Excerpts from the Parish Records of Somerton, Suffolk

This information has been extracted from microform copies of the original Somerton parish records (FL625/4/1-5 and T4489) 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
Barker, Chaplin, Crick, Frost, Game, Janning, Middleditch, Piper, Rowland, Scott
Other Surnames
Barwell, Baylie, Blackbone, Brewster, Brown, Chapman, Christopher, Elliot, Gallant, Garwood, Hardy, Houghton, Jackson, Lincoln, Lory, Stiff, Wade
Not Found
Biles/Byles, Burman, Cornfield, Elder, Harrington, Leeks, Notley, Peck, Wilden
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)
The records covering the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries have deteriorated badly and are often completely illegible.

Baptismal Records: 1538-1900

Birth dates are in parentheses.
Surname      Forename     Parents                               Date

Scott        Thomas       Henry                                 27 Oct 1539
ffrost       John         John                                   8 Jan 1539/40
ffrost       Dorothy      Richard                                4 Nov 1545
ffrost       Bridget      Robert                                 1 Jan 1547/8
ffrost       Thomas       John                                  15 Aug 1552
ffrost       Rose         Richard                               12 Nov 1552
ffrost       Alice        Henry                                 10 Mar 1580/1
Frost        Elizabeth    Henry                                 22 Nov 1584
Frost        Rose         Henry                                  6 Aug 1587
Scott        Richard      George & Sarah                        18 Nov 1624
Scot         Edmund       George & Sarah                        12 Jan 1625/6
Scot         Sarah        George & Sarah                        22 Jul 1627
Rowlin       John         illegitimate son of Sarah             18 Feb 1656/7
ffrost       Abraham      Thomas & Martha                        1 Jun 1669
ffrost       John         Thomas & Martha                       30 Nov 1671
Middledicth  Mary         Thomas & Mary                         12 Jun 1691
Frost        Abraham      Abraham & Susan                       16 Oct 1699
Game         Mary         illegitimate daughter of George        1 Oct 1779
                          Jackson & Sarah Game
Game         Elizabeth    James & Ann (Garwood)                (29 Aug 1803)
                                                                18 Sep 1803
Game         Keziah       James & Ann (Garwood)                (14 Apr 1805)
                                                                 7 Jun 1805
Game         John         James & Ann (Garwood)                ( 1 Feb 1807)
                                                                22 Feb 1807
Game         Lucy         James & Ann (Garwood)                (27 Oct 1809)
                                                                19 Nov 1809
Crick        Martha Mary  John, labourer, & Mary               (22 Jun 1848)
                                                                29 Aug 1848
Crick        Abraham      John, labourer, & Ann                ( 7 Jun 1850)
             Byatt                                               4 Aug 1850
Crick        George John  John, labourer, & Ann                (26 Oct 1852)
                                                                28 Nov 1852
Chaplin      Maria        George & Hannah Crick                 28 Feb 1861
Crick        Esther       George John, labourer, & Susannah    (22 Jul 1871)
                                                                29 Oct 1871
Crick        Amos         George John, labourer, & Susannah    (17 May 1873)
                                                                12 Jul 1873
Crick        Abraham      George John, labourer, & Susanna     (13 Apr 1877)
                                                                17 Jun 1877
Crick        George       George John, labourer, & Susanna     (18 Feb 1879)
                          from Hawkedon                         29 Jun 1879
Crick        Margaret     George John, labourer, & Susanna     (12 Dec 1880)
                          from Hawkedon                         20 Feb 1881

Marriage Records: 1538-1744, 1755-1812, 1817-1900

Records of marriage banns run from 1755 to 1812 and 1823 to 1900 only.
Surname      Forename     Notes                                 Date

ffrost       John         Bride's surname was not given.        25 Apr 1538
             Ellyn

Lory         John                                               20 Jan 1540/1
ffrost       Sarah

ffrost       John                                               18 Oct 1562
Blackebone   Anne

Elyot        John                                               16 Jun 1566
Frost        Anne

Pyper        John         Groom was also known as "Pepper."     22 Sep 1603
Browne       Margaret

Baylie       Ambrose                                             1 Jul 1611
Scott        Anne

Christopher  John                                               10 Nov 1636
Scott        Margery

Scott        Thomas                                             18 Oct 1677
Lincoln      Anne

Barker       William                                            10 Feb 1677/8
Barker       Rose

Frost        Abraham                                            28 May 1695
Gallant      Susa

Wade         John         Groom was a widower.                   1 Sep 1698
Barker       Alice

Rowland      John         Both were from Somerton.              27 Sep 1705
Houghton     Elizabeth

Barker       William      Both were single. Groom was from      29 Sep 1726
Chapman      Frances      Boxted. Bride was from Somerton.

Scott        William      Both were from Somerton. Groom was    23 Oct 1744
Barwel       Alice        a widower. Bride was single.

Brewster     Charles      Groom was from Hawkedon. Bride was    29 Nov 1828
Game         Elizabeth    was single and from Somerton. Banns.

Hardy        George       Both were single, Groom was from       8 May 1832
Game         Lucy         Whepstead. Bride was from Somerton.
                          Witness: John Game. Banns.

Crick        George John  Both were single and from Somerton.   27 May 1871
Stiff        Susanna      Groom was 18 and an illiterate
                          labourer. Bride was 23. Fathers:
                          John Crick, labourer; John Stiff.
                          Banns.

Stiff        John         Both were single. Groom was 23 and  B 17 Oct 1875
Crick        Martha Mary  a labourer. Bride was 26 and from   B 24 Oct 1875
                          Stratham, Surrey. Fathers: John       27 Nov 1875
                          Stiff, labourer; John Crick,
                          labourer. Witness: Abraham Crick.

Burial Records: 1538-1900

Death dates are in parentheses.
Surname      Forename     Notes                                 Date

Scott        Thomas       son of Henry                          23 Dec 1539
ffrost       Alice                                               9 Dec 1542
Scott        Margaret                                           18 Jan 1544/5
Frost        Rose         wife of Henry                          1 Aug 1589
Scott        Ann          wife of George                         7 Dec 1624
Scott        George                                              4 May 1637
Scott        Edmund                                             13 Oct 1638
ffrost       Elizabeth    daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth         7 May 1654
Rawlins      John         son of Sarah                          16 Apr 1657
Scott        George                                             10 Aug 1666
Frost        Tabitha      widow                                  3 May 1671
Scott        George       son of George                         24 Jun 1671
Scott        Sarah        widow                                 14 Jul 1673
Scott        Ann          widow                                 27 Oct 1673
ffrost                    widow                                  6 Mar 1678/9
Scot         Richard                                            24 Jul 1684
ffrost       Isaac        son of Thomas & Martha                10 Feb 1684/5
Frost        Susan        wife of Abraham                        4 Mar 1700/1
Jennings     John                                                3 Apr 1719
Scot         Mary         wife of William                       24 Aug 1742
Game         Mary         age 14                                20 Jul 1826
Game         Keziah       age 27                                 3 Aug 1832
Game         Ann          age 63                                 9 Oct 1833
Game         James        age 85                               (24 Dec 1850)
                                                                29 Dec 1850
Crick        John         age 38, typhus fever                 ( 5 Jul 1852)
                                                                 9 Jul 1852
Crick        Amos John    age 9 months                         (25 Feb 1874)
                                                                 3 Mar 1874
Crick        Susannah     age 37, from Dean Farm, Hawkedon      16 Nov 1883
Crick        Ann          age 75, widow of John Crick who      (13 Jun 1891)
                          died in 1852                           7 Jun 1891

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