Happy 214th Anniversary Robert BALDREY and Sarah FIELD

Robert BALDRY was baptised in Denton, Norfolk on 16 Aug 1772. His parents were Thomas BALDRY and Sarah PAIN. Robert had at least two older siblings: Sarah (who married William Pallent)  and Thomas (who married Elizabeth).

History of Denton


St. Mary's church, Denton
includes the remains of a Norman round tower

















Robert's father Thomas died in Denton in 1795. The following year, Robert BALDRY (my 5th great-grandfather)married Sarah FIELD, in Alburgh, Norfolk.

Sarah FIELD was the daughter of Samuel FIELD and Sarah SPURDENS.

The couple had eight children:
Thomas 1796 m. Isabella
Samuel 1798
Sarah 1799
Mary Ann 1802
Harriett 1805 (my 4th great-grandmother) m. Robert MACKROW 1830
Emily 1808 m. Benjamin Pooley
Elizabeth 1813 m. Thomas Balls
Maria 1815 m. Charles Lightning

Robert BALDREY died September 1839 in Depwade, Norfolk. He was listed at that time as a "coal porter".

In 1841 Sarah BALDREY was living with her youngest daughter Maria in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She died May 8, 1843.