Edward Woodruff / Woodroffe. Windmiller of Horringer Mill, Bury St Edmunds,SFK

[Glenmount]

The email I gave you is correct, check it again in my message to you with email and other contacts.
Mw

I sent you an reply to your mail but it looks like it went elsewhere. if you did not get the mail this is the only way. To my knowledge Thomas W. married to Jemima in 1794 is the son of John and Alice W. bap 28 Nov 1748. If you can come up with a Tho W bap 1773 in this area I would be most interested.
It was suggested that on Ancestry there is a family tree for this branch of Woodroffes with Edward and Abigail of 1732 marriage on it .The bap of Edward given as 1666 ish. I don't have Ancestry so am unable to check it BUT the library versions  I have seen have a lot of suggested dates !!
best wishes for the hunt .      Sploshkin

[windy_miller]

Hi Glenmount,

Ignore my PM to you, I seem to be repeating myself.

The info I have is as follows (with source):-

Edwd Woodruff, dec'd (1732), miller @ Horringer Windmill, BStE - Will - Ref unknown

John Woodroffe, 1787, miller of 2 windmills, BStE, Insurance, REFI

John Woodroffe, 1791, miller, creditor to bankrupt, Ipswich Journal

John Woodroffe, dec'd, 1800, miller, Ipswich Journal

Mr. Woodroffe, 1805, miller, apprentice wanted, Bury & Norwich Post

Jas. Woodroffe, 1807, miller @ Horningheath Windmill, BStE, Sale of mill, Ipswich Journal (Jas. became brandy merchant in London)

Mrs. Woodroffe, dec'd, 1806, Southgate Mill, BStE, B&NP

S. Woodroffe, miller, 1806, B&NP

Widow Woodroffe, dec'd, 1818, Ipswich Journal

Jas. Woodroffe, brandy merchant, 1807, London, robbed, B&NP

Mr. Woodroffe, miller, 1810, marriage to Miss Maderson, Suffolk Chronicle

Stephen Woodroffe, miller, 1815, ?, B&NP

Stephen Woodroffe, miller, 1819, Baker wanted, B&NP

Stephen Woodroffe, miller, 1824 Southgate Windmill, BStE, Miller wanted, B&NP

Stephen Woodroffe, dec'd, miller, 1832, Southgate Windmill, BStE, B&NP, (he died in the Melton Asylum)

John Woodroffe, miller, 1884, Horningheath Mill, BStE, crime, B&NP

I hope this helps your search for Woodroffes (or Woodruffs).  Anything you might have that might fill gaps I have would be great, espically at the early end.

Cheers for now,
Wind Miller

[Glenmount]

Thank you for the info, interesting! Will send any info on mills if it crops up. Are you in Bury?

Hi Glenmount,

Ignore my PM to you, I seem to be repeating myself.

The info I have is as follows (with source):-

Edwd Woodruff, dec'd (1732), miller @ Horringer Windmill, BStE - Will - Ref unknown

John Woodroffe, 1787, miller of 2 windmills, BStE, Insurance, REFI

John Woodroffe, 1791, miller, creditor to bankrupt, Ipswich Journal

John Woodroffe, dec'd, 1800, miller, Ipswich Journal

Mr. Woodroffe, 1805, miller, apprentice wanted, Bury & Norwich Post

Jas. Woodroffe, 1807, miller @ Horningheath Windmill, BStE, Sale of mill, Ipswich Journal (Jas. became brandy merchant in London)

Mrs. Woodroffe, dec'd, 1806, Southgate Mill, BStE, B&NP

S. Woodroffe, miller, 1806, B&NP

Widow Woodroffe, dec'd, 1818, Ipswich Journal

Jas. Woodroffe, brandy merchant, 1807, London, robbed, B&NP

Mr. Woodroffe, miller, 1810, marriage to Miss Maderson, Suffolk Chronicle

Stephen Woodroffe, miller, 1815, ?, B&NP

Stephen Woodroffe, miller, 1819, Baker wanted, B&NP

Stephen Woodroffe, miller, 1824 Southgate Windmill, BStE, Miller wanted, B&NP

Stephen Woodroffe, dec'd, miller, 1832, Southgate Windmill, BStE, B&NP, (he died in the Melton Asylum)

John Woodroffe, miller, 1884, Horningheath Mill, BStE, crime, B&NP

I hope this helps your search for Woodroffes (or Woodruffs).  Anything you might have that might fill gaps I have would be great, espically at the early end.

Cheers for now,
Wind Miller

[windy_miller]

Hi Glenmount,

Glad I could help.

Nope, I'm in the old smoke (London), but visit Suffolk on a regular basis.

Windy

[Glenmount]

Hi Windy Miller,

Thanks for the reply, we sure would like to visit Bury someday. We were talking about a reunion with Woodroffes there but limit the attendance, who knows how many are there, I am sure there are a few. I am from Charles Woodroffe son of Edward from Bury who went to Canada in 1853/54. We will have to see if this is feasible and where we could get a meeting hall and have catering.I am 5th generation here in Canada.

Thank you for your imput.

Murray

Hi Glenmount,

Glad I could help.

Nope, I'm in the old smoke (London), but visit Suffolk on a regular basis.

Windy

[Glenmount]

I thought this would interest on mills in E Anglia;
http://www.stedmundsburychronicle.co.uk/watermills/wmillsintro.htm

Hi Glenmount,

Glad I could help.

Nope, I'm in the old smoke (London), but visit Suffolk on a regular basis.

Windy

[Glenmount]

Found this for you which I am sure you’ve seen. Its here;

http://www.suffolkmills.org.uk/windmills.html

I thought this would interest on mills in E Anglia;
http://www.stedmundsburychronicle.co.uk/watermills/wmillsintro.htm

Hi Glenmount,

Glad I could help.

Nope, I'm in the old smoke (London), but visit Suffolk on a regular basis.

Windy

[gratescove]

Hi All, this is my first post.  Murray, we are cousins!  I think it’s my “Woodroffe” tree tahatbpeo0le are referring to on Ancestry.  Please note this is my personal research over the years, and should be verified by others rather than relying on it carte Blanche.

Some of the information I got was from a book on the parish records.  It was extremely helpful.  For those who haven’t discovered openlibrary.org you can find it there.   Just type in Bury St Edmund’s in the search engine and you come up with 83 books.  These are historic books; you might find some information about the mills.

One note of interest I think on Thomas Woodroffe and Jemima Wade.  I found a newspaper clip announcing their marriage in 1794, except she was referred to as Mrs. Jemima Wade.  This threw me for a bit, thinking maybe she was a widow, but she was single (from the marriage record on familysearch). I think the answer might be the birthdate of their son Thomas - he was born Dec 1793 but they didn’t marry until 1794.  Plus they married in Norwich rather than Bury. this might have been to disguise the fact their son was born out of wedlock?

Thanks to all for the interesting conversation.

Susan

[Glenmount]

Hi Susan,
Can you email me : murray.wood@sympatico.ca