Finding

Margaret's Rivett kin at Garveston and Gressenhall, two to three miles from East Dereham

Margaret Rybett is identifiable as Margaret Rivet, baptised 21 May 1586 at Garveston, Norfolk, daughter of Francis Rivet — a mid-Norfolk family, not the Suffolk gentry line. Garveston lies two miles from East Dereham and Gressenhall three, and the Rivett presence in both is continuous. This gives the long-standing hypothesis a documentary basis: John, left motherless about 1616–17 when Margaret died and Francis remarried and moved to London, had maternal kin a few miles from his birthplace. Richard Ryvett of Gressenhall, who married Faith in 1602, is a documented source for the name John gave his eldest surviving son.

Confidence: Moderate

Topic file location: Identity — Candidate B: Norfolk parentage