Broom[e] family

A LITTLE ABOUT THE BROOM[E] FAMILY

I have researched the Broom[e] family back to Thomas Broom who married in 1739 in Clopton to Susan Banyard [both born in Clopton]. They had a total of 5 sons and 3 daughters for whom I have further details of descendants. After Thomas died Susannah remarried to Robert Upson. Thomas Broom had a brother, George, who m. Susannah ? - nothing more is known of this line. Thomas Broom had another brother, Henry, who married and lived at Bredfield. Henry's daughter, Elizabeth Broom, m. Jeremiah Folkard of Saxmundham. Henry's Will of 1780 contains numerous legacies as follows:- land & premises at Bredfield in the tenure of William Clarke & Robert Capon to Ann, wife of William Clarke; £85 to Mary Flory, Tattingsham; £90 to Hannah, wife of W Curtis, Debach, farmer; £45 to Elizabeth Swan, Bonhill, widow; £90 to Susan Cotton, Charsfield, Innholder; £49 to children of Ann Blomfield late of Dalingho; £78 to Margaret, wife of John Preston now or late of Ipswich; £100 to Sarah Broom, Monowden, spinster; £100 to Martha Broom, Clopton, widow of Thomas Broom [son of Thomas Broom]; £60 each to children of said Martha Broom; £100 to Susan [wife of John Upson, Clopton, yeoman]; £100 to Peter Broom, Clopton, yeoman; £97.18 shillings to Deborah [wife of Lewis Cottingham, Bawdsey, yeoman]; £100 to John Broom, Alderton, yeoman; £90.11 shillings children of Jeremiah Folkard late of Saxmundham, carpenter; £80 to John Folkard, Framlingham; £100 to children of Ann Whayman late of Dalingho, widow; £100 to Elizabeth wife of Edmund Cooper, Sudbourn, wheelwright; £100 to Mary wife of William Knight, Bredfield, yeoman; £5 to Henry Blomfield, Dalingho, yeoman; £5 each to Samuel Weaver [?] & Martha Weaver [?]; £21 to Edna Woods, Swilland, spinster; 4 shillings weekly to Mary wife of Robert Birken [?], Bredfield, labourer.

Thomas Broom & Susan Banyard had children as follows:- Thomas m. Elizabeth Lawrence &, secondly, Martha Broom; Susannah m. John Upson; Deborah m. Lewis Cottingham; Henry m. Susan Baker; Peter m. Elizabeth Woutton; Elizabeth; George [twin of John]; John* [twin of George].

Their son John Broom* [bapt. 1758 Clopton] m. 1786 Clopton to Ann Lech/Leach. John's farm at Clopton was about half a mile south of Clopton Corner, just north of Manor Farm and comprised 3 fields, orchard, cottage and yards and a road. His Will of 1833 was witnessed by James Bolton, Clopton, farmer [he was a neighbour]; Mary Fulcher, Clopton, Widow and Rolla Rouse, Woodbridge & mentions the following:- to sons John Broom, Otley & Job Broom, Clopton all freehold messuages & tenament lands, etc. in Clopton. All goods, chattels, money & all other personal estate & effects to John Broom & Job Broom in order that whatsoever can be sold & made into one fund which I give & bequeath to John Boom & Job Broom to make shares of the residue equally to my children Susan [wife of William Stansley], Hannah [wife of Thomas Baker], Ann [wife of William Abbott], John Broom, Job Broom & Henry Broom & to the children of late eldest son Spencer. John & Ann had the following 10 children, for whom I also have their descendants:- 1. Spencer [b. 1787] m. Margaret Cook; 2. Ann [b. 1791] m. William Abbott of Otley; 3. Susan m. William Stansley; 4. John [b. 1792]; 5. Job [b. 1795] m. 1817 in Clopton to Elizabeth Pooley; 6. David [1797-1804]; 7. Maria [1799-1804]; 8. Henry* [b. 1800] m. 1828 in Clopton to Lucy Hayward [see below]; 9. Hannah [b. 1802] m. 1828 in Clopton to Thomas Baker; 10. Maria [1805-1822].

*The son, Henry [above], & his wife Lucy Hayward farmed The Grove at Rendham, Suffolk [a few miles north east of Clopton] from sometime after 1841 to about 1870. Their 7 children were:- 1. John [b. 1828]; 2. Henry [b. 1831] m. Harriett ?; 3. Lydia [b. 1834] m. John Baldry [later moved to Battersea, London]; 4. Robert Hayward** [b. 1835] m. Eliza Abel of Bungay, Suffolk [see below]; 5. David [b. 1838]; 6. Asa [b. 1841] m. Henrietta ? [moved to Battersea where they had children - George, Jennie, Annie and Daisy]; 7. Samuel [b. 1845]

**Robert Hayward and Eliza Abel are my great grandparents [see the Abel family]. Robert added the letter "E" onto his name & worked in Eliza's father's drapers shop in Bungay, taking over the business when Eliza's father died. They later moved to Battersea, London where he had a drapery shop in Kensington for some years before he worked as a Railway Porter. Robert and Eliza's 7 children were:- 1. Harry Abel [b. 1864] m. Elizabeth Susanna Daniels 1887 at Clapham. [He was widowed & remarried to Marie Susannah Elsam] Their children were Winifred Elizabeth, Lily Ivy Maud and Harry Robert Arthur; 2. Willie [died a child]; 3. Fanny [died a child]; 4. Alexander [died a child]; 5. Alick [died a child]; 6. Robert Hayward [b. 1882] m. Ada Higgs 1909 at Clapham [my grandparents]; 7. Winifred [died a child]

The early Broom family from Clopton nearly all lived either in or near Clopton. I am presently trying to find any descendants of the Broom family who originated in Clopton, especially those of Asa and Henrietta Broom who moved to Battersea, London. I am also trying to find Harry Robert Arthur Broome [or any of his family] who was last known of in Norbury, Surrey.