Hi Elizabeth Many thanks for your very comprehensive reply. I did have the marriage of Thomas BROWN and Elizabth DARKIN but you gave me more details. At sometime their daughter Anna Maria must have moved south to marry Thomas DANIEL in Brighton or else Thomas, a mariner, may have met her if he went to a Norfolk or Suffolk port. Yes, the Daniels went in for extravagant names in that generation and the next as we have Theophilus, Sylvanus, Alphonso etc. My own 2x great grandfather was Gabriel Virgo DANIEL and at one time was the harbourmaster at Lowestoft where many of Anna Maria's relatives came from. I do have an extensive data base of the DANIEL family of Hastings going back into the 1500s and many wills of that family. I doubt, very much, if I will ever be able to find the parents of Thomas BROWN. I did, however, find one baptism at St George of Colegate, Thomas BROWN's parish, of a Henry s/o Thomas and Anne. This could be Thomas's brother and the parents' names "fit" - but no proof of course. Again Many thanks. Helen Christchurch New Zealand ----- Original Message ----- From: "elizabeth howard" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 2:51 AM Subject: [NFK] Anna Maria BROWN Hi, Freereg has the marriage of Thomas Brown , bachelor , of St George Colegate , Norwich to Elizabeth Darken of All Saints, Norwich in All Saints on 26th March 1769 . It would seem likely that there are other children born between 1769 and 1778 but of the 654 Brown bapts in that period on Freereg.it is difficult to say which without searching each and every one of them !!! However they appear to be a family of some substance and in the 1851 are living in Dorset Cottage Bexhill, and AM is described as House Proprietor , as is her son and her dau... Her will dated 18 May 1863 shows she left effects under £20 to her dau Elizabeth , spinster. Then there is the puzzle of Louis Alphonso her son , hardly a common Sussex name !!! A family tree on Ancestry has Thomas Daniel born 1777 at Hastings, married to AM Brown in 1802 at Brighton , and it says Thomas died in Bexhill in 1850. Thomas`s will describes him as late of Hastings but now residing at Bexhill , gentleman, and it runs to six pages . None of this brings you any closer to Thomas Brown who married Elizabeth Darken.... As to Anna Maria`s birth her second attempt at Diss is a better one than Wells, which is a fair distance from Thetford . Diss is closer..... Thetford St Mary bapts have been transcribed but AM is not amongst them .........there is a further parish of St Cuthbert though I don`t know the dates for this parish . NFHS has transcripts of Diss St Mary , Wells and St George Colegate. life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen Southen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 3:36 AM Subject: [NFK] Anna Maria BROWN > Hello Listers > I am new to the list and have a query. My 5x great grandmother was > Anna Maria BROWN > born 9 March 1778 > baptised 8 Jul 1778 at Thetford Norfolk > parents Thomas Brown and Elizabeth Darkin (married 26 March at Norwich > Norfolk) > married 29 Jul 1802 at Brighton Sussex to Thomas Daniel of Hastings Sussex > 1851 census Anna Maria states she was born in Wells (next the Sea?) > 1861 census she states she was born in Diss Norfolk > Query > Who was Thomas BROWN? Is anyone able to provide me with any clues please? > > Elizabeth Darkin (Anna Maria's mother) was baptised 12 July 1746 at > Wreatham and was the daughter of John Darkin and Mary Tilmouth. All her > siblings were baptised in Lowestoft. > > Any help appreciated. > Helen > Christchurch > New Zealand > > ------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------- 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