Benjamin Laughley c1773-1840 and Elizabeth Hawes c1775-1810.

On Christmas Day 1792, a Benjamin Laughtly, single man married Elizabeth Hawes, single woman in Mendlesham, following banns. They were both described as "of this parish" and so had been resident there for at least a year and a day. Since they later moved to Wetheringsett and their four children were baptised there, it is likely that Benjamin was connected to the the family of Benjamin and Ann "Laffley" who lived there from 1723. He may have been their grandson. 

                    |-Jonathan Laughlin 1793-? mar 1814  Elizabeth Bumstead
Benjamin Laughley   |-Elizabeth Laughley 1795-? mar 1816 John Ford
c1773-1840          |-? Laughlin          |-John Laughlin c1823-?
mar 1792  ----------|  mar c1820 ---------|-Robert Laughlin 1832-?
Elizabeth Hawes    | Elizabeth c1805-?   |-William Laughlin c1836-?
c1775-1810          |                     |-Henry Laughlin 1844-?
                    |-Benjamin Laughlin 1798-? mar 1819 Martha Salmon
                    |-John Laughlin 1800-1880 mar 1831 Elizabeth Merton c1800-1866

Benjamin and Elizabeth lived in Wetheringsett and their four children were baptised there - Jonathan Laughley on 17th March 1793, Elizabeth Laughley on 29th November 1795, Benjamin Laughley on 2nd February 1798 and John Laughley on 30th March 1800.

Elizabeth Laughley was buried in Wetheringsett on 13th July 1810. Their daughter Elizabeth Laughley married John Ford on 16th October 1816 in Wickham Skeith, when she was 21 (The marriage was taken from the IGI). Benjamin Laughly was buried in Wickham Skeith on 17th April 1840 at the age of 67.

In 1841, John and Elizabeth Ford were living in Wickham Skeith and with them were an Elizabeth Laughlin (aged 35) and three children - John Laughlin aged 15, Robert Laughlin aged 10 and William Laughlin aged 5.

They have yet to be found in 1851, but in 1861, Elizabeth Laughlin, widow, aged 56, was still living in Abbey Road, Wickham Skeith. With her were two sons, Robert Laughlin (a broomseller, aged 29) and Henry Laughlin (an apprentice aged 17), both born in Wickham Skeith.

Sources for this section.

Parish Registers for Mendlesham and Wetheringsett - all available at Ipswich Record Office.
National Burial Index, Census and BMD Indexes available fromFindMyPast.

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