My late husband (Maurice Charles Proctor) was the grandson of Charles Proctor who was born illegitimately to John Seisor LUFFMAN and Susannah Vesey in 1870. I gave a DNA kit for a gift some years ago, and the DNA matched Roger Luffman. A photograph of John Seisor Luffman sent to us by Roger Luffman, shows a man who could have been my late husband dressed up in 19th century farming clothes. The resemblance between Maurice and other Luffman individuals is striking. Young Charles did not know he was actually a LUFFMAN, and he kept the Proctor name. He Left the Proctor household his early teens and went to work on another farm as a groom. Roger Luffman and my husband are cousins. I suspect that Mr. Proctor was very angry when he found out that he had been duped.
Sadly, Susannah Vesey died in childbirth in 1871, a year after Charles was born. It is not known, of course whether the child of the next pregnancy was belonging to Mr. Proctor, or Mr. Luffman. Mr. Seisor Luffman was working on a nearby farm when he encountered Susannah Proctor (nee Vesey).
My husband died at the end of December 2016 here in Derby. He was 86. He was very interested in the Luffman's. I regret that we did not get to meet Roger Luffman before Maurice died. Maurice has a son and a daughter one living in Nottingham, and the other in Derby. John Seisor Luffman married a few years after Sarah had died, and he called his son Charles.
Hope this helps you.
Anne Proctor, Derby.
P.S. Maurice moved to Canada in the early 1970's, after he had left the R.A.F. He was very clever. He built a beautiful house in the old growth forest on Vancouver Island, and he was an excellent electrician. His position in the Air Force was as an Electrical Engineer. He spent most of his RAF time overseas, and many years in Hong Kong. He knew everything there was to know about Aircraft, especially the W.W.2 planes.
