home page Grandparents: Charles Pulham William Davy Bridget Mary Aldous Parents: Joseph Pulham Sarah Davy Children: Sarah Pulham Joseph Pulham Charles Pulham William Pulham George Pulham Maria Pulham Martha Pulham Joseph Pulham Samuel Pulham James Pulham James Pulham Robert Pulham Sidney Pulham family links

The Pulham Family The Joseph Pulham family Parents: name born married died Joseph Pulham 17 Apr 1776 Stradbroke, Suffolk 10 January 1809 Fressingham, Suffolk Sarah Davy 1787 Fressingham, Suffolk 10 January 1809 Fressingham, Suffolk 13 June 1832 Wingfield, Suffolk Children: name born married died Sarah Pulham 18 November 1810 Wingfield, Suffolk Joseph Pulham 29 March 1812 Wingfield, Suffolk 20 May 1820 Wingfield, Suffolk Charles Pulham 3 October 1813 Wingfield, Suffolk Mary William Pulham 5 March 1815 Wingfield, Suffolk Eliza (Whitlam) George Pulham 7 May 1816 Wingfield, Suffolk Maria Pulham 11 November 1817 Wingfield, Suffolk Martha Pulham 17 October 1819 Wingfield, Suffolk Joseph Pulham 4 March 1821 Wingfield, Suffolk Henrietta Samuel Pulham 9 December 1822 Wingfield, Suffolk James Pulham May 1824 Wingfield, Suffolk 23 January 1825 Wingfield, Suffolk James Pulham 17 July 1825 Wingfield, Suffolk Robert Pulham 10 January 1827 Wingfield, Suffolk Sidney Pulham September 1829 Wingfield, Suffolk Harriet

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The history of the Joseph Pulham family

St Peter and St Paul Church, Fressingfield Joseph Pulham's signature 1809

Joseph and Sarah were married on 10 January 1809 at Fressingfield after banns had been called on 18 December 1808, 1 and 8 January 1809. Unusually for that period, both Joseph and Sarah were able to write and each signed the parish register on their wedding day. The two witness to the marriage, Thos Davy and Lucy Aldrich, also both signed the register. We do not as yet know what relationship the two witness were to the bride and groom. According to the parish register entry for their wedding, Sarah came from Fressingfield whereas Joseph came from what appeared to be 'Tlradbrook'. This is likely to be Stradbroke, a village three miles south west of Fressingfield.

Fressingfield village sign Sarah Davy's signature 1809

Althought they were married in Fressingham, Joseph and Sarah spent most of their married live in the next village, Wingfield. Sarah was born in Fressingham and baptised in the parish church on 6 May 1787. On 16 April the previous year, her parents had christened another daughter Sarah but she died in infancy.

Sarah Davy's baptism entry 1787

Sarah's parents, William Davy and Mary Aldous were married in Fressingfield parish church on 12 October 1780. Both William and Mary signed the register with a 'X'.

William Davy and Mary Aldous' marriage entry 12 October 1780.

Joseph Pulham was a farmer according to the Wingfield parish register of the baptisms of twelve of his thirteen children. The entry against his last son's baptism gave his occupation as 'husband man'.

Although infant mortality was high at this time, most of Joseph and Sarah's offspring survived childhood. It is interesting to see that after the death of each of their two sons, the next child born was given the same name.

It is interesting to note that the surname 'Wingfield' was found within the Wingfield parish registers. It therefore seems likely that the name 'Pulham' may well appear in the registers for the Pulham parishes just a few miles north of Wingfield.

In the 1881 census, Charles Pulham was living with his wife Mary in Wootten Green, Stradbroke. Living with them was their married daughter Sarah A. Smith and their grand daughter Maude M.P. Smith.

Charles' younger brother Joseph was living in Ipswich St Margaret with his deaf wife Henrietta. Another brother, Sidney, was also living in Ipswich St Margaret with his wife Harriet.

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