Benjamin Laflin 1694-1752

On 23rd June 1694, Benjamin son of Jasper Laughlin and Dorothy was baptised in Bildesdon. 

                   |-Benjamin 1723-?
                   |-William 1725-1731        Benjamin Laughley c1773-?
                   |-Mary 1726-1737           may have been their grandson.
                   |-Ann 1728-1728
                   |-Ann 1729-? ----------|-child buried 1750.
Benjamin Laflin    |-William 1733-?
1694-1752          |-Eliza 1736-?
mar 1722 Ipswich --|-John 1738-?
Ann Clements       |-Abraham 1740-1776
c1700-1781         |-Jonathan 1742-1784 married 1771 Ann Mounser, widow.
                   |-Honour 1747-1765

In 1722, Benjamin Laflin married Ann Clements in Ipswich and from November 1723 to 1752, there are records of the family of Benjamin and Ann Laffley at Wetheringsett. It seems likely that this is the same Benjamin and Ann. The family of Benjamin and Ann Laffley was as follows:

1. Benjamin baptised in Wetheringsett 14th November 1723.
2. William, baptised 30th March 1725 and buried 12th December 1731.
3. Mary, baptised 5th June 1726 and buried 6th June 1737.
4. Ann, baptised 25th August 1728 and buried 25th December 1728.
5. Ann, baptised 25th October 1729.
On 10 May 1750, a base child of Ann Laffley was buried.
6. William, baptised 4th May 1733.
7. Eliza, baptised 11th February 1736.
8. John, baptised 2nd February 1738.
9. Abraham, baptised May 4th 1740 and buried 25th November 1776.
10. Jonathan, baptised 29th March 1742, married Ann Mounser 14th December 1771, buried 19th February 1784.
11. Honor, baptised 2nd August 1747 and buried 7th April 1765.

Benjamin Laffley, a married man, was buried in Wetheringsett on 16th June 1752, aged 58 and on 22nd July 1781, Ann Laughley was buried there. She was not described as "widow" although others on the same page were so described. She may have been Benjamin's widow (aged about 80) or his daughter (aged 52).

Another family appears in these registers following the marriage, on 9th October 1727, of Thomas Leftley and Elizabeth Norman. Thomas and Elizabeth had three children, Martha (baptised 1729 and buried 1746), Sarah (baptised 1731 and buried 1752) and Thomas (baptised 1738).

Sources for this section.

Parish Registers for Bildeston, Ipswich and Wetheringsett - all available at Ipswich Record Office.

Page maintained by Susan Laflin. Last updated in December 2007.