John & Hannah DRAPER of Sloley

[seasider53]

Last week we visited the church of St Bartholomew, Sloley to see if we could find the graves of my 5x great grandparents, John & Hannah DRAPER.  Unfortunately there was not a marked grave for them.
Since returning home I have been looking to find out more about them (where they lived in the village, work etc.)
John was born 1745 and died 1827 (both Sloley)
Hannah nee MUNFORD was born 1744 and died 1837 (both Sloley)
They married in Sloley 15/09/1772 and went onto have children, Sara, Frances(my 4x grt g/m), Elizabeth & Martha.
I would be grateful if anyone could point me in the right direction to these two and the lives they lived in this small Norfolk village.

[amondg]

Newspapers may be your only hope findmypast or British newspapers online

I checked the Norfolk Record Office he did not leave a will and no admin bond listed.

His occupation was not given on his death record age 82, nor for any of the baptism of the children.

Good luck.

[trish1120]

Although Hannah Drapers burial has her age 93 (1744) I think she is more likely born 1749

Hannah MUNFER Baptised 24 Sept 1749,  St Bartholomew, Sloley
Parents SAML/MARY
Siblings;
MARTHA Munfer 30 Oct 1751
ELIZABETH Munfor 19 March 1753
MARY Munford 11 March 1755
SAMUEL Munford 14 March 1757
ANN Munford 7 May 1759
ANN Munford 14 Oct 1760
SARAH Munford 26 March 1761
PHOEBE Munford 11 Sept 1765

Burials same Church;
WILLIAM Munford, 19 June 1764, son of Samuel/Mary
MARY Munford, 1 Oct 1765, Wife of Samuel***
PHOEBE Munford 19 Jan 1766, Daug of Samuel/Mary

Samuel a Widower then remarried Mary GLADDEN a Spinster 8 July 1766

They Baptised children;
UNI 18 Oct 1767, buried 1769
MARY 18 Oct 1767
WILLIAM 8 March 1772

MARY, Samuels second Wife was buried 22 April 1792 age 50
SAMUEL was buried 18 March 1803 age 88

1st marriage was likely this one;
Samuel MUNFER, Single, to Mary MUNNYMANT, 29 Sept 1748, St Peter, Belaugh, Norfolk 

Sorry if you already have all of this but I was bored and it was an interesting search.

Trish

[seasider53]

amondg & Trish
Thank you for your replies.  I will look into the newspaper archives.

Trish, I don't have that info so I am very thankful to you.  Could you tell me were you found it?
Would either of you know how I would go about finding where they lived in the village & a 1700s map?

Best regards to you both
Catherine

[trish1120]

Hi Catherine,
The info is from FreeREG;
www.freereg.org.uk

Going back and checking Sami/Mary also had Twins THOS/JOHN who were buried 11 March 1777, St Bartholomew, Sloley.
(so they would be with his second Wife) They were Baptised 3 March 1777.
Other Children;
BENJAMIN 26 Jul 1778
JOHN 29 April 1782
MARY MARIAH 21 May 1786 (Mothers mn listed)

The 1760 ANN was buried same day also.
Samuel and his 2 Marys seem to be the only couple Bapptising Sloley mid/late 17oo's.

On FreeREG the name is spelt Munfer/Munfor/Munford.

No Occp shown for Samuel on any record.

Trish

[trish1120]

Sorry I cant help with a map pf Sloley or any other info as to their Occps.
I'm in Sydney

Ok  from http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/s/sloley/

Year     Inhabited
Houses   Families   Population
1801   37   60   260
1811   56   56   223
1821   55   75   308
1831   50   71   267
1841   72   --   291

1821 Census
"The common has been inclosed at Sloley, and ten cottages built on the allotments."

1841 Census is there also, no Munfords there in 1841

Maps are mentioned further down the page but I get a error message (it does give another option that you can try)

[seasider53]

Thanks Trish, you're a star x

[trish1120]

Your welcome