This tree shows only the first four or five generations of the Pidgeons of Great Yarmouth.  Click on the links below to navigate to the three main branches.

It is not certain that Simon Pigeon and John Pigeon, shown at the head of this family tree, were brothers.  But as they both married in the village of Heigham in consecutive years, it is highly possible that they were.  Neither is it certain that Simon Pigeon who married Martha Moor was the son of Simon Pigeon and Barbary Gedge, but the timing of the later marriage relative to the earlier one makes it possible – and Heigham is only a few miles from Great Yarmouth, where Barbary died.  So, although these two connections are assumptions, they could well be valid ones.

Contributors:  Rachel Hill, Peter Anderson, Dennis and Stuart Pidgeon, Alison Pidgeon, Alan Oliver, John Pidgeon, Trevor Pidgeon, Jill Maple, Ralph & Val Pidgeon, Geoffrey Pidgeon, Phylis Sims, Graham Pidgeon,     Anne Hall, Michael Alonzo PIDGEON, Angela BUTLER

Notes:    ab. = about,  b. = born,  bp. = baptised,  bu. = buried,  d. = died,  m. = married,  + = extramarital relationship.

                G.Yar = Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

                Heigham = Potter Heigham, a Norfolk village 10 miles NW of Great Yarmouth

? PIGEON

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    |-? Simon PIGEON (bp – bu.)

    |      m.(31/3/1696, Heigham) Barbary GEDGE (bp.- bu.14/8/1722, G.Yar)

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    |      └? Simon PIGEON (bp – bu.8/3/1747/8, G.Yar)

    |              m.(16/5/1722, G.Yar) Martha MOOR (bp. – bu.1760, G.Yar)

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    |               |– Martha PIDGEON (bp.10/3/1722/3, G.Yar – bu.)

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    |               |– Simon PIDGEON (bp.1/1/1724/5, G.Yar – bu.)

    |               |      m.(5/1/1761, G.Yar) Ann LEAK (b.ab.1730 – bu.1/12/1797, 67y, G.Yar)

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    |               |       |– Martha PIDGEON (bp.1761, G.Yar – bu.1761, G.Yar)

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    |               |       |– Ann PIDGEON (bp.1763, G.Yar – bu.)

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    |               |       |– Simon PIDGEON (bp.1766, G.Yar – bu.)

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    |               |       |– George PIDGEON (bp. – bu.1766, G.Yar)

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    |               |       |– George PIDGEON (bp.1767, G.Yar – bu.) Shipwright (& sailor?)

    |               |       |      m1.(14/2/1793, G.Yar) Jane BALLS (b.ab.1773 – bu.27/7/1794, 21y, G.Yar)

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    |               |       |                   → Anne HALL                                See Pidgeons of Great Yarmouth (1)

    |               |       |                   → Michael Alonzo PIDGEON

    |               |       |                   → Angela BUTLER

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    |               |       |– Edward PIDGEON (bp.19/11/1769, G.Yar – bu.9/5/1774. G.Yar)

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    |               |       |– Martha PIDGEON (bp.5/1/1772, G.Yar – bu.19/5/1773, G.Yar)

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    |               |       |– William PIDGEON (bp. – bu.23/5/1773, G.Yar)

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    |               |       |– William PIDGEON (bp. – bu.1774, G.Yar)

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    |               |      └  Edward PIDGEON (bp.11/11/1774, G.Yar – bu.)

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    |               |– Mary PIDGEON (bp.21/11/1726, G.Yar – bu?17/3/1772, G.Yar)

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    |               |– George PIDGEON (bp.27/7/1729, G.Yar – bu.27/9/1730, 14m, G.Yar)

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    |               |– William PIDGEON (bp.10/10/1731, G.Yar – bu.)

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    |               |– Susanna PIDGEON (bp.16/6/1734, G.Yar – bu.30/3/1737, 2y 9m, G.Yar)

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    |               |– George Moore PIDGEON (bp.5/9/1736, G.Yar – bu.)

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    |              └  John PIDGEON (bp.19/2/171738/9, G.Yar – bu?17/11/1772, G.Yar)

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   └  John PIGEON (bp. – bu?28/4/1747, G.Yar)

           m1.(5/8/1697, Heigham) Sarah STEPHENS (bp. – bu.27/3/1728, G.Yar)

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            |– William PIGEON (bp.1697 – bu.)

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            |– Mary PIGEON (bp.1699 – bu.)

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            |– Sarah PIGEON (bp.1701 – bu.)

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            |– William PIDGEON (bp.1704 – bu.)

            |      m.(31/3/1730, G.Yar) Elizabeth (Sarah) MANNING (bp. – bu.24/7/1788, G.Yar)

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            |       |– Eliza PIDGEON (bp.29/3/1731, G.Yar – bu.3/4/1731, G.Yar)

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            |       |– William PIDGEON (bp.20/8/1732, G.Yar – bu.13/11/1733, 15m, G.Yar)

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            |       |– William PIDGEON (bp.13/8/1735, G.Yar – bu.21/2/1735/6, 6m, G.Yar)

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            |       |– Sarah PIDGEON (bp.6/2/1736/7, G.Yar – bu.)

            |       |      m.(1755, G.Yar) George PLOWMAN (bp. – bu.)

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            |       |– Francis PIDGEON (bp.22/3/1738/9, G.Yar – bu.8/12/1740, 22m, G.Yar)

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            |      └  Elizabeth PIDGEON (bp.6/9/171741, G.Yar – bu.23/3/1742/3, 18m, G.Yar)

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            |– John PIGEON (bp.1706, G.Yar – bu.)

            |      m.(21/10/1731, Lowestoft) Grace SHAW (bp – bu.)

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            |       |– John PIDGEON (bp.7/3/1733, Lowestoft – bu.)

            |       |      m.(24/4/1753, G.Yar) Knots Margaret BELL (bp – bu.)

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            |       |       |– John PIDGEON (bp.14/1/1754, G.Yar – bu.17/6/1756, G.Yar)

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            |       |       |– Nicholas Bell PIGEON (bp.13/4/1755, G.Yar – bu.) Shipwright.

            |       |       |      m.(25.12.1778, G.Yar) Ann HILLSON (b.ab.1759 – bu.25/6/1805, 46y, G.Yar)

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            |       |       |                    →  Rachel HILL                               See Pidgeons of Great Yarmouth (2)

            |       |       |                    →  Peter ANDERSON

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            |       |       |– Margaret PIDGEON (bp.20/6/1765, G.Yar – bu.)

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            |       |       |– William PIDGEON (bp.1757, G.Yar – bu.21/12/1806, 48y, G.Yar)

            |       |       |      m1.(18/1/1778, G.Yar) Ann WEBSTER (b.ab.1756 – bu.1799, 43y, G.Yar)

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            |       |       |                    →  Denis Joseph PIDGEON             See Pidgeons of Great Yarmouth (3)

            |       |       |                    →  Stuart PIDGEON

            |       |       |                    →  Alison PIDGEON

            |       |       |                    →  John PIDGEON

            |       |       |                    →  Alan OLIVER

            |       |       |                    →  Trevor PIDGEON

            |       |       |                    →  Jill MAPLE

            |       |       |                    →  Valerie PIDGEON (née STARLING)

            |       |       |                    →  Geoffrey PIDGEON

            |       |       |                    →  Phylis SIMS

            |       |       |                    →  Ralph PIDGEON

            |       |       |                    →  Graham PIDGEON

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            |       |       |– Sarah PIDGEON (bp.1758, G.Yar – bu.)

            |       |       |      m.(21/11/1782, G.Yar) James SHAWL (bp. – bu.)

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            |       |       |       |– James SHAWL (b.ab.1784, G.Yar – bu.22/2/1808, 23y, G.Yar)

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            |       |       |      └  Sarah Bell SHAWL (bp.1785, G.Yar – bu.)

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            |       |       |– Christopher PIDGEON (bp. – bu.1758,G.Yar)

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            |       |       |– George PIDGEON (bp., G.Yar – bu.1759, G.Yar)

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            |       |       |– George PIDGEON (bp.1764, G.Yar – bu.1765, G.Yar)

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            |       |       |– Rebecca Bell PIDGEON (bp.16/8/1766, G.Yar – bu.)

            |       |       |      m1.(18/5/1794, G.Yar) Robert SEWELL (bp. – bu.)

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            |       |       |      └  Thomas SEWELL (bp.1795, G.Yar – bu.1795, G.Yar)

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            |       |       |      m2.(1801, G.Yar) William ROOKE (bp. – bu.)

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            |       |       |      └  James ROOKE (bp.27/12/1804, G.Yar – bu.)

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            |       |       |– Elizabeth PIDGEON (bp.1768, G.Yar – bu.1769, G.Yar)

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            |       |       |– Elizabeth PIDGEON (bp.23/9/1770, G.Yar – bu.)

            |       |       |      m.() John GOOCH (bp. – bur.)

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            |       |       |      └  John GOOCH (bp. – bu.9/5/1791, G.Yar)

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            |       |       |– John PIDGEON (bp.11/3/1773, G.Yar – bu.1773, G.Yar)

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            |       |      └  Alice Goddard PIDGEON (bp.7/7/1775, G.Yar – bu.)

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            |       |– Grace PIDGEON (bp.28/9/1735, G.Yar – bu.)

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            |       |– George PIDGEON (bp.5/2/1737/8, G.Yar – bu.)

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            |       |– William Shaw PIDGEON (bp.26/101740, G.Yar – bu.)

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            |       |– Edmund Shaw PIDGEON (bp.19/7/1743, G.Yar – bu.30/9/1743, G.Yar)

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            |       |– Sarah PIDGEON (bp.3/3/1744/5, G.Yar – bu.)

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            |       |– George Shaw PIDGEON (bp.11/2/1747/8, G.Yar – bu.17/9/1792, 48y, G.Yar)

            |       |      m?(1770, G.Yar) Alice BOULT (bp. – bu.)

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            |       |       |– Edward Boult PIDGEON (bp.1/10/1770, G.Ya – bu.1770, <3m, G.Yar)

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            |       |       |– Edward PIDGEON (bp.6/10/1771, G.Ya – bu?9/5/1774, 2y, G.Yar)

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            |       |       |– John PIDGEON (bp.19/12/1773, G.Ya – bu.)

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            |       |       |– George PIDGEON (b.7/6/1776, G.Ya – bu.23/9/1777, 1y, G.Yar)

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            |       |       |– Edward Boult PIDGEON (bp.16/8/1778, G.Ya – bu.18/10/1778, 2m, G.Yar)

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            |       |       |– George PIDGEON (bp.16/12/1779, G.Ya – bu.1782, 2y, G.Yar)

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            |       |       |– Frances PIDGEON (bp.17/6/1782, G.Ya – bu.31/8/1782, 2m, G.Yar)

            |       |       |[Twins]

            |       |       |– Alice PIDGEON (bp.17/6/1782, G.Ya – bu.27/8/1782, 2m, G.Yar)

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            |       |       |– George PIDGEON (bp.3/3/1784, G.Ya – bu.)

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            |       |       |– William Boult PIDGEON (b.10/1/1776, G.Ya – bu.16/1/1776, 6d, G.Yar)

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            |       |       |– James Boult PIDGEON (bp.14/4/1787, G.Ya – bu.5/9/1787, 5m, G.Yar)

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            |       |       |– Edward PIDGEON (b.18/11/1788, G.Ya – bu., G.Yar)

            |       |       |[Twins]

            |       |       |– Thomas PIDGEON (b.18/11/1788, G.Ya – bu., G.Yar)

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            |       |      └  Alice PIDGEON (b.30/10/1790, G.Ya – bu.12/11/1790, 13d, G.Yar)

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            |      └  Ann PIDGEON (bp.1751, G.Yar – bu.20/8/1751, G.Yar)

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           └  Sarah PIGEON (bp.1707 – bu?4/3/1772)

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           m2.(7/2/1729/30, G.Yar) Elizabeth STANTON (bp. – bu.)

Page Updated  06 Dec 2008

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