FIRST GENERATION

1. James Sayer was born in 1751 in Carbrooke, Norfolkshire, England. He died on 1 Apr 1836 in Carbrooke, Norfolkshire, England. He was buried on 7 Apr 1836 in Carbrooke, Norfolkshire, England. ⁽¹⁾ He was a Farmer.
Entry in Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk, 1883, p.270.

CARBROOKE is a village and parish 9 miles north-west from Attleborough and 3 north-west from Watton, in the Western division of the county, Wayland hundred and union, Attleborough county court district, rural deanery of Beccles [sic. = Breccles] and archdeaconry and diocese of Norwich. The church of SS. Peter and Paul is a very fine edifice of flint, in the Perpendicular style, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles and north and south porches and tower containing 5 bells: the nave is seated with open benches of oak: the roof is of carved oak. The register dates from the year 1543. The living is a discharged vicarage, gross yearly value tithe rent charge £127, with 24 acres of glebe and house, in the gift of Edward May Dewing esq. and held since 1858 by the Rev. John Fletcher Burrell T.A.K.C.L. Anciently another church stood here, in an exempt jurisdiction, called Carbrooke Parva, belonging to a commandery or preceptory of Knights Templar, founded here by Roger, Earl of Clare, who died in 1173; it was sometime called the Priory of St. John of Jerusalem, but commonly the Commandery of Kerbrooke: it was endowed with numerous farms and vassals: at the Dissolution its revenues were valued at £65 2s. 9d. Here are Congregational and Primitive Methodist chapels. The poor have £2 yearly in bread and the rent of 56 acres for coals. Carbrooke Hall is the residence of William Field esq. Sir William Robert Clayton bart. who is lord of the manor, and Edward May Dewing esq. are the chief landowners. The soil is part heavy and part light clay; subsoil gravel and clay. The chief crops are wheat and barley. The area is 3,033 acres; rateable value £5,367; the population in 1881 was 612. Parish Clerk, Matthew Murrell.

POST OFFICE.- Samuel Skipper, receiver. Letters are received through Thetford, vi¢ Watton; arrive at 7.30a.m.; dispatched at 5.30 p.m. Watton is the nearest money order & telegraph office. National School, Miss Whittle, mistress

Burrell Rev. John Fletcher T.A.K.C.L. [vicar]
Clarke Mrs.
Field William, Carbrooke Hall
Sayer Benjamin
Woods William

COMMERCIAL.
Anthony William, farmer
Bird John, farmer
Buck Henry, shoe maker
Bullen Daniel, miller (steam & wind), & farmer
Caddy Charles, farmer
Caddy George, carpenter & beer retailer
Caddy William, farmer
Catton Elizabeth (Mrs.), beer retailer
Charlton George, cattle dealer
Claxton Edward, shoe maker
Coleman Mary Ann (Mrs.), blacksmith
Eagling Percy, farmer
Goddard Samuel, miller (wind) & farmer
Greengrass William, bricklayer & grocer &c
Hunton John, farmer & smith
Johnson James, butcher
Knights Charles, White Hart
Lock William, farmer
Minns James, butcher, baker & farmer
Murrell Matthew, carpenter & builder & estate carpenter, to E. M. Dewing esq.
Playle Hen. blacksmith & wheelwright
Richardson William, farmer
Saunders William, farmer
Sayer James, shoe maker
Skipper Saml. grocr. drapr. & post office
Wace Leonard, farmer
Ward William, farmer
Welcher William Robert, farmer
Wheales Edmund, Crown
White John, farmer
Wright John, farmer
Wright Robert, farmer, Manor farm

He was married to Elizabeth Sare on 11 Oct 1780 in Carbrooke, Norfolkshire, England. Elizabeth Sare was born in 1754 in Carbrooke, Norfolkshire, England. She died in 1833 in Carbrooke, Norfolkshire, England. She was buried on 24 Jun 1833 in Carbrooke, Norfolkshire, England. James Sayer and Elizabeth Sare had the following children:

+2 i. James Sayer.
+3 ii. William Sayer.
+4 iii. Susanna Sayer.
+5 iv. Elizabeth Sayer.
6 v. Martha Sayer was born on 23 Jan 1786 in Carbrooke, Norfolkshire, England. She was christened on 29 Jan 1786 in Carbrooke, Norfolkshire, England. She was a witness to the marrage of her brother William.
7 vi. John Sayer was born on 18 Jan 1787 in Carbrooke, Norfolkshire, England. He was christened on 25 Jun 1787 in Carbrooke, Norfolkshire, England. He was buried in 1789 in Carbrooke, Norfolkshire, England. He died in 1789 in Carbrooke, Norfolkshire, England.
+8 vii. Thomas Taylor Sayer.
+9 viii. Robert Sayer.
+10 ix. Edward (Edmund) Sayer.
11 x. John Sayer was born on 8 May 1792 in Carbrooke, Norfolkshire, England. He was christened on 13 May 1792 in Carbrooke, Norfolkshire, England.
12 xi. Samuel Sayer⁽¹⁾ was born before 6 Oct 1793 in Carbrooke, Norfolkshire, England. He was christened on 6 Oct 1793 in Carbrooke, Norfolkshire, England. He died before 22 Nov 1811 in Carbrooke, Norfolkshire, England. He was buried on 22 Nov 1811 in Carbrooke, Norfolkshire, England.
+13 xii. Benjamin Sayer.
+14 xiii. Charles Sayer.
+15 xiv. Joseph Sayer.

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