Brightlingsea - Church of the New Jerusalem

[kmart66]

Hi Docwit

Yes the church was in New Street however it was replaced by the church in Queen Street which is still in use. I have quite a comprehensive tree for the Martin family if you need any assistance.
Once you have posted 3 times then you can send private messages.

Kevin

[Docwit]

Thanks Kevin. Sounds like it would be good to compare family trees. I have got some information from Ancestry.Co.Uk and family records but only for a few generations then they comes to a full stop. I was at Brightlingsea museum last weekend and one of Alfred Wakeling's books notes that some surnames have been peculiar to B'sea with Martin, Death and Bragg amongst the most common. I feel there is information, it is just proving elusive!

[lizdb]

Brightlingsea museum is briliant isnt it?

If you are able to, then it is worth visiting Essex Record Office at Chelmsford. There is loads and loads of stuff not online - I found out so much about my Farringtons of Brightlingsea and beyond - licences to dredge oysters etc.

[kmart66]

Hi

When my great aunt passed away her estate including her house was split 50/50 for the RNLI (ours being a sea-going family) and the Brightlingsea Museum (initial founding of the museum) with my father being one of the original patrons. Up until a few years ago there was several items of my grandfather on show from his nautical career, him being a captain of liners for the Blue Funnel line.

Kevin

[helvissa]

ESFH have Church of the New Jerusalem on one of their memorial inscriptions CDs. That might be worth looking at. I have it myself so if there's a surname you'd like me to look at, let me know.

I think my family were involved with that church. When they are buried at All Saints at the end of 1800s, there's a note to say it was done by the new legislation, which was when non-CofE'ers could be buried in a CofE churchyard.

Have you tried looking at http://www.bmdregisters.co.uk/? There's a lot of Independent etc churches on there.

(PS: Kevin, are you related to John Frostick, born in Thorpe-le-Soken in the 1860s?)

[barryd]

familysearch.org has records of the Church of New Jerusalem but they are earlier records. 1813-1838

[kmart66]

Helvissa

Regards with John Frostick, my John was born in W Mersea c1835, married Emily Westrup Salmon in Brightlingsea and is my gtgt grandfather.

Kevin

[helvissa]

Thanks, Kevin. I've started looking at the Frosticks for my uncle, you see.

Is your Salmon ancestor one of the Gt Oakley/Beaumont/Bradfield Salmons originally? They cross over with my tree.

(sorry... slightly derailing this...!).