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| Ruins of St Bartholomew, Heigham, Norwich, Norfolk |
Robert Marsh Minns (b. 1776), son of David Minns and Hannah Marsh, married Mary Kett on 19 Oct 1801 at St Bartholomew's, the Parish Church for Heigham, Norfolk. Mary Kett, baptised here at St Bartholomew's on 1 Oct 1780, was the daughter of Hannah Kett and, just in case there was any doubt, the record of Mary's baptism states that she was 'Baseborn' (illegitimate). (I wonder if they were related to Robert Kett, leader of Kett's Rebellion.)
Robert and Mary also wasted no time in starting a family:
- Robert Marsh Minns b. 1 Apr 1802, bap. 4 Apr 1802
- Mary Ann Minns b. 17 Jan 1805, bap. 20 Jan 1805
- John Minns b. and bap. 19 Jul 1807
- Ann Minns b. 14 Sep 1810, bap. 16 Sep 1810
- Hannah Minns bap. 24 Jan 1813
- David Minns b. 22 Jun 1815, bap. 25 Jun 1815
- Elizabeth Minns b. and bap. 29 Mar 1818
- Harriot Minns b. and bap. 15 Feb 1824
Several of the baptism records, which all took place at St Bartholomew's, Heigham, list Robert's occupation as Husbandman.
In 1829, Mary Minns (née Kett) died, aged 49. She was buried on 17 Jun 1829 in the churchyard at St Bartholomew's, Heigham. The church was destroyed by German bombs on April 27, 1942 and the graveyard was grassed over in the 1950s. No trace of any grave remains.
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In 1841, Robert Minns (55), Ann (55) and his two youngest daughters, Elizabeth (20) and Harriet (15) were at Upper Heigham.
Robert Marsh Minns, of Heigham, died in 1865, aged 88, and was buried on 31 Jan 1865 in the churchyard of St Mary, Hellesdon (where his grandparents had married and his mother was baptised).