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HORRY, John
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Name HORRY, John Birth 1800 Navenby, Lincolnshire, England
Gender Male Death 30 Mar 1878 Navenby, Lincolnshire, England
Burial 2 Apr 1878 Navenby, Lincolnshire, England
Person ID I2401 Edgoose Last Modified 5 Feb 2026
Father HORRY, James, b. 2 Feb 1760, Waddington, Lincolnshire, England
d. 16 Jan 1813, Navenby, Lincolnshire, England
(Age 52 years) Mother MOORE, Elisabeth, b. 1766, Navenby, Lincolnshire, England
d. 1841, Navenby, Lincolnshire, England
(Age 75 years) Marriage 6 Jul 1789 Navenby, Lincolnshire, England
Family ID F1211 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family THURBON, Elizabeth, b. Between 1798 and 1801, March, Cambridgeshire, England
d. 1875, Navenby, Lincolnshire, England
(Age 77 years) Marriage 13 Dec 1821 March, Cambridgeshire, England
Children 1. HORRY, John Thurbon, b. 1822, Wellingore, Lincolnshire, England
d. 1887, Lincoln Registration District, Lincolnshire
(Age 65 years)2. HORRY, Susanna, b. 1824 d. 2 Jul 1846, West Walton, Norfolk
(Age 22 years)3. HORRY, Henry, b. 1825, Wellingore, Lincolnshire, England
d. 1825 (Age 0 years)4. HORRY, Elizabeth, b. 1826, Wellingore, Lincolnshire, England
d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]5. HORRY, Mary Bacon, b. 1828, Wellingore, Lincolnshire, England
d. 25 Aug 1915, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England
(Age 87 years)6. HORRY, Henry James, b. 1830, Upwell, Norfolk, England
d. 6 Oct 1869, Holbeach, Lincolnshire
(Age 39 years)7. HORRY, James Thurbon, b. 1831, Upwell, Norfolk, England
d. 1832, Upwell, Norfolk, England
(Age 1 year)8. HORRY, Hannah Thurbon, b. 1833, Upwell, Norfolk, England
d. 1847, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
(Age 14 years)9. HORRY, Emma, b. 1835, Upwell, Norfolk, England
d. 1837, Upwell, Norfolk, England
(Age 2 years)10. HORRY, Emma Eliza, b. 1837, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
d. 1838, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
(Age 1 year)Family ID F218 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes
JOHN HORRY 1800-1878
John, son of James and Elizabeth HORRY, was baptised at Navenby, Lincolnshire, on 14 August 1800.
(FamilySearch)
Extract of the Will of James HORRY of Navenby, Lincolnshire, dated 4 January 1813:
James HORRY, son, executor and beneficiary, of Navenby, Lincolnshire;
Elizh HORRY, his wife;
Henry HORRY, son, under 21;
*John HORRY, son, under 21.
(Index to Death Duty Registers 1796-1903, 520/218)
John HORRY bachelor of Navenby, Lincolnshire, married Elizabeth THURBON spinster of March, Cambridgeshire, at March on 13 December 1821 by licence. Witnesses were Mary THURBON, John THURBON, and Edward BOOTH.
(CFHS PR transcription)
There is a reference to John HORRY of Upwell, Cambridgeshire, on page 125 of Pigots 1830 Directory (userdb.rootsweb.com).
From the 1841 census of Upwell, Norfolk:
*John HORRY, aged 40, baker, not born in Norfolk;
Elizabeth HORRY, aged 40, not born in Norfolk;
John HORRY, aged 15, not born in Norfolk;
Mary HORRY, aged 13, born in Norfolk;
Henry HORRY, aged 11, born in Norfolk;
Hannah HORRY, aged 8, born in Norfolk.
(HO107/755/10/5)
From the 1851 census of Whaplode Marsh, Lincolnshire:
*John HORRY, head, married, aged 50, baker, born at Navenby, Lincolnshire;
Elizth HORRY, wife, married, aged 52, born at March, Cambridgeshire;
Susanna WOOLHOUSE, visitor, widow, born at Navenby, Lincolnshire.
HO107/2097/638/2)
The 1861 census of Wash Way, Whaplode, Lincolnshire:
*John HORRY, head, aged 60, baker, born at Navenby, Lincolnshire;
Elizabeth HORRY, wife, aged 62, born at March, Cambridgeshire;
Mary E. WEST, granddaughter, aged 12, scholar, born at West Walton, Norfolk.
(RG9/2330/89/4)
The 1871 census of the Wash Way, Whaplode, Lincolnshire:
*John HORRY, head, aged 70, baker, born at Navenby, Lincolnshire;
Elizabeth HORRY, wife, aged 72, born at March, Cambridgeshire;
Mary E. WEST, granddaughter, aged 32 (sic), unmarried, servant, born at Walton, Norfolk.
(RG10/3332/50/5)
John HORRY was buried at Navenby, Lincolnshire, on 2 April 1878 aged 77 [i.e. born 1800 or 1801].
(NBI)
(GRO June Q 1878 aged 77 Lincoln 7a 297)
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