{"id":13317,"date":"2020-11-10T15:11:15","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T15:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=13317"},"modified":"2022-08-23T17:11:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T16:11:27","slug":"george-rising-1779-1859","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=13317","title":{"rendered":"George Rising (1779-1859) of West Somerton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

George Rising (1779-1859)<\/strong> of West Somerton and Martham<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plus his wife Mary Beart (1783-1852)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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West Somerton Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

George Rising was born in 1779 at West Somerton and baptised at St Mary the Virgin, West Somerton on 20th<\/sup> October 1779 as the eleventh child of Robert Rising & Ann Manship<\/a><\/em>. He had thirteen siblings, namely: Robert<\/a><\/em>, William,<\/a><\/em> Stephen, Tilney, Mary<\/a><\/em>, Edward, Thomas, Benjamin<\/a><\/em>, John, Anne<\/a><\/em>, Charles, Rebecca, and Frances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not much is known about his early life but like his brothers he may have been sent away for schooling. When he was 29, he married Mary Beart on 14th<\/sup> January 1808 at Hemsby. According to the 1851 census she was born in Gorleston in about 1783. Here is a copy of their marriage record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1.11 George and Mary  had the following children:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.11.1 Mary Rising<\/strong> is thought to have been born on 14th<\/sup> January 1809 at Hemsby but nothing more is known about her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.11.2 Ann Rising<\/strong> was born on 29th<\/sup> January 1810 at Hemsby. She married Henry Danby Palmer on 27th<\/sup> October 1842 at Caister-on-Sea. Henry was born in 1815 at Great Yarmouth and was the son of George Danby Palmer & Maria Cross. Henry died in 1871 and Ann in 1880 both in Great Yarmouth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.11.3 George Rising<\/strong> was born and baptised in 1812 at Caister-on-Sea but nothing more is known about him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.11.4 Sarah Louisa Rising<\/strong> was born in about 1816 at Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth and was recorded as living at Sutfield House<\/a><\/em>, Martham in 1901. She died in 1904.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.11.5 Helen Maria Rising<\/strong> was born and was baptised in 1818 at Caister-on-Sea and was still there in the 1841 census but died in 1850.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.11.6 Bright Rising<\/strong> was born in 1822 at Caister-on-Sea and in 1851 was living at Southtown, Great Yarmouth but nothing more is known about him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.11.7 Benjamin William Rising<\/a><\/em><\/strong> was born on 13th<\/sup> October 1821 at Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth. He married Harriot Gillett<\/a><\/em>,<\/strong> the daughter of Richard & Mary Gillett in 1860. They had five children and you can read more about them by clicking HERE<\/a><\/em>. Harriot was born on 29th<\/sup> May 1827 at Halvergate, Norfolk and died on 27th<\/sup> July 1913 at Martham, aged 86. Benjamin<\/a><\/em> died on 20th<\/sup> March 1897, aged 75.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1841 George & Mary were living \u201cOn the Hill\u201d, at West Caister-on-Sea where George had carried on in the family footsteps and was a farmer. Three of their daughters; Ann, Sarah and Helen were also there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the time of the April 1851 census George had retired from farming and the couple were living at High Road, Southtown, Great Yarmouth with their daughter Sarah and son Bright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mary died on 26th<\/sup> March 1852 and George in April 1859; they were both buried in Great Yarmouth.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Burial record of George Rising 25th April 1859 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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George Rising 1779-1859 ancestors chart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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George Rising (1779-1859) of West Somerton and Martham Plus his wife Mary Beart (1783-1852) George Rising was born in 1779 at West Somerton and baptised at St Mary the Virgin, West Somerton on 20th October 1779 as the eleventh child of Robert Rising & Ann Manship. He had thirteen siblings, namely: Robert, William, Stephen, Tilney, … Continue reading “George Rising (1779-1859) of West Somerton”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13317","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13317\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}