Many thanks for your information, I think I need to do a bit more research, there seems a lot of Flacks all with the same names in each of their families. Chris On 19/11/11 16:59, elizabeth howard wrote: > Hi, there is a bapt record of 11 Oct 1795 in Lakenheath , > Suffolk, of a Sarah , dau of Simon and Hannah Flack , mother`s surname May . > This seems to be the first sign of the family in Lakenheath .. > There is an Ancestry family tree which suggests that Simon is b > S Lopham in 1772 son of Nathaniel and Sarah , married Hannah Mays , died > Lakenheath 1814 aged 42 . In the 1851 census for Lakenheath there is a > Nathaniel Flack , 77, pauper late Ag labourer, b Lopham , Norfolk , with his > wife Sarah, maybe a second wife, aged 53, b Lakenheath , and son Peter aged > 16, b Lakenheath , and a George Flack , described as lodger, marr , 26, ag > lab, b Lakenheath, with wife Eliza, 25, and then three siblings the Batson > children Susan , 12, pauper, Frances, 9 , pauper and Walter , 7 , pauper all > three born in Ely , Cambs, and a further John Flack , lodger, unm, 18 , b > Ely . > In the 1841 census for Hitcham , Suffolk, there is a Hanah ( as > spelled ) Flack , 70, F.S. , Y living with Rhoda Hales , 75, Y , and a Maria > Flack , aged 30 , Y. This might be Simon Flack`s widow . > In the 1841 census for Lakenheath , in Clay pits, there is Nathaniel > Flack , 69, ag lab, N , Sarah , 43, Y, and their family Sarah, 15, Y, George > , 14, Y, Henry , 12, Y, Joseph , 7, Y, Peter , 5 , Y, and next door Nathl > Flack, junr, 35, Y, Susan , 35, N , Willm , 11, Y, Charles, 10, Y, Betsey, > 8, Y , Richard, 6, Y, Mary , 3, Y , and further a Nath Flack , 20, Y, Ann, > 20, Y, Sarah , 9 months, Y . The next entry says N or U K 24 gipsies . > Hope this gives you some clues . > > > > life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christine"<chris.aston@gmx.co.uk> > To:<NORFOLK@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 3:57 PM > Subject: [NFK] John Flack > > >> Hi >> Can anyone help? I have found a birth of John Flack on Family Search >> Born at Hilgay 1797 to Simon Flack and Hannah, but I can't find a >> marriage date for Simon and Hannah. I would be grateful if anyone could >> help me. >> >> Chris >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >