edwardstone. Groom was single.      B 20 Apr 1755
                          Bride was a widow.                  B 27 Apr 1755
                                                                16 May 1755

Leaks        James        Both were single and from           B 30 Oct 1757
Mann         Sarah        from Edwardstone. Groom was from    B  6 Nov 1757
                          Brent Eleigh in the banns.          B 13 Nov 1757
                                                                20 Dec 1757


Scott        John         Both were single. Groom was from    B 15 Jul 1674
Holden       Sarah        Long Melford. Bride was from        B 22 Jul 1674
                          Edwardstone.                        B 29 Jul 1674
                                                                 1 Aug 1764

Death        Robert       Both were illiterate and from          7 May 1771
Scott        Susanna      Edwardstone.

Strutt       John         Both were single. Groom was from    B 26 Mar 1780
Chaplin      Margaret     Edwardstone. Bride was from Great   B  2 Apr 1780
                          Waldingfield.                       B  9 Apr 1780

Driver       John         Both were single and from             10 Feb 1785
Scott        Susanna      Edwardstone. Witnesses: John Scott,
                          Sarah Scott. Licence.

Rowland      Thomas       Both were single and illiterate.    B 16 Nov 1788
Brewer       Jane         Groom was from Great Waldingfield   B 23 Nov 1788
                          and his surname was given as        B 30 Nov 1788
                          Rowling in the banns. Bride was        2 Dec 1788
                          from Edwardstone.

Morse        James        Both were single, illiterate and    B 23 Oct 1791
Rowland      Ann          from Edwardstone.                   B 30 Oct 1791
                                                              B  6 Nov 1791
                                                                30 Nov 1791

Newman       Isaac        Both were single. Groom was from    B 25 Mar 1792
Rowland      Sarah        Edwardstone. Bride was from Great   B  1 Apr 1792
                          Waldingfield.                       B  8 Apr 1792

Cooper       Edward       Both were from Edwardstone. Groom     29 Nov 1810
Scott        Esther       was a widower. Bride was single.
                          Licence.

Death        Thomas       Both were single, illiterate and      24 Dec 1824
Game         Harriet      from Edwardstone. Witness: James
                          Game. Banns.

Wright       William      Both were single. Groom was from    B 16 Oct 1825
Rowland      Mary         Edwardstone. Bride was from Great   B 23 Oct 1825
                          Waldingfield.                       B 30 Oct 1825

Amos         John         Both were single. Groom was from    B  1 Jan 1826
Gosling      Elizabeth    Preston. Bride was from Edwardstone B  8 Jan 1826
                          and her surname was given as Goslin B 15 Jan 1826
                          in the banns. Witness: James Amos.    17 Jan 1826

Game         James        Both were single and from           B 21 Aug 1826
Sherman      Susanna      Edwardstone. Witness: William Game. B 28 Aug 1826
                                                              B  4 Sep 1826
                                                                21 Sep 1826

Piper        George       Both were single and from           B 20 Oct 1833
Woods        Eliza        Edwardstone.                        B 27 Oct 1833
                                                              B  3 Nov 1833
                                                                11 Dec 1833

Geet         John         Both were single and illiterate.    B  8 Mar 1840
Chaplin      Phebe        Groom was a labourer from           B 15 Mar 1840
                          Edwardstone. Bride was a servant    B 22 Mar 1840
                          from Boxford. Fathers: John Geet,     17 Apr 1840
                          labourer; James Chaplin, labourer.

Game         William      Both were single and from           B 11 Oct 1841
Emmery       Sarah Ann    Edwardstone. Groom was 21 and a     B 18 Oct 1841
                          labourer. Bride was 20 and a        B 25 Oct 1841
                          servant. Fathers: James Game,         29 Oct 1841
                          farmer; John Emmery, labourer.
                          Witness: James Game.

Steed        Henry James  Both were single. Groom was a linen   22 Jan 1845
Piper        Sarah        draper from Sudbury and was described
                          as "junior." Bride was 20 and a
                          dressmaker from Edwardstone. Fathers:
                          Henry Theobald Steed, shoemaker;
                          Henry Piper, labourer. Witnesses:
                          Caroline Piper, Stephen Piper.

Chaplin      James        Groom was a widowed labourer from   B 15 Jun 1845
Newman       Rosa         Newton. Bride was single and a      B 22 Jun 1845
                          servant from Edwardstone. Fathers:  B 29 Jun 1845
                          James Chaplin, labourer; Thomas        1 Jul 1845
                          Newman, labourer.

Griggs       Walter       Both were single and from             30 Jun 1886
Leeks        Mary Ann     Edwardstone. Groom was 23 and a
                          labourer. Bride was 20. Fathers:
                          John Griggs, labourer; Henry Leeks,
                          labourer. Witness: Henry John Leeks.
                          Banns.

Smith        William      Both were 23, single and from         21 Sep 1889
             George       Edwardstone. Groom was a labourer.
Chaplin      Ellen        Fathers: Clarke Smith, labourer;
                          John Chaplin, labourer.

Burial Records: 1645-1900

Surname      Forename     Notes                                 Date

Crick        Ann          widow                                 10 Jan 1647/8
Chaplyn      Abraham      son of Stephen & Anne                 19 Jan 1647/8
Chaplyn      John         son of Stephen & Anne                 30 Apr 1652
Chaplyn      Sarah        daughter of Steven & Anne             25 Feb 1657/8
Chaplyn      Richard      son of Steven & Anne                  13 Jun 1658
Crick        John                                                3 Nov 1661
Creeke       Thomas                                             21 Apr 1670
Chapling     Anna         daughter of Joseph                    29 May 1676
Chaplin      Stephen                                            25 Mar 1677
Chaplin      Steven                                             30 May 1681
Chaplin      Ann          widow                                  9 Mar 1681/2
Jannings     John                                                5 Oct 1686
Creeke       Anne                                                7 Nov 1694
Chaplin      Abraham      junior                                21 Dec 1709
Chaplin      Abraham                                            26 Feb 1720/1
Chaplin                   widow                                 29 Aug 1728
Scot         Martha                                             17 Jul 1730
Scott        Robert                                              6 Feb 1736/7
Scott        Robert       son of widow                          10 Apr 1738
Scott        Mary         wife of Robert                         1 Dec 1740
Scott        Sarah        daughter of Robert & Mary             26 Nov 1743
Scott        Robert                                             17 Apr 1754
Scott        Mary         daughter of Robert & Elizabeth        31 Mar 1760
Chaplin      Sarah        daughter of Roger & Ann                4 Apr 1779
Chaplin      Roger        son of Roger & Ann                     8 Oct 1780
Chapman      Hannah       widow                                 27 Jun 1781
Scott        Robert       farmer                                29 May 1795
Scott        Ann                                                 4 Mar 1808
Game         Eliza        infant                                18 Jan 1812
Game         Mary         infant                                18 Jan 1812
Rowlin       Thomas                                             15 Apr 1814
Scott        Robert       age 69                                 5 Mar 1821
Game         Mary         age 7 weeks                           15 Jul 1821
Scott        Elizabeth    age 70                                16 Jul 1824
Piper        Henry        age 37                                 2 Aug 1841
Piper        Sarah        age 49, from Sudbury                  11 Apr 1851

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