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