William POWLING..........(weaver).....................1556

Agatha POWLING........................................1559

William POWLING.........s/o William...................1564/5

Ann POWLING.............wife of William...............1593/4

Peter POWLING...........s/o John......................1596

Peter POWLING...........s/o John......................1597

William POWLING.........senior........................1600/1

Margaret POWLING........wife of John..................1601

Robert POWLING........................................1604

Isaac POWLING...........s/o John (deceased)...........1618

Elizabeth POWLING.......d/o Thomas & Ann..............1662

Alice POWLING.........................................1689

Ann POWLING...........................................1698/9

Elizabeth POWLING.....................................1715/6

Mary POWLING..........................................1723

John POLDEN.............(Powling in Vol.III)..........1727/8

Thomas POLDEN...........(Powling in Wool Book)........1727

Mary POLDEN...........................................1733

Elizabeth POWLING.......d/o - Powling & Mary Vincent..1734

Thomas POLDING..........(the elder)...................1739

John POOLEY.............s/o John & Sarah..............1739

William POLDEN..........infant s/o Thomas & Sarah.....1751

William POLDEN........................................1757

Widow POWLING.........................................1762

Susan POWLING...........wife of Edward................1767

Elizabeth POWLING.......infant d/o Edward & Susan.....1767

Ann POWLING.............d/o Edward,senr. & Mary.......1768

Thomas POWLING........................................1768

Edward POWLING..........senior........................1770

Sarah POWLING...........spinster......................1772/3

Mary POWLING............bastard d/o Mary..............1772

William POWLING.........s/o Edward & Susan............1772

Mary POWLING............widow of late Edward..........1773

Sarah POWLING...........widow.........................1779

Mary POWLING..........................................1783

Edward POWLING........................................1783

Edward POWLING....appren. of Brettenham...s/oEdward...1783

Thomas POWLING........................................1784

Sarah POWLING...........a pauper......................1785

Mary POWLING............widow and pauper..............1791

Mary POULDEN............a pauper......................1794

Sarah POWLING...........infant........................1799

Thomas POLDING..........aged 76 years.................1850



William POWLING.........=.....Agnis MANN..............1559 V.R

Ann POWLING.............=.....Lawrence CLARKE.........1582 V.R.

Thomisen POWLING........=.....George PYLGROOME........1593 V.R.

William POWLING.........=.....Joane HARDWYCK..........1594 V.R.

John POWLINGE...........=.....Bridget WOODE...........1605 V.R

Esther POWLING..........=.....Thomas BOND.............1605 V.R.

Ann POWLAND.............=.....John BUMSTEAD...........1680

Elizabeth POWLING.......=.....Thomas MARTYN...........1708

John POWLING............=.....Sarah HOPES.............1720

Mary POWLING............=.....Henry PURKIS............1721

Thomas POWLING..........=.....Sarah CLARK.............1723

Sarah POLDON............=.....John GIBBIN.............1727

John POOLEY.............=.....Sarah SEAGAR............1739

Sarah POLDEN............=.....Newman HART.............1747

Elizabeth POWLING.......=.....Robert JENNINGS.........1766
(minor in presence of Thomas Powling)

Thomas POWLING..........=.....Sarah SMYE (widow)......1772

Edward POWLING..........=.....Mary MORTHY.............1779
................................................(at HITCHAM)

Thomas POWLING..........=.....Sarah LEAVER............1795
..............................(of Lavenham)

Ann POWLDEN.............=.....Christopher EIGHTEEN....1803

William POWLING.........=.....Sarah KEEBLE............1804/5
(in presence of Ann Bull)

Elizabeth POWLING.......=.....William SCHOFIELD.......1827

Ann POWLING.............=.....George GRAY.............1834

James POLDING...........=.....Caroline SHEPHERD.......1836

Eliza POWLDEN...........=.....Samuel JACOBS...........1866

Maria POULDING..........=.....John CLARK..............1872
(d/o Robert Poulding)


William POWLING.........s/o William.........................1564
Margarett POWLING.......d/o Willimi.........................1566
Willimus POWLING........s/o Willimi.........................1568
Thomisen POWLING........d/o William & Ann...................1571

Thomas POWLING..........s/o Robert & Eliz...................1576

John POWLING............s/o John & Margaret.................1592
Thomas POWLING..........s/o John & Margaret.................1592/3
Elizabeth POWLING.......d/o John & Margaret.................1594/5
Peter POWLING...........s/o John & Margaret.................1597
Stephen POWLING.........s/o John & Margaret.................1598/9
Alice POWLING...........d/o John & Margaret.................1600
Mary A. POWLING.........d/o John & Margaret.................1601

Susan POWLING...........d/o William & Joan..................1597

Bridget POWLING.........d/o John & Bridget..................1605/6
Abraham POWLING.........s/o John & Bridget..................1607
Isaac POWLING...........s/o John & Bridget..................1609

Elizabeth POWLING.......d/o Thomas & Elizabeth..............1664/5

Elizabeth POWLING.......d/o Thomas & Elizabeth..............1683

Elizabeth POWLING.......d/o Thomas & Elizabeth..............1683
Thomas POWLING..........s/o Thomas & Elizabeth..............1685
Alice POWLING...........d/o Thomas & Elizabeth..............1687
John POWLING............s/o Thomas & Elizabeth..............1689
Mary POWLING............d/o Thomas & Elizabeth..............1692
Jane POWLING............d/o Thomas & Elizabeth..............1700
Sarah POWLING...........d/o Thomas & Elizabeth..............1700

Ann POWLING.............d/o Thomas & Ann....................1696

Edward POWLING..........s/o Thomas & Ann....................1703

Thomas POWLING..........s/o Thomas & Mary...................1713
William POWLING.........s/o Thomas & Mary...................1715
John POWLING............s/o Thomas & Mary...................1717/8
Mary POWLING............d/o Thomas & Mary...................1720

John POWLING............s/o John & Sarah....................1720

Edward POLDEN...........s/o Edward & Mary...................1729
Mary POLDEN.............d/o Edward & Mary...................1731
Elizabeth POLDEN........d/o Edward & Mary...................1733
Ann POLDEN..............d/o Edward & Mary...................1735/6

John POOLEY.............s/o John & Sarah....................1740

Thomas POLDEN...........s/o Thomas & Sarah..................1745
Mary POLDEN.............d/o Thomas & Sarah..................1747
Elizabeth POLDEN........d/o Thomas & Sarah..................1749
William POLDEN..........s/o Thomas & Sarah..................1751
William POLDEN..........s/o Thomas & Sarah..................1753
John POLDEN.............s/o Thomas & Sarah..................1754
Edward POLDEN...........s/o Thomas & Sarah..................1757

Mary POWLDEN...(illeg.).d/o Mary Powlden....................1758

William POWLDING........s/o Edward & Susan..................1760
Edward POWLING..........s/o Edward & Susan..................1763
Elizabeth POWLING.......d/o Edward & Susan..................1765

Thomas POWLING..........s/o Edward & Mary...................1770
John POWLING............s/o Edward & Mary...................1771/2
Mary POWLING............d/o Edward & Mary...................1773
Ann POWLING.............d/o Edward & Mary...................1777
William POWLING.........s/o Edward & Mary...................1779
Robert POWLING..........s/o Edward & Mary...................1781


Thomas POWLING..........s/o Thomas & Sarah..................1773
Sarah POWLING...........d/o Thomas & Sarah..................1775
Mary POWLING............d/o Thomas & Sarah..................1776
Susan POWLING...........d/o Thomas & Sarah..................1779


Edward POWLING..........s/o Edward & Mary (Moffrey).........1779
John POWLING............s/o Edward & Mary...................1781
William POWLING.........s/o Edward & Mary...................1783
Joseph POWLING..........s/o Edward & Mary.............BIRTH1785
Robert POWLING..........s/o Edward & Mary(Moffey).....BIRTH1786

William & Joseph & Robert POWLING - privately baptised......1787
the sons of Edward and Mary POWLING (nee Moffrey)

Samuel POWLING..........s/o Edward & Mary.............BIRTH 1794
Sarah POWLING...........d/o Edward & Mary (Morphew)...BIRTH 1798

BIRTHS
Sarah POWLING...........d/o Thomas & Sarah (Leaver).........1797
Mary POWLING............d/o Thomas & Sarah (Leaver).........1801
Hannah POWLING..........d/o Thomas & Sarah..................1801
Thomas POWLING..........s/o Thomas & Sarah..................1803
Ann POWLING.............d/o Thomas & Sarah..................1808
Elizabeth POWLING.......d/o Thomas & Sarah..................1809
John POWLING............s/o Thomas & Sarah..................1811


Joseph POWLING..........s/o John & Dorothy..................1810
............................(a soldier)






RECORDED POPULATION FIGURES
IN
BILDESTON, SUFFOLK



1086.......29 recorded
1327.......23 taxpayers paid £2/ 1s/ 8d
1524.......88 taxpayers paid £12/12s
1603.......300 adults
1674.......155 households - inhabited 87 houses
1801.......744 inhabitants - inhabited 115 houses
1831.......836 inhabitants
1851.......818 inhabitants - inhabited 195 houses
1871.......808 inhabitant - inhabited 192 houses
1901.......788 inhabitants - inhabited 172 houses
1931.......656
1951.......653 inhabitants - inhabited 203 houses
1971.......866
1981.......772 inhabitants - inhabited 294 houses


1600 - 1650

1 husbandman,
5 yeoman,
3 clothiers,
3 weavers,
1 tailor,
2 clothworkers,
1 dornick weaver,
1 clerk,
2 carpenters,
1 inn holder,
1 vintner,
2 spinsters,
1 grocer,
1 cutler

NOTE:
Darnick/Dornick weaver:
fabric used for hangings,
carpets and vestments.

1650 - 1700

2 husbandmaen,
9 yeoman,
3 clothiers,
1 tanner,
1 mercer,
2 tailors,
2 woollen weavers,
3 clerks,
2 carpenters,
1 inn holder,
1 spinstress,
1 spinster,
1 linen draper,
1 wool comber,
1 linenweaver


BAPTISM REGISTER

MARRIAGE REGISTER
OF
ST.MARYS PARISH CHURCH
BILDESTON, SUFFOLK
BURIAL REGISTER
OF
ST.MARYS PARISH CHURCH
BILDESTON, SUFFOLK
Information about Bildeston has been taken
and condensed from various sources.
page presentation (c) Jill Walker
The Bildeston registers show that Powling
families have lived in the parish at least
since 1556 when the registers began. The family
could well have been there for far longer than
that date shows. Unfortunately we cannot
connect our family up to the other Powlings in
this parish - the link is missing - but there
is quite a strong likelihood that there is a
connection.

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