name interests in norfolk

[george h]

hi all
the names i am interested in are
skillings,laxon whitaker,
the people i have info on seem to centre around edgefield and hempstead,although i have references to children being born in warham all saints,
i am particularily interested in benjamin skillings and his wife ann whitaker who had a son, richard,16 sept 1785 in edgefield.
if anyone has a connection with these or any info i would be pleased to here from them. thanks, george.

[WaltonAus]

Hello George, Looking on LDS for Benjamin Skilling btn 1725-65 I found the following.*Cley is only 6.9 miles from Edgefield.

BENGAMIN SKILLING
Ch: 16 NOV 1761 Cley Next The Sea, Norfolk
Father: EDMOND SKILLING
Mother: SARAH

Source Information:
Batch Number: 7216046
Sheet: 42
Source Call No.: 0820416 Type: Film
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if this is the right Benjamin these could be his brothers.

EDWARD SKILLING Ch: 16 APR 1750 Cley Next The Sea, Norfolk,
EDMOND SKILLING Ch: 17 FEB 1752 Cley Next The Sea, Norfolk
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*this Ann about the right age. Letheringsett is 4.1 miles from Edgefield.

ANN WHITACRE
Ch: 31 AUG 1733 Letheringsett, Norfolk
Father: EDWARD WHITACRE
Mother: FRANCES

Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:
C037641 1601 - 1759 0894719 Film 6906930 Film
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Sarah Skilling Birth: 23 MAR 1777 Edgefield, Norfolk, England
Susannah Skilling Birth: 1838 Edgefield, Norfolk, England
James Skillings Christening: 15 OCT 1813 Edgefield, Norfolk, England
William Skillings Christening: 03 FEB 1816 Edgefield, Norfolk, England
Louisa Knights Skillings Christening: 30 SEP 1818 Edgefield, Norfolk, England
Sarah Maria Skillings Christening: 21 FEB 1821 Edgefield, Norfolk, England
Samuel Bird Skillings Christening: 31 JAN 1825 Edgefield, Norfolk, England Edmund Skillings Christening: 11 FEB 1792 Edgefield, Norfolk, England
RACHEL SKILLING Christening: 13 DEC 1789 Edgefield, Norfolk, England
EDWARD SKILLING 16 APR 1750 Cley Next The Sea, Norfolk, England
BENGAMIN SKILLING 16 NOV 1761 Cley Next The Sea, Norfolk, England
EDMOND SKILLING Christening: 17 FEB 1752 Cley Next The Sea, Norfolk,
RICHARD SKILLING 15 JUL 1764 Cley Next The Sea, Norfolk, England
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*there were another 17 Skillings in Edgefield.

Good Luck, I hope you can make sense of these.

Kind Regards
Peter Euston.

[coenmfam]

A few sites to visit

http://www.norfolkancestors.org/

Norfolk Transcription Archive : Edgefield page
http://www.genealogy.doun.org/transcriptions/documents.php?register_id=192&district_id=2

Norfolk History
http://www.norfolkhistory.co.uk/
( This site has a page on Edgefield transcriptions but wouldn't display when I posted this, so site may be down temporarily )

Other sites to visit
http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Watermills/edgefield.html
http://www.norfolkroots24.co.uk/
http://www.ukvillages.co.uk/ukvillages.nsf/villages/Edgefield-Norfolk
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Edgefield.html
http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/e/edgefield/


cheers
Nev
researching Coe in Edgefield

[pamela7]

Hi George I am writing to you as my 5x grandparent were Benjamin Skillings (Skelling) and Ann whitaker. Their son Benjamin married a Anne Fox and one of their children was Edmund Skillings married Ann Fox, they had a son Thomas Skillings who married a Margaret Punshon and they had a son Benjamin who married a Edith Myers, their son Thomas Skillings was my father. Look forward to hearing from you