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caliope
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Hello!
I believe I solved the mystery of my Norfolk NEWSTEAD roots, at least as far as I can. So thought I'd post it up here for other researchers.
My Nathaniel NEWSTEAD, was AKA Nathaniel NEWSTEAD BOYCE, a Merchant Mariner. He was the son of James NEWSTEAD BOYCE and Jemima WOODCOCK, born 11 April 1813 in Horsey, Norfolk. He was Christened twice, the day he was born as NEWSTEAD, and again 1 September, 1828 at St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, as BOYCE.
Nathaniel's father, James NEWSTEAD BOYCE, was the illigitimate child of Mary NEWSTEAD. He was born in Cromer, Norfolk, and christened 4 Dec 1785. At some point, Mary must have married a BOYCE, and James took on that surname.
Nathaniel married Jane Elizabeth SHEARING (not Sharing as it has been transcribed). The were married 19 October 1856 in Gorleston Parish Church, Suffolk. Jane is the daughter of James SHEARING and Mary DAWSON. She was born about 1822, Limpenhoe (I'll be posting a look up for that baptism).
When Nathaniel and Jane married, he used the surname of NEWSTEAD only. At the time of their marriage, Jane already had one son, William Nelson Sharmon (might be Shearing, Sharing, Shamin, won't know for sure until I get the birth record). He was born 14 June 1851. On the 16 Feb 1857
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Sorry about that!!! I meant to click spell check...
ANYwho...
On the 16th of February, 1857, Jane gave birth to John George NEWSTEAD (born at the Davey's Buildings), s/o Nathaniel and Jane NEWSTEAD. Both John and William were then christened together on 16 Mar 1857 at St. Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
They also had another son, Charles NEWSTEAD, in 1859. The surname of BOYCE was not used.
Sadly, Nathaniel died 31 May 1859 of "Disease of Heart"
In 1861, I found Jane living back home with her father and family in Reedham, Norfolk. She is listed as Jane NEWSTED, widow.
However, in 1871 I found her living with a Samuel GOBBITT (a "roomer"), and she is listed as Jane BOYCE. When I saw this, it all clicked together. It would seem that Nathaniel used the BOYCE surname for his Merchant Mariner career, and NEWSTEAD for his private life. I don't know if there was some sort of widow's benefit or pension involved that would require her to use the BOYCE surname, or what.
Jane married Samuel GOBBETT 19 Sept 1872 at St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. On the 1881 census, she is mistakenly listed as "Ann". She and Samuel were living in Ellingham, Norfolk. By the 1891 census, she is listed as "head". Jane died 22 July 1902, Ellington Road, Lodden, Norfolk.
Evidently, changing names, or using an alias, was perfectly acceptable back then as John George NEWSTEAD changed his name to George John NEWSTEAD. This is evident by his birth certificate and christening record listing him as John George. Also on the 1861 census he is John. However, by 1871, he is listed as George, working as a Currier Apprentice. George joined the Coast Guard in 1873. When George died, 15 Nov 1926, his death certificate listed his name as George John NEWSTEAD. He is my great-grandfather.
Well, that's all I have so far...
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Thanks very much for sharing your findings. Since the mysterious Mr BOYCE was none other than Nathaniel NEWSTEAD, I can now stop seeking another husband for Jane!
Any idea where they were in 1851? I couldn't locate either of them. Although they didn't marry until 1856, William Shearing BOYCE, whose birth was registered at Gt Yarmouth in 1851 Q2, looks suspiciously like Jane's 9-year-old son, William S NEWSTED (as he was called in 1861) and presumably the William born on 14 June 1851 and baptized in 1857. Did you get his birth certificate?
You've probably found the baptisms of Samuel GOBBETT (c.1832-1901) and his siblings in the FreeREG database (Geldeston NFK 1828-1836). I'm still looking for those of Daniel (c.1825-1887) and George (1838-c.1927), who were also reputedly born at Geldeston. Their grandparents, Robert GOBBETT and Mary HANSER or HANSEY, were married at Rumburgh SFK in 1786 and moved from there to Gillingham (next to Geldeston) between 1792 and 1795. I'm not sure I can claim them as kin but Rumburgh is very close to my ancestors' villages in northern Suffolk, so we could be related.
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caliope
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Also, BTW, Jane was christened Jane Elizabeth SHEARING on 30 Nov, 1823 at St. Botolph, Limpenhoe.
When I first started digging into my NEWSTEAD line, and found the marriage for Nathaniel and Jane, a researched made the comment that Nathaniel seemed a bit too old for a 1st marriage. Duly noted, I did find a Nathaniel and Margaret (c1821) BOYCE with two daughters: Margaret (c1836) and Francis (c1839) in Great Yarmouth on the 1841 census. I haven't yet found a marriage for Nathaniel and Margaret (haven't really looked much either), but I am quite suspicious that this may be a first family for my Nathaniel.
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AND: on the IGI I found a marriage for Francis Newstead Boyce to a James Adam Bultitude on 15 Oct 1859 at St Nicholas, Great Yarmouth.
coinkie-dink?
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Interesting ... and no coinkie-dink ...
The BIVRI (see below) confirms that "Francis" Newstead BOYCE (m. 1859) was a daughter of Nathaniel Newstead BOYCE. She was only "37" in 1881 but 21 in 1861 (at 18 Row 142, Yarmouth: RG 9/1191 f.45v. p.34) and 32 in 1871 (with her husband's parents at 2 Row 87, Yarmouth: RG 10/1784 f.39v. p.36) - making her more than likely to be the 2-year-old you found in 1841 (birth not registered?).
The lack of later records of any suitable Margaret BOYCE suggests that the 1841 enumerator should have written Mary Ann as the name of Frances's mother and sister, who then become apparent in 1851 at Laughing Image Square, Yarmouth (HO 107/1806 f.459 p.60) with Thomas and Mary Ann SOUTHGATE (parents of Mrs Mary Ann BOICE) as well as their daughter Fanny SOUTHGATE (26?) and another granddaughter, Sophia BOICE (6). In 1861, Sophia BOYCE (17) was with her aunt Frances STEVENS (38?) at 27 Well Street, Yarmouth (RG 9/1192 f.192 p.17). Sophia's birth was registered at Yarmouth in 1844 Q1.
So, although Nathaniel Newstead BOYCE is still missing in 1851 (along with Jane Elizabeth SHEARING and now Frances or perhaps Fanny BOYCE too!), I think he was probably the Nathaniel who married Mary Ann SOUTHGATE in 1835 (see below). Had she left him by 1851 or was he simply away at sea while she was visiting her parents? If Jane was the mother of William Shearing BOYCE, they may have had to wait a while before Nathaniel was free to marry again, but the most appropriate Yarmouth death registration seems to be for a Mary BOYCE, as early as 1853 Q3 (age not indexed). Was he recorded as a widower in 1856?
Here are some extracts from the BIVRI (the LDS's British Isles Vital Records Index), which gives more information than the IGI after 1837 and is not blighted by the infamous "Earsdon By North Shields, Northumberland" entries that actually relate to Yarmouth St Nicholas, as do all of these:
Baptisms
1817 Dec 15 Mary Ann SOUTHGATE daur of Thomas & Mary
1820 Dec 11 Sophia SOUTHGATE daur of Thomas & Mary
1823 Apr 5 Frances SOUTHGATE daur of Thomas & Mary
Marriages
1767 Jan 13 Thomas NEWSTEAD m. Elizabeth BOYCE
1788 Apr 13 Simonds Woodcock BOYCE m. Ann DRAPER
1809 Sep 13 James BOYCE m. Jamima WOODCOCK
1819 Oct 19 Nathaniel BOYCE m. Mary GOWEN
1835 Oct 18 Nathaniel BOYCE m. Mary Ann SOUTHGATE
1859 Oct 15 James Adam BULTITUDE, son of James BULTITUDE, m. Francis Newstead BOYCE, daur of Nathaniel Newstead BOYCE [indexed as Frances by GRO]
The BIVRI contains more than 80 of the BOYCE (etc.) marriages at Yarmouth, dating from 1757 to 1899, but there's a significant gap between 1851 and 1857, when Frances SOUTHGATE married Edward Philip STEVENS (1856 Q1, Yarmouth).
Mary Ann BOYCE and her sisters Frances (c.1839) and Sophia (c.1844) were born too late to get their baptisms in the BIVRI. However, Mary Ann found her way into the IGI:
1836 Jan 6 Mary Ann BOYCE daur of Nathaniel & Mary Ann, Great Yarmouth
I hope you will be able to throw more light on the parents someday.
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LOL! Parents of whom?
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Sorry: I meant the parents of Mary Ann, Frances and Sophia BOYCE, assuming that they were Nathaniel Newstead BOYCE (1813-1859) and Mary Ann, née SOUTHGATE (c.1817-?).
In particular, I'd like to know when Mrs Mary Ann BOYCE died and where Nathaniel was in 1851. Even if he was not then living with Jane Elizabeth SHEARING, any addresses given in the birth certificate of William Shearing BOYCE (Jane's son?) would surely be worth checking in the census, just a few weeks earlier.
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I don't know if you have this already, but Sophia's birth is registered March qtr of 1844, Yarmouth, v13 page 391.
Jane & Nathaniel were married at Gorleston Parish in Suffolk. On the actual marriage certificate I received from the GRO it states his condition as Bachelor and Jane's as Spinster. Of course, they might have stretched the truth ;-) Also, his surname is Newstead, not Boyce on the marriage certificate. It's as if he is walking away from the Boyce name, perhaps leaving the past behind?
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I also find it interesting that you found another entry for a NEWSTEAD BOYCE marriage. I am curious if Thomas NEWSTEAD who married Elizabeth BOYCE in 1767, aren't possibly brother and sister to _______ BOYCE and Mary NEWSTEAD. That sure would be a nice clue to who Mary's parents are...
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Never mind, I believe I have found my NEWSTEAD clan in Cromer. Although, once again I find a NEWSTEAD BOICE connection...
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Yes, I suppose Nathaniel and Jane would have welcomed a fresh start, whether or not they were legally free to marry, and could have been using the name NEWSTEAD for some years before making it official.
I thought the marriage of Thomas NEWSTEAD and Elizabeth BOYCE back in 1767 might well be a red herring, but you never know ... maybe the coastal route used by the mariners of Cromer and Yarmouth brought them closer than they look on the map!
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It seems to be a common thread in this family.
I mentioned that I believe I found my NEWSTEAD lot in Cromer. The family that intrigues me is:
William & Elizabeth NEWSTEAD. They had the following children all christened in Cromer:
Elizabeth, chr: 25 Sep 1763
Mary, chr: 25 Mar 1766
Sarah, chr: 22 Mar 1767
Martha, chr: 14 Mar 1772
bur: 17 Mar 1772
Susanna, chr: 14 Mar 1772
bur: 17 Mar 1772
Susanna, born 10 Jun 1773 & chr: 4 Jul 1773
William, chr 14 Jul 1776
James, born 13 May 1780 & chr: 15 May 1780
According to a census (I forget which one) James Newstead Boyce (who married Jemima WOODCOCK) was born in Cromer 1785.
The only christening record I've found that fits his age is James Newstead, illigitimate son of Mary Newstead, christened 4 Dec 1785 in Calthorpe.
I can NOT find a marriage for Mary Newstead to a Boyce. However, Mary's older sister Elizabeth married John BOICE 1 Feb 1786 in Cromer (they were living in Overstrand at the time of their marriage).
Elizabeth and John had a son, named him Newstead James BOYCE, born 29 Aug 1786 and christened 3 Sep 1786, in Cromer. So now I'm wondering if I've been barking up the wrong tree with this illegitimate son of Mary christened in Calthorpe, and my James Newstead Boyce is really Newstead James Boyce, s/o John and Elizabeth?
So technically, our family surname should be BOYCE instead of NEWSTEAD, but thanks to our Nathaniel, this is not the case.
Nathaniel owes me an appology, as he has made this journey across this particular branch quite difficult. (sigh)
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Interchangeable names would seem to be another common trait.
If the dates given in the registers of Calthorpe and Cromer are reliable, ruling out the possibility that James NEWSTEAD was adopted by his aunt and re-baptised as Newstead James BOYCE soon after her marriage in 1786, I'd say it's most likely that your line goes back to Elizabeth and not Mary.
Mary's son, christened 4 Dec. 1785 at Calthorpe, appears to have been the 65-year-old James NEWSTEAD (widower, farm labourer) who was living there in 1851 (HO 107/1810 f.290v. p.9) with his daughter "Christiama" CRASKE, a widow aged 40 (both b. Calthorpe). FreeREG has the baptism of "Christian", daughter of James NEWSTEAD and Ann (BURTON) on 6 Jan. 1811 at Calthorpe and also their banns at Runton (where the marriage register is missing) in 1809.
A spinster named Mary NEWSTED married James BARNARD at Calthorpe in 1794 (FreeREG plus http://www.kingslynn-forums.co.uk/norfolkhistory.co.uk/church-records/archdeacon-transcripts/calthorpe-marr.html). Their son Newstead BARNARD was born in 1803 (FreeREG) and still using his names in the same order in 1851 (http://genforum.genealogy.com/englandcountry/norfolk/messages/955.html).
If Elizabeth's sister Mary NEWSTEAD (christened Cromer 1766) never married, perhaps she was the Overstrand resident who was buried at Cromer on 10 June 1831, aged 66 (FreeREG).
It does make you wonder whether the names were changed to protect the innocent or the guilty, or just to confound future generations.
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Hi, I was just playing around on the internet when I found your postings. My husband is descended from the marriage of Francis Newstead Boyce to James Bultitude, so it was great to see all the information you've got here. Funnily enough a generation or two later the family seem to drop the Bultitude bit and end up using the name Adams instead, looks like they got the idea from Grandfather Newstead!
If you are interested I can let you know what happened to Francis, but in the meantime thanks again!
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