Excerpts from the Parish Records of Woolpit, Suffolk

This information has been extracted from microform copies of the original Woolpit parish records (FL655/4/1-11) 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
Biles/Byles, Burman, Chaplin, Crick, Game, Harrington, Janning, King, Leeks, Middleditch, Notley, Peck, Piper, Rowland, Scott
Other Surnames
Arnold, Baker, Bowers, Burgess, Burroughs, Chapman, Choice, Clark, Clopton, Cobbold, Cornish, Crofts, Cross, Crossley, Crossman, Darcy, Deeks, Doe, Dykes, Farrow, Fell, Firman, Fowell, George, Ginning, Goymer, Hunt, Keeble, Kettle, Knights, Lidsey, Lofts, May, Miller, Moss, Mullinger, Orris, Palmer, Paxmore, Perkins, Pettit, Pratt, Pyke, Ramsey, Reader, Reeman, Rice, Sidney, Smith, Sturgeon, Suttle, Thurlow, Westly, Wheeler, Wyer
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: 1558-1900

Birth dates are in parentheses.
Surname      Forename     Parents                               Date

Jennyxe      Camillia     Robert                                30 Dec 1595
Jennyxe      John         John                                  14 Jul 1602
Jennyxe      Marie        John                                  22 Jul 1604
Jenex        Margaret     John                                  30 Nov 1606
Jennings     Elizabeth    John                                  18 Dec 1608
Jeninges     John         John                                  22 Apr 1611
Jenyx        Edward       John                                  12 Aug 1615
Jenyx        Robert       John                                   8 May 1617
Jannings     Elizabeth    George                                11 Dec 1617
Jannings     Elizabeth    Henry                                  2 Mar 1619/20
Jannings     Mary         George                                 1 Oct 1620
Jannings     Anne         Henry                                 30 Dec 1621
Jannings     Hester       Henry                                 16 Oct 1623
Janninges    Susan        George                                 1 Mar 1624/5
Jannings     Rebecca      Henry                                  2 Nov 1625
Chappel      Mary         Thomas & Dorothe                       8 Jul 1638
Jannings     Peter        illegitimate                          20 Jan 1648/9
King         William      Thomas                                   Apr 1661
Chaplin      Thomas       Thomas & Elizabeth                    10 Jun 1677
King         Anne         James & Anne                          22 Aug 1680
Chaplin      Grace        Edmund & Grace                        29 Apr 1681
Chaplin      Mary         Thomas & Elizabeth                     9 Sep 1681
King         Mary         James & Anne                          26 Dec 1682
Chaplin      Judith       Edmund & Grace                         8 Feb 1682/3
Chaplin      Elizabeth    Thomas                                17 Feb 1683/4
King         James        James & Anne                          22 Jan 1684/5
Chaplin      John         Edmund & Grace                        26 Jan 1684/5
King         Thomas       Thomas                                14 Feb 1684/5
Chaplin      Edmund       Thomas                                28 Jan 1685/6
King         Elizabeth    James                                 14 Mar 1686/7
Chaplin      Anne         Edmund & Grace                        18 Dec 1687
King         Charles      James                                 12 May 1689
Chaplin      William      Edmund & Grace                        16 Apr 1690
Chaplin      William      Edmund & Grace                         9 Jul 1691
King         William      James                                 31 Jan 1691/2
King         Susan        James                                  7 Apr 1695
King         John         James                                  4 Dec 1698
Harrington   Benjamin     Benjamin                              20 Apr 1707
Harrington   John         Benjamin                               4 Apr 1708
Harrington   Elizabeth    Benjamin                               5 Feb 1709/10
Harrington   George       Benjamin                              13 Sep 1713
King         Elizabeth    William & Elizabeth                   11 Oct 1720
King         William      William & Elizabeth                   28 Feb 1722/3
King         Mary         Thomas & Mary                         20 May 1726
King         Thomas       Thomas & Mary                         12 Oct 1727
King         William      Thomas & Mary                          4 Jul 1729
King         John         John                                  18 Apr 1731
King         Charles      John                                  21 Apr 1733
King         William      John                                   7 Aug 1734
King         Mary         William & Elizabeth                   20 Nov 1735
King         Susan        William & Elizabeth                    7 Jul 1740
Scott        Sarah        John & Sarah                          22 Aug 1784
Notley       Mary         illegitimate daughter of Elizabeth   (28 Jul 1798)
                                                                30 Sep 1798
Tharlar      Ann          John & Ann (Crick)                   ( 9 Jan 1802)
                                                                21 Feb 1802
Thurlow      John         John & Ann (Crick)                   (22 Dec 1803)
                                                                14 Jun 1804
Sidney       Hannah       Machael & Louisa (Scott)             ( 6 May 1809)
                          twin                                  17 Sep 1809
Sidney       Louisa       Machael & Louisa (Scott)             ( 6 May 1809)
                          twin                                  17 Sep 1809
Sidney       Harriott     Michael, schoolmaster, & Louisa      ( 9 Jan 1811)
             Jane         (Scott)                               25 Jan 1818
Crick        Elizabeth    John, butcher, & Elizabeth (Deeks)    22 Aug 1813
Sidney       Edwin        Michael, schoolmaster, & Louisa       19 Mar 1815
             Michael      (Scott)
Crick        Martha       John, butcher, & Elizabeth (Deeks)     1 Jul 1815
Cross        Simon        William, brickmaker, & Sarah (Palmer)  3 Jul 1815
                          baptised privately
Cross        Simon        William, brickmaker, & Sarah (Palmer) 16 Jul 1815
                          baptised privately
Cross        William      William, brickmaker, & Sarah (Leeks)   6 Sep 1817
Cross        Sarah Ann    William, brickmaker, & Sarah (Palmer) 26 Oct 1819
Cross        Matilda      William, brickmaker, & Sarah (Palmer) 20 Jan 1822
Cross        Simon        William, brickmaker, & Sarah (Palmer) 14 Mar 1824
Cross        Deborah      William, brickmaker, & Sarah (Leeks)   8 Nov 1826
Cross        Jemima       William, brickmaker, & Sarah (Palmer) 12 Jun 1831
Cross        Emily        William, brickmaker, & Sarah (Palmer) 25 Dec 1833
Cross        David        William, brickmaker, & Sarah (Palmer) 24 Jan 1836
King         William      George, labourer, & Caroline (Palmer) 25 Nov 1836
Cross        Edward       William, brickmaker, & Sarah         (11 Jul 1838)
                          (Palmer)                              16 Jul 1838
Rice         Thamar       James, labourer, & Eliza (King)        1 Sep 1841
Cornish      Philip       Robert Fenton, thatcher, & Mary        6 Nov 1842
                          (Ramsey)
Rice         Sarah Jane   James, labourer, & Eliza (King)       15 Jan 1843
Rice         Charles      James, labourer, & Eliza (King)        4 Feb 1844
Rice         James        James, labourer, & Eliza (King)       12 Sep 1847
Rice         William      James, labourer, & Eliza (King)       12 Sep 1847
Knights      Alfred       Alfred, painter, & Elizabeth (Lofts)  19 Sep 1848
Goymer       Keziah       Robert, labourer, & Sarah             11 Sep 1849
                          (Middleditch)
Goymer       Keziah       Robert, labourer, & Sarah             24 Feb 1851
                          (Middleditch)
Chapman      Arthur       Manning, shopkeeper, & Emma (Peck)    29 Sep 1851
Goymer       Mary Ann     Robert, labourer, & Sarah              5 Apr 1853
                          (Middleditch)
Goymer       William      Robert, labourer, & Sarah              3 Apr 1855
                          (Middleditch)
Rice         Thamar       James, labourer, & Eliza (King)        2 Jul 1855
Goymer       Jonathan     Nathanael, labourer, & Hannah (Game)  23 Oct 1855
Piper        Rosalind     Thomas Dyke, schoolmaster, & Ellen    15 Apr 1856
             Margaret     (Arnold)
Piper        Thomas       Thomas Dyke, schoolmaster, & Ellen    15 Apr 1856
             William      (Arnold)
Goymer       Hannah       Nathanael, labourer, & Hannah (Game)   3 Mar 1857
Goymer       Rosa         Robert, labourer, & Sarah             30 Jun 1857
                          (Middleditch)
Piper        Alice Kate   Edward Philip, saddler, & Alice Ann   22 Sep 1857
                          (Fell), from Applegate, London
Piper        Ellen        Thomas Dyke, schoolmaster, & Ellen    22 Sep 1857
             Sophia       (Arnold)
Goymer       Alice        Robert, labourer, & Sarah              7 Jun 1859
                          (Middleditch)
Piper        Mary Ann     Thomas Dyke, schoolmaster, & Ellen    24 Dec 1859
                          (Arnold)
Peck         Sarah Ann    William, labourer, & Mary (Mullenger)  6 Aug 1860
Peck         William      William, labourer, & Mary (Mullenger) 12 Aug 1862
Goymer       Alfred       Robert, labourer, & Sarah             13 Feb 1865
                          (Middleditch)
Peck         Emma         John, labourer, & Ann (Orris)          4 Jun 1865
Peck         Jane         John, labourer, & Ann (Orris)          4 Jun 1865
Peck         Thomas       John, labourer, & Ann (Orris)          4 Jun 1865
Peck         John         John, labourer, & Ann (Orris)          1 Apr 1866
King         Ellen Jane   Henry, labourer, & Mary Ann (Farrow)  21 May 1867
Cross        Johanna      Robert, labourer, & Eliza             13 Apr 1868
Goymer       Ellen        Robert, labourer, & Sarah              3 May 1868
                          (Middleditch)
King         William      Henry, labourer, & Mary Ann (Farrow)   2 Aug 1868
King         Henry James  Henry, labourer, & Mary Ann (Farrow)   7 Aug 1871
Herrington   Arthur       Elizabeth, singlewoman from Elmswell   8 Oct 1871
Herrington   Percy        George, grocer, & Harriet Amelia      26 Aug 1877
             Suttle       (Suttle)
Herrington   William      George, grocer, & Harriet Amelia      26 Aug 1877
             Humphrey     (Suttle), 
                          age 3 years, 11 months, 20 days
Pyke         Caroline     Arthur, labourer, & Sarah Ann (Peck)   3 Oct 1880
             Louisa
Cornish      George       George John Benjamin, labourer, &     17 Jan 1886
             William      Mary Jane (Dykes)
             John
Cornish      Stephen      George John Benjamin, labourer, &    (23 Jan 1887)
             Everest      Mary Jane (Dykes)                      4 Mar 1888
Reader       Eleanor      Arthur, coachman, & Mary Ann (Peck)  (27 Aug 1887)
             Jane         from Woolpit Heath                     8 Dec 1887
Peck         Edith Mary   William, labourer, & Emma (Pettit)   (27 May 1888)
                          from Woolpit Green                     3 Jul 1888
Cornish      John         George, thatcher, & Mary Jane          6 Apr 1890
             William      (Dykes)
             Everst
Peck         Lilian Jane  John, labourer, & Jane (Clarke)      (17 Dec 1891)
                                                                14 Feb 1892
Cornish      Cecil        George, thatcher, & Mary Jane        ( 3 Apr 1892)
             Albert       (Dykes)                               22 May 1892
Peck         John Robert  John, labourer, & Jane (Clarke)        2 Apr 1893
             Charles
Reader       Eva Maria    Arthur, labourer, & Mary Jane (Peck)   2 Apr 1893
Cornish      Eva Violet   George, thatcher, & Mary Jane         15 Apr 1894
                          (Dykes)
Peck         Robert       John, labourer, & Jane (Clarke)       20 May 1895
Cornish      Clara Maud   George, thatcher, & Mary              28 Apr 1896
Peck         Bertie       John, brickmaker, & Jane (Clarke)     21 Oct 1896
Peck         Beatrice     John, brickmaker, & Jane (Clarke)     22 Nov 1897
             Annie
Reader       Catherine    Arthur, labourer, & Mary Jane (Peck)  22 Nov 1897
             Jane
Cornish      Edwin        John George Benjamin, thatcher, &     13 Aug 1899
             Richard      Mary Jane (Dykes)

Marriage Records: 1558-1900

Records of marriage banns run from 1754 to 1802 and 1812 to 1900 only.
Surname      Forename     Notes                                 Date

Jannings     George                                             25 Nov 1616
May          Alice

Clopton      George       Groom was single and Felsham. Bride   16 Apr 1629
King         Sarah        was a widow.

Scott        Robert       Groom was from Stowmarket. Bride was   2 Oct 1639
Keable       Anne         from Bradfield St. George.

Prat         John         Groom was a widower from Woolpit.      5 Sep 1665
Jannings     Susan        Bride was from Drinkstone.

Chaplin      Thomas       Both were single and from Woolpit.    19 Oct 1676
Burroughs    Elizabeth

Baker        George       Both were single and from Woolpit.    24 Oct 1682
Crick        Elizabeth

King         George       Both were single and from Badley.     19 Jun 1687
Burges       Katharine

Rowland      James        Both were single and from Wetherden.   1 Nov 1694
Wyer         Elizabeth

Biles        James        Both were single. Groom was from      21 Apr 1695
Doe          Sarah        Cockfield. Bride was from Felsham.

Moss         Robert                                              1 Jun 1702
Crick        Dorcass

George       Robert       Both were single and from             24 Jul 1702
Peck         Anne         Stowmarket.

Smith        William      Both were single and from Woolpit.     1 Oct 1706
King         Anne

Sturgen      John         Both were single. Groom was from      14 Mar 1709/10
Harrington   Susan        Felsham. Bride was from Woolpit.

Crossley     Thomas       Both were single. Groom was from      25 May 1710
Scott        Anne Rose    Pakenham. Bride was from Thurston.

Choice       Samuel       Groom was from Colkirk, Norfolk.      17 Oct 1710
Chaplin      Elizabeth    Bride was from Bury St. Edmunds.

Chaplin      Henry        Both were single. Groom was from      15 Jan 1712/3
Darcy        Mary         Stowmarket. Bride was from
                          Finborough.

Crossman     John         Both were single. Groom was from      29 Sep 1713
Scott        Mary         Tostock. Bride was from Woolpit.

Middleditch  William      Both were from Ixworth. Groom was     10 Apr 1732
Miller       Mary         single. Bride was a widow.

Crofts       John         Both were single. Groom was from      13 Jun 1736
Jannings     Judith       Rougham. Bride was from Bury St.
                          Edmunds.

Paxmore      Daniel       Both were single. Groom was from      24 Jan 1743/4
Jannings     Mary         Elmswell. Bride was from Drinkstone.

Ginning      George       Both were single and from Rougham.    17 Feb 1744/5
King         Elizabeth

Chaplin      John         Both were single. Groom was from       9 Jun 1746
Hunt         Sarah        Stowmarket. Bride was from Bromley,
                          Essex.

Westly       Nathaniel    Both were single. Groom was from Bury  4 Jan 1746/7
Chaplen      Elizabeth    St. Edmunds. Bride was from Fornham
                          All Saints.

King         William      Both were single and from Woolpit.     8 Aug 1749
Baker        Honour

Perkins      John         Both were widowed. Groom was from     12 Oct 1752
Chaplin      Elizabeth    Tostock. Bride was from Norton.

Kettle       Samuel       Both were single and from Woolpit.    22 Apr 1757
King         Elizabeth    Licence.

Firman       James        Both were single. Groom was from      29 Oct 1761
King         Mary         Assington. Bride was from Woolpit.
                          Witness: Samuel Kettle. Banns.

Lidsey       Michael      Both were single and from Woolpit.     2 Jan 1807
Scott        Louisa       Banns.

Burman       James        Both were single and illiterate.      29 Mar 1832
Cross        Mary Ann     Groom was from Haughley. Bride was
                          from Woolpit. Licence.

Rice         James        Both were single, illiterate and    B 31 Jan 1841
King         Eliza        from Woolpit. Groom was a labourer. B  7 Feb 1841
                          Fathers: George King, labourer;     B 14 Feb 1841
                          Charles Rice, farmer. Witness:        16 Feb 1841
                          George King.

Goymer       Robert       Both were single, illiterate and    B 23 Aug 1846
Middleditch  Sarah        from Woolpit. Groom was a labourer. B 30 Aug 1846
                          Bride was 19. Father: John Goymer,  B  6 Sep 1846
                          brickmaker.                           16 Sep 1846

Peck         William      Both were illiterate and from       B  3 Jul 1859
Mullinger    Mary         Woolpit. Groom was single and a     B 10 Jul 1859
                          labourer. Bride was a widow.        B 17 Jul 1859
                          Fathers: Thomas Peck, labourer;       23 Jul 1859
                          George Fowell, labourer.

Reeman       Samuel       Both were single. Groom was a       B 31 Mar 1861
Scott        Mary Ann     pensioner from Woolpit. Bride was   B  7 Apr 1861
                          from Ashfield. Fathers: John Scott, B 14 Apr 1861
                          labourer; William Reeman, labourer.    4 May 1861

Reader       Arthur       Both were single. Groom was 20 and  B 14 Dec 1879
Peck         Jane         a labourer from Drinkstone. Bride   B 21 Dec 1879
                          was 19 and from Woolpit. Fathers:   B 28 Dec 1879
                          James Reader, labourer; John Peck,     2 Jan 1880
                          labourer.

Peck         William      Both were single and from Woolpit.  B 23 Oct 1887
Cobbold      Emma         Groom was 26 and a labourer. Bride  B 30 Oct 1887
                          was 36. Fathers: William Peck,      B  6 Nov 1887
                          labourer; Thomas Cobbold, labourer.   11 Nov 1887

Dykes        Morris       Both were single. Groom was 21 and  B 23 Sep 1888
             William      a labourer from Rattlesden. Bride   B 30 Sep 1888
Cross        Anna         was 20 and from Woolpit. Fathers:   B  7 Oct 1888
                          William Dykes, steward; Robert        13 Oct 1888
                          Cross, labourer. Witness: Thomas
                          Dykes.

Peck         Thomas       Both were single and from Woolpit.  B  1 Jun 1890
Bowers       Mary Ann     Groom was a brickmaker. Fathers:    B  8 Jun 1890
                          John Peck, labourer; Samuel Bowers, B 15 Jun 1890
                          shepherd. Witness: John Peck.         17 Jun 1890

Pettit       Herbert      Both were single and from Woolpit.  B  5 Oct 1890
             Thomas       Groom was 22 and a brickmaker.      B 12 Oct 1890
Dykes        Emma Mary    Bride was 19. Fathers: John Pettit, B 19 Oct 1890
                          labourer; William Dykes, labourer.    25 Oct 1890
                          Witness: George Cornish.

Wheeler      James        Both were single. Groom was from    B  6 May 1900
Peck         Anna Eliza   Holbrook. Bride was from Woolpit.   B 13 May 1900
                                                              B 20 May 1900
                                                                 2 Jun 1900

Burial Records: 1558-1900

Surname      Forename     Notes                                 Date

Jennyxe      John                                                1 Oct 1579
Jennyxe      George                                              4 Jun 1594
Jennyxe      John         son of John                           15 Jul 1602
Jannings     Susan        daughter of Harry                     28 Sep 1609
Janninges                 wife of George                        24 Nov 1612
Jenyx        Edward       son of John                           30 Oct 1615
Jenyx        Elizabeth    daughter of John                      26 Feb 1615/6
Jenyx        John         the elder                              6 Aug 1618
Jennex       Elizabeth    widow                                 14 Feb 1618/9
Jennyx       John         son of widow Elizabeth                 8 Apr 1619
Jannings     William                                             5 Sep 1622
Jannings     Rebecca      daughter of Henry                     16 Dec 1625
Janninges                 widow                                 13 Feb 1625/6
King         Alot                                               21 Sep 1628
Janning      George                                             13 Mar 1629/30
Jannings     Susan        daughter of widow Jannings            12 Jun 1634
Jennyxe      Gabriell                                           21 Jan 1640/1
Jannings                  widow, of the Greene                  24 Feb 1644/5
King         Debrah       wife of William                       17 Jan 1661/2
King         William      son of widow Elizabeth                13 Jan 1673/4
King         Elizabeth    widow                                 21 Aug 1675
Chaplin      Thomas                                             10 Aug 1686
Chaplin      William      son of Edmund                         20 Apr 1690
Chaplin      Elizabeth    widow                                  6 Mar 1693/4
Crick        Mary         widow                                  1 Feb 1697/8
Chaplin      John         son of Edmund, from Beyton             1 Apr 1698
King         Anne         daughter of James                      3 Jan 1700/1
King         Mary                                               17 Sep 1726
Chaplin      Abraham                                             3 Jun 1727
King         Susan                                              28 Jun 1727
King         Charles      infant                                27 Apr 1733
King         John         infant                                 6 Apr 1734
King         James                                              19 Jan 1739/40
King         Elizabeth    wife of William                        4 Sep 1741
Herington    Elizabeth                                           4 May 1763
Harrington   Benjamin                                            2 Oct 1763
Scott        Mary         widow                                 12 Feb 1776
Birman       Mary         age 32                                 6 Jun 1840
Burman       Elizabeth    age 65                                23 Apr 1853
Piper        Sarah Ann    age 1 month                           25 Jan 1860
King         Joseph       age 70                                30 May 1864
King         Ellen Jane   infant                                25 May 1867
Peck         John         age 40                                13 Jun 1868
Cornish      Eva Violet   age 1, from Woolpit Heath              5 Jul 1885
Peck         William      age 79                                24 Jan 1887
Peck         Bertie       age 1 month                           31 Oct 1896
Peck         Emma         age 35                                24 May 1897

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