James Laflin 1767-1848 & his two wives.

James was the tenth child of Jonathan Laflin and Elizabeth Hicks (or Hix). He was baptised in November 1767. He died in 1848 at the age of 81, suggesting that he was born in 1767. 

                          |-Samuel Laflin 1784-1836
James Laflin 1767-1848    |     mar (1)  1824 Mary Waterman
mar (1) 1794 -------------|     mar (2) 1834 Mary Garrod 
Bathsheba Newstead        |-John Laflin 1796-1797        
1771-1796			
mar(2) 1797 --------------|-Benjamin Laflin 1799-1874
Ann Ramsey 1776-1847      |    mar 1825 Harriet Mann 1801-1870
                          |-Jonathan Laflin 1801-1804
                          |-Robert Laflin 1802-1880
                          |    mar 1823 Tamar Bramford 1798-1875
                          |-Jacob Laflin 1804-1876   
                          |    mar c1826 Hannah c1810-1885
                          |-Jonathan Laflin 1806-1875  
                          |    mar 1858 Mary Otterwell c1800-c1890
                          |-Abraham Laflin 1808-1891
                          |    mar (1)1830 Elizabeth Proctor c1810-c1850
                          |    mar (2)1853 Mary Ann Halls 1820-1901
                          |-Sarah Laflin 1810-1868 mar 1836 James Pearl
                          |-Elizabeth Laflin 1814-1814
                          |-Ann Laflin 1814-1815
                          |-Mary Laflin 1814-1815

James was married twice, firstly in January 1794 to Bathsheba Newstead. She was buried on 9th August 1796 at the age of 25, which implies she was born in 1771 and was 22 or 23 at the time of their marriage. They had two children baptised in Ringshall, namely Samuel in 1784 and John in 1796. John may have been buried the following February.

James’ second marriage was in November 1797 to Ann Ramsey and they had a large family, some of whom died young. In the 1841 census, James and Ann were living at Red House, Ringshall. With them were their daughter Sarah and son-in-law James Pearl as well as grandchildren Jemima aged 15 (Benjamin’s daughter) and William aged 9 (Abraham’s son).

Ann died on 13th November 1847, aged 71 - this suggests she was born in 1776 and was 20 when she married James. James himself died on 20th March 1848, aged 81.

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.