William Case, of Great Fransham

married Susan Radich

William CASE (1590-1635), England, children William Soloman, William, Thomas, Richard, John

Notes

From http://caseword.wordpress.com/ancestry/great-fransham-the-cases-in-...

“The family of Case was formerly of great respectability and opulence in Norfolk, some of which resided at Great Fransham for nearly two centuries.”

So it says in the obituary for Philip Mallett Case published in The Gentleman’s Magazine in 1834. …

"The earliest Case I have on record at Great Fransham is William Case, born in 1560. The line of descent is unclear, but comes into focus with Thomas Case, born in 1663, and recorded as a freeholder of Great Fransham. Late in his life he moved to Saham Toney (yes, coincidentally where my mother was born 200 years later) leaving his second son, Thomas (b 1695) in charge at Great Fransham. The family stayed at Great Fransham for another three generations. Our line of descent comes from this Thomas, through his second son Edward (1735), and Thomas Henry (1773) to Philip Case (1815) who moved toNorwich, and founded Case and Steward in 1860. By 1854, White’s directory ofNorfolkshowed there were no Cases living in Great Fransham, although the 1883 directory showed 16 farmers called Case scattered across Norfolk.”

The Hundred of Launditch and Deanery of Brisley: In the County of Norfolk: Evidences and Topographical Notes from Public Records, Heralds' Visitations, Wills, Court Rolls, Old Charters, Parish Registers, Town Books, and Other Private Sources : Digested and Arranged as Materials for Parochial, Manorial, and Family History, Volume 1. By George Alfred Carthew (1877). Page 166. < GoogleBooks >

The family of CASE occupied so large a space in the parish registers of Great Fransham during the latter part of the seventeenth and the whole of the eighteenth century, that I think it is a case requiring particular notice. If the family were not indigenous to the soil (and we find them first in the adjoining parish of Necton) it struck deep root there, and had extensive ramifications, some of which, I believe, are still flourishing, although the parent stock has died out. I first take the extracts from parish registers.

References

1. http://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.php?pid=345491
2. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Case-1119
3. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181669299/william-solomon-case
4. CASE lineage https://www.wikitree.com/photo.php/f/f2/Case-280.jpg
5. "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 30 January 2023, 17:58), entry for Richard Thomas Case (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LBH2-F8S ); contributed by various users.
6. Warwickshire County Record Office; Warwick, England; Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Roll: Engl/2/1024; Document Reference: DRO 67