David Minns and Hannah Marsh

View of St Mary Newington Church in 1750 from the South West by Jean Baptise Claude Chatelain. Source: Southwark Heritage Blog, Via: A History of the Parish of St. Mary Newington

David Minns (bap. 5 Sep 1755 in Hethersett, Norfolk), son of John Minns and Elizabeth Reynolds, married Hannah Marsh (bap. 18 Feb 1759, in Hellesdon, Norfolk), daughter of Robert Marsh and Hannah Piggin, on 20 Feb 1775, in the parish of Newington St Mary, 'in the the hundred of Brixton and of the county of Surrey, 1¾ mile (S.) from London'. In 1775, the parish church for Newington, Surrey (often referred to as Newington-Butts), was St Mary's Church and the listings here confirm that this is where they married. I'd be intrigued to know why they made that journey to marry in London. Was it because Hannah was then only 16 and didn't have parental consent?

Records can be identified for the following children of this family: 

1. Robert Marsh Minns bap. 19 Nov 1776 in Hethersett
2. John Minns bap. 21 Sep 1783 in Norwich, Norfolk
3. Hannah Minns b. 21 Feb 1792, bap. 12 Mar 1792 in Heigham
4. Sarah Minns b. 15 Nov 1793, bap. 1 Dec 1793 in Heigham
5. David Minns b. 5 Jan 1797, bap. 8 Jan 1797, buried 3 Jan 1798
6. David Minns b. 19 Jan 1799, bap. 20 Jan 1799 in Heigham

With such gaps between them, there may have been other children.

David Minns was buried on 13 Sep 1835 at St Martin at Oak, Norwich.

In 1841, Hannah Minns (83) was lodging in the household of James and Elizabeth Morrison, in Cross Lane, St George Colegate, Norfolk. 

Hannah Minns (86) died in 1843 J Quarter in NORWICH Vol 13 Page 187.

John Minns and Elizabeth Reynolds

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The church of St Stephen, Saturday, 28 July, 2018

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John Minns of Hethersett, Single man and Elizabeth Reynolds of the same, Single woman were married at St Stephen's Church, Norwich on 4 Sep 1736.

John and Elizabeth Minns appear to have the following children:

1. John Minns bap. 29 May 1737 in Hethersett (Undoubtedly St. Remigius Church in this Octagonal c14th font) 
2. Easter Meens (sic) bap. 25 Apr 1739. Many assume she was called Esther, but the original record does read Easter and Easter Sunday fell on 22 Apr 1739. (Buried as Hester Minns 30 Mar 1745)
3. Elizabeth Minns bap. 12 Jan 1742 (Julian) 12 Jan 1743 (Gregorian) in Hethersett. (Buried 1 Apr 1745)
4. Elizabeth Minns bap. 1 May 1746 in Hethersett
5. Robert Minns bap. 19 Feb 1747 (Julian) 19 Feb 1748 (Gregorian)
6. David Minns bap. 25 Nov 1749 in Hethersett (Buried 28 Jul 1751)
7. Susan/Susanna Minns bap. 13 Dec 1750 in Hethersett
8. Esther/Hester Minns bap. 5 May 1753 in Hethersett
9. David Minns bap. 5 Sep 1755 in Hethersett. (On the Bishop's transcript, the date is shown as 28 Aug 1755, but I can see that this is an error made at the time, as this is the date of the previous entry.)

All of the baptisms list the parents as John and Elizabeth. 

Calendar (New Style) Act 1750: Before 1752, the year began on March 25th, not January 1st. Thus entries between January 1st and March 24th of a given year would be one year behind our calendar. Hence the double entries for Elizabeth and Robert whose births both fell into this part of the year.

There is a burial of John Minns on 17 Apr 1775 in Hethersett.

Elizabeth Minns, Widow, was buried on 9 Oct 1783 in Hethersett.

For further research, however:

1. John Minns Jnr of Hethersett married Sarah Alcock of Wymondham, in Wymondham, Norfolk, on 24 Jul 1759
2. William Redhead married Elizabeth Minns in Hethersett on 5 Dec 1768. One of the witnesses to their marriage was Robert Minns
3. Robert Minns married Mary Cordy in Hethersett on 7 May 1770
4. William Wells married Susanna Minns in Hethersett on 6 Jan 1772
5. George Huggins married Esther Minns in Hethersett on 11 Feb 1774