Locality
Early Generations (2)

1              ♦ William Mullens (c1715…) m. Mary —

2              ♦ Samuel Moor (c1690…) m. Joan Howe (c1690…)

3              ♦ Richard Stone (c1710…) m. Mary Moor (c1712…)

3.1           John Stone (c1733…1764) m. Sarah Sellick (c1738…1770)

3.2           ♦ Samuel Stone (1735…1780) m. Joan Mullens (c1736/9…1810)

3.3           Thomas Stone (1737…) m. Jane Norman (c1740…)

3.4           Elizabeth Stone (1739…) m. Thomas Tucker (c1735…)

3.5           Richard Stone (1742…1781) m1. Sarah Sellick (1756…)

4              ♦ Joseph Norman (1766…1838) m. Jane Stone (1763…1840)

4.1           ♦ James Norman (1794…1872) m. Maria Hurley (1797…1868)

4.1.1        James Norman (c1821…1889) m. Joan — (c1822…1901+)

4.1.1.1     Mary Norman (c1846…1901+) m. John Hayes (c1844…1901+)

4.1.1.2     Ann Norman (c1848…1901+) m. Richard Tucker (1849…1881+)

4.1.1.3     Louisa Norman (c1852…1901+) m. James Searle (c1848…1901+)
4.1.1.4     John Norman (c1855…1901+) m. Ellen Matilda Withers (c1853…1901+)
4.1.1.4.1  Frederick John Norman (c1885…1947) m. Edith — (c1887…1980)

4.1.1.5     Martha Norman (c1858…1901+) m. Robert Adams (1855…1901+)

4.1.2        Robert Norman (c1825…1891+) m. Jane ?Baker? (c1827…1891+)

4.1.3        ♦ Sarah Ann Norman (1831…1893) m. Gregory Crockford (1828…1900)

4.1.4        James Norman (1836…1891+)

4.1.5        Maria Jane Norman (1838…1900+) m. James Sage (c1836…1900+)

4.1.6        Joseph Norman (1841…1901+) m. Florence Lucy O Aston — (c1858…1901+)

4.2           Samuel Norman (1797…1861+) m. Sarah — (c1796…1871+)
4.3           Robert Norman (1799…1851+) m. Mary — (…1851+)

5              The Winsford Normans

6              John Norman (c1847…) m. Frances — (c1845…)

6.1           Elizabeth Norman (1868…) m. John Prescott (c1861…)

6.2           Frederick John Norman (1881…) m. Elsie Victoria — (1898…)               

Possibly Related Norman Lineages

Locality

This Norman family lineage has been traced back to the late eighteenth century at Cannington in central north Somerset. In the early 1820s it is associated with Winsford and shortly thereafter Cutcombe in Somerset.

Early Generations

1. ♦ William Mullens (c1715…) and Mary —                            

Children of William and Mary Mullens baptised at Cannington, Somerset, included :

• MARY MULLENS (baptised August 1726),
• THOMAS MULLENS (baptised November 1733; perhaps the Thomas Mullins buried at Cannington on 2 July 1783; may have married Elizabeth (Betty) Coles at Cannington on 14 December 1764 and had children Ann Mullens (baptised January 1766 at Cannington), Sarah Mullens (baptised September 1770 at Cannington) and Julia Mullins (baptised 14 February 1773)),
• JOAN MULLENS (baptised November 1736; appears to have married Samuel Stone at Cannington in April 1759, nine issue),
• SARAH MULLENS (baptised November 1739) and
• ELIZABETH MULLENS (baptised April 1741).

Contemporaries at Cannington were labourer John Mullens of Wembdon and Joan Thomas, married at Cannington on 12 February 1776, parents of Mary Mullins (baptised 20 April 1777) and James Mary Mullins (baptised 23 April 1780). John was buried at Cannington on 22 December 1782, Joan, wife of John, was buried at Cannington on 25 June 1783..

2. ♦ Samuel Moor (c1690…) m. Joan Howe (c1690…)

[This lineage sourced from Martin Southwood's WebSite http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/wsomparreg/index.html]
Samuel Moor and Joan Howe were married at Kilton SOM on 6 October 1711. They were the parents of at least six children:

• MARY MOOR (baptised 8 August 1712, Kilton; married Richard Stone of Cannington at Kilton on 22 April 1732; five known issue),
• JOAN MOOR (baptised 21 January 1714, Kilton; a Joan Moore married John Levishier at Kilton on 22 October 1737),
• JOHN MOOR (baptised 18 January 1717, Kilton),
• SARAH MOOR (baptised 12 September 1719, Kilton),
• ANN MOOR (baptised 10 August 1722, Kilton; an Ann Moore married John Thorn at Kilton on 25 December 1744) and
• BETTY MOOR (baptised 3 September 1725, Kilton ).

An Ann Moor (possibly a sister of Samuel) and William Williams, both of St Decumans, were married at Kilton on 17 May 1715..

3. ♦ Richard Stone (c1710…) and Mary Moor (c1712…)

Richard Stone of Cannington, born about 1710 in Somerset, married Mary Moor of Kilton SOM at Kilton in April [or perhaps December] 1732. Mary, the daughter of SAMUEL MOOR and JOAN HOWE, was baptised at Kilton on 8 August 1712. Richard and Mary, at Cannington, were parents of:

• JOHN STONE (baptised March 1733, died before 16 May 1764; perhaps married Sarah Sellick (c1738…1770) with five issue),
• SAMUEL STONE (baptised 1735; married Joan Mullens at Cannington in 1759, possibly nine issue),
• THOMAS STONE (baptised September 1737; married Jane Norman about 1769; one known daughter),
• ELIZABETH STONE (baptised December 1739; married Thomas Tucker) and
• RICHARD STONE (baptised October 1742; buried August 1781; married Sarah Sellick (c1756…), two issue; later married Rebecca Diament).

[Other Stone entries are found in the Cannington parish registers (baptisms 1714-1770, marriages 1713-1754 and burials 1813-1848); contemporaries of Richard and Mary were John Stone and Mary Light, who married on 19 May 1730 and bore seven children.]

 

3.1 John Stone (c1733…1764) m. Sarah Sellick (c1738…1770)

John Stone, son of RICHARD STONE and MARY MOOR, was baptised March 1733 at Cannington.

Sarah Sellick of Over Stowey SOM married a John Stone of Cannington in January 1758 at Over Stowey, witnessed by Thomas Stone of Over Stowey. Sarah had been born about 1738 in Over Stowey. [This John Stone may have been John baptised March 1733, son of Richard Stone and Mary, or John son of John Stone and Mary baptised February 1731 at Cannington.] John and Sarah had the following children:

• MARY STONE (baptised September 1757 in Cannington),
• JOHN STONE (baptised November 1759 in Cannington, buried November 1760 in Cannington),
• SARAH STONE (baptised September 1761 in Cannington),
• MAURICE STONE (baptised February 1760 in Cannington),
• JOHN STONE (baptised August 1764 in Cannington, the son of widow Sarah Stone; buried April 1774 in Cannington).

John Stone husband of Sarah was buried in May 1764 in Cannington. Sarah Stone nee Sellick was buried in December 1770 in Over Stowey.

Peter J. Stone of South Africa wrote (28Apr2002):

I believe the Thomas STONE who witnessed the marriage of John and Sarah SELLICK was probably John's brother. There was indeed a Thomas STONE in Over Stowey in 1858 (my 4th GG who signed the Parish Accounts in that year ) but I suspect that it was not him who witnessed the marriage as he was able to sign his name whilst the Thomas witness put a mark.

I am related to the Over Stowey SELLICK family descended from John SELLICK (alias Honiball) and Mary WALFORD via their son Charles SELLECK and Rebecca CHOLSEY. Charles had a brother William but there may have been other siblings including the Sarah who married John STONE in 1758.

3.2 ♦ Samuel Stone (1735…1780) m. Joan Mullens (c1736/9…1810)

Samuel Stone, baptised 1735 at Cannington SOM, the son of RICHARD and MARY STONE, appears to have married Joan Mullens [or Mullins] at Cannington in April 1759; Joan may have been the daughter of WILLIAM and MARY MULLENS, baptised at Cannington in November 1736. Samuel and Joan were the parents of:

• THOMAS STONE (born circa 1761, buried 15 August 1762, Cannington),
• JANE STONE (baptised 1763; appears to have married Joseph Norman in 1790 at Cannington),
• ELIZABETH STONE (baptised 1765),
• DINAH STONE (baptised 1767),
• SARAH STONE (baptised 1767, appears to have died before 1769),
• SARAH STONE (baptised 1769, appears to have died before 1779),
• MARTHA STONE (baptised 1771; married Michael Perrot at Cannington in 1795),
• ANN STONE (baptised 1777) and
• SARAH STONE (baptised 1779).
  [sources: - Paul Mansfield; Robert Hayward]

Samuel was buried on 30 July 1780 at Cannington, aged 45 years. Mary was buried on 25 November 1810 at Cannington, aged about 69 years.)

3.3 Thomas Stone (1737…) m. Jane Norman (c1740…)

Thomas Stone, baptised September 1739 at Cannington, son of RICHARD STONE and his wife MARY MOOR, married Jane Norman in Somerset about 1769; Joan had been born circa 1740 in Somerset. They were the parents of:

• MARY STONE (baptised May 1774, Cannington; married Joseph Hunt about 1794, Somerset (Joseph had been born about 1770 in Somerset)),
• ANN STONE (baptised January 1778, Cannington),
• THOMAS STONE (baptised August 1780, Cannington),
• SAMUEL STONE (baptised April 1783, Cannington; perhaps married Elizabeth Hurley at Cannington in December 1804),
• JOHN STONE (baptised April 1787, Cannington) and
• JANE STONE (baptised  November 1790)..

3.4 Elizabeth Stone (1739…) m. Thomas Tucker (c1735…)

Elizabeth Stone of Cannington, baptised December 1739 at Cannington, the daughter of RICHARD STONE and his wife MARY MOOR, married Thomas Tucker of Otterhampton SOM at Cannington in April 1760. Thomas had been born circa 1735 at Otterhampton.

3.5 Richard Stone (1742…1781) m1. Sarah Sellick (1756…)

Richard Stone, baptised October 1742 at Cannington, son of RICHARD STONE and his wife MARY MOOR, married Sarah Sellick at Cannington in April 1776; Sarah had been born circa 1756 in Fiddington Somerset. They were the parents of:

• MARY STONE (of Fiddington, baptised January 1777, Cannington) and
• JOHN STONE (baptised January 1779, Fiddington; married Anne Ames in March 1810 at Cannington (Anne died before 1811, in Somerset); re-married in June at Fiddington to Rebecca Diament (born about 1785 in Fiddington)).

4. ♦ Joseph Norman (1766…1838) m. Jane Stone (1763…1840)

Joseph Norman married Jane Stone (?at Cannington?) in September 1790. Jane was possibly the daughter baptised at Cannington in 1763 for SAMUEL and JOAN STONE. Baptismal records indicate that Joseph and Jane were the parents of:

• JAMES NORMAN (baptised 9 March 1794 at Cannington; married Maria Hurley (five, possibly seven, known children)),
• SAMUEL NORMAN (baptised 23 October 1796 at Cannington),
• ROBERT NORMAN (baptised 23 June 1799 at Cannington; perhaps the infant buried at Cannington on 3 December 1803; perhaps married Elizabeth Burcher at Cannington 8 February 1827; indications are that he married (Mary) and was the innkeeper at Crowcombe in the 1830s),
• WILLIAM NORMAN (baptised 22 April 1803 at Cannington),
• JANE NORMAN (baptised 8 April 1806 at Cannington; perhaps married William House at Cannington 27 February 1835).

The burial of Joseph Norman, aged 72 years, took place at Cannington on 6 July 1838; Jane Norman nee Stone aged 77 years was buried at Cannington on 5 June 1840. These ages imply that Joseph was born circa 1766 and Jane circa 1763.

4.1 ♦ James Norman (1794…1872) m. Maria Hurley (1797…1868)

The Cannington Parish Registers record the marriage of James Norman and Maria Hurley in March 1821 ?at West Quantoxhead, Somerset. James had been baptised in 9 March 1794 at Cannington SOM, the son of JOSEPH NORMAN and JANE STONE. It seems that Maria was baptised in 1797 (?at Cannington?), the daughter of JOHN HURDLE (?) and SARA TUCKER, who had married (?at Cannington?) in April 1795.

James Norman, a bailiff of Cutcombe, and his wife Maria ?Jane — [Hurley], appear to have been the parents of:

• JAMES NORMAN (born 7 April 1821, Winsford SOM, died 1889; married Joan (seven known children)),
• JOHN NORMAN (born c1825, Winsford; in 1851 with his younger brother James and cousin Robert as clerks living at 16 South Wharf Road, Paddington, London),
• CHARLOTTE NORMAN (baptised 1 February 1824, Cannington SOM, in 1881 living with her younger brother James at Rawleigh Cottage, Cutcombe, and in 1891 with James at Watercombe, Cutcombe; still alive in 1901),
• JANE NORMAN (baptised February 1826, Cutcombe , buried August 1838, Cutcombe, aged 12 years),
• WILLIAM NORMAN (born 26 August 1827 at Raleigh Cottage, Cutcombe; baptised 10 September 1827, Cutcombe; died 8 February 1892 at Folkestone, Kent, and was buried there; a 'Member of Lincoln's Inn and Land Agent of London),
• MARY ANN NORMAN (baptised 1829, Cutcombe, died 1887; married William Crockford at Cutcombe in 1854, four children),
• SARAH ANN NORMAN (perhaps born at Winsford, baptised 26 December 1831, Cutcombe, died 1893, Cutcombe; married Gregory Crockford (younger brother of William above) at Cutcombe in 1861, four children),
• EMMA NORMAN (baptised May 1834, Cutcombe, buried April 1877 at Cutcombe, aged 42 years; ?never married; resided Raleigh Cottage in 1877),
• JAMES NORMAN (baptised 14 February 1836, Cutcombe, in 1881 living with his sister Charlotte at Rawleigh Cottage, Cutcombe [both un-married] and in 1891 at Watercombe, Cutcombe),
• MARIA JANE NORMAN (baptised August 1838, Cutcombe ; in 1868 married James Sage at Cutcombe) and
• JOSEPH NORMAN (baptised December 1841, Cutcombe).

Prior to Easter 2010 this author had postulated that James and Robert Norman (born c1821 and c1825 respectively at Winsford som) may have been the early issue of Cannington-born James Norman (born 1794), bailiff of Cutcombe, and his wife Maria ?Jane Hurley. A memorial tablet to William Norman as the 'second son of James Norman' in the Cutcombe parish church clearly indicates that postulate was erroneous; consequently James (c1821) and Robert are now considered amongst other Norman families at Winsford 5km SSW of Cutcombe.

It appears that James and Maria went to Rayleigh Cottage at Cutcombe circa 1826-32; the 1841 census has the following entries:
Location : Royal Cottage, Cutcombe [HO107/936/3, folio 7, page 2, lines 2-10, GSU 474595]

Name	Position	Marital Status	Age	Occupation	Born in County	eYoB
James Norman	Head	Married	40	Game Keeper	Y	1801
Maria Norman	Wife	Married	40	.	Y	1801
M.A. Norman	Dau	.	11	.	Y	1830
Wm Norman	Son	.	13	.	Y	1828
Emma Norman	Dau	.	9	.	Y	1832
Sarah A Norman	Dau	.	7	.	Y	1834
James Norman	Son	.	5	.	Y	1836
Maria Jane Norman	Dau	.	2	.	Y	1839
Ann Rawle	Serv	.	13	F.S.	Y	1828

note: Position and Marital Status inferred only (not in census enumeration)

The 1851 census has the following entries:

Location : Cutcombe/Rawleigh Cottage [1 occupied dwelling]  [page 16, entry 48]

Name	Position	Marital Status	Age	Occupation	Birthplace	eYoB
James Norman	Head	Married	56	Bailiff	Cannington SOM	1795
Maria Norman	Wife	Married	53	.	Cannington SOM	1798
Emma Norman	Son	Single	16	Scholar	Cutcombe SOM	1835
James Norman	Son	.	15	Scholar	Cutcombe SOM	1836
Maria Norman	Son	.	12	Scholar	Cutcombe SOM	1839
Joseph Norman	Son	.	9	Scholar	Cutcombe SOM	1842

The 1861 census has the following entries:

Location : Cutcombe/Rawleigh Cottage [1 occupied dwelling] [page 20, entry 124]

Name	Position	Marital Status	Age	Occupation	Birthplace	eYoB
James Norman	Head	Married	66	Steward	Cannington SOM	1795
Maria Norman	Wife	Married	63	.	Cannington SOM	1798
Charlott Norman	Dau	Single	35	.	Cutcombe SOM	1826
Sarah Ann Norman	Dau	Single	29	.	Cutcombe SOM	1832
James Norman	Son	Single	25	Game Keeper	Cutcombe SOM	1836
Maria Jane Norman	Dau	Single	22	.	Cutcombe SOM	1839

The 1871 census has the following entries:
Location : Cutcombe/Rawleigh Cottage [1 occupied dwelling] [RG10/2351, folio 44, page 15, entry 78 (GSU# 835097)]

Name	Position	Marital Status	Age	Occupation	Birthplace	eYoB
James Norman	Head	Widower	76	Bailiff	Cannington SOM	1795
Charlotte Norman	Dau	Single	46	.	Cannington SOM	1825
Emma Norman	Dau	Single	35	.	Cutcombe SOM	1836
James Norman	Son	Single	33	N.S.	Cutcombe SOM	1838
Emma Bennett	Visitor	Single	29	.	Dunster SOM	1842

Maria Norman, aged 71 years, was buried on 7 November 1868 at Cutcombe. James Norman, aged 78 years, was buried at Cutcombe on 12 June 1872.

Witnesses attesting the 1861 wedding of Sarah Ann Norman and Gregory Crockford were James Norman and Maria Jane Norman. The Normans were the sponsors of Gregory's sister Ann's prayer-book.

Thomas Norman, a labourer of Coombeshead in Cutcombe, and his wife Mary were the parents of:

• HARRIETT NORMAN (baptised 1816 at Cutcombe).

The relationship between Thomas and James (born c1800) is unclear.

4.1.1 James Norman (c1821…1889) m. Joan (c1822…1901+)

James Norman, born c1821 at Winsford SOM, son of Cutcombe bailiff JAMES NORMAN and his wife MARIA ?JANE HURLEY or HURDLE, married Joan. Joan had been born c1822 at Exton. James and Joan were the parents of:

• MARY NORMAN (born c1846, Cutcombe SOM, alive in 1881; married John Hayes in 1875 at Cutcombe; three known issue),
• ANN NORMAN (born c1848, Cutcombe; married Richard Tucker in 1873 at Cutcombe no known issue),
• MARIA NORMAN (born c1850, Cutcombe, buried aged 21 years 25 August 1871, Cutcombe),
• LOUISA NORMAN (born c1852, alive in 1901; married James Searle at Cutcombe in 1873; issue unknown),
• JOHN NORMAN (born 1855, Cutcombe, alive in 1901),
• MARTHA NORMAN (born c1858, Cutcombe; married Robert Adams in 1882 at Cutcombe; one known child),
• GEORGE NORMAN (born 1860, Cutcombe, alive in 1901) and
• EVA NORMAN (born c1863, Cutcombe, alive and unmarried on 12 October 1882).

The 1851 census shews the family at Higher House:
Location : Cutcombe/Higher House Farm [page 10, entry 36]

Name	Position	Marital Status	Age	Occupation	Birthplace	eYoB
James Norman	Head	Married	30	Farmer, 150ac. emp. 3 labourers	Winsford SOM	1821
Joan Norman	Wife	Married	29	Farmer's Wife	Exton SOM	1822
Mary Norman	Dau	.	5	Home	Cutcombe SOM	1846
Ann Norman	Dau	.	3	Home	Cutcombe SOM	1848
Maria Jane Norman	Son	.	1	Home	Cutcombe SOM	1858
Harriet Susan Escott	Serv	Single	16	Domestic Servant	Cutcombe SOM	1835
John Herd	Serv	Single	18	Farm Servant	Cutcombe SOM	1833
George Fish	Serv	Single	16	Farm Servant	Cutcombe SOM	1835

The 1861 census also shews the family at Higher House:
Location : Cutcombe/Higher House Farm [page ?, entry 71]

Name	Position	Marital Status	Age	Occupation	Birthplace	eYoB
James Norman	Head	Married	40	Farmer of 300 acres. emp. 2 men 1 boy	Winsford SOM	1821
Joan Norman	Wife	Married	39	.	Exton SOM	1822
Mary Norman	Dau	.	15	.	Cutcombe SOM	1846
Ann Norman	Dau	.	13	Scholar	Cutcombe SOM	1848
Maria Norman	Son	.	11	Scholar	Cutcombe SOM	1850
John Norman	Son	.	9	.	Cutcombe SOM	1852
Louisa Norman	Dau	.	6	.	Cutcombe SOM	1855
Martha Norman	Dau	.	3	.	Cutcombe SOM	1858
George Norman	Son	.	11m	.	Cutcombe SOM	1860
William Caple	Serv	Single	16	Carter	Cutcombe SOM	1833
Thomas Thorne	Serv	Single	16	Carter	Cutcombe SOM	1835
George Fish	Serv	Single	16	Farm Servant	Cutcombe SOM	1835

The 1871 Census lists James Norman, a farmer of 400 acres and employer of three men and two boys, as married head of the household at "Higher House" Cutcombe SOM. James, aged 50 and born at Winsford, may have been a brother of Sarah Ann and a witness at her wedding. With James lived his wife, Joan (49, born at Exton), their unmarried children Mary (25), Ann (23), Maria (21), John (16), Martha (13), George (10), and Eva (8 years) and indoors farm servants William Tudball (21), and Henry Quartley (14), and agricultural labourer Alexander Skinner (27, born at Minehead). All the above were born at Cutcombe except where otherwise noted.

The 1881 Census has James Norman (60) still at "Higher House", now farming 375 acres and employing two men sand one boy. His wife Joan (59) and unmarried children John (26), George (20) and Eva (17), Cutcombe-born grand-daughter Elizabeth Searle aged 4 years, and farm servant Albert ?L. Court (aged 12, born Winsford) were co-resident.

The death of a James Norman, aged 69 years, was registered in the Williton district in the December quarter of 1889. To date the family has not been located in the 1891 census, but the 1901 census shews Joan a widow aged 79 years at the home of her son John at Gupworthy, Withiel Florey, Somerset.

In the 1901 census Louisa was at her brother John at Gupworthy in Withiel Florey in Somerset:
(Withiel Florey / Gupworthy [RG13/2266, Folio 5, Page 1, entry 2])

Name	Position	Marital Status	Age	Occupation	Birthplace	eYoB
John Norman	Head	Married	46	Farmer	Cutcombe SOM	1855
Ellen Norman	Wife	Married	48	.	Luxborough SOM	1853
James F Norman	Son	Single	17	Farmer's Son	Cutcombe SOM	1884
John F Norman	Son	Single	16	Farmer's Son	Cutcombe SOM	1885
Albert Norman	Son	Single	14	Farmer's Son	Cutcombe SOM	1887
George Norman	Son	Single	10	Farmer's Son	Cutcombe SOM	1891
Lilian Norman	Dau	Single	8	.	Cutcombe SOM	1893
George Norman	Bro	Single	40	Farmer	Withiel Florey SOM	1861
Joan Norman	Mother	Widowed	79	Farmer's Wife	Exton SOM	1822
Louisa Searle	Sister	Married	48	Farmer's Wife	Cutcombe SOM	1853

According to Robert Hayward (pers comm, 2001) Cutcombe-born Elizabeth Searle, grand-daughter of James and Joan Norman, was related to her parents by adoption.

4.1.1.1 Mary Norman (c1846…1901+) m. John Hayes (c1844…1901+)

Mary Norman was born c1846 at Cutcombe to JAMES and JOAN NORMAN. A spinster aged 29 years at Higher House, Cutcombe, Mary married bachelor farmer John Hayes of Coombe Farm, Exford (aged 31 years, son of farmer WILLIAM HAYES) in October 1875 at Cutcombe, witnessed by James Thorne and Maria Hayes. John had been born at Exford circa 1844. John and Mary had at least six children:

• EVA M HAYES (born c1878, Luxborough),
• WILLIAM JOHN HAYES (born c1879, Luxborough),
  
• JAMES NORMAN HAYES (born c1880, Luxborough),
  
• HANNAH MARTHA HAYES (born c1882, Luxborough),
  
• FLORENCE JOAN HAYES (born c1883, Luxborough) and
• AMELIA MARY HAYES (born c1884 Luxborough).
  

It seems likely that the young John Hayes appears in the 1851 census at Newcombe Farm, Exford SOM:

(Exford / ~~worthy Down [film 1790 page 6 entry 17]) [DATA NEEDS TO BE CHECKED]
Name Pos MS Age Occupation X Birthplace eYoB
William Hayse Head M 35 Farmer of 60 acres. Withypool SOM 1816
Charity Hayse Wife M 34 Farmer's wife North Molton SOM 1817
Mary Ann Hayse Dau S 9 Scholar Exford SOM 1842
George Hayse Son S 7 Scholar Exford SOM 1844
John Hayse Son S 6 Scholar Exford SOM 1845
Joan Hayse Dau S 4 Exford SOM 1847
Moriah?.Mirah Hayse Dau S 2 Exford SOM 1849
James Hayes Son S 3m Exford SOM 1851
Frances Quartley Serv S 20 Ag. Servant Withypool SOM 1831
Pos = position in Household; MS = marital status (S:single, M:married, W:widowed); X = Employment Status (E:employer, e:employed, n:neither). eYoB = estimated year of birth (Not included in Census: based on simple subtraction of age from Census year). : This film was difficult to read.

When the 1881 census was taken, Mary and family at Newcombe Farm, Luxborough SOM:, was being visited by her then unmarried sister Martha:

(Luxborough / Newcombe Farm [])

Name Pos MS Age Occupation X Birthplace eYoB

John Hayes Head M 37 Farmer, 260ac., emp. 3 Labourers. E Exford SOM 1844

Mary Hayes Wife M 35 Cutcombe SOM 1846

Eva M Hayes Dau S 3 Luxboro SOM 1878

William J Hayes Son S 2 Luxboro SOM 1879

James N Hayes Son S 1 Luxboro SOM 1880

Martha Norman SiL S 23 Visitor Cutcombe SOM 1858

Mary Cording Serv S 28 Servant Withycombe SOM 1853

Eva Land Serv S 19 Nurse girl Exton SOM 1868

John Burnet Serv S 20 Horse Driver Indoor Carhampton SOM 1862

James Newton Serv S 16 Farm Horse Driver Indoor Cutcombe SOM 1866

Pos = position in Household; MS = marital status (S:single, M:married, W:widowed); X = Employment Status (E:employer, e:employed, n:neither). eYoB = estimated year of birth (Not included in Census: based on simple subtraction of age from Census year).

4.1.1.2 Ann Norman (c1848…1901+) m. Richard Tucker (1849…1881+)

Ann Norman was born c1848 at Cutcombe to JAMES and JOAN NORMAN. A spinster aged 25 years at Cutcombe, Ann married Cutcombe farmer Richard Tucker (aged 24 years, son of farmer RICHARD TUCKER of Countisbury, Devon) in June 1873 at Cutcombe, witnessed by James Thorne and Louisa Norman. Richard and Ann had at least six children:

• JAMES TUCKER (born about 1877, Winsford),
  
• JOHN TUCKER (born about 1878, Cutcombe),
  
• FLORENCE J TUCKER (born about 1880, Cutcombe),
  
• BEATRICE A TUCKER (born about 1883, Cutcombe),
  
• SIDNEY T TUCKER (born about 1886, Cutcombe),
• ELSIE M TUCKER (born about 1888, Cutcombe).

Richard, baptised at Cutcombe in June 1849, was the son of Exford-born farmer RICHARD TUCKER and his wife ANNE TUDBALL (daughter of farmer Alexander Tudball), who had married at Cutcombe on 16 October 1844, witnessed by William Tudball and Betty Baker). The 1881 census shews the family at Cut Thorne Farm, Cutcombe, with Richard’s widowed father Richard:

(Cutcombe / Cutthorne [Film 1341566, Piece 2354, Folio 81, Page 4])

Name Pos MS Age Occupation X Birthplace eYoB

Richard Tucker Head M 31 Farmer, 295ac., emp. 4 men. E Cutcombe SOM 1850

Ann Tucker Wife M 32 Cutcombe SOM 1849

John Tucker Son 3 Cutcombe SOM 1878

Florence J Tucker Dau 8m Cutcombe SOM 1880

Richard Tucker Father W 72 Retired Farmer Countisbury DEV 1809

Sarah A Vaulter Serv U 16 Servant (Domestic) Cutcombe SOM 1865

Mary May Serv U 13 Servant (Domestic) Exford SOM 1868

Gregory Tudball Serv M 43 Servant (Indoor) Cutcombe SOM 1838

Levi Gold Serv U 18 Servant (Indoor) Winsford SOM 1863

Pos = position in Household; MS = marital status (S:single, M:married, W:widowed); X = Employment Status (E:employer, e:employed, n:neither). eYoB = estimated year of birth (Not included in Census: based on simple subtraction of age from Census year).

4.1.1.3 Louisa Norman (c1852…1901+) m. James Searle (c1848…1901+)

Louisa Norman was born c1852 at Cutcombe to JAMES and JOAN NORMAN. A spinster aged 21 years, she married bachelor blade cutter James Searle of Cutcombe (aged 25 years, son of labourer THOMAS SEARLE) in October 1873 at Cutcombe, witnessed by James Thorne and Mary Norman. James and Louisa had at least two children:

• LOUISA A SEARLE (born about 1875, Cutcombe) and
• EMELIA M SEARLE (born about 1879, Cutcombe).

The 1881 census shews the family at Brendon Hill Farm, Cutcombe:

(Cutcombe / Brendon Hill [Film 1341566, Piece 2354, Folio 81, Page 8])

Name Pos MS Age Occupation X Birthplace eYoB

James Searle Head M 33 Farmer, 77ac., emp. 1 man & 1 boy E Collumpton SOM 1848

Louisa Searle Wife M 28 Cutcombe SOM 1853

Louisa A Searle Dau 6 Scholar Cutcombe SOM 1875

Emelia M Searle Dau 2 Cutcombe SOM 1879

Alice F Boyles Serv 12 Servant (Domestic) Gupworthy SOM 1869

Pos = position in Household; MS = marital status (S:single, M:married, W:widowed); X = Employment Status (E:employer, e:employed, n:neither). eYoB = estimated year of birth (Not included in Census: based on simple subtraction of age from Census year).

4.1.1.4 John Norman (c1855…1901+) m. Ellen Matilda Withers (c1853…1901+)

John Norman, born c1855 at Cutcombe to JAMES and JOAN NORMAN, married Ellen Matilda Withers of Luxborough - the marriage was registered in the Williton district in the December quarter of 1882. Ellen, whose birth was registered in 3Q 1852, was the daughter of FRANCIS JAMES WITHERS (whose marriage to MARY POCOCK had been registered in 1Q 1852 in the Williton district). The 1861 census shewed Francis as a widower, living with his sister [whose marriage to Richard Pearse was also registered in 1Q 1852 in the Williton district] and Francis' two children at Luxborough:
(Luxborough, Somerset / Churchtown [1 occupied dwelling][RG9; piece 1602; folio 116; page: 12; entry 56; GSU# 542838])
Name Pos MS Age Occupation X Birthplace eYoB
Francis James Withers Head W 30 Innkeeper Elworthy SOM 1831
Elizabeth Ann Pearce Sister M 31 Housekeeper Elworthy SOM 1830
Henry John Withers Son 6 Scholar Luxborough SOM 1855
Ellen Matilda Withers Dau 8 Scholar Luxborough SOM 1853
In the 1881 census it appears that Ellen was a domestic servant in the household of William Gooding, JP for Somerset, at Durleigh SOM

James and Ellen were the parents of (at least):

• FREDERICK JOHN NORMAN (born about 1884, Cutcombe; died 1975),
• JOHN F NORMAN (born about 1885, Cutcombe),
  
• ALBERT VICTOR NORMAN (born about 1887, Cutcombe),
• GEORGE NORMAN (born about 1891, Cutcombe) and
• LILIAN NORMAN (born about 1893 at Withiel Florey, Somerset).

4.1.1.4.1 Frederick John Norman (c1885…1947) m. Edith — (c1887…1980)

Frederick John Norman, born about 1885 at Cutcombe, son of JOHN and ELLEN MATILDA NORMAN, appears to have married Edith —. Edith had been born c1887. Frederick J Norman died 30 August 1947, aged 62 years; he was interred in the churchyard at St Preock’s Church, Timberscombe SOM. Edith Norman died on 28 February 1980 aged 93 years and laid to rest with her husband. Their issue is unknown.

4.1.1.5 Martha Norman (c1858…1901+) m. Robert Adams (1855…1901+)

Martha Norman was born c1858 at Cutcombe to JAMES and JOAN NORMAN. As a spinster of Cutcombe, she married bachelor farmer Robert Adams of Cutcombe (son of farmer ROBERT ADAMS) in October 1882 at Cutcombe, witnessed by James Joseph Thorne and Eva Norman. Martha and James had at least one child:

• WINIFRED ALICE ADAMS (baptised January 1884 at Cutcombe).

Robert Adams husband-to-be of Martha was possibly on the 1881 census at Putham Farm, Cutcombe:

(Cutcombe / Putham Farm [Film 1341566, Piece 2354, Folio 93, Page 12])

Name Pos MS Age Occupation X Birthplace eYoB

Robert Adams Head M 53 Farmer, 302ac. E Cutcombe SOM 1828

Martha Adams Wife M 57 Farmer’s wife West Worlington DEV 1824

Robert Adams Son U 26 Farmer’s son Cutcombe SOM 1855

Fred Adams Son U 23 Farmer’s son Cutcombe SOM 1858

Philip Adams Son U 21 Farmer’s son Cutcombe SOM 1860

Sarah Adams Dau U 19 Farmer’s daughter Cutcombe SOM 1862

Elizabeth Gunter Serv 16 Domestic Servant Exton SOM 1865

Pos = position in Household; MS = marital status (S:single, M:married, W:widowed); X = Employment Status (E:employer, e:employed, n:neither). eYoB = estimated year of birth (Not included in Census: based on simple subtraction of age from Census year).

Baptisms at Cutcombe for the known children of Robert and Martha Adams (born 1828 and 1824) were Susannah (baptised 21 August 1853 at Cutcombe), Robert (25 March 1855), Martha (8 March 1857), Fred (6 November 1858), Philip (4 February 1860) and Sarah (11 December 1861, when her father’s residence was noted as Pulham Farm, Cutcombe).

4.1.2 Robert Norman (c1825…1891+) m. Jane ?Baker? (c1827…1891+)

Robert Norman, born c1825 at Winsford SOM, married Jane. Jane had been born c1827 at Winsford. This couple may have been the Robert Norman and Jane Baker who married at Winsford on 20 March 1851 . Robert and Jane Norman were the parents of (at least):

• MARY NORMAN (born 1840, Winsford SOM; may have died before 1851 census),
• ANNE NORMAN (born about 1825, Northmolton DEV),
• MARTHA NORMAN (born about 1854, South Molton SOM/ Northmolton DEV),
• JOHN NORMAN (born about 1856, Northmolton DEV) and
• BETSEY NORMAN (born c1857, Molan SOM).
  

The 1851 census has the following entries:
(North Molton, Devon / Lythacombe Farm) [HO107; piece 1891; folio 662; page 12; entry 36; GSU# 221041-221042]:

Name	Position	Marital Status	Age	Occupation	Birthplace	eYoB
Robert Norman	Head	Married	26	Farming 90 acres	Winsford SOM	1825
Jane Norman	Wife	Married	23	.	Winsford SOM	1838
Mary Norman	Dau	.	5m	.	Winsford SOM	1850/49
William Floid	Serv	Unmarried	20	Ag.Lab.	Wilton SOM	1831
Mary Star	Serv	Unmarried	26	.	Exon SOM	1825
Thomas Hobbs	Serv	Unmarried	15	Ag.Lab.	Winsford SOM	1836

The 1861 census shews the family (less Mary) back in Somerset:
(Cutcombe, Somerset / Grange) [RG9; piece 1602; folio 93; page 12; entry 66; GSU# 542838]:

Name	Position	Marital Status	Age	Occupation	Birthplace	eYoB
Robert Norman	Head	Married	36	Ag.Lab.	Winsford SOM	1825
Jane Norman	Wife	Married	33	.	Winsford SOM	1838
Ann Norman	Dau	.	8	.	Northmolton DEV	1853
Marth Norman	Dau	.	7	.	Northmolton DEV	1854
John Norman	Son	.	5	.	Northmolton DEV	1856
Betsey Norman	Dau	.	4	.	Molan DEV	1857

The 1871 has the following entries:
(Cutcombe, Somerset / Codsend) [RG10; piece 2351; folio 32; page 10; entry 45; GSU# 835097]:

Name	Position	Marital Status	Age	Occupation	Birthplace	eYoB
Robert Norman	Head	Married	36	Ag.Lab.	Winsford SOM	1825
Jane Norman	Wife	Married	33	.	Winsford SOM	1838
John Norman	Son	.	15	Scholar	North Molton DEV	1856

The 1881 census shows that at "Codsin", near to "Higher House" occupied by James Norman, lived two families. One was that of agricultural labourer Robert Norman, aged 56, living with his wife Jane, aged 54, both born at Winsford, and unmarried daughter Martha, aged 27 and born at South Molton. The other family at "Codsin" was that of James Mills (28), his wife Lucy (22) and their son Thomas (1).

The 1891 census has the following entries

(Cutcombe/Codsin Mill [1 unoccupied dwelling])

(Cutcombe/Codsin Cottage [1 occupied dwelling])

Name	Position	Marital Status	Age	Occupation	Birthplace	eYoB
Robert Norman	Head	Married	66	Agricultural Labourer  (e)	Winsford SOM	1825
Jane Norman	Wife	Married	64	-	Winsford SOM	1824

A Martha Norman married William Tudball at Winsford on 20 April 1847 ; perhaps she was a sister of Robert and/or James and/or Sarah Ann. Perhaps the 21 year old Cutcombe-born William Tudball (or Ludball), a farm servant at "Higher House" Cutcombe in 1871, was a son of William Tudball and Martha Norman. James Tudball, a literate Winsford-born Wesleyan labourer aged 24, and his wife, Carhampton born Hannah Chubb (married at nearby Dunster in 1852), sailed from Deptford on 21 December 1852 aboard the Monteagle, the emigrants arriving in Melbourne VIC on 12 April 1853.

The death of a Robert Norman aged 73 years was registered in the Williton district in the September quarter of 1896 - perhaps he was the Robert discussed above.

4.1.3 ♦ Sarah Ann Norman (1831…1893) m. Gregory Crockford (1828…1900)

Sarah Ann Norman, born c1831 at Winsford SOM, was the daughter of bailiff JAMES NORMAN. At Cutcombe on 26 November 1861 Sarah, aged 29, married Gregory Crockford, born 1828, the third son of farmer WILLIAM CROCKFORD (born at Cutcombe on Christmas Eve 1796) and JANE FISH (born c1801).

Sarah and Gregory had four known children, the younger three known to be alive in 1891. Sarah Ann Crockford nee Norman died 12 March 1893 and was buried in the churchyard at Cutcombe. Her age inscribed on the headstone was 63 years; this would yield a birthyear (1829/30) different to that derived from the Censii and her marriage certificate (1831/2), 1831 has been adopted throughout this text. Gregory Crockford died at "Hawkington" Cutcombe on 2 January 1900, aged 70 years, and was buried with his wife. For further details of their family see the Crockford files (Crockford Lineage C-5.1.1.6.3).

4.1.4 James Norman (1836…1891+)

James Norman, born c1836 at Cutcombe SOM, was a son of bailiff JAMES NORMAN. On Sunday 7 April 1861, when the census was taken, James was a game keeper living with his sisters Charlott, Sarah Ann and Maria Jane and their parents at Rayleigh Cottage, Cutcombe. In the 1871 census, James was still living at Rayleigh Cottage, with his sisters Charlotte and Emma and their widower father James.

The 1881 census shews him still at Rawleigh, with his sister Charlott:

(Cutcombe/Raleigh Cottage [1 occupied dwelling][RG11/2345, folio 89, page 4])

Name	Position	Marital Status	Age	Occupation	Birthplace	eYoB
James Norman	Head	Single	45	Steward & Farmer 103 ac.	Cutcombe SOM	1836
Charlotte Norman	Sister	Single	57	.	Cannington SOM	1824
William H Norman	Visitor	Single	17	none	London MSX	1864
Eliza Bowden	Serv	Single	14	Domestic Servant	Timberscombe SOM	1861

Charlotte was still alive in 1901.

4.1.5 Maria Jane Norman (1838…1900+) m. James Sage (c1836…1900+)

Spinster Maria Jane Norman, baptised August 1838 at Cutcombe, daughter of bailiff JAMES NORMAN, married James Sage at Cutcombe in September 1868. James, a bachelor farmer of Cutcombe, aged 32 years, was the son of farmer JAMES and MARY SAGE [in the 1851 census, this couple are listed at North Langham, Cutcombe; James, born at Wooton Courtney, was aged 54 years, a farmer of 160 acres, and Mary, born at Lubborough, aged 53 years; their son James was with them]. Witnesses at the wedding were Emma Norman and John Norman.

Children of James and Maria were (at least):

• FRANCIS MAY? MARIA SAGE (baptised 29 June 1870),
• JAMES SAGE (baptised 20 December 1871 at Cutcombe, buried 6 January 1872 at Cutcombe, aged two weeks) and
• ANNIE EDITH EMMA SAGE (baptised 3 May 1874).

4.1.6 Joseph Norman (1841…1901+) m. Florence Lucy O Aston (c1858…1901+)

Joseph Norman, baptised December 1841 at Cutcombe, was a son of bailiff JAMES NORMAN. In 1881, when the census was taken, Joseph, aged 39, was an unmarried farmer at Luccombe:

(Luccombe [Film 1341566; Piece 2353; Folio 65; Page 1])

Name	Position	Marital Status	Age	Occupation	Birthplace	eYoB
Joseph Norman	Head	Single	39	Farmer Of 200 acres Employing 4 Men and 1 Boy	Cutcombe SOM	1842
Jane Baily	Serv	Widowed	37	General Servant	Wootton Courtenay SOM	1844

By 1891, Joseph, aged 48, had taken a wife, Florence L —, begat a child and moved to Wootton Courtenay:

(Wootton Courtenay e57/Burrow [1 inhabited dwelling)

Name	Position	Marital Status	Age	Occupation	Birthplace	eYoB
Joseph Norman	Head	Married	49	Land Agent & Farmer (Auctnr)	Cutcombe SOM	1842
Florence L Norman	Wife	Married	33	.	Pimlico London MDX	1858
Joseph H Norman	Son	.	6	.	Luccombe SOM	1885

4.2  Samuel Norman (1797…1861+) m. Sarah — (c1796…1871+)

It may be that Samuel Norman, baptised on 23 October 1796 at Cannington, a son of JOSEPH NORMAN (born circa 1766) and JANE STONE (born circa 1763), married Sarah — and remained in the Cannington region. It seems that this Sarah was born circa at North Petherton som. Samuel, a labourer, was by Sarah the father of (at least, according to 1841 census):

• HENRY NORMAN (baptised 19 June 1825 at Cannington),
  
• EMMA NORMAN (baptised 27 December 1828 at Cannington),
  
• SAMUEL NORMAN (baptised 1 May 1831 at Cannington),
  
• EDWIN NORMAN (baptised 9 June 1833 at Cannington),
  
• JESSE NORMAN (baptised 17 January 1836 at Cannington) and
  
• AMOS NORMAN (baptised 17 March 1839 at Cannington).

The 1841 census shews Samuel and Sarah at Cannington, following an entry for a James and Mary Norman:
(The marriage of Joseph Norman and Florence Lucy O Aston was registered in the December quarter of 1883 at St George, Hanover Square, London, Surrey.

In the 1901 census, Joseph and his small family are shewn at Watercombe, Cutcombe:

4.3  Robert Norman (1799…1851+) m. Mary — (…1851+)

It appears that Robert Norman, baptised on 23 June 1799 at Cannington, a son of JOSEPH NORMAN (born circa 1766) and JANE STONE (born circa 1763), moved west to Crowcombe som [his older brother James went further, to Cutcombe — rf Section 4.1 above] and that he married Mary —. It seems that Mary was born circa 1799 at Charlynch (about 2km SW from Cannington). Robert was noted as an innkeeper at Crowcombe in 1834, 1834 and 1837. He and Mary were the parents of (at least):

• CAROLINE NORMAN (baptised 26 February 1832 at Crowcombe),
  
• ROBERT NORMAN (baptised 6 August 1834 at Crowcombe),
  
• EDWIN NORMAN (baptised 19 February 1837 at Crowcombe) and
  
• J M NORMAN (baptised 26 February 1832 at Crowcombe).

5    The Winsford Normans

In October 2011 this author became aware of the research publication Norman Genealogy – Ancestors and Descendants of George Norman, I and Martha Melhuish Norman, Somerset, England with Descendant and Collateral Familes of America by William Ernest Norman (1976, 266pp) which, based on the earier research by his grandfather, traced his Norman ancestory back through Halse and Winsford in Somerset. A summary follows in this section. This obviously has the potential to absorb, and order, many of the subsections below. Winsford is 4.25kn SSW of Cutcombe.
In his work Norman states (p2) “The early Normans are reported to have planted a Norman Colony at Witheridge, County Somerset, England at the time of the Norman Conquest. While our research has traced our antecedents back to 1520, word has been handed down that they were descended from William the Conqueror, and thence back to Richard I, Duke of Normandy 942-996, (son of William Longsword; grandson of Rolf and so on --- )n

6. John Norman (c1847…) m. Frances — (c1845…)

Butcher John Norman, born about 1847 at North Molton in Devon, married Frances —, born circa 1845 at Stoke Pero in Somerset. John and Frances had at least five children:

• ELIZABETH NORMAN (born Exford SOM circa 1868; married John Prescott; at least one daughter, born Winsford about 1890),
• THOMAS NORMAN (born Exford circa 1870),
• ELIJAH NORMAN (born Exford circa 1878),
• FREDERICK JOHN NORMAN (baptised 30 January 1881 at Cutcombe) and
• MABEL NORMAN (baptised 24 August 1884 at Cutcombe, living at Luckwell Bridge).

The 1881 census shews them at Luckwell Bridge in Cutcombe parish:

(Cutcombe/Luckwell Bridge [Film 1341566; Piece 2354; Folio 82; Page 6])

Name Pos MS Age Occupation X Birthplace eYoB

John Norman Head M 39 Butcher North Molton DEV 1842

Fanny Norman Wife M 36 Stoke Pero SOM 1845

Elizabeth Norman Dau S 13 Exford SOM 1868

Thomas Norman Son 11 Scholar Exford SOM 1870

Elijah Norman Son 3 Exford SOM 1878

Frederick J Norman Son 3m Cutcombe SOM 1881

Pos = position in Household; MS = marital status (S:single, M:married, W:widowed); X = Employment Status (E:employer, e:employed, n:neither).

In 1891 they were residents of Edbrooke in Cutcombe parish with four of their children:

(Cutcombe e20/Edbrook [1 inhabited dwelling)

Name Pos MS Age Occupation X Birthplace eYoB

John Norman Head M 44 Butcher E North Molton DEV 1847

Frances Norman Wife M 46 Stoke Pero SOM 1845

Elizabeth Prescott Dau M 23 Exford SOM 1868

Elijah Norman Son 13 Exford SOM 1878

Frederick John Norman Son 10 Scholar Cutcombe SOM 1881

Mabel Norman Dau 6 Scholar Cutcombe SOM 1885

Frances Sarah Prescott g-Dau 1 Winsford SOM 1890

Pos = position in Household; MS = marital status (S:single, M:married, W:widowed); X = Employment Status (E:employer, e:employed, n:neither).

5.1 Elizabeth Norman (1868…) m. John Prescott (c1861…)

Elizabeth Norman, born Exford circa 1868, daughter of JOHN and FRANCES NORMAN, married John Prescott; the marriage was registered at Williton SOM in the March quarter of 1888. They had at least one child:

• FRANCES SARAH PRESCOTT (born Winsford about 1890, birth registered at Dulverton, March quarter of 1890).

The 1891 census shews them at Northern Mill in Winsford parish:
(Winsford/Northern Mill [RG12; Piece 1868; Folio 113; Page 7, entry 44; GSU#6096978])