Peter Hunnisett

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:

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.