2.LAURENCE MANN/
MORTER
So far so good, having only started my
research in April`03, in a few months I seemed to have made strides! At the onset, I subscribed to a new monthly
Ancestry magazine, which had a reader’s section called ‘Seeking` in it. I sent in an email explaining my research;
it appeared in the 2nd edition.
About a month later, I received an email from Laurence Mann. Apparently, he had a great-great-great
grandfather ‘John Morter` b 1783, whose daughter Mary was married to a
Richard Mann from Hethersett, near Norwich!
St Remilius, Parish Church of Hethersett
He wanted to
know
if this agreed with my records.
It certainly did,
not
only that; in their next email,
Laurence
goes on
to
say, and I quote:
“I
would love to have more detail – it would also explain my father’s hitherto
unsupported insistence that some part of his family had Huguenot roots…As most
Huguenots left France around 1685, it is possible that your earliest Philip
Morter is either a son, or maybe even a 1st generation Exile.”
So Laurence’s father agreed with my father! We have two major breakthroughs here:
1.
A further confirmation of our line, as indeed Laurence is my 4th
Cousin,
2.
And perhaps more importantly, an independent reference to “ The
French Connection” outside of my immediate family!
Also the date 1685, ties up perfectly, with
the parentage question marks, regarding Philip & Dorothy and Philip
& Catherine!
Since then, I have been in
regular contact with Laurence, who has been doing the research. Regarding their
Family Line, from the 64-page Dossier, Mary Morter was one of 6 children of John
b1782-3 & Elizabeth (Wells) Morter, Mary married a Richard Mann on 27th
Aug 1859 in the Parish Church at Hethersett.
Descendants of a John Morter / Laurence’s Family
Line
Indeed, Laurence has since spent time;
putting together data, from all sources and created a special GEDCOM file. This shows extensive data of individuals,
families etc from all our immediate Morter Lines; it also creates family
trees. In fact it would print out the Morter
Family Tree right back to ‘Old Thomas Morter` baptised in St Nicolas`
Church, North Walsham in 1600; trouble is, you would need 1000 sheets of A4
paper and lots of tape to put it together! He has also created a special ‘morterandmann`
Email Yahoo Group Inman@cix.co.uk, where
data can be exchanged.
Laurence & Karen’s connections are:
KarenMann@icph.compulink.co.uk
Daytime:
laurence@alhughes.co.uk
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