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Many thanks to Pam of Australia for some of the information below. She descends from Harriet & James Rose, below.

JAMES RIESEBROW  b. 1732 mar' MARY MEANS of Matlaske 14/10/1759 @ Knapton., moved from
Matlaske to Knapton sometime between 1760-1767.  JAMES buried 12/07/1778 aged 46 @ Knapton. Wife MARY buried 03/02/1812 aged 84 @ Knapton. NB: named RISEBOROUGH in later references.  Issue:

JAMES RIESBOROW (or RISEBOROUGH) Bap' 02/02/1760 @  ref: Matlaske.
SARAH RIESBOROW Bap: 03/06/1764 @ Edingthorpe.
MARY RIESBOROW Bap: 30/08/1767 @ Knapton. There was a MARY RISEBOROUGH, single woman, buried 11/06/1801 @ Knapton aged 33 making this Mary the possible one.
ELIZABETH RIESBOROW Bap: 18/02/1770 @ Knapton.
ADAM RIESBOROW Bap: 23/03/1773 @ Knapton. Buried 17/04/1829 @ Stradbroke, Suffolk. Mar' 10/10/1796 @ Wingfield, Suffolk, to MARY BARKER b. 1775 @ Newton, Norfolk, d. 26/12/1852 @ Stradbroke, Suffolk as BEECROFT.
Apparently Adam received poor relief from Stradbroke Parish on several occasions.      ADAM & MARY'S Issue:

HARRIET   bap' 09/07/1797 @ Stradbroke, Suffolk, d. 23/09/1850.  1st. mar' to JAMES ROSE 18/12/1816, 2nd mar' to WILLIAM WILES 19/02/1847 @ Stradbroke, Suffolk.
ADAM RIESBOROW  bap' 18/08/1799 @ Wingfield. Bur' 16/02/1802 @ Wingfield
SOPHIA RIESBOROW  bap' 15/05/1803 @ Wingfield. Mar' JOHN MILLS 28/10/1825 @ Stradbroke
ADAM RIESBOROW  bap'  02/02/1806 @ Stradbroke, agricultural labourer, died 21/06/1871 @ Stradbroke. Mar' MYRA PEARSE Dec 1829 @ Laxfield.
Like his father before him, Adam also received poor relief but unlike his father, he hanged himself whilst in a state of temporary insanity.
MARY bap' 05/06/1850  d. 1862 @ Stradbroke
LYDIA bap' 17/03/1811 @ Stradbroke

ADAM & MYRA'S
Issue:
ADAM bap'  28/07/1830 @ Stradbroke, d. before 1841
MYRA b. 1830
MARY ANN  bap' 14/10/1832 @ Stradbroke
SARAH ANN  b.  1840 @ Stradbroke
HARRIET bap' 06/07/1843 @ Stradbroke
ADAM b.  1844 @ Stradbroke
JOHN bap' 15/07/1850  d. 1862 @ Stradbroke
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