The List of Descendants of
The Forsdike / Forsdyke Family
The Line of Descent to the MacKay connection is high-lighted in red
The early records were taken from the Parish Register Transcripts of Great Bealing, Suffolk etc.
Many variants of the spelling of the Forsdike name were found.
1…..Andrew FORSDIKE Born ca. 1550 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Buried 9th March 1614 Great Bealings, Suffolk
+ Margaret GILDERSLEEVE Born ca. 1550 Great Bealings, Suffolk, Buried17th March 1620 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Married 30th Jan. 1570 Little Bealings, Suffolk
2…..Edmonde FORSDIKE Baptised 9th September 1571 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Died 7th December 1583 Great Bealings, Suffolk – “ Slain with a dart”
2…..Rose FORSDIKE Baptised 27th September 1573 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Died 1623; Buried 29th November 1623 Woodbridge, Suffolk
+ Francis BALLES Born ?; Died 1613; Buried 29th August 1613 Woodbridge, Suffolk; Married 24th March 1596 Great Bealings, Suffolk
2…..Robert FORSDIKE Baptised 19th February 1576 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Died ?
2…..Thomas FORSDIKE Baptised 21st September 1578 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Died ?
+ Maria LARKE Born ?; Buried 25th April 1638 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Married May 1605 Great Bealings, Suffolk
3…..Anne FORSDIKE Born ca. 1610 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Buried 11th June 1615 Great Bealings, Suffolk
3…..Mary FORSDIKE Baptised 10th May 1613 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Died ?
3…..Thomas FORSDIKE Born ca. 1615 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Died Before 1625 Great Bealings, Suffolk
3…..Edmund FORSDIKE Baptised 14th June 1620 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Died 27th June 1620 Great Bealings, Suffolk
3…..Thomas FORSDIKE Born ca. 1625 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Buried 6th April 1682 Great Bealings, Suffolk
+ Elizabeth CLARK Born ?; Buried 29th August 1679 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Married ca. 1646 Great Bealings, Suffolk
4…..Elizabeth FORSDIKE Baptised 21st July 1646 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Died ?
4…..Susanna FORSDIKE Baptised 22nd April 1648 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Died ?
+ John SAYER Born ?; Died ?; Married 7th November 1672 Woodbridge, Suffolk
4…..Mary FORSDIKE Baptised 20th March 1650 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Buried 20th April 1682 Great Bealings, Suffolk
4…..Sarah FORSDIKE Baptised 25th March 1652 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Buried 10th December 1706 Grat Bealings, Suffolk
4…..Thomas FORSDIKE Baptised 14th May 1654 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Buried 10th October 1701 Great Bealings, Suffolk
+ Martha CANDLER Baptised 26th December 1658 Woodbridge, Suffolk; Died 8th Oct. 1706 Great Bealings; Married 28th May 1678 Woodbridge
5…..Martha FORSDIKE Baptised 1st August 1678 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Died ? (Presumably died soon after.)
5…..Martha FORSDIKE Baptised 16th February 1679 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Died ?
5…..Thomas FORSDIKE Baptised 23rd March 1682 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Buried 10th October 1701 Great Bealings, Suffolk
5…..Mary FORSDIKE Baptised 10th February 1684 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Buried 20th April 1684 Great Bealings, Suffolk
5…..Sarah FORSDIKE Born ?; Buried 6th December 1706 Great Bealings, Suffolk
5…..William FORSDIKE Baptised 28th March 1685 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Died ?
5…..Andrew FORSDIKE Baptised 19th January 1687 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Died ?
+ Anne SCARLET Born ?; Died ?; Married 1716 Monewden, Suffolk
6…..Robert FORSDIKE Baptised 7th July 1717 Woodbridge, Suffolk; Died ?
6…..Anne FORSDIKE Baptised 16th February 1722 Woodbridge, Suffolk; Buried 22nd June 1790 Woodbridge, Suffolk
+ Thomas BURCH Born ca. 1720; Buried 9th December 1771 Woodbridge, Suffolk; Married 19th June 1743 Woodbridge, Suffolk
6…..Mary FORSDIKE Baptised 6th January 1724 Woodbridge, Suffolk; Buried 14th February 1793 Woodbridge, Suffolk
5…..Robert FORSDIKE Baptised 16th February 1690 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Died ca. 1690 Great Bealings, Suffolk
5…..Robert FORSDIKE Baptised January 1691 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Died ?
5…..John FORSDIKE Baptised February 1692 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Buried 5th September 1719 Great Bealings, Suffolk
5…..William FORSDIKE Baptised 28th March 1693 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Buried 16th October 1754 Barham, Suffolk
5…..Elizabeth FORSDIKE Baptised 6th October 1693 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Died ?
5…..Mary FORSDIKE Baptised 9th August 1696 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Buried 9th September 1722 Great Bealings, Suffolk
5…..Joseph FORSDIKE Born 12th May 1699, Baptised 14th May 1699 Great Bealings, Suffolk; Buried 4th June 1747 Falkenham, Suffolk
+ Mary UNKNOWN Born ?; Buried 26th September 1744 Falkenham, Suffolk; Married 1730 Falkenham, Suffolk
6…..Joseph FORSDIKE Baptised 15th November 1730 Falkenham, Suffolk; Buried 12th May 1782 Falkenham, Suffolk
+ Martha BRIGGS Born 1729 Falkenham; Buried 30th October 1774 Falkenham; Married 10th December 1750 Falkenham
7…..Joseph FORSDIKE Baptised 20th January 1749 Falkenham, Suffolk; Buried 24th March 1811 Falkenham, Suffolk
+ Mary CLARK Born ?; Buried 13th October 1782 Falkenham, Suffolk; Married 19th March 1775 Falkenham, Suffolk
8…..Elizabeth FORSDIKE Born 24th May Baptised 8th June 1777 Falkenham, Suffolk; Buried 3rd May 1780 Falkenham, Suffolk
8…..Amy FORSDIKE Born 18th September Baptised 19th September 1779 Kirton, Suffolk; Buried 12th Dec. 1779 Falkenham, Suffolk
8…..Sarah FORSDIKE Born 5th April Baptised 8th April 1781 Kirton, Suffolk; Buried 1st February 1869 Falkenham, Suffolk
+ Martha ELLIS Born 1764 Kirton, Suffolk; Buried 3rd July 1796 Falkenham; Married 20th November 1785 Falkenham, Suffolk
8…..Martha FORSDIKE Born 15th July 1786, Baptised 30th July 1786 Kirton, Suffolk; Died ?
8…..Joseph FORSDIKE Born 25th April, Baptised 3rd May 1789 Falkenham, Suffolk; Died ?
8…..Thomas FORSDIKE Born 6th January 1791, Baptised 30th January 1791 Kirton, Suffolk; Died ?
8…..Elizabeth FORSDIKE Born 6th Dec. 1792, Baptised 16th Dec. 1792 Kirton, Suffolk; Buried 11th February 1813 Falkenham, Suffolk
7…..Martha FORSDIKE Baptised 6th January 1754 Falkenham, Suffolk; Died 1st July 1796 Falkenham, Suffolk
7…..Mary FORSDIKE Born 25th April 1756 Falkenham, Suffolk; Buried 5th January 1792 Falkenham, Suffolk
+ Charles BENNETT Baptised 23rd March Saxmundham, Suffolk; Buried 2nd Sept. 1834 Blaxhall, Suffolk; Married 16th Nov. 1777 Falkenham, Suffolk
7…..Elizabeth FORSDIKE Baptised 21st March 1759 Falkenham, Suffolk; Died 26th July 1779 Falkenham, Suffolk
7…..Thomas FORSDIKE Born 30th June 1761 Falkenham, Suffolk; Buried 30th November 1828 Falkenham, Suffolk
7…..James FORSDIKE Born 1763 Falkenham, Suffolk; Buried 11th August 1833 Falkenham, Suffolk
+ Sarah BROWN Baptised 5th Oct. 1766 Shimpling, Suffolk; Buried 29th Feb. 1798 Falkenham; Married 21st Jan. 1787 Falkenham
8…..James FORSDIKE Born 24th Mar. 1787 Falkenham, Suffolk: Died 10th February 1861 Nacton Union Workhouse, Suffolk
+ Mary RIVETT Born 23rd September 1787 Falkenham; Died 16th August 1845 Falkenham; Married 8th May 1809 Falkenham
9…..James FORSDIKE Born 20th February 1810, Baptised 13th April 1810 Falkenham, Suffolk: Died 28th May 1879 Falkenham
+ Sarah WHITEMAN Born 18th Jan. 1812 Kirton; Died 1st February 1869 Falkenham; Married 26th December 1829 Falkenham
10…..Edward FORSDIKE Born 11th May 1830 Falkenham, Suffolk; February 1848 Walton, Suffolk; Died ?
10…..Thirza FORSDIKE Born 6th April 1832, Baptised 1st January 1843 Falkenham; Died 12th Nov. 1926 Tasmania, Australia
+ William BLOOMFIELD Born 11th Sept. 1828, Falkenham; Died 13th June 1906 Tasmania; Married 10th Oct. 1857 Henstead, Suffolk
11….William BLOOMFIELD Born 9th November 1859 Hobart, Tasmania; Died 15th June 1911 Hobart, Tasmania
+ Marianne Frances PIKE Born 25th July 1861 Hobart; Died 5th August 1929 Hobart; Married 4th October 1882 Hobart
10…..Charles FORSDIKE Born 16th April 1837, Baptised 1st January 1843 Falkenham, Suffolk; Died 1857 Ipswich, Suffolk
9…..Mary FORSDIKE Born 16th January 1812, Baptised 25th March 1812 Falkenham; Died 25th November 1891 Ipswich, Suffolk
+ Daniel DAY Born 9th Jan., Baptised 3rd Nov. 1808 Kirton; Died 22nd Jan. 1896 Ipswich; Married 26th Nov. 1833 Falkenham
10…..Eliza DAY Born 11th Aug. 1837, Baptised 11th May 1845 Falkenham, Suffolk; Died 11th August 1884 Tendring, Essex
+ Charles Robert SALTER Born 1842 Ipswich, Suffolk; Died 24th August 1910 Tendring, Essex; Married 1864 Ipswich
10…..Jane DAY Born 1840, Baptised 11th May 1845 Falkenham, Suffolk; Died 1909 Woodbridge, Suffolk
+ James Wade FOULGER Born 29th June 1845 Westerfield, Suffolk; Died 23rd January 1906 Ipswich; Married 1863 Ipswich
10…..Daniel DAY Born 1842, Baptised 11th May 1845 Falkenham, Suffolk; Died 1904 Woodbridge, Suffolk
+ Maria SAVAGE Born 7th February 1846 Tunstall, Suffolk; Died December 1910 Ipswich; Married 1865 Ipswich
10…..Lucy DAY Born 23rd September 1847 Ipswich, Suffolk; Died 1852 Ipswich, Suffolk aged 5 years
10…..William DAY Born 1851 Ipswich, Suffolk; Died 4th January 1897 Woodbridge, Suffolk
+ Diana GARROD Born 1846 Martlesham, Norfolk; Died 1904 Richmond, Surrey; Married 1874 Woodbridge, Suffolk
9…..Lucy FORSDIKE Born 27th March 1814 Falkenham, Suffolk; Died 1884 Trimley St. martin, Suffolk
+ William WARNER Baptised 28th Sept. 1812 Trimley St. Martin, Suffolk; Died 1889 Trimley St. Martin; Married 30th Oct. 1834 Trimley St. Martin
9…..Thomas FORSDIKE Born 1816 Falkenham, Suffolk; Died 13th October 1897 Falkenham, Suffolk
+ Ann RIVETT Born 5th December 1815 Walton; Died 27th April 1896 Falkenham; Married 15th November 1840 Falkenham
10…..Charles FORSDIKE (aka Charles RIVETT) Born 1839 Falkenham, Suffolk; Died 1922 Woodbridge, Suffolk
Note: Charles FORSDIKE adopted his Mother’s Maiden Name of RIVETT and registered his children with the name
+ Sarah LENNY Born 1840 Helmingham, Suffolk; Died 1878 Woodbridge, Suffolk; Married 1864 Bosmere, Suffolk
11…..Thomas RIVETT Born 1864 Kirton, Suffolk; Died 1955 Kettering, Northamptonshire
11…..Charles RIVETT Born 1867 Kirton, Suffolk; Died 19th July 1900 Woodbridge, Suffolk
+ Charlotte UNKNOWN Born ?; Died ?; Married place / date not found, but Marriage confirmed by Probate
11…..Robert RIVETT Born 1869 Falkenham, Suffolk; Died 1952 Gipping, Suffolk
+ Lizzie GARDNER Born 1868 Falkenham, Suffolk; Died 1918 Shardlow, Derbyshire; Married 1896 Woodbridge 12…...Ernest Robert RIVETT Born 4th April 1898 Kirton, Suffolk; Died 1975 Richmond upon Thames
+ Edith Mary DELACROIX Born 5th Feb. 1894 St. Pancras; Died 1979 Richmond, Surrey; Married 1919 Blean, Kent
12….. Elsie May RIVETT Born 25th June 1903 Falkenham, Suffolk; Died 1988 Ipswich, Suffolk
+ Thomas George TAYLOR Born 1904 Meriden, Warw.; Died 1936 Ipswich, Suffolk; Married 1933 Woodbridge, Suffolk
+ Claude Mauldon AMASS Born 12th Mar. 1889 Ipswich, Suffolk; Died 1971 Samford, Suffolk; Married 1940 Deben, Suffolk
11…..James RIVETT Born 1872 Falkenham, Suffolk; Died 1950 Samford, Suffolk
+ Edith Emma SAMPSON Born 1868 Trimley St. Martin, Suffolk; Died 1925 Woodbridge; Married 1903 Woodbridge
11…..William RIVETT Born 1876 Falkenham, Suffolk; Died 1912 Woodbridge, Suffolk
+ Florence Caroline GORHAM Born 1875 Falkenham; Died 1955 Samford, Suffolk; Married 1899 Woodbridge
12….. Alice Mabel RIVETT Born 1901 Falkenham, Suffolk; Died ?
12……Edith Alexandra RIVETT Born 9th August 1902 Falkenham, Suffolk; Died 1984 Gipping, Suffolk
+ John William FENTON Born 8th Oct. 1896 Woodbridge; Died 1960 Ipswich, Suffolk; Married 1926 Samford, Suffolk
+ Louisa Ellen HILL Born 1856 Little Glenham, Suffolk; Died 1917 Woodbridge, Suffolk; Married 1882 Woodbridge, Suffolk
11…..Samuel HILL Born 23rd September 1879 Nacton; Died 23rd July 1950 Felixstowe, Suffolk
[Samuel was the Illegitimate son of Louisa HILL, Father unknown – adopted by Charles as his Step-Son]
+ Rosa May ANDREWS Born 3rd Nov. 1883 Kelsale, Suffolk; Died 6th Dec. 1965 Felixstowe, Suffolk; Married 1913 Woodbridge, Suffolk 11…..Ellen Jane RIVETT Born 1885 Falkenham; Died ? – by Charles FORSDIKE’S (aka RIVETT) 2nd Wife Louisa Ellen HILL
10…..Rebecca FORSDIKE Baptised 20th November 1842 Falkenham, Suffolk; Died 27th January 1888 Tendring, Essex
+ Edward Hector MACKAY Born 1837 – See the MACKAY Descendants List; Married 14th February 1864 Colchester
10…..James FORSDIKE Born 1847 Falkenham, Suffolk; Died 1925 Woodbridge, Suffolk
+ Emma WELLHAM nee HUGHES Born 1849 Barham, Suffolk; Died 1925 Woodbridge; Married 1879 Woodbridge, Suffolk
11…..Grace Eliza FORSDIKE Born 26th July 1881 Falkenham, Suffolk; Died 1967 Ipswich, Suffolk
+ William Boulter COOK Born 29th March 1876 Bamford, Suffolk; Died 1950 Ipswich, Suffolk; Married 1916 Woodbridge, Suffolk
11…..Lily Elizabeth FORSDIKE Born 25th November 1883 Falkenham, Suffolk; Died 1950 Ipswich, Suffolk
+ Harold POOLEY Born 7th Aug. 1887 Ipswich, Suffolk; Died 18th Feb. 1964 Ipswich, Suffolk; Married 1908 Woodbridge, Suffolk
11…..James William FORSDIKE Born 1886 Falkenham, Suffolk; Died 1962 Ipswich, Suffolk
+ Alice Maud MASKELL nee PERRY Born 1896 Falkenham, Suffolk; Died 1973 Ipswich, Suffolk; Married 1919 Woodbridge, Suffolk
[The 1st Husband of Alice was Ernest John Maskell who was Killed in Action on 23rd April 1917 in France]
11…..Ethel FORSDIKE Born 15th August 1888 Falkenham, Suffolk; Died 1967 Ipswich, Suffolk
+ Edward Charles RUDD Born 23rd Dec. 1885 Oakley, Suffolk; Died 1954 Salford, Lancs.; Married 1914 Woodbridge, Suffolk
11…..Harry FORSDIKE Born 21st September 1890 Falkenham, Suffolk; Died 1956 Hartismere, Suffolk
+ Sarah May RICE Born 1887 Mellis, Suffolk; Died 1927 Hartismere, Suffolk; Married 1913 Hartismere, Suffolk
+ Victoria May KNOTT Born 9th May 1897 Hartismere, Suffolk; Died 1959 Ipswich, Suffolk; Married 1930 Hartismere, Suffolk
11…..Cecely May FORSDIKE Born 27th October 1893 Falkenham, Suffolk; Died 23rd April 1965 Felixstowe
+ Fred COOK Born 1897 Risbridge, Suffolk; Died 1939 Debenham, Suffolk; Married 1919 Woodbridge, Suffolk
+ John Francis HORNE Born 12th April 1889 Woodbridge; Died 20th Aug. 1954 Felixstowe, Suffolk; Married 1940 Debenham, Suffolk
10…..Sarah FORSDIKE Born 21st April 1848 Falkenham, Suffolk; Died 1923 Tendring, Essex
+ Frederick James BATCHELOR Born ca. 1836 in unknown; Died 1889 Tendring, Essex; Married 1874 Woodbridge, Suffolk
11…..Ethel Agnes BATCHELOR Born 1st February 1882 Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex; Died 1971 Glamorgan
11…..Daisy Winifred BATCHELOR Born 1883 Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex; Died 18th August 1948 Tonbridge, Kent
11…..Emily Mabel BATCHELOR Born 1885 Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex; Died 1941 Buckinghamshire
11…..Nellie Edith BATCHELOR Born 1887 Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex; Died 1887 Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
11…..William George BATCHELOR Born 28th October 1888 Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex; Died 1976 Barking, Essex
+ Kate G. HILLS Born 10th October 1886 Rochford, Essex; Died 1980 Horsham, Sussex; Married 1916 Rochford, Essex
10…..Harriet FORSDIKE Born 1851 Falkenham, Suffolk; Died 1938 Tendring, Essex
+ John William SNOWDIN Born 1852 East Retford, Notts.; Died August 1886 E. Retford; Married 9th Nov. 1875 E. Retford.
11…..Edith Ellen SNOWDIN Born 1877 East Retford, Nottinghamshire; Died 1935 East Retford, Nottinghamshire
+ Ernest WAINWRIGHT Born 21st October 1888 Gringley, Notts.; Died 1957 East Retford; Married 1910 East Retford
11…..William SNOWDIN Born 6th October 1879 East Retford, Nottinghamshire; Died 1930 Preston, Lancashire
+ Mary Grace COLLINS Born 1872 Colchester; Died 14th Dec. 1948 Walton-on-the-Naze; Married 1918 Tendring, Essex
12…..Herbert SNOWDIN Born 11th October 1900 Grimsby, Lincolnshire; Died 1980 Croydon, Surrey
+ Annie Elizabeth BOWDEN Born 21st Jan. 1900 Croydon; Died 16th Dec. 1941 Croydon; Married 1923 Croydon, Surrey
11…..Harry SNOWDIN Born 23rd October 1882 Temple Bisham, Berkshire; Died 1956 Colchester, Essex