Jonathan Laflin 1806-1869 & Mary Otterwell c1800-?.

Jonathan was the fifth son of James Laflin and his second wife Ann Ramsey, was baptised in June 1806. An elder brother, also called Jonathan, had died in infancy.

In the 1851 census, Jonathan Laflin aged 43 and farming 24 acres was living in Ringshall with his sister Sarah (aged 40), her husband James Pearl (aged 41 from Rattlesden) and their niece Jemima (aged 26).

On 21 October 1853, Jonathan Laflin (farmer) son of James Laflin married Mary Otterwell, widow. In 1861 they were living in Rattlesden and in May 1869, James was buried in Ringshall. In 1881, Mary Laflin, widow, had returned to Buxhall.

Sources for this section.

Parish registers for Ringshall - available in Ipswich Record Office.
Civil Registration Indexes available online from FreeBMD
Civil Registration Indexes and Census Data available online from Findmypast

Page maintained by Susan Laflin. Last updated in January 2008.