John & Mary Gooch of Morston

John Gooch, a son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth, was born on 9th January 1784 and baptised at St John Maddermarch, Norwich, on 25th January  1784.

Mary Ann, his wife, appears to have been born in Swanton Novers, Norfolk, in about 1798.

Among their children were:

John

bap. 9 Mar 1824

Holt - died young

Harriett

bap. 11 May 1828

Morston

John

bap. 8 Aug 1830

Morston

William

ca. 1837

Morston

In 1841 John and Mary were living at Morston, Walsingham, with their children; Harriett, John and William. They were still there in 1851 although Harriett had left home. Both Johns were labourers.

John appears to have died in 1853 and in 1861 Mary was still living in Morston with her son William. Mary appears to have died in 1862.

Of their children:

  • Harriet married William Ebdale in 1847. He was a gamekeeper and they lived mainly in Brancaster and Burnham Deepdale. Their known children were:

    William John

    bap. 29 July 1849

    Morston

    Richard

    bap. 16 Feb 1851

    Burnham Deepdale

    Harriett Ellen

    bap. 26 Dec 1852

    Burnham Deepdale

    John

    Q3 1860

    Edward

    Q1 1863

    Harriet died, aged 63, in 1891.

  • John was a labourer who lived in Blakeney with his wife Sarah and their children:

    Margaret Maria

    Q3 1855

    Mary

    Q4 1858

    Robert

    Q2 1861

    John had died before the 1881 census.

  • William was the father of Elizabeth Cornwell’s illegitimate daughter, Hephzibah, born in 1861. He later married and lived in Wiveton.