Husband:
John BRIGHT ( - )
Wife:
Mary UNKNOWN ( - )
Children:
Name:
John BRIGHT
Sex:
Male
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Name:
Mary UNKNOWN
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Name:
Ezra BRIGHT
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Birth:
c. 1822
Chedgrave
Census:
1841 (age 18-19)
Saxlingham Nethergate1
Address: Filands, Saxlingham Nethergate
living with parents John (45, farmer) and Mary (40), and siblings Isabella (15) and Zachariah (14)
Census:
1851 (age 28-29)
Hedenham2
working bailiff, lodging in the household of Samuell CHATTEN (34, brickburner) and his family
Census:
1861 (age 38-39)
Tharston3
Address: Cuidad Rodriges, Tharston
farmer of 60 acres employing 3 men and 1 boy, living with wife Eliza (35), children Julia (6), Theresa (2) and Ezra (1), and servant Elizabeth ROOK (17)
Census:
1871 (age 48-49)
Tharston4
Address: High Common, Tharston
farmer of 60 acres employing 2 men and 1 boy, living with wife Eliza (45), and children Julia (16), Theresa (12, scholar) and Zebina (9, scholar)
Death:
4 Nov 1878 (age 55-56)
Burial:
8 Nov 1878
Tharston5
Probate:
23 May 1879
Norwich, Norfolk7
BRIGHT Ezra. 23 May. The Will of Ezra Bright late of Tharston in the County of Norfolk Farmer died 4 November 1878 at Tharston was proved at Norwich by Eliza Bright of Tharston Widow the Relic and Zachariah Bright of the Hamlet of Thorpe in the City of Norwich Innkeeper the Brother the Executors. Personal estate under £800.
MI:
St. Mary's Church; Tharston6
The memory of the just is blessed •In Loving Remembrance Of • EZRA BRIGHT • OF THIS PARISH • WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE • NOVEMBER 4TH 1878 • AGED 56 YEARS FORGET THEE? NEVER TO THE LATEST BREATH • WE SHALL REMEMBER THY CALM BED OF DEATH • WHAT HUMBLE TRUST WHAT HOLY HOPE WHAT JOY • MID DYING PANGS COULD EVERY THOUGHT EMPLOY • YES. IN THAT MOMENT THOU DIDST SEEM TO BE • AT PEACE WITH GOD AND GOD AT PEACE WITH THEE
1841 Census. HO107 776 9 10. Cit. Date: 1841.
1851 Census. HO107 1820 522 9. Cit. Date: 1851.
1861 Census. RG09 1233 171 10. Cit. Date: 1861.
1871 Census. RG10 1836 154 4. Cit. Date: 1871.
Parish register - burial. Tharston. Cit. Date: 8 November 1878.
Memorial. Tharston.
National Probate Calendar. 1879 page 231. Cit. Date: 23 May 1879.
Civil Registration - death. 1878 Q4 Depwade 4B 170. Cit. Date: Q4 1878.