> I have recently found out that my JOLLY line came from Suffolk originally. > Through a copy of a diary, dated 1823, which belonged to one of my > ancestor's, Ann Jolly, and sent to me by her descendant, I know have an > intimate picture of what every day life was like for an unmarried woman in > this period. During this year she was courted by her first cousin from > London, and married him in Norton in January 1824. From a genealogist's > point of view, the most valuable information being that she also gives many > names, both family & friends, and places which her family were linked to. > The only problem being, she wrote the diary for herself, and so she did not > need to bother to explain the various relationships of the people she wrote > about! > > Names mentioned in 1823 Diary by Ann JOLLY of Norton: Cousin BENNETT, Cousin > CLARK(E), Aunt DIGAN, Cousin LANGHAM, Aunt & Uncle MUDD. Other names > mentioned, not necessarily family: NUNN, BOWEN, CATCHPOLE, CAMPBELL, COLES, > BRANCH, DAY, GOOLD, MARTIN, MEARS, PAGE, WOODS, LEE, PAINE. > Suffolk Places mentioned as possibly having family links: Badwell (Ash), > Elmswell, Hunston, Gilsham, Lavenham, Woolpit, Cockfield, Bury (St Edmunds), > Ipswich, Tostock. > > Known: > SUFFOLK family: > James JOLLY b. 1761 Norton (alive 1823) marr. 10/7/1788, Elizabeth LANGHAM > b. 3/10/1765 Norton (daughter of John LANGHAM & Esther James) of Woolpit & > Norton. > Children: > John JOLLY bapt. 1788 Norton (may have married an Elizabeth Smye: I have > list of their children from IGI) > Elizabeth JOLLY bapt. 1790 Norton > James JOLLY bapt. 1793 Norton > Ann (of Diary) JOLLY bapt 1801 Norton marr. first cousin Robert JOLLY of > Woolwich (family living in Woolwich & Plumstead, Kent). Ann died 1840 in > Plumstead, Kent. > Sarah JOLLY bapt. 1805 Norton > Robert JOLLY bapt. 1808 Norton > > Robert JOLLY born abt. 1759 probably Norton, marr. Ann, possibly REED or > REID at St Mary Magdalene's Church, Woolwich 18 June 1786. Robert died 1846 > at Woolwich, Kent. > Children: > 1. Robert JOLLY, born Woolwich? (1792-1852) marr. (1) Ann JOLLY (of Norton) > 1801-1840 (2) Frances Sarah LEAVER or LEVER > 2. John JOLLY born 1797 Suffolk or Kent (no more known) > 3. James JOLLY born Suffolk or Kent (1800-1847) marr. Mary Fanny LANGHAM at > East Wickham, Kent 14/4/1825 > 4. Martha JOLLY b. 1802 marr. (1) Richard ROBERTS 1820 Lee, Kent (2) Thomas > MANN, 1827 Lee, Kent. > 5. Rebecca JOLLY b. 1804 Woolwich? > 6. Kezia JOLLY b. 1808 marr. Benjamin SUFFRIN or SUFFERIN > > 1. Robert JOLLY's children by Ann JOLLY (of Norton): > Sarah Ann JOLLY, bapt. 1825 Woolwich marr. E.S. SARGENT > Martha Keziah JOLLY bapt. 1826 Woolwich > Lavinia JOLLY bapt. 1829 Woolwich > John Robert JOLLY born 1831 Woolwich marr. (1) Unknown (2) Caroline ADAMS on > 30/8/1860 Plymouth, Devon > William Thomas JOLLY b. 1833 d. 1889 > Elizabeth Ann JOLLY b. 1836 > Henry James JOLLY 1838-1842 > Eliza Ann JOLLY bapt. 1840 > 1. Robert JOLLY's children by Frances Sarah LEAVER > Frances Sophia Leaver JOLLY 1843-1844 > Alice Rose Mary JOLLY bapt. 1844 - alive 1881 unmarried. > > 3. James JOLLY's children by Mary Fanny LANGHAM: > Robert Reid or Reed JOLLY b. 1826 Woolwich marr. Elizabeth Jane BURTON (born > Dublin) > Keziah Ellen JOLLY b. 1828 Woolwich > Ann Martha JOLLY b. 1830 Woolwich > Mary JOLLY b. 1833 Woolwich > Emma Keziah JOLLY b. 1834 Woolwich > James Samuel JOLLY b. 1836 Woolwich > Fanny Eliza JOLLY 1839-1840 Woolwich > George Alfred JOLLY b. 1841 Woolwich - alice 1881 marr. Ellen (surname > unknown) living Gillingham, Kent. > Fanny Sally JOLLY 1844-1846 Woolwich > Charles William JOLLY b. 1846 Woolwich > > Children of Robert Reid JOLLY & Elizabeth Jane BURTON: > Arthur JOLLY, b. 1856 Plumstead, Kent > Annie JOLLY b. 1863, Plumstead, Kent marr. William GODDARD > George Alfred JOLLY b. 1860 Portsmouth, Hampshire marr. Caroline (Kitty) > CHEESMAN living Lewisham, Kent. > Herbert JOLLY b. 1865 Portsmouth, Hampshire > Emily JOLLY b. 1867 Portsmouth, Hampshire > Edwin JOLLY b. 1868 Portsmouth, Hampshire > Charles JOLLY b. 1870 Portsmouth, Hampshire > Robert Reid JOLLY 1873-1946 marr. Mary Elizabeth WRAY emigrated Australia > 1927 > > If anyone has any link with any of these places or people, I would > appreciate if they could they get in touch with me. > > Best wishes > > Stephanie Stephenson (nee JOLLY) > >