Parham Church & Hall
Earlier this year, my wife and I visited St Kitts, which has a small museum; here we discovered that Thomas Warner, son of William Warner 'gentleman farmer from near Framlingham', had landed on St Kitts as the first European settler on 16th January 1628, colonising same for the English, and later the same of Antigua. With him was Thomas Jefferson whose grandson(?) became one of the earliest Presidents. Well my name is Warner and we have certainly lived in the Ipswich and Woodbridge areas 7 generations straight back to 1777. So we visited Parham Church this week, and saw the inscriptions on the tombs relating to many Warners, to John Gosnold (Mayflower settler), and to Parham Hall were of huge interest as we are trying to trace the relationship back to the said Thomas Warner (knighted by Eliz 1st). Details of photos or drawings of Parham Hall or connections, or information would be gratefully received. We have many Williams & Henrys in the direct line. Thanks! Michael Henry Warner
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Dear Michael I have recently started researching some family history myself and I am a descendant of the Warner name (although now Burgess). Your article interested me specifically because of the Warner name and the Suffolk connection and some of the family names mentioned in your article. My great-grandmother was Alice-Maud Warner (who became Robinson), born in 1879, and was the daughter of William and Elizabeth Warner. This William Warner I believe was born in approx 1820 in Suffolk and is listed on the marriage certificate of of my great grandparents as occupation 'Gentleman'. William and Elizabeth Warner had the following other children as well as Alice Maud: Benjamin Thomas Besse Rose Frank William Warner is shown as residing in Healing (Lincolnshire) at the time of the marriage in 1902.
Comment from Byron Burgess on Thursday, 31st December 2009.