Mary ELLIS
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Name Mary ELLIS Birth 1751 Somerleyton, Suffolk 
[1] Baptism 29 Sep 1751 Somerleyton, Suffolk [1] Gender Female Person ID I1050 Webb Last Modified 9 Mar 2025
Father William ELLIS Relationship natural Mother Ann CHAPMAN, b. 1731, Somerleyton, Suffolk d. 1817, Herringfleet, Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk (Age 86 years) Relationship natural Marriage Aug 1750 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Notes - Most of the information for the family makes sense, but there are still some uncertainties.
The marriage of William and Ann notes that William came from Gt Yarmouth and Ann from Somerlyton, which is possibly a reason for them moving there. I would like to have found an Ann baptised in Yarmouth immediately after the marriage, who might then have died, but cannot see any such person. The chosen marriage also has a marriage licence, in which William is noted as a mariner. The licence is dated 25 Aug, hence the marriage is assumed to have taken place in Aug, and very probably on the same day as the licence was provided.
Somerleyton and Herringfleet are very close to each other, so it is reasonable that the younger children were baptised in Herringfleet. Although there is a William and Elizabeth there, there does not seem to be an obvious alternative couple to our one, though there is a William Ellis marrying Susannah Marshal in Gt Yarmouth in 1758. The fact that there is a record of this Ann dieing in Herringfleet but being buried in Somerleyton is very significant.
Family ID F353 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family William WOOLMER Marriage 25 Feb 1771 Herringfleet, Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk [3] Marriage Fact William ELLYS and Anne ELLYS were witnesses [3] Children 1. Edward WOOLNER, b. Abt 1773, Belton, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk d. 10 Mar 1849, Shoreham, Sussex (Age 76 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. William WOOLNER, b. 1771, Herringfleet, Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. Mary WOOLNER, b. 1776, Belton, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. John WOOLNER, b. 24 May 1784, Belton, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]5. Ann Ellis WOOLNER, b. 1781, Belton, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]6. James WOOLNER, b. 17 Mar 1787, Belton, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]7. Richard WOOLNER, b. 5 Apr 1792, Belton, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F357 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 Mar 2025
- Most of the information for the family makes sense, but there are still some uncertainties.
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Birth - 1751 - Somerleyton, Suffolk 
Baptism - 29 Sep 1751 - Somerleyton, Suffolk 
Marriage - 25 Feb 1771 - Herringfleet, Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - surname comes from baptism details of their son John, and the middle name of Ann.
Her parents picked as they probably witnessed the marriage, plus at 19 or 20, it is the most likely baptism.
- surname comes from baptism details of their son John, and the middle name of Ann.
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