Mortlock genealogy

19 August 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dr G.M.W.Mann.      Baytrees

Burnhams Rd,    Lt.Bookham

Surrey, U.K.           KT23 3AU

geoff.mann@btinternet.com

 

 

 

 

 

6 Samuel MORTLOCK 1730-1790

 

 

 

m Mary BENSON 1753

 

 

 

 

 

Samuel was born in the village of Hundon in Suffolk in 1730.  he married Mary BENSON of the village when he was 23 at Bury St Edmunds, but they continued to live in Hundon where they baptised eight children.  Two of these however died young, and after the death of their youngest child, Samuel’s wife was also buried at Hundon

 

Some time later, Samuel moved to Paglesham in Essex, over 40 miles away, with his only daughter Susannah.   The reason for the move is unknown and no other connections are known between Paglesham and the area around Hundon.

 

Samuel made his will in 1790 and died shortly after aged 60.  He was described as a yeoman of Paglesham and he left property in Suffolk to be divided between his four sons and his daughter.  His burial place has not been found

 

 

 

 

EVENTS

                                                   C=Christened

 

           age

   DATE   SM MB

 

                       EVENT

25Oct1730

 1Jul1753 23

20Sep1753 23

 9Dec1755 25

11Jun1757 27

15Mar1759 29

23Mar1761 31

23Jny1764 34

26Jny1766 36

11Mar1769 33

26Mar1769 33

?   c1780 50

25Jny1790 60

 3Feb1790
Samuel C at Hundon son of Richard & Mary MORTLOCK

m Mary BENSON at Bury St Edmunds

son Samuel C at Hundon

son Richard C at Hundon

son Robert C at Hundon

son William C at Hundon

son John C at Hundon

dau Mary C at Hundon, buried 27March

dau Susan C at Hundon

dau Mary C at Hundon, buried 15March

wife Mary buried at Hundon

moved with dau Susannah to Paglesham in Essex

made last will at Paglesham

will proved by son William

 

 

 

 

PRINCIPAL RECORDS

 

 

b=born  m=married  d=died

C=Christened      B=Buried

 

 

BIRTH

 

Samuel married in 1753 and died in 1790; a birth date of around 1720/30 is therefore expected.  He married and baptised his children in Hundon, and there is a suitable baptism there in 1730:

 

C 25Oct1730 Samuel s Richard & Mary MORTLOCK

 

Samuel baptised his eldest son by the name of Richard; he also used the names Robert, John & Susan, names also used by Richard for his children.  There seems no reason to doubt therefore that this is the correct baptism

 

MARRIAGE

 

Samuel & Mary baptised children at Hundon  from 1753 to 1769; there is no suitable m at Hundon but the following took place at Bury St Edmunds, St Mary:

 

m  1Jul1753 Samuel MORTLOCK & Mary BENSON both single of Hundon by licence at Bury St Edmund, St Mary

 

Hundon and Bury St Edmund are in the Sudbury diocese, but the marriage allegation was not found in the printed records of Sudbury

 

DESCENDANTS

 

from Samuel’s will, he had sons named Samuel, Robert, William and John, and a daughter Susanna all alive in 1790.  Susannah married in 1793, so possible birth dates for Samuel’s children range around 1750 to 1770.  Baptisms of all these children have been found at Hundon in Suffolk some 5 miles from Haverhill where Samuel’s will states that he had property.  The children were baptised in the same order as in the will.  The baptisms are followed by the burial of Samuel’s wife but not of Samuel.  There can be no doubt that the Samuel of these baptisms is Samuel of Paglesham

from the Hundon register:

C 20Sep1753 Samuel  s Samuel & Mary MORTLOCK

C  9Dec1755 Richard s Samuel & Mary MORTLOCK ?died <1790

C 11Jun1757 Robert  s Samuel & Mary MORTLOCK ?m 18Jun1776 Martha TUBB at Hartest

C 15Mar1759 William s Samuel & Mary MORTLOCK; proved father’s will in 1790

C 23Mar1761 John    s Samuel & Mary MORTLOCK; m 20Feb1781 John MORTLOCK & Hannah BENSON at Hundon

C 23Jny1764 Mary    d Samuel & Mary MORTLOCK; B 27Mar1764 Mary MORTLOCK infant

C 26Jny1766 Susan   d Samuel & Mary MORTLOCK; m  3Apr1793 William SKINGLY at Paglesham

C 11Mar1769 Mary    d Samuel & Mary MORTLOCK; B 15Mar1769 Mary MORTLOCK infant

 

m  3Apr1793 William x SKINGLY otp & Susannah x MODLICK otp by banns at Paglesham; witness: Elizabeth JOHNSON, Wm x SKINGLY

 

DEATH 

 

Samuel’s will of 1790 does not mention his wife, and the Hundon register confirms that his wife Mary was buried there 21 years previously:

from the Hundon register:

B 26Mar1769 Mary wife of Samuel MORTLOCK

 

Samuel’s will shows that he died between 25Jan and 3Feb1790, but no burial record has been found at Paglesham or elsewhere

Will  (ERO d/ABR 28/166 1790)

 

Samuel MORTLOCK of Paglesham, yeoman, to my sons Samuel, Robert, William, John, and my daughter Susanna, all my freehold messuages, tenements, lands etc in Haverhill Suffolk or wheresoever, as tenants in common; my executor to sell all my copyhold messuages lands tenements etc wheresoever in Suffolk or elsewhere and the money divided equally between my sons and daughter.  My son William sole executor; signed (X) 25Jan1790; witness: Mary STORNY, John GUIVER, Ja VANDERZEE; proved 3Feb1790 by William MORTLOCK

 

 

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