A village with a big story
Baptisms – Independent Chapel, Hall Street, Long Melford
Joseph, son of George Firmin and Mary of Stanstead, Suffolk on 20.3.1734[1]
Hannah, daughter of Samuel Firman (Labourer) and Hannah on 27.11.1803
Marriage – Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford, Suffolk
Joan Firmen [c1536-c1588] to Clement Chaplin [c1530-1601] on 9.9.1571
Burials – Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford, Suffolk[2]
Thomas Firman on 28.4.1604 | Margaret Firmin on 4.12.1608 | Joan Firmen on 25.5.1614 |
Alice Firman on 28.5.1615 | Philip Firman on 22.7.1624 | James Firman on 23.8.1624 |
Elizabeth Firmen on 16.10.1624 | Thomas Firman on 26.11.1626 | John Firmen on 7.4.1628 |
John Firmen on 28.4.1629 | Michael Firmen on 10.2.1631 | Thomas Firmen on 24.2.1631 |
John Firman on 7.6.1631 | Thomas Firmin on 2.10.1638 | Ellen Firmin on 22.1.1654 |
Anne Firmin on 6.4.1669 | John Firmin on 17.9.1677 | John Firmin on 4.7.1681 |
Thomas Firmin on 1.3.1683 | Mary Firmin on 6.4.1683 | Joseph Firmin on 30.6.1685 |
Alice Firmin on 4.2.1689 | Honnor Firmin on 6.11.1691 | Elizabeth Firmin on 10.5.1701 |
Mary Firmin on 1.1.1702 | Thomas Firmin on 1.1.1706 | William Firmin on 15.2.1710 |
Thomas Firmin on 29.6.1713 | Margery Firmin on 8.8.1713 | William Firmin on 14.5.1720 |
Susan Firmin on 11.11.1728 | Jemima Firmin on 27.9.1729 | Thomas Firmin on 20.11.1729 |
Anne Firmin on 16.12.1729 | Susan Firmin on 27.10.1748 | Sarah Firmin on 6.4.1765 |
| Samuel Firmin on 28.1.1773 |
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Register: Duties Paid for Apprentices’ Indentures, 1710-1811
Susan Firmin apprenticed to Martha Brunning, Mantua Maker of Long Melford on 22.11.1757
George Firman apprenticed to Robert Death, butcher of Long Melford on 8.5.1786
1841 UK Census
Louisa Firman [b1821] of The Green, Long Melford
George Firman [b1826] of Lineage Cottage Lineage Wood, Long Melford
Newspaper Death Notice
Elizabeth Firmin, daughter of Thomas Samuel Firmin of Wethersfield, Essex, died on 16.2.1866 in Long Melford.[3]
Select Biography
Firman, Mabel Grace – Born: Halstead, Essex on 13.12.1892.[4] Parents: William Baker Firman (Innkeeper of the Cricketers Inn at Coggeshall) and Ellen Louise [née Stimpson]. Home: West Street, Great Coggeshall, Essex (1901), Oakwood, Sylvan Avenue, Mill Hill, Middlesex (1911), 30 Approach Road, Cliftonville, Margate, Kent (1921), Hall Street, Long Melford (1939). Occupation: Domestic Nurse (1911), Sick Nurse (1921), Nurse and Housekeeper to Ethel Fisher of Long Melford (1939). Died Colchester, Essex, buried at St Peter ad Vincula, Coggeshall, Essex on 22.1.1974.
Notes – [1] TNA – RG4/1853. [2] Source – National Burial Index for England & Wales. [3] Essex Herald 27.2.1866 and the National Probate Calendar. [4] 1939 Register.