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Allwork Ancestry in Sussex, by John Paterson, published March 2015 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 5, article, pp.235-240) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508855]

This three-part article is derived from my entry in the Sussex Family History Group's "Write Your Family History" competition, run as part of the Group's 40th anniversary celebrations. This entry was entitled The Sussex Ancestry of Will ALLWORK (1874-1940), and traced not only Will's ALLWORK forebears but also his forebears who bore other surnames, such as CARPENTER, MORGAN and STACE, to name just a few. This article, however, is restricted to Will's ALLWORK ancestry in Sussex. Readers interested in the fuller account can, however, consult it in the SFHG Library, (where it is held under Family Histories/A, item 113398).
James William ALLWORK (1874-1940), known as Will, was my maternal grandfather. Although he was born in Kent, he could be described as a son of Sussex, since both his parents were born and brought up in that county; indeed the whole of Will's known ancestry is of Sussex provenance. The story starts in the 17th century.

My Grandfather's Allwork Ancestry in Sussex, by John Paterson, published September 2015 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 7, article, pp.309-314) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508953]

My grandfather Will ALLWORK's 3 x great grandfather, John ALLWORK, was born in Alfriston and baptised there on 5 November 1694. Nothing is known of his childhood, but on 22 September 1712 (aged 17) he was apprenticed to Stephen PIERCE to learn the trade of cooper. A cooper is of course a maker of wooden barrels, and it was a trade which would be associated with the ALLWORK family for several generations. On 2 April 1719, at the age of 24, he married Ann CAPLIN in the parish church in Willingdon, where his grandfather Thomas had married 46 years earlier.

My Allwork Ancestry In Sussex Part 3, by John Paterson, published December 2015 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 8, article, pp.371-375) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/509026]

William ALLWORK, my grandfather Will ALLWORK's great grandfather, was baptised, married and buried in Seaford, and probably lived there for most, if not all, of his life. We only have a very sketchy notion of his life, but such evidence as we have suggests that he probably lived near the bread line for much of his life, earning a precarious living as an agricultural labourer. In 1786, a couple of months short of his 22nd birthday, he married Mary STACE in St Leonard's parish church in Seaford.