Publications
Sussex Red Herring, by Richard Weller, published September 2012 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 3, article, p.141) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508852] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:My interest in Family History was sparked when I was thirteen and I have been addicted ever since. I was visiting an uncle with my parents and we had strawberries and cream for tea - quite a treat after wartime austerity. The silver cream jug was engraved with a coat of arms. I was told it was a family heirloom and the arms were those of our WELLER family.
Research at the Society of Genealogists during a family visit to London a couple of years later revealed that the armiger was 'Richard WELLER, Batchilor in Divinity and Rector of Warbilton in Sussex' and the arms were granted in 1672. I already knew that my WELLER ancestors came from a line of farmers and brewers in Buckinghamshire, so I endeavoured to find the connection, working backwards from Bucks in the 19th century and forwards from Sussex/Kent from about 1600.
Research at the Society of Genealogists during a family visit to London a couple of years later revealed that the armiger was 'Richard WELLER, Batchilor in Divinity and Rector of Warbilton in Sussex' and the arms were granted in 1672. I already knew that my WELLER ancestors came from a line of farmers and brewers in Buckinghamshire, so I endeavoured to find the connection, working backwards from Bucks in the 19th century and forwards from Sussex/Kent from about 1600.