Birth: April-May 1850 Harpley, Norfolk, UK
Father: William Pilgrim 1821-1900
Mother: Anne Fackenbridge 1822-1900
Christening: 2 June 1850 Harpley, Norfolk, UK
Marriage: 16 December 1876 East Raynham (Rainham), Norfolk, UK
Wife: Mary Ann (Anne) Taylor c1849-1890
Marriage: July-September 1892 Freebridge Lynn, Norfolk, UK
Wife: Eliza Barnes 1862-1940
Death: July-September 1934 Docking, Norfolk, UK
By Mary Ann
Reuben Pilgrim 1877-1954
Mabel Pilgrim [Everitt] 1878-1964
Eliott William Pilgrim 1881
Esther Pilgrim 1886
By Eliza
William Pilgrim 1892
Rose Ann Pilgrim 1896
Emily Pilgrim 1900
Reginald John Pilgrim 1901
Ezra Pilgrim 1903
Birth of John Pilgrim in FreeBMD in April-June 1850 in Freebridge (13 156).
Two entries in Ancestry All England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for John Pilgrim baptised on 2 June 1850, parents William and Anne Pilgrim, in Norwich, Norfolk in one and Harpley, Norfolk in the other.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935 for John Pilgrim "Page 59 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Harpley in the County of Norfolk in the Year 1850 [...] 1850 June 2nd No. 468 John Son of William, a Shepherd, and Anne Pilgrim of Harpley".
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915 for John Pilgrim "Page 59 Baptisms folemnized in the Parifh of Harpley in the County of Norfolk in the Year 1850 [...] 1850 June 2nd No. 468 John Son of William, a Shepherd, and Anne Pilgrim of Harpley".
In the 1851 census as John Pilgrim aged 1, born in Harpley, Norfolk and living with his parents (William and Ann) and two sisters (Alace and Emealy) in Harpley, Norfolk.
In the 1861 census as John Pilgrim aged 11, born in Harpley, Norfolk, and living with his parents (William and Ann) and two sisters (Emily and Phebe) in Nethergate Street, Harpley, Norfolk.
In the 1871 census as John Pelgrin (sic - in the index, Pilgrim on the original), aged 21, single, an agricultural labourer, and living with his parents (Willam and Ann) and sister (Emily) in Paxfield Cottages, Helbroughton Road, West Raynham, Norfolk.
Mariage of John Pilgrim and Mary Anne Taylor in FreeBMD in October-December 1876 in Walsingham (4b 817).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 for John Pilgrim and Mary Anne Taylor on 10 December 1876 in East Rainham, Norfolk and another for John Pilgrim, father William Pilgrim, and Mary Ann Taylor on 16 December 1876 in East Rainham, Norfolk.
Two entries in Ancestry All Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940 for the marriage of John Pilgrim and Mary Anne Taylor on 10 December 1876 in East Raynham, Norfolk "The Year 1875 No [blank] Banns of Marriage between John Pilgrim Single man of West Raynham and Mary Anne Taylor Single woman of East Raynham Were published on the three Sundays underwritten: 1st Time, Sunday, Nov 26 [...] 2d Time, Sunday, Dec.3 [...] 3d Time, Sunday, Dec. 10" for the marriage of John Pilgrim and Mary Anna (sic) Taylor on 10 December 1876 in East Raynham, Norfolk "Page 62 1876 Marriage solemnised in the Parish Church in the Parish of Raynham St Mary in the County of Norfolk No. 124 Decr 16th John Pilgrim of full age, a Single man and labourer of West Raynham, father William Pilgrim, a Shepherd, and Mary Anne Taylor of full age, a Single woman and a Servant of East Raynham, father William Taylor, a Game-Keeper. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after banns [...] in the Presence of William Taylor his mark and E Blaize".
His son and daughter were born in Helhoughton in 1877 and 1879.
In the 1881 census as John Pilgrim aged 30, born in Harpley, Norfolk, an agricultural labourer, and living with his wife (Mary A), son (Reuben) and daughter (Mabel) in Helhoughton, Norfolk.
His son was christened on Helhoughton in 1881 and daughter is East Rainham in 1886.
His wife died in Freebridge in 1890.
In the 1891 census as John Pilgrim aged 40, born in Harpley, Norfolk, widowed, an agricultural labourer, and living with his son (Reuben) and daughter (Mabel) in four rooms at Lodge Cottage, Little Massingham, Norfolk.
Mariage of John Pilgrim and Eliza Barnes in FreeBMD in July-September 1892 in Freebridge L (4b 572).
His five children were born in Docking from 1892 to 1903.
In the 1901 census as John Pilgrim aged 50, born in Harpley, Norfolk, a teamster on farm, and living with his wife (Eliza), two sons (Ruben and William), two daughters (Rose and Emily), and (step) daughter (Martha Barnes) in four rooms at 51 Back Street, East Rudham, Norfolk.
In the 1911 census as John Pilgrim aged 61, born in Harpley, Norfolk, a waggoner on a farm, and living with his wife (Eliza), three sons (Ezra, Reginald and William), two daughters (Emily and Rose) and a (step) daughter (Martha) in five rooms in Back Street, East Rudham, Lynn.
Death of John Pilgrim in FreeBMD in July-September 1934 aged 84 in Docking (4b 258).
There are six entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for John Pilgrim born in 1851 in Harpley, Norfolk, parents William Pilgrim and Anne Fakenbridge, his marriage to Mary Ann Taylor on 1 December 1876 in Walsingham, and four children, and to Eliza Barnes on a September 1892, and four children (not including Reginald).
Harpley is 12 miles NE of Kings Lynn.
John Pilgrim was the father of Reuben Pilgrim, husband of Millicent Rhoda Everitt, Felicity's first cousin twice removed, and of Mabel Pilgrim, wife of Thomas Coopman Everitt, also Felicity's first cousin twice removed.
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