Name
Date
Place
Samuel Otley
22nd May 1731
Ousden, Suffolk
Parents
Margaret Payne
Edward Otley
Marriage - 1
Margaret Sturgeon
10th October 1751 - 25th June 1769
Woolpit, Suffolk
Children
Edgar Otley
25th September 1752
Sudbury, Suffolk
Margaret Otley
1756
Suffolk
Edward Otley
1758
Suffolk
Matthias Otley
1761
Suffolk
Marriage - 2
Susanna Bloomfield
3rd September 1770
Ousden, Suffolk
Children
George Otley
3rd June 1770
Ousden, Suffolk
Elijah Otley
24th March 1776
Ousden, Suffolk
Philander Otley
1776
Ousden, Suffolk
Oved Otley
1776
Ousden, Suffolk
Minerva Otley
28th June 1778
Ousden, Suffolk
Zadoc Otley
25th March 1782
Ousden, Suffolk
Dinah Otley
1784 - 25th June 1784
Ousden, Suffolk
Lucy - Fortune Otley
1784
Ousden, Suffolk
Death
24th February 1820
Ousden, Suffolk
Information
A document, dated 2nd September 1765, pertaining to the examination of Samuel Otley a wool comber, late a soldier , gave the following information on oath. He was born at Ousden and lived with his father Edward, legally settled in Ousden and then his mother and step father. At about 18 years of age he went to live in the Angel Inn in Bury St Edmunds, but not as a hired servant. He then lived in various others place but never as a hired servant. In 1758 he enlisted into His Majesty's service and served four years under captain Thomas Nightingale in the Independent company. When he was about 20 he married Margaret Sturgeon. This was witnessed by Thomas Complim and William Robards.