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The name Lambert is common in East Anglia and the UK. My own branch can be traced back to the villages of Grundisburgh and Hasketon which are about 7 miles NE of Ipswich and 2 miles E of Woodbridge in Suffolk.
The earliest records show Phillip & Martha's children baptised in Hasketon (1690-1701) and Grundisburgh (1702). The next family is that of James & Sarah (Grundisburgh,1757-76). Although no direct line can be demonstrated it is very likely that there is such a link. Thereafter the Lambert family can be traced in these and neighbouring villages into the 20th century.
My direct family were cordwainers or shoe-makers for several generations. My great-grandfather Phillip died at the age of 28 and his son Herbert Phillip learned the family trade from his uncle John. Herbert later practised his trade in Trimley before moving to Frinton-on-Sea, Essex. He served in WW1 as a boot -maker; he was posted to work in Manningtree and never left the UK.
Only a few strands of the family have been traced outside the Woodbridge area. Ernest Alfred Lambert (1874-1929) moved with his family to Nettlestead, Kent in 1904. Another branch of the family (Henry Frank Lambert 1879-1950) emigrated to St Louis, USA. The only other emigration so far traced is that of Mary Eliza Lambert (1897-1966) who married Edward Barker; their family are in Ontario, Canada.
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