Genealogy Chat

I am happy that the above is my ggggfather but by following another tree I believe I have followed a wrong line going back. A brief flirtation with a free trial on Ancestry has me worried, based on the fact that most of the other trees I looked at show his mother as being unmarried. Her name was Sarah Docking b. 22/2/1758 Lakenheath.
Previously I had her married to John Docking b. 1760, Norfolk

Paul, can I just ask how you know he was born in Lakenheath (Suffolk) ? There is a baptism on Family search in 1793, mother Sarah - can't see anything else right now.
Jan

Is this the right chap in 1841?

Name: John Docking
Age: 55
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1786
Gender: Male
Where born: Norfolk, England
Civil parish: All Saints South Lynn
Hundred: Kings Lynn
County/Island: Norfolk
Country: England

Registration district: Kings Lynn
Sub-registration district: Kings Lynn South
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 786
Book: 1
Folio: 36
Page Number: 1
Household Members:
Name Age
John Docking 55
Elizth Docking 55
Jas Docking 20
John Docking 15
My Borth 10


If it is...............note that he was born in NORFOLK

County Suffolk
Place Lakenheath
Church All Saints
RegisterNumber
DateOfBirth 22 Jun 1783
BaptismDate 26 Dec 1793
Forename John Wright
Sex M
FatherForename -
MotherForename Sarah
FatherSurname -
MotherSurname DOCKING
Abode
FatherOccupation
Notes Illegitimate
FileNumber 11459

http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/Search.pl

(above link has some Lakenheath)

Chris :)

edits (looking on below link, but not seeing 1849 Death, John)

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

(wouldn't be the one in Wicken, Cambs. 1841 would he,?, if so, can see the below)

Burial
Forenames:John
Surname:Docking
Residence:otp
Day:30
Month:Mar
Year:1865
Age:82
Notes:
Parish:Wicken
County:Cambridgeshire
Grave details:
Record source:Cambridgeshire Burials

Chris :)

1841
DOCKING, John M 55 1786
DOCKING, Elizabeth F 45 1796 Cambridgeshire
Piece: 73
Book/Folio: 8
Page: 10
Registration District: Newmarket
Civil Parish: Wicken
Municipal Borough:
Address: Fenside, Wicken
County: Cambridgeshire

I cant see that 1849 death?

Do you have the death certificate to check the informant?

Was it 1839 that he died?



England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915
Name: John Docking
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1839
Registration district: Mildenhall
Inferred County: Suffolk
Volume: 13
Page: 327

1841 England Census
Name: Sarah Dakins
[Sarah Docking]
Age: 85
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1756
Gender: Female
Where born: Suffolk, England

Civil parish: Mildenhall
Hundred: Lackford
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England

Registration district: Mildenhall
Sub-registration district: Lakenheath
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 1027
Book: 13
Folio: 37
Page Number: 24
Household Members: Name Age
Sarah Dakins 85

I wonder who the informant was?


England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915
Name: Sarah Docking
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1844
Registration district: Mildenhall
Inferred County: Suffolk
Volume: 13
Page: 344

(can see those Burials Gins)

First name(s): John
Last name: DOCKING
Date of burial 6 Jan 1839
Age at death: 87
Calculated year of birth: 1752
Place of burial Mildenhall
Dedication: St Mary
County: Suffolk

First name(s): Sarah
Last name: DOCKING
Date of burial 14 Nov 1844
Age at death: 88
Calculated year of birth: 1756
Place of burial Mildenhall
Dedication: St Mary
County: Suffolk
Data provider: Suffolk Family History Society

Chris :)


County Suffolk
Place Lakenheath
Church All Saints
RegisterNumber
MarriageDate 14 Oct 1802
GroomForename John
GroomSurname DOCKING
GroomAge
GroomParish
GroomCondition Bachelor
GroomOccupation
GroomAbode
BrideForename Mirabella
BrideSurname CROW
BrideAge
BrideParish
BrideCondition Spinster
BrideOccupation
BrideAbode
GroomFatherForename
GroomFatherSurname
GroomFatherOccupation
BrideFatherForename
BrideFatherSurname
BrideFatherOccupation
WitnessOneForename John
WitnessOneSurname PAYNE
WitnessTwoForename James
WitnessTwoSurname CROW
Notes They Both Sign X
FileNumber 11460

(his name on google, brings up an old rootsweb query, mentions above as his first Marriage?)...

Sorry guys - just got in after a long day on the road. Brief review seems to confirm that my fears were true and he didn't have the father I had assumed. Will look a bit closer at your responses in morning.
Thanks yet again for your help.
Chris - by now you must know more about the Docking tree than me.

Lol, was expecting Soham!!.

Chris :)