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Hello, I am researching my family tree and wondered if any one could be of assistance.
I am the granddaughter of James Wardley born around 1876 in Blaxhall. I know his first marriage was to an Elizabeth and they had a son Leonard who I believe was born in 1906. Both James and Elizabeth are buried in the churchyard.
James' second marriage was to my grandmother Elsie Tongate in Dennington and they had a son Robert (my dad) in 1946 when James was 71! James died in 1952.
As far as I can be certain James parents were Charles and Ellen.
There are so many fractions of the Wardley family tree that I would appreciate any help.
I would like to compile our family tree for my dad as losing his father when he was so young, and his other aunts/uncles would have being so much older at the time (due to his father being older than average shall we say) he really has had no Wardley links to speak of.
We are both proud of being Wardley's and as I have no brothers to carry on the name I have adopted Wardley as an extra middle name now that I am married and my two children have Wardley as middle names also.
I would appreciate any help thank you.
Trenna

Hi, my name is Pat Chaplin and I am probably not alone in being a 1st cousin 5 times removed of David Ling, the notorious one man population explosion of Blaxhall. My 4x great grandfather Thomas Ling (1730) Swilland, was the brother of David's father David, (1728) Swilland.

I have traced the Transported Ling half brothers William and John Ling, the sons of David Ling (1754), who stole a pig, from their sentencing at the Suffolk Assizes to William's untimely and painful death on board the "Susan" due to Extravasation of Urine, to John's arrival in Tasmania where he was given a Conditional Pardon on the 31 Oct 1846, and a Free Certificate on the 6 Sep 1852. John went on to became a Farmer of 40 acres of land. He died in Bagdad on 22 July 1865 of Dysentery. He is buried in Kempton (formerly Green Ponds) Tasmania.
I have a photo of John's head stone and one of a group of Ling's. One being a Charlotte Ling....could this be his wife that he had to leave behind in England and who disappeared after the 1851 census when she was known to be working in Soho London as a Laundress?? I wonder!!

My own x4 Great grandfather Thomas Ling had his own problems, he and his wife Deborah nee Evens, with my 3x great grandmother Deborah Ling and their son Thomas were caught up in the Settlement and Examination Orders merry-go-round, when they were given Removal Orders on 2 occasions from St Matthews Ipswich to Depden.
Deborah's (the daughter) second marriage, after her 1st husband John Hanslip died, was to John Cockle, which then lead on down the generations to the birth of my mother in 1912, who was also a Cockle.

Sorry if I've bored anyone...just thought some of the information might be helpful to some of you.

I would also like to thank everyone concerned with the running of this site...it is the most informative and welcoming site I have ever come across and I have passed it on to many other researchers who are connected to Blaxhall in one way or another.

Please can you put the Photo Gallery back on soon...I miss looking at them and it's lovely to see relatives you never knew you had.

Hello - thanks for such an informative site. I am descended from David Ling (1728-1788) and Hannah Woolnough via their son David Ling (1754-1826) and his wife B Middleton via their son George Ling (1790-1863) and his wife Jemima Burch. Their son also George Ling was born c 1814 and he married Ann (b 1809 Bromley, Kent) and moved to Kent where their dau Elizabeth Ling was born c 1845. She was my gg grandmother.

I am looking for any information in connection with the above surnames. My Great Grandparents were Arthur Shaw born 1845 & Honor Gooch born 1849 North Lopham,. They owned a grocers shop in Snape, which is now the Golden Key. Their son Harry born 1881 married Lily Rose Gooding in Snape about 1903. Some of her family were born in Blaxhall.
Any information would be appreciated.