Robert
Ransome
Born before in Wells next the Sea, Norfolk, England
Ancestors 
Son of Richard Ransome
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
James Ransome and Robert Ransome
Died
after age 77
in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Jan 2019
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Biography
Robert Ransome is Notable.
Robert was a Friend (Quaker)
Robert Ransome was born on 8 Feb 1753 in Wells-next-the-sea, Norfolk, died on 7 Mar 1830 in Woodbridge, Suffolk, and was buried in Friends Burial Ground, Ipswich. [1]
He was an English maker of agricultural implements. He founded the company later known as Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies. [2]After 1789 in Old Foundry Works, Ipswich, Suffolk. [1]
He was son of Richard Ransome, a schoolmaster. His grandfather, Richard Ransome, was a miller of North Walsham, Norfolk, and an early Quaker who suffered frequent imprisonment while on preaching journeys in various parts of England, Ireland, and Holland; he died in Bristol in 1716. [2]
Robert married Mary Raven, daughter of John Raven and Ann, on 19 Feb 1782 in Friends Meeting House Tasburgh. Mary was born in 1762 in Kelvedon, Essex, died on 7 Mar 1800, and was buried on 14 Mar 1800 in Friends Burial Ground Ipswich. They had 12 children: James, Mary Ann, Elizabeth, Prudence, Jane, Robert, Prudence, Patience, Rachael, Robert, Ann and Richard [1]
In 1809 he made his eldest son, James Ransome (1782–1849), his partner and they called themselves Ransome & Son. In 1826 James's son known as Allen but technically James Allen Ransome (1806–1875) went to live at Yoxford, Suffolk, where he established a branch of the business. [3]
Reading on the Ransom family https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/365857/?offset=0#page=15&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The descendents of Thomas Ransome p 39 Research by Charles Pease. Viewed 7 Jan 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wikipedia contributors, "Robert Ransome," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ransome (accessed January 7, 2020).
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ransomes,_Sims_%26_Jefferies&oldid=933670048 (accessed January 6, 2020).
- Crisp, Frederick Arthur. Visitation of England and Wales. 1919. Vol 20. Pg. 107. Archive.org. [1]
- https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Robert_Ransome
- Milligan, Edward H. Quakers & Railways, Sessions Books Trust, 1992, p.22
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