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Beccles Town Sign

St Michael’s Church

St Michael Beccles The Church of St Michael. The aisle in St Michael's Church.

Beccles

Beccles Blyburgate Hungate Lane, Beccles. New Market, Beccles. Beccles Northgate Beccles Northgate Northgate Old Market, Beccles Sheepgate Street, Beccles

The Albrow/Alborough Families

We have been researching these families for over 40 years now and have a wealth of information about them.  We do not agree with all published trees so would be pleased to compare notes with other researchers.  

Other people born or baptised in this parish.

Wills: Information about transcripts can be found here

Contact us for names and relationships from this will:

Anna Maria ALBROW,   1844

Eleanor ALBROW,   1691-1692

Elizabeth ALBOROUGH,   1674-1675

George ALBOROUGH,   1683

George ALBOROUGH,   3 January 1791

Hannah Maria ALBROW,   4 January 1840

Jeremiah William ALBROW,   19 February 1841

John ALBOROUGH,   1686

John ALBROW,   1717

John ALBROW,   Abt 1750

Margaret ALBOROUGH,   1643-1644

Mary ALBOROUGH,   3 August 1793

Mary ALBOROUGH,   Abt 1723

Mary ALBROW,   Abt 1723

Miles ALBROW,   1713

Priscilla ALBOROUGH,   1676

Priscilla ALBROW,   1839

Rose ALBOROUGH,   1640

Sarah ALBROW,   1693

Sarah ALBROW,   Abt 1702

Sarah Ann Elizabeth ALBROW,   1842

William ALBOROUGH,   1642

William ALBOROUGH,   1678

William ALBOROUGH,   27 September 1788

William ALBROW,   1695

William ALBROW,   1718

William ALBROW,   1748

William Thomas ALBROW,   1844


The Girling Family:

Ann GIRLING,   1644

Christopher GIRLING,   1647

Edward GIRLING,   1608

Elizabeth GIRLING,   1658

Isaac GIRLING,   1646

Jane GIRLING,   1611

John GIRLING,   1607

Robert GIRLING,   1649

Susan GIRLING,   1609

William GIRLING,   1649

William GIRLING,   1655



Charlotte AGUS,   1770

James AGUS,   1768

Samuel AGUS,   1768

John ALDIS,   1789

George ALDRED,   1890

Jane  ALDRED,   1889

Rose Mildred ASLIN,   11 May 1897

William ATMEARE,  1847

Eleanor BALLS,   30 April 1808

James BALLS,   1812

Mary Ann  BARCHAM,  Abt 1815

Harriet Ann BARNARD,   30 July 1837

Robert BAXTER,   1839

Susannah BERRY,   01 March 1816

John BIRD,   1840

Arthur Benjamin William BROWN,   1864

Benjamin B BROWN,   1866

Catherine Knights BROWN,   1865

Ernest Edward BROWN,   1873

Frank Cecil BROWN,   1875

Gertrude Susannah BROWN,   1867

Lillian Rachel BROWN,   1867

Mary Elizabeth BROWN,   1878

Mary A COLLINS,  Abt 1835

Agnes Maud Mary CRAGG,   1873

Sarah CRICKMORE,   Abt 1786

Isabella CROWE,   Abt 1816

Herbert Richard DUNNINGHAM,   1865

Laura Constance EASTHAUGH,   1871

William EDMONDS,   Abt 1821

William FULCHER,   Abt 1813

Mary Ann GARROD,   Abt 1792

Anna Maria Mary Elizabeth GOLDSMITH,   1868

Eliza GRAY,   Abt 1880

Gertrude GRAY,   Abt 1878

John GREY,   Abt 1858

Sarah HAYWARD,   Bef 1792

John Andrew JACOBS,   1898

William JACOBS,   1900

Jonas JAMES,   Abt 1812

Amy JONES,   1788

James JONES,   1780

John JONES,   21 August 1789

Samuel JONES,   Abt 1784

Lilian M KING,  1890

Jane LAND,   Abt 1815

Anna LAY,   Abt 1827

Emma LAY,   Abt 1831

John Balls LAY,   17 February 1822

Robert LAY,   Abt 1826

Elizabeth Anna LILLYSTONE,   24 June 1800

John LILLYSTONE,   14 April 1797

Mary Ann LILLYSTONE,   21 June 1799

Maria LING,   Abt 1834

Ruth Ann LOCKWOOD,   Abt 1821

Edward LYDAMORE,   Abt 1806

William LYDAMORE,   Abt 1816

Elizabeth MAFFREY,   1701

John MAFFREY,   1699

Peter MAFFREY,   1696

Thomas MAFFREY,   1694

Peter MAWFREY,   1696

Thomas MAWFREY,   Abt 1694

Charles MAYHEW,   1854

Henry  MAYHEW,  1841

Mary Ann MAYHEW,  1825

Luke MILLS,   Abt 1816

Robert MOFFREY,  Abt 1816

Hannah MOORE,   1677

Samuel MOORE,   1679

Thomas NEAL,   Abt 1835

Mary Ann OXBOROUGH,   1842

Harriet PAIN,   17 April 1834

Maria PIGNEY,   Abt 1814

Ethel May PLUCK,   23 Dec 1884

Fanny PRIME,   1780

James REYNOLDS,   Abt 1835

Elizabeth ROCHESTER,   1686

Isaac ROCHESTER,   1672

John ROCHESTER,  abt 1688

Judith ROCHESTER,  abt 1683

Mary ROCHESTER,   abt 1677

Sarah ROCHESTER,   1674

John  SEWELL,  Abt 1776

Judith SEWELL, Abt 1816

Elizabeth SMITH,   Abt 1838

Kate Alice SPARROW,   1886

Margaret SPRAT,   1727

Walter William STANNARD,   1857

Mary Ann TOOKE,   1843

Miriam Henrietta Martha TYRRELL,   Abt 1885

Mary Ann ULPH,  1845

Richard ULPH,  1839

Mary Ann WADE,   1845

Joshua  WALKER,  Abt 1837

William WALKER, Abt  1811

Ethel May WARNE,   Abt 1884

Frederick Arthur WARNE,   Abt 1855

Robert F WARNE,   Abt 1882

Olive WEST,   Abt 1889

Florence Ellen WILSON,   18 June 1865

Rosa Maria WILSON,   18 February 1867

Eliza WOOLNER,   1845

Harriet WOOLNER,   1868

Joseph WOOLNER,   1844

Joseph WOOLNER,   1869

Martha Mary A WOOLNER,   1867

Charles Victor WOOLNOUGH,   1897

Edward Pope WOOLNOUGH,   1885

Florence Amelia WOOLNOUGH,   1882

Frank Christmas WOOLNOUGH,   1892

Frederick Arthur WOOLNOUGH,   1881

George WOOLNOUGH,   1857

George William WOOLNOUGH,   1878

Hilda Valentine WOOLNOUGH,   1895

James WOOLNOUGH,   1890



The Thornton Family:

Also related to our own family are the Thorntons who also have links to Lowestoft.

Christina Marion THORNTON,   1867

Eliza Victoria THORNTON,   1838

George THORNTON,   20 December 1829

George THORNTON,   24 August 1827

Harriet THORNTON,   15 May 1832

Maria THORNTON,   25 April 1834

Mary Ann THORNTON,   05 July 1826

Richard Francis THORNTON,   27 April 1825

Robert William THORNTON,   1871

Sarah THORNTON,   27 October 1828

Thomas THORNTON,   1725



The Hill Family:

Cassandra HILL,   24 August 1823

Charles HILL,   1820

Daniel Henry HILL,   26 May 1825

Edward HILL,   1819

Frederick HILL,   5 July 1826

Georgina HILL,   7 February 1829

James HILL,   1817

Rowland HILL,   14 September 1827

Sarah Ann HILL,   4 May 1822



The Paul Family:

George PAUL,   6 January 1825

James PAUL,   4 June 1829

John PAUL,   6 May 1826

Lucy PAUL,   6 July 1831

Rhedelpha PAUL,   14 November 1827

Richard PAUL,   09 March 1819

Sarah PAUL,   14 January 1821



The Dowe Family:

Charles R DOWE,   Abt Feb 1881

George H DOWE,   Abt 1879

James H DOWE,   Abt 1875

William DOWE,   1852



The Long Family:

Some of those named Long are related to our own family tree, but many others have been found in East Anglia.

Amelia LONG,   26 February 1824

Eliza LONG,   15 December 1829

Eliza LONG,   Abt 1828

Elizabeth LONG,   Abt 1831

George LONG,   19 March 1826

George LONG,   20 August 1827

Hannah LONG,   16 February 1817

Louisa Jerrell LONG,   Abt 1821

Maria LONG,   11 November 1821

Mary Ann LONG,   23 December 1814



The Prime Family:

A family which appears not to originally be from this town, but lived here for some years.

Benjamin PRIME,   14 Feb 1814

Benjamin PRIME,   20 May 1793

Charlotte PRIME,   2 Aug 1795

Fanny PRIME,   1780

James PRIME,   1778

Joseph PRIME,   1785

Joshua PRIME,   7 Jul 1791

Julius William PRIME,   1786

Julius William PRIME,   8 Feb 1788

Mary PRIME,   1 Mar 1816

Thomas PRIME ,  1782

William PRIME,   27 Apr 1816


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A market town close to the Norfolk border, Beccles was awarded its charter in 1584 by Queen Elizabeth I.

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The Hurren Family:

Another family with connections to Albrow, the Hurrens have been found living in Beccles over many years.

Alfred HURREN,   1848

Charlotte HURREN,    1841

Charlotte HURREN,    5 Jun 1809

Fanny HURREN,    1853

Frances HURREN,   Abt 1820

Frances HURREN,    1838

Frederick HURREN,    1850

George HURREN,    1855

Henry HURREN,    12 Jan 1835

James HURREN,    2 Jan 1800

John HURREN,    4 Aug 1818

Joseph HURREN,    27 Jul 1814

Joshua HURREN,    1844

Joshua HURREN,    3 Sep 1816

Mary HURREN,    27 Nov 1811

Mary HURREN,    3 Mar 1804

Mary HURREN,    8 Mar 1802

Samuel HURREN,    2 Oct 1832

Samuel HURREN,    20 Jul 1806

Samuel HURREN,    9 Jun 1798

Sarah HURREN,    1843

Walter HURREN,    1845

Walter HURREN,    1857

William HURREN,    1839

William HURREN,    1842


The Copeman Family:

Ethel Constance COPEMAN,   1891

Henry COPEMAN,   Abt 1859

Isaiah COPEMAN,  1840

Lily Grace COPEMAN,  1902

Philip Archibald COPEMAN,   1896

Reginald Herbert COPEMAN,   1893

Rose Alexandra COPEMAN,   1902


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