Birth: 12 December 1782 Banham, Norfolk, UK
Father: Charles Catlyn (Catlin, Catling) 1755-1826
Mother: Susan (Susanna) Limmer 1752-1828
Christening: 27 Dcember 1782 St Mary, Banham, Norfolk, UK
Marriage: 25 December 1806 St Mary, Kenninghall, Norfolk, UK
Wife: Phoebe (Phebe, Pheobe) Flatt 1779-1861
Death: September 1855 Fersfield, Norfolk, UK
Buried: 30 September 1855 Fersfield, Norfolk, UK
Mary Catlyn (Catling) 1807
Charlotte Catlyn (Catling) [Noble] 1810-1857
John Catlyn (Catling) 1811-1811
James Catlyn (Catling) 1813-a1851
William James Catlyn (Catling) c1816-a1871
Sophia Catlyn (Catling, Cattling) [Coe] 1817-1897
Esther Calling (Catling, Catlyn) [Cox (Cock)] 1820-1901
Susanna Catlyn [Morley] 1823-1906
There is a submitted entry in the IGI for the birth of James Catling in about 1789 in West Harling, Norfolk, UK and his marriage in about 1814.
Entry in FreeReg for the birth of James Catling on 12 December 1782 and his christening on 27 December 1782 at St Mary, Banham, Norfolk, parents Cha and Susan Catling (taken from the Archdeacon's Transcripts).
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935 for James Catling born 12 December 1782 baptised 27 December 1782 at Banham, Norfolk, parents Cha and Susan Catling. "Births & Baptisms 1782 [...] James ye Son of Cha. & Susan Catling born Dec. 12 bapt 27". No month but the previous page ends Dec 3 1782 and the next entry is Jan 8 1783.
Two entries in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 for James Catling and Phoebe Flatt on 25 December 1806 in Kenninghall, Norfolk and for James Catling and Phobe Flatt on 25 December 1806 in Hargham, Norfolk.
Entry in FreeReg for the marriage of James Catling, a bachelor of Kenninghall and Phoebe Flatt, a spinster of Kenninghall, on 25 December 1806 at St Mary, Kenninghall, witnessed by John Moore and Martha Flatt, both of whom made their mark.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935 for the marriage of James Catling and Phoebe Flatt on 25 December 1806 in Kenninghall, Norfolk. "James Catling of this Parish Singleman and Phabe [there is only one letter between h and b that looks more like an a] Flatt of the same Parish Spinster were Married in this Church by Banns this Twenty fifth Day of December in the year One Thousand wight hundred and six [both made their marks] In the Presence of John Moore Martha Flatt, both [both made their marks]".
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936 for the marriage of James Catling and Phabe Flatt on 21 December 1805 in Kenninghall, Norfolk. "The Year 1896 Page 25 [...] No. 75 James Catling of this Parish Singleman and Phobe [there is only one letter between h and b that looks more like an o] Flatt of the same Parish Spinster were Married in this Church by Banns this Twenty fifth Day of December in the year One Thousand wight hundred and six [both made their marks] In the Presence of John Moore Martha Flatt, both [both made their marks]".
Mary was born in Fersfield in 1807, Charlotte, John and James in Kenninghall 1809-1813, William and Sophia in East Harling in 1816-1817, and Esther and Susan in Fersfield in 1821-1826. He is described as a labourer in the christening entry for James in 1813. The spelling Catling is used in all entries.
In the 1841 census as James Catlyn, aged 55 (rounded down to a multiple of 5), born in Norfolk, employed as an agricultural labourer, and living with Pheby (wife?), Easter and Susan (daughters?), and Jonathen Ashman (aged 40 and born in Norfolk) at Fersfield street, Fersfield, Norfolk.
In the 1851 census as James Catlyn aged 69, born in Banham, Norfolk, employed as an agricultural labourer but also a pauper, and living with his wife (Phebe) in Church Street, Fersfield, Norfolk.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935 for James Catlin buried on 30 September 1855 aged 75 in Fersfield, Norfolk. "Page 29 Burials in the Parish of Fersfield in the County of Norfolk in the Year 1855 [...] James Catlin No. 233 [of] Fersfield Sept 30th [aged] yrs 75"
Entry in FindaGrave for James Catling born 12 December 1782 in Banham, Breckland, Norfolk, wife Phoebe, chidren Charlotte, Mary, Sophia and Susanna, died in 1855 and buried in St Andrew, Fersfield, South Norfolk.
The following information is from Les Parkins: Charlotte was born and baptised in 1809 and John was born, baptised and died in 1811, and James was baptised in 1813, all at St Mary, Kenninghall.
Don Catling has an entry in RootsWeb WorldConnect for James Catling, a labourer, and his son William James born about 1815 in West Harling, Norfolk.
There are eighty one entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for James Catlyn.
Banham is some 6 miles north of Fersfield which is 5 miles NW of Diss. Kenninghall is 3 miles NW of Fersfield, and East Harling is 3 miles west of Kenninghall.
James Catling was Felicity's third great grandfather.
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