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The Aldous Family The Francis Aldous family Parents: name born married died Francis Aldous 1732 8 June 1758 Pulham St Mary 26 July 1808 Fressingfield Mary Barber 1726 8 June 1758 Pulham St Mary 16 July 1801 Fressingfield Children: name born married died Francis Aldous 7 January 1759 Fressingfield before 1761 Mary Aldous 2 April 1760 Fressingfield 12 October 1780 Fressingfield William Davy Francis Aldous 9 May 1761 Fressingfield John Aldous 31 October 1762 Fressingfield Thomas Aldous 19 May 1764 Fressingfield

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The history of the Francis Aldous family

Francis and Mary were married on 8 June 1758 at Pulham St Mary the Virgin church. Francis came from the village of Fressingfield about ten miles south of Pulham. The banns for the wedding were called at Fressingfield on three Sundays: 21 May 1758, 28 May 1758 and 4 June 1758.

No Mary Barber was found in either Pulham St Mary the Virgin or Pulham Mary Magdelane parish registers. The Pulham Mary Magdelane registers have been badly damaged by water and parts are unreadable. There was one family that might have been Mary's but although the surname looked similar to 'Barber' it could easily have been 'Barker'. There were a couple of children but no Mary although she could have been in the unreadable pages. However, it is quite likely that the family had moved to Pulham after Mary was born. Indeed there were Mary Barber's baptised in Wingfield on 8 July 1741 and in Fressingfield on 6 January 1743.

After the marriage, the couple lived in Fressingfield where their first son was baptised in 1759. Their first daughter, Mary, was baptised the following year.

Mary Aldous' baptism register entry

There is a double grave in Fressingfield Churchyard that contains a Francis Aldous who died 26 July 1808 aged 76 and his wife Mary who died 16 July 1801 aged 75.

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