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Whepstead

The Bixby Family:

The Watkinson Family:

Abigail WATKINSON,   1863

Ann WATKINSON,   1852

Ann WATKINSON,   Abt 1827

Emma WATKINSON,   1868

George WATKINSON,   Abt 1821

Jane WATKINSON,   1861

Kate WATKINSON,   1857





Angelina BIXBY,  1869

Ann BIXBY,   19 June 1838

Catherine Lamb BIXBY,   10 November 1829

Margaret BIXBY,   26 September 1827

Mary BIXBY,   1834

William BIXBY,   Abt 1832





Suffolk Counties Contact

The village and parish of Whepstead is located near Bury St Edmunds and was once the property of Bury Abbey.   

The Copsey Family:

Caroline COPSEY,   Abt 1892

David COPSEY,   Abt 1889

George COPSEY,   Abt 1898

Henry Frederick COPSEY ,  1903

Jonathan COPSEY ,  Abt 1889

Robert COPSEY,   Abt 1896

William Charles COPSEY ,  Abt 1852


The Fenton Family:

It was the last years of the 1830s that this family moved into Whepstead.  The lives of many of those listed have been traced.  

Edward FENTON,   1853

Eliza FENTON,   1870

Emma FENTON,   1868

George Samuel FENTON,   1866

Henry FENTON,   1846

John FENTON,   1878

Louisa FENTON,   9 Feb 1840

Maria FENTON,   1864

Martin FENTON,   1874

Robert FENTON,   11 Jan 1842

Samuel FENTON,   1872

Sarah Ann FENTON,   1850

Susan FENTON,   1861

William FENTON,   1844

Also born here:

Mary Ann  BANKS,  Abt 1841

George BUMSTEAD,  1831

John BUMSTEAD,  1834

Matilda HAMMOND,  1844

Elizabeth HOWE,  1888

Rosina HOWE,  6 Jul 1886

George MINGAY,   Abt 1877

Constance Ann SMITH,   22 May 1892

Rhoda SMITH,   1891

Rebecca STUTTER,   Abt 1838

Walter STUTTER,   Abt 1859

Arthur W TAYLOR,   Abt 1890

Frederick WALLACE,   Abt 1860


Other Parishes


The Bass Family:

As with so many  who worked in agriculture, the Bass family was to move on several occasions.  

John BASS,  1813

Lucy BASS,  1802

Maria BASS,  1804

Sarah BASS,  1808

Sarah BASS,  1809

William BASS,  1816


The Wells Family:

Ann WELLS,  1800

Elizabeth WELLS ,  1833

Ezra WELLS ,  1810

George WELLS ,  1808

George WELLS,   1843

James WELLS,  1803

John WELLS,  1801

John WELLS,  1804

Joseph WELLS,  1805

Joseph WELLS ,  1830

Lucy WELLS ,  1835

Mary WELLS,   1798

Mary WELLS,   1825

Philip WELLS,   1796

Philip WELLS,  1827

Philip WELLS,  1828

Robert WELLS,   1837