Daughter: Margaret Stirges NEWBEGIN
Born: 20 Feb 1811 at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England [11]
Baptised: 22 Feb 1811 at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England [11]

Daughter: Maria NEWBEGIN
Baptised: 11 Feb 1813 at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England [1o, 11]

Son: Thomas NEWBEGIN
Baptised: 16 Oct 1814 at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England [10]

Son: Francis NEWBEGIN
Baptised: 09 May 1816 at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England [10]

Daughter: Maria NEWBEGIN
Baptised: 09 Aug 1817 at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England [10]

Daughter: Hannah Matilda NEWBEGIN
Baptised: 11 Apr 1819 at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England [10]

Son: Horatio NEWBEGIN
Baptised: 13 Nov 1820 at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England [10]
Spouse: Catherine JARY Peeps (1811 - ) [12]

Son: Nevison Stirgess NEWBEGIN
Baptised: 26 Apr 1822 at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England [10]

Son: Zachariah NEWBEGIN
Baptised: 24 Dec 1823 at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England [10]
Died: aft Mar 1851 [13]
Spouse: Maryann (Unknown) (abt 1826 - ) [13]

Daughter: Roda Matilda NEWBEGIN
Baptised: 11 Oct 1825 at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England [10]

Sources

Note: Not all of the sources below were used in this post, but I copied the list over from the census article so the numbers would match between the two. There are additional sources at the bottom of this list (numbers 11-13) that weren't used in the census article.

• [1] Stiffkey Register Index. NRO. PD492. HMN6-364: F-L
• [2] Blakeney Parish Registers Marriages 1813-1837. NRO. PD619. MF692/4
• [3] Blakeney Parish Registers Baptisms & Burials 1807 - 1812. NRO. PD619. MF691/29
• [4] Morston Parish Registers. NRO PD478. 1700-1812: Registration of Baptisms 1700-1811; Registration of Marriages 1701-1754; Burials 1700-1812. (Microfiche)
• [5] Blakeney Parish Registers: Baptisms 1813-1840 PD619 MF691/30
• [6] Marriage certificate: Thomas Dew & Jemima Jary. GRO. 1858 Mar Erpingham. Vol 4b, Page 85, Entry no. 127.
• [7] NRO. Probate 1800-1857. Archdeaconry of Norwich Court, 1813; Probate of William Cozens. Microfilm.
• [8] Norfolk Marriages. Hamlin, Philip. Norfolk Family History Society. 2002. CD-ROM.
• [9] Morston Parish Registers Baptisms 1813-1900. NRO. PD478. MF1000/11
• [10] Cley-Next-the-Sea Parish Registers: Baptisms 1813-1841. NRO. PD270 MF694/22
• [11] Cley-Next-the-Sea Parish Registers: Baptisms & Burials 1779-1814. NRO. PD270 MF694/21
• [12] Blakeney Parishes Register Marriages 1837-1900. NRO. PD619 MF692/5
• [13] 1851 England Census

1739
1 Edward Son of James & Mary Waller was bur[ie]d the 2d of April
2 Mary Daug[hte]r of Susan Bateman 5th May
3 Elizab[e]th Daug[hte]r of Peter & Alice Mallet the 6th May
4 Purland Wright the 15th May
5 James Son of Mary Taylor bur[ie]d May 20th
6 Thomas Son of Tho[mas] & Hannah Neale Aug[ust] 15th
7 Anne Mendham was bur[ie]d 3d Sep[tembe]r
8 Elizabeth the Wife of John Jary 12th Oct[obe]r
9 Mary Stirges the 14th of Oct[obe]r
10 Mary the Wife of Edmund Starling Oct[obe]r 23d
11 Thomas Son of Elizab[e]th Jary 10th Dec[embe]r
12 Thomas Masingham bur[ied] 28th Feb[rua]ry

1740
Amy Wife of John Musset bur[ie]d Jun[e] 21st
George Son of Edm[un]d & Mary Bond Jun[e] 24th
Samuel Haydon was bur[ie]d July 11th
Mary-Anne Daug[hte]r of Gamaliel & Eliza[be]th Stirges was bur[ied] August the 10th
James Son of Will[iam] & Sarah Wells was bur[ie]d Aug[ust] 16th
John Son of Robert & Lydia Musset bur[ie]d Aug[ust] 25th
Stephen Son of Step[he]n & Margaret Townsend bur[ie]d Oct[obe]r 11th
Edward Woods was bur[ie]d Oct[obe]r 22d
Anne Daug[hte]r of Frances & Martha Fernsby bur[ie]d Oct[obe]r 24th
Anne the Wife of Rich[ar]d Ayres bur[ie]d Nov[embe]r 8th
Richard Ayres was bur[ie]d Jan[uary] 2d
John Nunn was bur[ie]d Jan[uary] 29th
In all 12

1741
John Clare was Bur[ie]d Apr[il] 16th
Lee Son of Henry & Eliza[be]th Page July 30th
Elizabeth Daug[hte]r of Francis & Martha Fernsby Aug[ust] 5th
Thomas Son of W[illia]m Stirges 3'd Sep[tembe]r
Mary Stangroom Widow the 15th Sept[ember]:
Michael Son of W[illia]m & Frances Starling Sept[ember]: 16th
Francis Son of John & Esser [Ester?] Johnson the 10th Dec[embe]r
John Hipkin was Bur[ie]d 25th Dec[embe]r
Rich[ar]d Son of John & Susan Harrison Jan[uar]y 17th
James Lake Jan[uar]y 28th
Mary Daug[hte]r of Rob[er]t & Margaret Fox Feb[ruary] 2'd
Rich[ar]d Son of Tho[mas] & Mary Smith 2'd Feb[ruary]
Anthony Fox the 12th Feb[ruary]
Mary Daug[hte]r of Peter & Mary Coble 24th Feb[ruary]
John Son of James & Anne Woods 2d Mar[ch]
Elizabeth Pilch Widow the 23rd March
In all 16

1742 "NB in the y[ea]r 1742 those marked thus X died of the Small-pox"
Mary Daug[hte]r of John & Mary Matsell Apr[il] 9th
Margaret Daug[hte]r of Rob[er]t and Margaret Eldridge 11th Ap
Anthony Son of Anthony & Mary Thomis[o_]n? Apr[il] 12th
Joseph & Mary twins of Robert and Margaret Morgin were bur[ied] 13th June
Robert Rumball 19th Aug[ust]
Lucy Daug[hte]r of John & Susan Cooper 20th Aug[ust]
Anne Daug[hte]r of John & Anne Massew (Massen?) 13th Sep[tember]
Edward Son of Susan Ward was Bur[ie]d 17th Sept[embe]r
Thomas Middletons was Bur[ie]d 15th Oct[obe]r
Ester Beavis widow was Bur[ie]d 28th Oct[obe]r
William High was Bur[ie]d the 14th Nov[embe]r
X Matthew Cooper was Bur[ie]d the 14th Nov[embe]r
X Stephen Son of Edm[un]d & Catharine Barker was Bur[ie]d 8th Dec[embe]r
X Mary Jay Widow was Bur[ie]d h'e 2'd Dec[embe]r "died at Yarmouth"
William Passifield was Bur[ie]d 6th Dec[embe]r
William Son of W[illia]m & Anne Passifield was Bur[ie]d 15 Dec[embe]r
X Amy Framing ham the 28th Dec[embe]r
X Robert Bacon the 31st? Dec[embe]r
X Anne Daug[hte]r of Henry & Thomasin Pinchen Jan[uar]y 5th
John Royall was Bur[ie]d 15th Jan[uar]y
X Lucy Daug[hte]r of Francis Crofts 15th Jan[uar]y
X Mary Daug[hte]r of Henry & Thomasin Pinchen 21st Jan
Joseph Son of Nath[ani]el & Eliz[abe]th Woods Jan[uar]y 23rd
X Robert Fox was Bur[ie]d 26th Jan[uar]y
Eliza[be]th Medcalf was Bur[ie]d 5th Feb[ruary]
William Baker was Bur[ie]d 17th Feb[ruary]
X Matthew Cletherwood was Bur[ie]d 20th Feb[ruary]
X Edmund Barker was Bur[ie]d 21? Feb[ruary]
X Robert Bennet was Bur[ie]d the 18th Mar[ch]
In all 30 [12 smallpox]

1743 "In this y[ea]r those mark[e]d X died of the Small-pox"
X Susanah the Wife of Tho[mas] Imping was Bur[ie]d Mar[ch] 25th  (name spelled Impin in 1734 burial of Ann wife of Thomas Impin Oct 5th)
X Valentine Son of Christopher Lewis Mar[ch] 26th
X Mary Daug[hte]r of Christopher Lewis Mar[ch] 26th
Eleanor Parkin Bur[ie]d Apr[il] 10th
Catharine Daug[hte]r of Tho[mas] Imping Apr[il] 9th
X Robert Musset was Bur[ie]d May 9th
John Son of John & Mary Williamson Bur[ie]d May 22d
Mary Daug[hte]r of John & Susan Harrison May 24th
Thomas Son of Will[ia]m & Mary Lane May 29th
James Son of Oliver & Margaret Whiteside Jun[e] 5th
Anne the Wife of Henry Franklin Jun[e] 7th
Elizab[e]th Greeve was Bur[ie]d July 11th
Anne the Wife of Tho[mas] Howard July 30th
Elizabeth Daug[hte]r of Francis & Martha Fornsly Bur[ie]d Aug[ust] 20th
Elizabeth Daug[hte]r of Will[ia]m & Sarah Wells Bur[ie]d Sep[tembe]r 11th
Mary Daug[hte]r of Rob[er]t & Mary Thompson Nov[embe]r 16th
Sarah the Wife of Edmund Woods Bur[ie]d Jan[uar]y 5th
Rob[er]t Son of Edmund & Sarah Woods Jan[uar]y 5th
Eleanor Daug[hte]r of Sarah Box Bur[ie]d Feb[ruary] 10th
In all 19 [4 smallpox]

Source:

Cley next the Sea General Register 1686-1744. NRO. PD270. MF694/19.

NB I find that one Will[ia]m Branter Clerk was buried here in the year 1559 which was the year before Vincent Goodwin Sen[io]r was Rector of Cley but whether Branter was Rector I know not, but Goodwin came in in the year 1560, & was succeeded by Vincent Goodwin Jun[io]r (who I suppose was his son) in the year 1600, who was Succeeded in the year 1643 by Rice Allison, who was Succeeded in the year 1659 by Rob[ert] Lowd who was Succeeded in the year 1690 by Joseph Ward, who was Succeeded in the year 1736 by John Girdlestone —
[change of handwriting]
who was succeeded in the year 1763 by William Backhouse.
[change of handwriting]
who was succeeded in the year 1764 by Rob[er]t Thomlinson.
[change of handwriting]
Who was succeeded in the year 1802 by Richard Tho[mas] Gough who holds it until Robert the son of the late Rob[er]t Thomlinson shall be at age to take it.
[change of handwriting]
1804 John Winn Thomlinson

Source:

Cley Next the Sea General Register 1538-1662. NRO PD270. MF694/17.

Source:
Cley next the Sea General Register 1686 - 1744. NRO. PD270. MF694/19.

• Sarah Maria (Jacob*), Maria Ann (Plattin), Jane (Dew), Naomi (later Naomi Bond)
• James Collins of Strood, Kent
• John Thompson of Blakeney, Mariner
• John Norman of St Catherines Middlesex, Ship Agent
• Henry Ramm, Clay (sic), Mariner

Sarah Maria's married surname was written as "Jacob" in this document, but in the probate of her son, Jacob Jacobs (available from the same site) it is written, and she signed, as "Jacobs."

18th September 1813
Jane Dew and Naomi Cozens two of the within named Executrix's were sworn in due form of Law before the Rev'd John Burrell clk ("clk" scored through) Sure:

At Runcton 21st Sept'r 1813
Sarah Maria Jacob and Maria Ann Plattin two other Executrixes within named were sworn in due form of Law before the Rev'd P. Johnson clk ("clk" scored through) Surr: to the Affl.?
Effects under £100
(Power reserved for James Collins the Executor within named to act hc?)
Ex'd Robt Powley, Jr (signature)

Source:

Norfolk Record Office. Probate 1800-1857. Archdeaconry of Norwich Court, 1813; Probate of John Murrell, William Cozens. Microfilm. Image online: Norfolk Sources Images GS_0173389/17964.jpg and GS_0173389/17965.jpg

North side of Cley St Margaret's church

South side of Cley St Margaret's Church

Tombstone of Bartholomew Jary, Cley St Margaret's

Bartholomew Jary was (we think) the son of John Jary and Ann Savage, who are also buried nearby.

In 1836, the year he died, he was the landlord of a beer house that later became known as the Queen Victoria Pub in Cley-next-the-Sea. We don't know when he began this business, but the passage of the Beer House Act of 1830 is probably relevant. He willed his freehold dwelling to his sister, Mary Ann Jary, and she apparently took over the business (for more information, please download the PDF file in "John & Ann Jary. And John & Ann Jary.")

Blakeney Sunday 27 October 1772 about three o'clock in the afternoon it thundered very much the claps louder than usual, the wind south-west by west, at half an hour past three o'clock there fell a storm of hail, the hail-stones exceeding large, some measured (by report) four inches in girth, they broke a part of all the glafs windows fronting the west, some the windows they damaged exceedingly, at Langham they did great mifshief to the glafs-windows, in pafsing over the fields they cut the turnip-tops.

The storm continued no longer than five minutes (I think) it went off to sea, did no damage at Wiveton, nor at Cley.

Henry Calthorpe, Rector

The image below is a timeline of the all the events in Jemima Jary Dew's life which we have been able to document to date. Seventeen events. That's not much to go on in trying to reconstruct a lifetime.

Documented events in Jemima Jary's life

Still, these seventeen lines give us a glimpse of Jemima's life. She was thirty-three when she married Thomas Dew, who was 41 at the time. According to their marriage certificate, Thomas was a bachelor, and Jemima was a spinster. Thomas's occupation was given as "Mariner" and there was a ditto mark below that for Jemima's occupation. Presumably, then, they were both mariners when they got married. (Image excerpt & discussion of Jemima's occupation here.)

There are so many questions hidden in these seventeen lines.

Why hadn't either of them married earlier? There could have been any number of reasons. I like to think it was because they were waiting for each other.*

What caused the deaths of their infant sons? They were both buried on the same day; did they both die on the same day? What happened? Was it illness? A fire? Were both Thomas and Jemima there when they died, or was Thomas at sea and did Jemima have to endure it alone, then break the horrible news to Thomas when he came back into port?

It appears that Jemima and Thomas moved to Blakeney between the time of the 1861 census and the birth of their son, Jacob Jary Dew, in 1864. Her mother died in 1863 in Cley-next-the-Sea, so the move could have been after that. What prompted the move?

Jemima died when their son was only five years old. The cause of death was tuberculosis, so she was most likely ill for some time before her death. What must that time have been like for the family? Who took care of her? Did she know she was probably going to die and leave a young son? Was she part of the decision that Jacob should live with his aunt, Mary Taylor Dew Irland, or did Thomas decide that after her death?

And what became of Thomas after Jemima's death? Did he remarry? We have been unable to find him so far  in documents between Jemima's death in 1869 and his own death in late December 1880 at the Union Workhouse and burial at Blakeney in January 1881.

Jemima and Thomas had about eleven years of marriage together before her death. It's probably safe to assume that for at least part of that time, Thomas was at sea, hence Jemima's enumeration in the 1861 census in her mother's household. Presumably, then, there were some lonely days and nights for both Jemima and Thomas. In that respect, their lives probably weren't much different from those of their neighbours.

We know they endured tragedy with the deaths of their sons, and there had to have been sadness and fear as Jemima fell ill and it became evident that she was going to die.  I hope they had times of great joy during those eleven years as well.

Sources:

• 1851 England Census. The National Archives, Kew. District 5b, Cley-next-the-Sea. Household 52.  [Class:  HO107; Piece: 1809; Folio: 709; Page: 13; GSU roll: 207461-207462.] (Image from Ancestry.com)
• 1861 England Census. The National Archives, Kew. District 12, Cley-next-the-Sea. Household 156. [RG9; Piece:  1203; Folio:  166; Page:  22; GSU roll:  542774.] (Image from Ancestry.com)
• 1871 England Census The National Archives, Kew. [Class: RG10; Piece: 1854; Folio: 23; Page: 20; GSU roll: 838814.] (Image from Ancestry.com)
• Marriage certificate: Thomas Dew & Jemima Jary. GRO. 1858 Mar Erpingham. Vol 4b, Page 85, Entry no. 127.
• Marriage certificate: Samuel Jarvis & Adelaide Jary. GRO. 1854 Mar Erpingham Vol 4b, Page 97
• Cley Next the Sea Parish Registers: Burials 1855–1908. PD270 MF695/5. P10: No 80 & P11: No 81
• Death certificate: Jemima Dew. GRO. 1869 Dec Walsingham. Vol 4b, Page 197.
• Cley Next the Sea Parish Registers: Burials 1855–1908. NRO PD270 MF695/5 P 20, No 159
• Death certficate: Thomas Dew. GRO. 1881 Mar Walsingham. Vol 4b, Page 211.
• Blakeney Parish Register: Burials 1855 - 1900. NRO. PD619 MF692/7. Page 41 and Page 67; 1880-1.

*(It should probably be noted that the engineer half of this blog - the direct descendant of Thomas and Jemima - cringed at the mushiness of that sentence. But it's staying.)

Headstone of John (d1821) & Ann Jary (d1823)

One of the headstones also memorialises a Mary Ann Jary, and there are other tombstones nearby which appear to be related to these stones.

The attached file contains our research about the people who are memorialised in these stones, and how they were related to one another.

John Jary. Times Two (PDF)

Headstone of John (d1851) and Ann Jary (d1854)