William Laflin moved to Monks Eleigh, where he married Susan Hurrell in the parish church there on 20th October 1829 - Phebe Laflin was a witness at the wedding. Susan had been born in Preston St Mary about 1806.
Their eldest son Philip was said to have been born on 14th February 1830 in Hitcham and baptised there on 13th February 1831.

After this, they seem to have joined the Baptists because the births of the next three children appeared in the register of the Strict Baptist Meeting House at Wattisham.

In January 1832, when the birth of their daughter Sarah was recorded in the Baptist register, William and Suzanna Laflin were living at Ringshall. By December 1835, when the birth of their son George was recorded, William and Susan Laflin were living at Hitcham and they were there in February 1837 when their son Walter was born.

In 1841, Willm and Susan Laflin were living in the Street, Hitcham and William was working as a gardener. With them were Sarah (aged 9), George (aged 5) and Walter (aged 4).

In 1842, they seem to have rejoined the Church of England because Sarah, George and Walter were all baptised in Hitcham in January 1842. Susan Maria Laflin was born on 30th May 1843 in Hitcham, the birth was registered in the second quarter of 1843 and she was baptised in Hitcham on 27th August 1843.
Penelope Laflin was born on 11th September 1847, the birth was registered in the last quarter of 1847 and she was baptised in Hitcham on 31st October 1847.

They have not yet been found in the 1851 census.

In the last quarter of 1859, their daughter Sarah Laflin married Robert Moss in the Cosford registration district (probably in Hitcham).
Their son George Laflin died in the second quarter of 1860 in the Ipswich district and was buried on 28th May 1860 in Hitcham.

In 1861, William and Susan Laflin were living in a cottage in Hitcham and William was working as a coachman and gardener while Susan was working as a laundress. With them were their two youngest daughters, Susan M. (aged 17 and an assistant laundress) and Penelope (aged 13 and still at school).
Walter Laflin (aged 24) was living at 129 Tavern Street,Ipswich in the household of George Light(a linen draper) and working as a draper's assistant.

Walter Laflin died in the first quarter of 1865 in the Cosford district and was buried in Hitcham on 1st April 1865.

They have not yet been found in the 1871 census.

Susan Laflin, aged 62, died in the second quarter of 1868 and was buried on 24th June 1868 at Hitcham.
William Laflin, aged 73, died in the third quarter of 1879 in the Ipswich district. William Laflin of Bildeston (who died at Ipswich), aged 73, was buried on 31st July 1897 at Hitcham.

Their daughters Sarah and Susan Maria.

On 18th October 1859 Sarah Laflin married Robert Moss in Hitcham. Robert had been born on 5th May 1833 in Chattisham and baptised in the Ebenezer Wesleyan chapel in Ipswich on 16th June 1833. His parents were John Moss and Charlotte (born Willis).

Robert and Sarah had a son, Charles Walter Moss, born in the first quarter of 1860 in Ipswich. In 1861, Robert and Sarah Moss were living at 28 Upper Orwell Street, Ipswich and Robert was a grocer and provision merchant. With them was their son, Charles W. Moss, aged 1.

They have not yet been found in the 1871 census.

Sarah died in the last quarter of 1873 at the age of 40 in Ipswich. In the third quarter of 1875, Susan Maria Laflin and Robert Moss were married in the Bury St Edmunds district. Susan Maria was Sarah's younger sister.

In 1881, Robert and Susan Maria Moss were living at 28 Upper Orwell Street, Ipswich and Robert was a grocer. With them was Robert's son, Charles Walter Moss (aged 21) who was unmarried and working as a grocer's assistant.

In 1891, Robert and Susan Maria Moss were still living at 28 Upper Orwell Street and Robert was a grocer. With them was their niece Ellen Gertrude May Ward (aged 21) single and working as a fancy trade assistant.
Meanwhile Charles Moss (aged 31 and born in Ipswich) was living at 20 Trafalgar Road, Great Yarmouth and was a "professor of music". With him were his wife Edith Moss (aged 24 and born in Yarmouth) and Rebekah Moss, a domestic servant (single, aged 21 and born in Hardley, Norfolk).

In 1901, Robert and Susan M. Moss were living at 205 Woodbridge Road, Ipswich and Robert was a retired grocer. Charles W. Moss and Edith A.Moss were living at 21 Trafalgar Road, Great Yarmouth and Charles was an organist and professor of music.

Sources for this section.

Parish registers for Ringshall, Monks Eleigh and Hitcham - available in Ipswich Record Office.
Register for the Strict Baptist Meeting House, Wattisham - births 1763-1837 transcribed and available in Ipswich Record Office.
Civil Registration Indexes available online from FreeBMD
Civil Registration Indexes and Census Data available online from Findmypast
Private communications from Margaret Dyer and David Squirrel

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