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Old 06-09-14, 08:51
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Default What happened to Noah Webb?

Noah Webb, son of Robert Webb and Elizabeth Webb, nee Catchpole, was born in March 1767 and baptised at Topcroft, Norfolk on 14 Jul 1769 aged 2.

After that he disappears.

There is a burial for a Noah Webb on 08 Jul 1793 at Hempnall, Norfolk
but this is Noah's nephew, son of his brother Robert junior.

Can anyone find anything I can't?
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I can't find anything, sorry.
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A typo in your post, Nell? Or Ancestry's error? In England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 they give the baptism date as 14 Jun 1769:

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Can't find him either.

But there are some records for a Noah Webb who was an officer in the Navy who was around at the right time. Does that seem likely?
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KiteRunner - thanks for looking, if you can't find him he must be well hidden!

Janet -thanks, my typo!!!!

Shona - thanks too. Very very very unlikely he'd be an officer.

Oh well, he's not a direct ancestor, but I have managed to successfully kill off all his siblings and I did think with his slightly less usual first name he'd be easier to trace.

Thanks again all.
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Are the other children baptised with him, or at birth? That two year gap is a bit unusual for Norfolk in the period. I wonder if he were baptised because very ill and promptly died. If the vicar came across a couple of bits of paper with the same info on them, he might have assume that one was a copy of the other.
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Old 07-09-14, 08:11
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No, Phoenix, the other children were all baptised nearer their births. What is a bit weird is that after Noah was baptised 14 June, his baby sister Mary, born in January 1769, was baptised on 4th July.

I am wondering if you are right, he was baptised because he was very ill, otherwise they would probably have had him baptised with his baby sister - or they could have had her baptised the same time.

I just wish I could find a burial.
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Just looked at the Topcroft burial register online https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3....58102,29784101
and it jumps from July 1765 [image 23] to April 1769 [image 24].
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No it doesn't, Nell. Your browser isn't showing you the full double page spread.
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No burial there anyway, thanks Phoenix.
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