St. Mary, Woodbridge, Suffolk
We seldom find very much to tell us about the daily lives of ancestors who lived so long ago. We count ourselves fortunate if we find their baptismal record, marriage record, maybe the baptisms of their children and a burial record. Then we have a basic outline of who, what, when, where, etc. Continue reading
St. Michael's, Framlingham, Suffolk
In the name of God Amen. This five and twentieth day of October in the one and twentieth yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles the Second by the yeare of God King of England etc. And in the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred sixty and nyne. I John Golty of Framlingham, in the County of Suffolk, gent., Continue reading
St. Michael, Framlingham, Suffolk
Richard Golty was born somewhere in the Ipswich area of Suffolk, the eldest son of Edmund and Susan Goltye. According to the memorial plaque in St. Michael’s church, he died at the age of 84 which would have him born in 1594. Since he entered Cambridge in 1613 that would mean he entered college at the age of 19, which was not uncommon. Continue reading