Publications
John Towner: The Missing Blacksmith of Piddinghoe, by Kevin Towner, published June 2016 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 2, article, pp.60-62) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/509232]
Preview:The TOWNER surname seems to originate in a cluster of small villages around the town of Lewes in East Sussex (see the articles by Reg Towner in Sussex Family Historian vol. 8, p. 174 and vol. 13, p.266). Untangling the different TOWNER families during the period 1600-1800 is rather complicated as many individuals with identical first names lived within a relatively small area. However, the available evidence suggests that John TOWNER, my great x 6 grandfather, was most likely the eldest son of James and Ann TOWNER (née SHOULDER), born on 8 May 1701 and baptised at Chalvington St Bartholomew on 18 May 1701.