I am looking for information on the Bortis family. Samuel Bortis married Ann Cowley by licence in Tynemouth, Northumberland on 13 Dec 1744. On the marriage bond Samuel was described as being 22 years old and a mariner from Yarmouth Norfolk. I have searched the Archdeacon's transcripts on-line but found no trace of Samuel, or any other Bortis. Does anyone have knowledge of the family? John, in NSW

Hi, Ancestry has a baptism of a Benjamin Bortis son of Mr Benjamin Bortis , mariner, and Elizabeth his wife baptised Sept 26th about a week old. This is an entry in the Yarmouth , Gaol St, Old Meeting , Presbyterian , 1706-1820 register. And there is a Benjamin Bortis listed in the 1734 Norfolk Poll book for Yarmouth. The National Archives has a will for Samuel dated 1807 of Longbenton Colliery , mariner. However unless the surname is spelled very differently , there seems to be no other record of the family. life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Our Mail" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 4:08 AM Subject: [NFK] BORTIS family of Yarmouth >I am looking for information on the Bortis family. Samuel Bortis > married Ann Cowley by licence in Tynemouth, Northumberland on 13 Dec > 1744. On the marriage bond Samuel was described as being 22 years old > and a mariner from Yarmouth Norfolk. I have searched the Archdeacon's > transcripts on-line but found no trace of Samuel, or any other Bortis. > Does anyone have knowledge of the family? > > John, in NSW > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

If you check under the spelling Bortice at either Ancestry or FamilySearch then it appears Benjamin and Elizabeth also had a son Samuel baptised at the same place in 1724. It's a bit later than the licence might suggest but still a possibilty? Pauline On 14/03/2014 11:28, elizabeth howard wrote: > Hi, Ancestry has a baptism of a Benjamin Bortis son of > Mr Benjamin Bortis , mariner, and Elizabeth his wife baptised Sept 26th > about a week old. This is an entry in the Yarmouth , Gaol St, Old Meeting > , Presbyterian , 1706-1820 register. And there is a Benjamin Bortis listed > in the 1734 Norfolk Poll book for Yarmouth. The National Archives has a > will for Samuel dated 1807 of Longbenton Colliery , mariner. However unless > the surname is spelled very differently , there seems to be no other record > of the family. > > > > > life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Our Mail" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 4:08 AM > Subject: [NFK] BORTIS family of Yarmouth > > >> I am looking for information on the Bortis family. Samuel Bortis >> married Ann Cowley by licence in Tynemouth, Northumberland on 13 Dec >> 1744. On the marriage bond Samuel was described as being 22 years old >> and a mariner from Yarmouth Norfolk. I have searched the Archdeacon's >> transcripts on-line but found no trace of Samuel, or any other Bortis. >> Does anyone have knowledge of the family? >> >> John, in NSW