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John and Diana HARPLEY

(née WATSON)

 John HARPLEY b. c1720, may have originally come from Crimplesham, NFK. There are entries in the village PRs for this period.

After John's wife Diana died he appears to have moved to Crimplesham. His son Daniel married there in 1779. His daughter Hannah was also living there with her first husband Philip.

John died in 1781 and was buried in Crimplesham on 11 Dec.

 Diana WATSON was born in 1723, in West Dereham, possibly the daughter of Thomas and Mary (nee COLE?).

She died in 1771 and was buried in West Dereham on 16th April.

 
John and Diana married

at West Dereham, Norfolk

on 29 Sep 1745

They had 8 children, all baptised in West Dereham.

John bp. 31 Aug 1749
Mary bp. 15 Dec 1751 -twin
Joseph bp. 15 Dec 1751-twin
Ellen b.1754
Daniel bp.25 Mar 1756. Married Alice BOWERS on 24 May 1779. Click here for more about this family.
Hannah bp. 2 Oct 1759
Robert bp. 14 Nov 1762, bur. 19 Nov 1762
Robert
bp.bur. 18 Dec 1763 bur. 18 Dec 1769  

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