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Moses Cocks

Male Abt 1793 - 1870  (77 years)

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  • Name Moses Cocks  [1, 2]
    Nickname George
    Birth Abt 1793  Starston, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6] 
    • Based on other records, anywhere from 1790 to 1796.
    Gender Male
    Residence 25 Oct 1818  Ipswich, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • Parish not established: the register gives the abode only as “Ipswich”.
    Occupation 25 Oct 1818  Ipswich, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Baker 
    Occupation 1 May 1820  [8] 
    Baker 
    Residence 6 Feb 1823  Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Occupation 6 Feb 1823  [9] 
    Baker 
    Residence 29 Sep 1828  Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    Occupation 29 Sep 1828  [10, 11] 
    Baker 
    Newspaper mention 19 Jan 1830  Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13] 
    Partnership with Isaac Hart, general merchants of Great Yarmouth, dissolved 
    Clipping from The Ipswich Journal: 30 Jan 1830    		 Clipping from The Ipswich Journal: 30 Jan 1830
    Clipping from The London Gazette: 29 Jan 1830    		 Clipping from The London Gazette: 29 Jan 1830
    Occupation 19 Jan 1830  Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13] 
    General Merchant 
    Newspaper mention 19 Feb 1830  [14] 
    Commission of Bankrupt awarded 
    Clipping from The London Gazette: 19 Feb 1830    		 Clipping from The London Gazette: 19 Feb 1830
    Newspaper mention 11 May 1830  [15] 
    Bankruptcy certificate received 
    Clipping from The London Gazette: 11 May 1830    		 Clipping from The London Gazette: 11 May 1830
    Newspaper mention 7 Sep 1830  [16] 
    Notice of meeting of creditors 
    Clipping from The London Gazette: 7 Sep 1830    		 Clipping from The London Gazette: 7 Sep 1830
    Newspaper mention 3 Jun 1831  [17, 18] 
    Notice of meeting of creditors 
    Clipping from The London Gazette: 3 Jun 1831    		 Clipping from The London Gazette: 3 Jun 1831
    Clipping from Norfolk Chronicle: 4 Jun 1831    		 Clipping from Norfolk Chronicle: 4 Jun 1831
    Residence 7 Nov 1832  Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [19, 20] 
    Occupation 7 Nov 1832  [19, 20] 
    Baker 
    Residence 9 Jul 1838  Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [21] 
    Occupation 9 Jul 1838  [21] 
    Baker 
    Census 6 Jun 1841  Charlotte Street, Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Age: 45 
    1841 Census: Charlotte Street, St Nicholas, Market, Yarmouth, Norfolk (1841)    		 1841 Census: Charlotte Street, St Nicholas, Market, Yarmouth, Norfolk (1841) (2)
    1841 Census: Charlotte Street, St Nicholas, Market, Yarmouth, Norfolk (1841)
    Occupation 6 Jun 1841  [3] 
    Baker 
    Electoral Register 1843  High Street, Gorleston, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [22] 
    Entitled to vote due to house and shop in High Street, Gorleston 
    Electoral Register: High Street, Gorleston (1843)    		 Electoral Register: High Street, Gorleston (1843)
    Occupation 31 May 1848  [23] 
    Confectioner 
    Census 30 Mar 1851  Bramford Road, St Matthew, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Age: 57 
    1851 Census: Bramford Road, St Matthew, Ipswich, Suffolk    		 1851 Census: Bramford Road, St Matthew, Ipswich, Suffolk
    Occupation 30 Mar 1851  [4] 
    Confectioner 
    Newspaper mention 30 Dec 1854  [24] 
    Estate vested in the Provisional Assignee by the Court for Relief of Insolvent Debtors 
    Clipping from The London Gazette: 2 Jan 1855 (pg 33)    		 Clipping from The London Gazette: 2 Jan 1855 (pg 33)
    Residence 30 Dec 1854  Ipswich Gaol, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [24] 
    • Parish not established: the notice says only “in the Gaol of Ipswich”.
    Residence 1855  Bramford Road, St Matthew, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [25] 
    Occupation 1855  Bramford Road, St Matthew, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [25] 
    Confectioner 
    Newspaper mention 2 Jan 1855  [1] 
    Order to appear in court 
    Clipping from The London Gazette: 2 Jan 1855 (pg 34)    		 Clipping from The London Gazette: 2 Jan 1855 (pg 34)
    Occupation 2 Jan 1855  Ipswich, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 26] 
    Baker, Confectioner, General Shopkeeper and Dealer in Tea, Coffee and Tobacco 
    Newspaper mention 6 Jan 1855  [26] 
    Notification of him becoming an insolvent debtor 
    Clipping from The Ipswich Journal: 6 Jan 1855    		 Clipping from The Ipswich Journal: 6 Jan 1855
    Newspaper mention 13 Feb 1855  [27] 
    Assignee appointed by Court of Insolvent Debtors 
    Clipping from The London Gazette: 13 Feb 1855    		 Clipping from The London Gazette: 13 Feb 1855
    Census 7 Apr 1861  Bramford Road, St Matthew, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Age: 68 
    1861 Census: Bramford Road, St Matthew, Ipswich, Suffolk    		 1861 Census: Bramford Road, St Matthew, Ipswich, Suffolk
    Occupation 7 Apr 1861  [5] 
    Confectioner 
    Newspaper mention 29 Apr 1862  [28] 
    Creditors receive 8 pence in the pound 
    Clipping from The London Gazette: 29 Apr 1862    		 Clipping from The London Gazette: 29 Apr 1862
    Occupation 8 Oct 1865  [29] 
    Master Baker 
    Occupation 25 Nov 1865  [30] 
    Baker and Confectioner 
    Newspaper mention 30 Nov 1865  Bramford Road, St Matthew, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [30] 
    Auction of part of his household furniture and effects, as he was retiring from business 
    Clipping from The Ipswich Journal: 25 Nov 1865    		 Clipping from The Ipswich Journal: 25 Nov 1865
    Newspaper mention 25 Sep 1870  [31] 
    Death notice, as father of Robert Cocks, St Matthew’s, Ipswich 
    Clipping from The Ipswich Journal: 1 Oct 1870    		 Clipping from The Ipswich Journal: 1 Oct 1870
    Occupation 25 Sep 1870  [6] 
    Master Baker 
    Death 25 Sep 1870  Waterloo Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 31] 
    Age: 80 years 
    Cause: Paralysis 
    • By the 1871 census, Sarah Squirrell was a domestic servant and cook in Ipswich. Perhaps she had previously worked for Moses?
    • Parish not established; registered in St Matthew sub-district.
    Death Certificate: Moses Cocks (1870)    		 Death Certificate: Moses Cocks (1870)
    Burial 30 Sep 1870  Ipswich, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [32] 
    Age: 80 
    • Recorded in the National Burial Index as Ipswich; church or cemetery not established.
    Person ID I74  Cocks/Baker
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2026

    Family Ann Smyth,   b. Bef 8 Mar 1795, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Oct 1865, Bramford Road, St Matthew, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 70 years)
    Marriage 20 Jan 1818  St Stephen’s Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Type: Licence 
    • Moses Cock (bachelor, of the parish of St Margaret in Ipswich), Ann Smyth (spinster, of this parish). Married by licence. Moses signed, Ann signed. Witnesses: Fanny Smyth and James Pipe.
    Marriage Record: Moses Cocks and Ann Smyth (1818)    		 Marriage Record: Moses Cocks and Ann Smyth (1818)
    Children 
     1. Matilda Cocks,   b. Bef 25 Oct 1818, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Robert Cocks,   b. Bef 1 May 1820, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Jeremiah George Cocks,   b. Bef 13 Jan 1823, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1861, Royal Free Hospital, Gray’s Inn Road, St Pancras, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 38 years)
     4. William Cocks,   b. Bef 14 May 1825, Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Matilda Ann Cocks,   b. Bef 29 Sep 1828, Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. James Cocks,   b. Bef 26 Dec 1829, Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. John Robert Cocks,   b. Bef 7 Nov 1832, Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. John Cocks,   b. Bef 27 Nov 1833, Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Leah Smyth Cocks,   b. Bef 3 Aug 1836, Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Ann Harrison Cocks,   b. 3 Jul 1838, Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F187  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2011

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1793 - Starston, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Type: Licence - 20 Jan 1818 - St Stephen’s Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Matilda Cocks - Bef 25 Oct 1818 - Ipswich, Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 25 Oct 1818 - Ipswich, Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Baker - 25 Oct 1818 - Ipswich, Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Robert Cocks - Bef 1 May 1820 - Woodbridge, Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Jeremiah George Cocks - Bef 13 Jan 1823 - Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 6 Feb 1823 - Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - William Cocks - Bef 14 May 1825 - Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Matilda Ann Cocks - Bef 29 Sep 1828 - Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 29 Sep 1828 - Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - James Cocks - Bef 26 Dec 1829 - Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNewspaper mention - Partnership with Isaac Hart, general merchants of Great Yarmouth, dissolved - 19 Jan 1830 - Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - General Merchant - 19 Jan 1830 - Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - John Robert Cocks - Bef 7 Nov 1832 - Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 7 Nov 1832 - Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - John Cocks - Bef 27 Nov 1833 - Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Leah Smyth Cocks - Bef 3 Aug 1836 - Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Ann Harrison Cocks - 3 Jul 1838 - Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 9 Jul 1838 - Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 45 - 6 Jun 1841 - Charlotte Street, Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElectoral Register - Entitled to vote due to house and shop in High Street, Gorleston - 1843 - High Street, Gorleston, Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 57 - 30 Mar 1851 - Bramford Road, St Matthew, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 30 Dec 1854 - Ipswich Gaol, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1855 - Bramford Road, St Matthew, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Confectioner - 1855 - Bramford Road, St Matthew, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Baker, Confectioner, General Shopkeeper and Dealer in Tea, Coffee and Tobacco - 2 Jan 1855 - Ipswich, Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 68 - 7 Apr 1861 - Bramford Road, St Matthew, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNewspaper mention - Auction of part of his household furniture and effects, as he was retiring from business - 30 Nov 1865 - Bramford Road, St Matthew, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Age: 80 years,Cause: Paralysis - 25 Sep 1870 - Waterloo Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Age: 80 - 30 Sep 1870 - Ipswich, Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Place of birth given as Starston on 1851 census. Checked the following for baptism (plus FreeReg, FamilySearch, Ancestry, FindMyPast and TheGenealogist):

      Starston (Record Office and FreeReg).
      Redenhall (FreeReg AT)
      Needham (doun [1794-1810])
      Pulham (FreeReg)
      Pulham Market (FreeReg)
      Wortwell (parish records at Redenhall)
      Weybread, Suffolk
      Alburgh
      Mendham, Suffolk
      Rushall
      Withersdale, Suffolk
      Hardwick
      Homersfield, Suffolk

      Children of Jonathan Cock and Elizabeth Buckenham (spinster):
      Jonathan Cock and Elizabeth Buckenham were married 28 Jul 1782 in Redenhall. Him from Mendham, her from Redenhall. (FreeReg)
      M: Jonathan Cock (b. 21 Aug 1784, bap. 24 Aug 1784)
      S: Jeremiah Cock (b. 13 Oct 1786, bap. 4 Nov 1786)
      S: John Cock (b. 10 Feb 1788, bap. 24 Feb 1788)
      S: William Cock (bap. 23 Jan 1789)
      R: Phoebe Cox (pr. bap. 28 Mar 1798)
      M: Gilbert Cock (b. 27 Feb 1800, bap. 5 Mar 1800)
      R: Susan Cox (b. 17 Feb 1802/3, pr. bap. 13 Mar 1802/3)

      Children of George and Elizabeth:
      R: Elizabeth Cock (pr. bap. 19 May 1789)
      R: Mary Ann Cock (bap. 13 Mar 1791)
      R: George Cock (pr. bap. 22 Apr 1792)

      Children of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Reeve:
      M: Jeremiah Cock (b. 6 Feb 1786, bap. 13 Feb 1786)
      M: William Cock (b. 14 May 1787, bap. 21 May 1787)
      M: Elizabeth Cock (b. 24 Aug 1789, pr. bap. 18 Oct 1789)

      R = Redenhall, Norfolk (parish registers)
      S = Starston, Norfolk (FreeReg)
      M = Mendham, Suffolk (Lee Thurston)

      There are no Cock/Cocks/Cox marriages for the parents in:
      Mendham (checked Boyd’s)
      Starston (checked FreeReg)
      Redenhall (checked FreeReg)

      According to the Bury and Norwich Post (26 Aug 1835, pg 3) a George Cocks (born abt 1804) died in Great Yarmouth that year - obviously a different man.

  • Sources 
    1. [S197] Newspaper: The London Gazette, 2 Jan 1855, 34.

    2. [S370] Marriage Record: Moses Cocks and Ann Smyth (1818), 20 Jan 1818, pg 9, no. 26.

    3. [S368] 1841 Census.

    4. [S5] 1851 Census.

    5. [S42] 1861 Census.

    6. [S170] Death Certificate: Moses Cocks (1870).

    7. [S657] Baptismal Record: Matilda Cox (1818), 25 Oct 1818, pg 45, no. 357 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S658] Baptismal Record: Robert Cox (1820), 1 May 1820, pg 114, no. 911 (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S404] Baptismal Record: Jeremiah George Cox (1823), 6 Feb 1823, Page 478, entry 377, Suffolk Archives FF528/1823/1.

    10. [S51] Bishop’s Transcripts: Archdeaconry of Norwich, 29 Sep 1828, pg 17, no. 2213.

    11. [S52] Parish Baptisms: Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, 1827-1839, 29 Sep 1828.

    12. [S59] Newspaper: The Ipswich Journal, 30 Jan 1830, 3.

    13. [S197] Newspaper: The London Gazette, 29 Jan 1830, 201.

    14. [S197] Newspaper: The London Gazette, 19 Feb 1830, 377.

    15. [S197] Newspaper: The London Gazette, 11 May 1830, 943.

    16. [S197] Newspaper: The London Gazette, 7 Sep 1830, 1911.

    17. [S197] Newspaper: The London Gazette, 3 Jun 1831, 1092.

    18. [S285] Newspaper: Norfolk Chronicle, 4 Jun 1831, 3.

    19. [S51] Bishop’s Transcripts: Archdeaconry of Norwich, 7 Nov 1832, pg 123, no. 983.

    20. [S52] Parish Baptisms: Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, 1827-1839, 7 Nov 1832.

    21. [S51] Bishop’s Transcripts: Archdeaconry of Norwich, 9 Jul 1838, no. 4.

    22. [S359] Electoral Register: 1843, 1843, pg 25, no. 1815.

    23. [S171] Marriage Certificate: Jeremiah George Cock and Sarah Pells (1848), 31 May 1848.

    24. [S197] Newspaper: The London Gazette, 2 Jan 1855, 33.

    25. [S198] Directory: White’s Directory of Suffolk, 1855, link.

    26. [S59] Newspaper: The Ipswich Journal, 6 Jan 1855, 1.

    27. [S197] Newspaper: The London Gazette, 13 Feb 1855, 588.

    28. [S197] Newspaper: The London Gazette, 29 Apr 1862, 2284.

    29. [S168] Death Certificate: Ann Cocks (1865), 8 Oct 1865.

    30. [S59] Newspaper: The Ipswich Journal, 25 Nov 1865, 4.

    31. [S59] Newspaper: The Ipswich Journal, 1 Oct 1870, 8.

    32. [S360] National Burial Index Transcription, link.