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John 2453 Gotts alias Witton was born in Gresham, either 1794 or 1799. Their son John's baptism record states his parents as John & Mary Gotts alias Witton. John's likely wife is Mary Ann Louger, whom he married in 1821 in Gresham. John appears as Witton in 1851 in W Beckham, but Mary Witton is in W Beckham as a widow. There's a John & Mary in 1861 and 1871 with similar birthplaces, but different ages.
Their children use both Witton and Gotts names, were born in Gresham and include:
Susanna 2455 b 1822 Gresham, m James Field in 1844
Mary Ann 2456 b 1823, m William Hopper in 1845
Sarah Ann 2457 b 1826, m Daniel Pyke
Martha 2742 b 1827, m John Mann in 1849
John 2458 b 1831 in Beckham
Isaac 2416 b 1837 in W Beckham
Sarah Ann 2457 and Daniel Pyke
Sarah Ann 2457 married Daniel Pyke in Gresham in 1855. She appears in the 1851 census as Sarah Ann Witton! Sarah had a son Robert in 1851, but his birth certificate does not show his father. Robert (Robert John Piggin 769) appears in the 1871 census with Daniel and Sarah, shown as 'Wife's son', wife their other son Samuel Pike.
The name 'Piggin' does not appear anywhere on paper, but Robert's son and grandson both knew him as this. There is a Samuel Gotts who married Mary Ann Piggin in Norwich, but we have found no connection on paper. (See tree #112)
Question: why was Robert known as 'Piggin'? Was it his real father?
Isaac 2416 was born in 1837 in W Beckham, and married a Martha. In 1851 he was convicted of common larceny in Norwich and imprisoned for 14 days in Castle of Norwich Correction House, including being privately whipped once. 1861 saw him as a soldier, then in later censuses he was still in Beckham with Martha. Their children in W Beckham include:
William 2418 b 1856
Richard 2419 b 1864
James 2420 b 1866, m Julia Ann 2444 Jackson in 1888 and raised their family in Edgefield, Bessingham. Some of their children dispersed to Guisborough, Paddington and Chatham
Isaac 2421 b 1868
Samuel 2422 b abt 1872
Alfred 2423 b 1872, m Matilda Mary 2431 Farrow and lived in Beckham Baconsthorpe and Hempstead
Susannah 2424 b 1874
John 2425 b 1877
May 2426 b 1879