{"id":13264,"date":"2020-11-09T21:58:35","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T21:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=13264"},"modified":"2024-07-31T20:30:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T19:30:45","slug":"anne-rising-1774-1844","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=13264","title":{"rendered":"Anne Rising (1777-1844) of West Somerton and Martham"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Anne Rising (1777-1844)<\/strong> of West Somerton and Martham<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plus her husband Robins Purdy (1780-1842)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anne Rising was born in 1777 at West Somerton and was baptised on 12th<\/sup> October 1777 at St Mary the Virgin, West Somerton as the  tenth child of Robert Rising & Ann Manship<\/a><\/em>. She had thirteen siblings, namely: Robert<\/a><\/em>, William,<\/a><\/em> Stephen, Tilney, Mary<\/a><\/em>, Edward, Thomas Sutfield, Benjamin,<\/a><\/em> John, George<\/a><\/em>, Charles, Rebecca, and Frances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When she was 27, she married Robins Purdy, the son of Robert Purdy & Jane Creasey, on 22nd<\/sup> November 1804 at St Mary the Virgin<\/a><\/em>, Martham. Both were single when they married.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Marriage record of Robins Purdy & Anne Rising 22nd November 1804<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Robins Purdy and Anne Rising had the following children:<\/p>\n\n\n

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  1. George Purdy was born in 1806 at Tunstead, Norfolk. He died in 1882 in Norwich, Norfolk.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Robins Purdy was born in 1807 and died the same year at Tunstead, Norfolk.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Ann Purdy was born in 1808 and died the same year at in Tunstead.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Robins Purdy was born in about 1810 at Tunstead. He married Mary Ann Purdy, his cousin, on 31st<\/sup> October 1837 at St Nicholas Church, Great Yarmouth. \u00a0He became a ship owner at Great Yarmouth and died on 16th<\/sup> December 1886 at Southtown, Great Yarmouth, aged 77.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Thomas Purdy was born in 1812 at Tunstead. He married Charlotte Howes and later in life became a master mariner. He died in 1883 at Great Yarmouth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. William Purdy(1) was born and died in 1813 at Tunstead.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. William Purdy(2) was born in 1814 at Tunstead. He married Caroline Mary Hird on 28th<\/sup> February 1846 at Old Church, Saint Pancras, London. He died in 1851 at Islington, Middlesex aged 36.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Anne Purdy was born in 1814 in Norfolk and died on 23rd<\/sup> February 1851 in Great Yarmouth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Benjamin Rising Purdy was born on 13th<\/sup> July 1816 at Tunstead. He married Elizabeth Steward Forder on 29th<\/sup> December 1857 at St Mary the Virgin<\/a><\/em>, Martham. He retired as a farmer in 1881 and died on 13th<\/sup> July 1891. He was buried at St Mary the Virgin<\/a><\/em>, Martham.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Horace Purdy was born in 1817 at Tunstead. He married Julia Perks on 29th<\/sup> September 1846 at Warwick and worked for many years as a surgeon. He died on 28th<\/sup> July 1890 at Southtown, Great Yarmouth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. Charles Purdy was born about 1818 at Tunstead. He married Elizabeth Mary Garnham on 10th<\/sup> November 1852 at St Mary the Virgin<\/a><\/em>, Martham. He was a very successful draper and grocer at Martham where he died on 13th<\/sup> August 1880.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    From as early as 1830 Anne and Robins lived at Grove House\/Farm<\/a><\/em> in Black Street<\/a><\/em> and this was still the case in 1841<\/em> <\/a>according to the census of that year. Robins was a successful farmer at Grove Farm<\/a><\/em> which consisted of around 120 acres. <\/p>\n\n\n

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    Grove House\/Farm, Black Street<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

    Robins died in May 1842 a few months before the 1842 Martham Tithe Award<\/a><\/em> which showed the land held in the name of Anne as being 120 acres, 2 rods & 31 perches which included plot No 37 which was \u2018Grove Cottage<\/a><\/em>\u2019. ‘Cottage’ was an understated word for what was the handsome Georgian house. The plots listed in the name of Anne in 1842 were Nos; 33 to 42; 51 & 52; 157 & 158; 183 & 185; 276 to 278; 341, 342 & 342a; 689 & 690; 718 to 720.
    To give an idea of what areas these cover today they are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n