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Abraham NUNN

Abraham NUNN

Male 1797 - 1881  (83 years)

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  1. 1.  Abraham NUNN was born on 17 May 1797 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK (son of John NUNN and Mary FLACK); died on 21 Apr 1881 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; was buried on 22 Apr 1881 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Agricultural labourer/husbandman
    • Census: 1841, New Cottage, Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK
    • Census: 1851, Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK
    • Census: 1861, Ruffin's Farm, Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK
    • Census: 1871, Seighbeighs Cottages, Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK
    • Census: 1881, Brookes Corner, Seighbeighs Cottages, Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK

    Notes:

    The following letters were written in response to the accidental death of BK1257 Alfred Nunn, son of Abraham Nunn.
    The Napoleon Nunn mentioned appears to be the base child of a Naomi Nunn, daughter of John Nunn and Sarah (Sally) Silverstone. There is no relationship yet established between the two Nunn boys although a family connection seems highly likely.


    This letter published in the Bury and Norwich Post, and East Anglian, November 29, 1843, was in response to one published earlier regarding Alfred Nunn's accidental death.


    Alleged ignorance at Chevington and Whepstead. To the editor. Sir, - Will you oblige me by inserting if your next paper the following statement, which I trust will be found a sufficient answer to the letter of "One of the Jury," on the inquest upon the body of Alfred Nunn, appearing in your last.
    Napoleon Nunn, who occasioned the death of Alfred, is not a son of poor parents; he has been brought up by his grandfather, until lately an occupier of a farm of above hundred acres in Chevington, and never was an object for admission into a Charity School. Abraham, the father of Alfred, has had seven children, of whom six have been taught to read, and received religious instruction in my schools; the remaining one is afflicted and incapable of learning. All poor parents in the parish have the opportunity offered them of placing their children, at the age of seven, in the day-school, where they may remain at least three years, and be thence transferred to the Sunday School, where they are allowed to continue till the age of fifteen, or more: the object of the Sunday School being chiefly religious instruction; and, although the parents are often compelled to put their boys to work at a very early age, and, I grieve more to say, that there are some that neglect or refuse to send their children to school, who consequently grow up ignorant and vicious; yet, I believe that the number taught, about sixty, is quite equal in proportion to that prevailing in other places; the schools are supported by me and members of my family, without assistance from any endowment or Society. The other two boys, Henry and Arthur Wittam, who were examined on the inquest, aged thirteen and ten, live in Whepstead, and belong to the Sunday School there; but being at a great distance from the church, and often necessarily employed on the Sunday in the care of stock, &c., their attendance has been very irregular, and they have but little knowledge of their catechisms; the eldest, however, can read the Testament decently, and has a distinct knowledge of retribution hereafter; and stated that his parents always instructed him so. It cannont, therefore, be said, that these boys "have not the remote idea of a future state." Your obedient servant, John White, Chevington Rectory, Nov.24, 1843.



    The offending letter follows: Bury and Norwich Post 22 November 1843
    Ignorance of the peasantry. To the Editor.
    Sir, - You will no doubt report in your columns of this week the result of an inquest held at the Suffolk Hospital on Wednesday last. The fact are simple these: that one boy carelessly caused the death of another boy by a gun-shot wound. But the grave and important question, is the worse than gothic ignorance in which the rustic population of Whepstead and Chevington appear to exist. The coroner in his charge was justifiably severe in describing the absence of all moral instruction, were removded
    but by a slight degree from the position of a savage state. One lad, the principal in the accident, acknowledge that he did not know the Lord's Prayer; that he had no knowledge of the name of the clergyman of the parish, and, in fact, that he knew nothing of responsibility with respect to good or evil. The two other lads stated they belonged to the Sunday School; they knew the Lord's Prayer, but had not the most remote idea of a future state. And is this the education of the people, for which so much money is paid? If it is, look at the result; one harmless lad is hurried into eternity, and the innocent cause of it. untutored and uninstructed, knows nothing of the responsibility of hastening his companion to another world. But are the clergy, the paid educators of the people, wholly blameless? Was the rector or curate of these villages wholly ignorant of the existence of these boys, or were they negligent in endeavouring to lead their minds and cultivate them to the pursuit of virtue, or leaving them in reckless idleness to tread the path of infamy and crime? Sir, we frequently marvel at the spread of crime in the rural districts, at incendiarism, and acts of violence; but when we see the germ of human intellect thus untutored, neglected, and even crushed, - can we wonder that the mind, thus brutalized, its energies cramped and contracted, should in the moment of supposed or real injuries rush to the perpetration of wild and savage revenge? Yet when any plan of educating the people is proposed, it is generally met with all the fury of orthodox resentment? Take this instance of proof of the careful teaching of the rustic population, and it there is a feeling of moral reflection amongst your readers, they will in unison with me blush to think, tt\hat within a range of six miles from a town like Bury, with a church in the village, and, I dare say, a tolerable benefice, that human beings should be found, whose ignorance, as far as Christianity and morality are concerned, would disgrace the savages of the wild, or the Hindoo worshippers in India. Yours respectfully, One of the Jury.
    [We insert this letter for the lamentable facts which it relates, but not admitting the justice of all its inferences. Unless a minister had the power of compelling the people to come, and send their children to be instructed, there may be instances of such ignorance as is here described, in spite of all the efforts of the most faithful pastor. - ED.]
    Copyright British Library Board



    Birth:
    From Chevington OPR
    Abraham son of John Nunn and Mary his wife (late M. Flack spr) was born 17 May 1797; privately baptised 21 May 1797


    Occupation:
    From Chevington census record


    Census:
    1841 census for New Cottage, Chevington: http://tinyurl.com/cgptop
    Abraham Nunn, aged 45, ag lab
    Martha Nunn, aged 45
    Samuel Nunn, aged 15
    Eliza Nunn, aged 15
    David Nunn, aged 10
    Alfred Nunn, aged 10
    Harriett Nunn, aged 5
    John Nunn, aged 20, ag lab
    Phoebe Nunn, aged 20



    Census:
    1851 census for near Moat, Chevington:
    http://tinyurl.com/cgptop
    HO107; Piece: 1791; Folio: 213; Page: 18; GSU roll: 207440.
    Abraham Nunn, head, widower, aged 54, garden labourer, born Chevington
    Samuel Nunn, son, unm, aged 29, farm labourer, born Chevington
    Eliza Nunn, dau, unm, aged 27, born Chevington
    David Nunn, son, unm, aged 25, farm labourer, born Chevington
    Alfred Nunn, grandson, aged 4, born Chevington


    Census:
    1861 census for Chevington, Ruffin's Farm:
    http://tinyurl.com/cgptop
    John Nunn, head, aged 42, Ag Lab, born Chevington.
    Phoebe Nunn, wife, aged 39, born Naughton.
    George Nunn, son, unmarried, aged 17, Ag Lab, born Chevington.
    Harriet Nunn, dau, aged 14, employed at cloth factory, born Chevington.
    Frederick Nunn, son, aged 11, scholar, born Chevington.
    Abraham Nunn, father, widower, aged 65, Ag Lab, born Chevington


    Census:
    1871 census for Seighbeigh's Cottage, Chevington:
    http://tinyurl.com/cgptop
    John Nunn, head, widower, aged 52, ag lab, born Chevington
    Harriet Plummer, dau, married, aged 24, soldier's wife (housekeeper), born Chevington
    Ellen Plummer, grand dau, aged 4, born Chatham, Kent
    Alice E. Plummer, grand dau, aged 2, born Chatham, Kent
    Abraham Nunn, father, widower, aged 75, ag lab, born Chevington



    Census:
    1881 census for Seighbeigh's Cottages, Brookes Corner, Chevington:
    http://tinyurl.com/cgptop
    Abraham Nunn, head, widower, aged 86, born Chevington (imbecile)
    John Nunn, son, widower, aged 63, ag lab, born Chevington


    Buried:
    Transcribed from Chevington OPR held at Bury St Edmunds by Warren Nunn October 2004:
    Burial No 673 Abraham Nunn aged 86 Apr 22 1881

    Abraham married Martha GILBY on 13 Nov 1817 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK. Martha (daughter of John GILBY and Sarah MACRO) was born on 18 Nov 1792 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died on 25 Jul 1844 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Married:
    Chevington Register Page 8, marriage No 23 Abraham Nunn, Bachelor, otp, and Martha Gilby, Spinster, otp, were married in this church by Banns this 13th day of November, in the Year One thousand eight hundred and seventeen by me John White Rector {Abraham and Mary both made their marks} in the presence of Mary Nunn {her mark} and Abraham Arbourn? {his mark}

    Children:
    1. John NUNN was born on 16 Oct 1818 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died in Apr 1890 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; was buried on 19 Apr 1890 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK.
    2. Samuel NUNN was born on 16 Apr 1821 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died on 11 Jan 1853 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK.
    3. Mary NUNN was born on 24 Jan 1824 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died on Jan 1872 in Sudbury, Suffolk, England, UK.
    4. Eliza NUNN was born on 24 Jan 1824 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN.
    5. David NUNN was born on 15 Mar 1827 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died on 10 Jan 1900 in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia; was buried on 11 Jan 1900 in Ipswich Cemetery, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.
    6. Alfred NUNN was born on 13 Jun 1829 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died on 14 Nov 1843 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; was buried on 19 Nov 1843 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK.
    7. Harriet NUNN was born on 14 Mar 1832 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died in Jan 1849 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; was buried on 3 Jan 1849 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John NUNN was born in Oct 1743 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK (son of John NUNN and Martha RUTLEGE); died on 5 Dec 1822 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; was buried on 6 Dec 1822 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: 1773; Labourer

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Chevington parish register lists John, son of John and Martha Nunn


    Died:
    Based on burial record


    Buried:
    Transcribed from Chevington OPR held at Bury St Edmunds by Warren Nunn October 2004:
    No 68 John Nunn son of John and Martha Nunn of this parish Dec 6 1822 aged 79

    John married Mary FLACK on 25 Mar 1790 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK. Mary was born about 1763 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died on 10 May 1839 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary FLACK was born about 1763 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died on 10 May 1839 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK.

    Notes:

    Died:
    From Chevingon burial register No 6 1818 to 1894:
    No 244 Mary Nunn widow of John Nunn late M. Flack of this parish 10 May 1839 aged 76

    Notes:

    Married:
    Marriage No 3, Chevington, 1790.
    Banns of marriage between John Nunn and Mary Flack were published on Sunday May 9, 16 and 23, 1790, by me, John White, Rector Whereas John Nunn of this parish, Widower and Mary Flack, of this parish, spinster, were married in this church by Banns this twenty fifth day of May in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety by me John White, rector.
    Marriage was solemnized between us John (X) Nunn & Mary (X) Flack in the presence of Robert (X) Leader and John Evered

    Children:
    1. Mary NUNN was born on 15 Dec 1788 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died on 15 Feb 1867 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK.
    2. John NUNN was born on 5 May 1791 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died on 17 Nov 1825 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK.
    3. Samuel NUNN was born on 7 Dec 1793 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died in JAN-MAR 1875 in Suffolk, England, UK.
    4. Hannah NUNN was born on 17 May 1797 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died on 2 Nov 1798 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; was buried on 3 Nov 1798 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK.
    5. 1. Abraham NUNN was born on 17 May 1797 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died on 21 Apr 1881 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; was buried on 22 Apr 1881 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK.
    6. Hannah NUNN was born on 12 Apr 1801 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John NUNN was born on 20 Apr 1715 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK (son of Thomas NUNN and Anne STEED); died on 16 Jul 1777 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Labourer

    Notes:

    There are two John Nunns buried at Chevington in the 1770s. In 1771, John Nunn the elder a farmer was buried on January 5. The more likely John Nunn for this family is the John Nunn, widower, buried 16 July 1777. That's based on the fact that Martha Rutlege predeceased this John Nunn.


    At the website www.a2a.org.uk there are details about acquisitions made by the Hervey family (the third Earl of Bristol) in West Suffolk. The following entry involves a John Nunn of Chevington and is either this John or his son born 1743. However, both are described in other documents as labourers which casts doubts on them having land unless it was a lease situation which they relinquished. There are no other known John Nunns at Chevington who are likely candidates unless further research reveals one. The entry is:

    FILE - Deeds of fields in Chevington - ref. HA 507/2/206 - date: 1677 - 1764
    [from Scope and Content] Obtained by the Earl of Bristol, 10 Jul 1764, from John Nunn of Chevington, farmer, in exchange for a field in Chevington (which was conveyed to the Earl of Bristol in 1811: see HA 507/2/234)

    Died:
    Chevington OPR page 80 1777 July 16 John Nunn widower

    John married Martha RUTLEGE on 10 May 1737 in Denham, Suffolk, England, UK. Martha (daughter of William RUTLEGE and Anne --?--) was born about 1717 in Denham, Suffolk, England, UK; died on 29 May 1754 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Martha RUTLEGE was born about 1717 in Denham, Suffolk, England, UK (daughter of William RUTLEGE and Anne --?--); died on 29 May 1754 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Chevington OPR: 1754 May 29 Martha Nunn wife of John Lab

    Notes:

    Married:
    John Pallant researching at the Leicester University Library for the Suffolk Family History Society reports that John Nunn worked for 12 months at Cheppenham to gain settlement there to entitle him to marry Martha Rutlege of Denham
    Suffolk, England, Extracted Parish Records about John Nune Martha Rutledg 10 May 1737 John Nune of Chepenham & Martha Rutledg of Denham.
    Book: Marriages. (Marriage) Collection: Suffolk: Denham - Parish Registers (Christenings, Marriages, Burials) With Historical Notes and Notices, 1539-1850

    Children:
    1. Martha NUNN was born about 1738 in Denham, Suffolk, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN.
    2. Ann NUNN was born about 1739 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN.
    3. 2. John NUNN was born in Oct 1743 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died on 5 Dec 1822 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; was buried on 6 Dec 1822 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK.
    4. William NUNN was born in 1745 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN.
    5. Thomas NUNN was born in 1748 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died in Jan 1823 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; was buried on 17 Jan 1823 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK.
    6. Martha NUNN was born in Oct 1751 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN.
    7. Abraham NUNN was born in Mar 1754 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Thomas NUNN was born about 1684 in Brockley, Suffolk, England, UK (son of Thomas NUNN and Elizabeth CLARK); died in Aug 1729 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; was buried on 31 Aug 1729 in Chevington All Saints, Suffolk, England, UK.

    Notes:

    Thomas Nunn was parish clerk, according to burial entry.

    Died:
    Chevington OPR: Burial 1729 Aug 31 Thomas


    Buried:
    National Burial Index : 31 Aug 1729 Thomas NUNN Suffolk Chevington, All Saints, parish clerk

    Thomas married Anne STEED on 9 Oct 1709 in Brockley Green, Suffolk, England. Anne was born about 1688 in Brockley, Suffolk, England; died on 10 Jun 1762 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Anne STEED was born about 1688 in Brockley, Suffolk, England; died on 10 Jun 1762 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK.

    Notes:

    Anne the daughter of John Steed who married Elizabeth Osburn.

    Died:
    Chevington OPR

    Notes:

    Married:
    IGI

    Children:
    1. Thomas NUNN was born on 13 May 1710 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died on 14 May 1710 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; was buried on 14 May 1710 in Chevington All Saints, Suffolk, England, UK.
    2. Ann NUNN was born about 1711; died in UNKNOWN.
    3. Elizabeth NUNN was born in 1712 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN.
    4. Thomas NUNN was born about 1713 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN.
    5. 4. John NUNN was born on 20 Apr 1715 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died on 16 Jul 1777 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK.
    6. Roger NUNN was born about 1716 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died in Oct 1783 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; was buried on 19 Oct 1783 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK.
    7. William NUNN was born in 1717 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN.
    8. Mary NUNN was born in 1719 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN.
    9. Catherine NUNN was born in 1721 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN.
    10. Alice NUNN was born in 1722 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died in Jan 1722 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; was buried on 20 Jan 1722 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK.
    11. Abraham NUNN was born in 1723 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN.
    12. Alice NUNN was born in 1725 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died in Sep 1727 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; was buried on 6 Sep 1727 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK.
    13. Nicholas NUNN was born in 1728 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died in Mar 1751 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; was buried on 20 Mar 1751 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK.
    14. Francis NUNN was born on 26 Apr 1730 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; died on 26 Apr 1730 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK; was buried on 26 Apr 1730 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK.

  3. 10.  William RUTLEGE was born in UNKNOWN in Suffolk, England, UK; died in Oct 1758 in Denham, Suffolk, England, UK; was buried on 15 Oct 1758 in Denham, Suffolk, England, UK.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Name: William Rutlege
    Gender: Male
    Death Place: Denham, Suffolk, England
    Burial Date: 15 Oct 1758
    FHL Film Number: 993242
    Reference ID: item1 p62

    William + Anne --?--. Anne was born in UNKNOWN in Suffolk, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Anne --?-- was born in UNKNOWN in Suffolk, England, UK; died in UNKNOWN.
    Children:
    1. William RUTLEGE was born about 1708 in Denham, Suffolk, England; died in UNKNOWN.
    2. Thomas RUTLEGE was born in 1710 in Denham, Suffolk, England; died in UNKNOWN.
    3. Anne RUTLEGE was born in 1712 in Denham, Suffolk, England; died in UNKNOWN.
    4. 5. Martha RUTLEGE was born about 1717 in Denham, Suffolk, England, UK; died on 29 May 1754 in Chevington, Suffolk, England, UK.



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