Publications
What's in a name, by Roy Boydell, published March 2007 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 17 no. 5, article, pp.238-243) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508989] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:Napkin Brooker was born to Nathaniel and Sarah née Pigot on 5 October 1770 at Caterham one of seven children. He married Mary Hawkins 23 October 1799 at Lewes and they had eight children. Mary died 18 August 1851 at Maresfield and Napkin married Mary Wicking 4 January 1761 at Godstone.
Napkin's descendants, by Roy Boydell, published June 2007 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 17 no. 6, article, pp.298-303) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508990] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:A narrative history of the descendants of Napkin Brooker and Mary Hawkins.
Joseph Robinson, master mariner, by Roy Boydell, published June 2008 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 2, article, pp.70-73) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508969] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:My maternal grandparents, George John BROOKER and Mary Mabel ROBINSON. were married on 17 February 1908 at St Paul's, Rusthall, near Tonbridge, Kent. Their marriage certificate gives Mary Mabel's father as Joseph ROBINSON (deceased), Master Mariner. Mary Mabel's birth certificate gives her parents' names as Mary ROBINSON formerly MOCKETT and Joseph ROBINSON, Master Mariner Merchant Marine.
Joseph ROBINSON was christened at Lyminster on 16 December 1849. He was the sixth of ten children of James and Eliza (LEGGATT) ROBINSON. I have been unable to trace his birth certificate and I suspect that his birth was not registered. Joseph ROBINSON married Mary MOCKETT on 24 April 1880 at the Trinity Chapel, Grove Street, Liverpool Mary was the fourth of six children of Henry and Fanny (STEVENS) MOCKETT and was born in Newhaven, where her father, Henry, was a harbour pilot.
Joseph ROBINSON was christened at Lyminster on 16 December 1849. He was the sixth of ten children of James and Eliza (LEGGATT) ROBINSON. I have been unable to trace his birth certificate and I suspect that his birth was not registered. Joseph ROBINSON married Mary MOCKETT on 24 April 1880 at the Trinity Chapel, Grove Street, Liverpool Mary was the fourth of six children of Henry and Fanny (STEVENS) MOCKETT and was born in Newhaven, where her father, Henry, was a harbour pilot.
Where there's a will, by Roy Boydell, published September 2008 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 3, article, pp.156-160) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508970] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:One set of my great-great-great-grandparents were Thomas KNIGHT and Mary Ann SAXBY who were married at Maresfield on 11 April 1814. I had found it reasonably straightforward tracing my ancestry back to them. However I had problems getting any further back on either of their lines. The marriage licence granted by the Archdeaconry of Lewes on 9 April 1814 shows that Thomas was a bachelor of Maresfield aged 21 or more and Mary Ann was a spinster of the same parish, aged 18 or more who married with the consent of her mother, Ann SAXBY, a widow.