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Nell
21-07-15, 08:12
Note: there are so many Massinghams and the parish registers are so faint that I am not sure about these people, other tha that they are the parents of Frost Massingham.


James Massingham
born 04 Dec 1697
Baptism 16 Jan 1697, St. Andrew & St. Mary, Langham, Norfolk
Parents: Baptism register has "James Massingham son of George {illegible} Taylor"
[https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11547-103320-82?cc=1416598&wc=92BF-ZJ3:29790801,29358102,29826501 This is the image on familysearch if anyone cares to try to make it out]
BUT I have also info that James' parents are William Massingham & Modesty Locksmyth, from a private email, with no info about baptism.

Occupation
1732 James is the tenant of the Blue Bell Inn, Langham. This pub was previously in the hands of a John Massingham, who died in 1639.

Marriage to Mary Frost NOT YET FOUND

Burial 1773 [date illeg: image https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-12987-29195-54?cc=1824688&wc=M62R-WPN:160239801,160733001,160281502,160239804]

Mary Frost
Birth, baptism, parentage and marriage not found
Mary and James had 10 children baptised at Langham.

Burial:
02 Apr 1785 • Langham, Norfolk
Alternative for Mary wife of James Massingham is burial in Hunworth.[Hunworth is an adjacent parish and is sometimes recorded instead of Langham]


Link to 5 x gt grandfather Frost Massingham: http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=17901&highlight=frost+massingham