The Webb Wagg Family in Australia

Part 7:  Testing the Cley baptism — Is George Horatio Wegg the right man? In Part 6, the documentary and DNA evidence allowed us to extend the Wegg line two further generations. That work identified George Wegg, who married Susanna Wilkin in 1778, as the paternal great-grandfather of William Webb Wagg. That conclusion gave us a firmer foundation. But it also opened the next question: Can we identify the origins of George Wegg — and is he the same man as George Horatio Wegg, baptised at Cley next the Sea in 1761, son of Horatio and Mary Wegg? This is not simply a matter of finding a promising baptism. It is a question of identity. Does the whole life of the man fit? In Part 6, I noted that the Cley baptism was plausible by name, date and location, but that without direct linking evidence the connection had to remain provisional. That remains the starting point for this post. What follows is an attempt to test that possibility more carefully. An unexpected lead The investigation bega...