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Sussex Family Historian, vol. 8 no. 1, edited by P. B. Evershed, published March 1988 (Sussex Family History Group, ISSN: 0260-4175) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Cobden Family of West Sussex: A Search for Personalities, by Margery Waddams, published March 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 1, article, pp.3-8) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Edward Cobden (1703-1759) and Jane Wittington (1711-1759) had nine children. Article covers the years 1703 - 1814 in the parishes of Charlton, West Dean, and Singleton.

Bound for Botany Bay, by Stanley Excell, published March 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 1, article, pp.9-11) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Vagabonds at Slinfold, by John Bishop, published March 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 1, article, p.13) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Memoirs of Thomas Grenier of Brighton, by Charles E. Grinyer, published March 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 1, article, pp.14-15) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Thomas Grinyer and Martha Hamper had two sons, Thomas born 1808 and Thomas John born 1811. Thomas emigrated to Australia with his family to Brisbane in 1845. Thomas John became editor of the Brighton Examiner. Article covers the years 1806 - 1877 in the parishes of Ovingdean and Brisbane, Queensland

Australian Roots in Sussex, by Frederick J. Nye, published March 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 1, article, pp.16-17) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Discovering when Eliza Nye came to Australia

Sussex Men if the First Fleet, by Stanley Excell, published March 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 1, article, p.18) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Only three convicts condemned at Assizes in Sussex sailed in the First Fleet to become the reluctant founders of a new world.

Brief History of the Hobden Family in Australia, by Keith Walker Hobden, published March 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 1, article, pp.20-21) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Richard Hobden was born in East Chiltington 17 January 1790 and married Albenia Walker in Sydney, Australia and had six children. Article covers the years 1790 - 1926 in the parishes of East Chiltington and Sydney and Singleton, New South Wales

Obituary: Harold Norman Ballard, by Martyn Webster, published March 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 1, article, p.22) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Obituary: Mr. J. H. Callow, by Peter Wilkinson, published March 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 1, article, p.22) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Spooner-Elliott-Burn Connection, by Maurice Burn, published March 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 1, article, pp.24-26) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Henry Spooner married Mary Pennell in 1750 and Judeth in 1759. His son George married Elizabeth Elliott and their daughter Elizabeth married James Burn. This is a brief history of the family illustrated with a family tree and a photograph of George Spooner. Article covers the years 1750 - 1983 in the parishes of Cranleigh in Surrey, Parham in Sussex and London

The Verrall Surname, by Michael S. Verrall, published March 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 1, article, pp.27-28) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

On the way to Australia, by K. M. Thorpe, published March 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 1, article, p.29) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Abraham Gorham Thorpe (b. 1816) married Sophia Turley and had thee daughters and two sons. Abraham was a grocer in the village at Pett, Sussex in1841 but emigrated with his family to Queensland in 1863.

Generations, by R. N. Towner, published March 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 1, article, pp.30-31) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Why record a 1279 traffic accident, by Victor Gladwish, published March 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 1, article, pp.32-35) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Discovering the Philcoxes of Hartfield, by Gwen May née Philcox, published March 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 1, article, pp.37-38) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A narrative history of the descendants of Thomas Philcox born 1671 in Battle and Sara Hadlar who married in 1699. Article covers the years 1671 - 1956 in the parish of Hartfield

Working from both ends, by DonBurgess, published March 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 1, article, pp.39-40) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The author uses Land Tax Assessment records to learn occupations and dwellings of his ancestor, John Burgess. Article covers the years 1785 - 1839 in the parish of Ditchling.

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 8 no. 2, edited by P. B. Evershed, published June 1988 (Sussex Family History Group, ISSN: 0260-4175) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Brighton Jewish Community and 19th Century Australia, by David Spector, published June 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 2, article, pp.51-52) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The founder of the local community was Emanuel Hyam Cohen from Niederwerren, near Munich, who arrived in Brighton in 1782. He married Hannah Benjamin and they had twelve children. Two sons, Abraham (1812-1874) and Raphael or Ralph (1814-1890) emigrated to Australia. Article covers the years 1782 - 1890 in the parishes of Brighton and the many descendants in Australia.

Emigration and Tragedy, by Barbara Balch, published June 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 2, article, p.53) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Great Bush Fire of 1851 and the Dadswell emigrants

A Grand Tour Recorded, by Gillian Frances Smith, published June 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 2, article, pp.54-57) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Joseph James Capon (19 Feb 1842 - 11 Oct 1934) the son of James Dutney Capon and Mary Jane Boniface. Article covers his Grand Tour of Europe in 1876 and the years 1842 - 1954 in the parishes of Warnham, Horsham and Cuckfield

How I discovered my Sussex Ancestry, by Susan Bailey née Luxford, published June 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 2, article, pp.59-60) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Research into the family of Henry and Emily Luxford who married in November 1848 at High Halden in Kent, had ten children and emigrated to Victoria, Australia. Henry's parents were William Luxford and Mary Cheeseman of Northam, Sussex. Article covers the period 1796 - 1902 in the parish of Northiam and Victoria, Australia

Before He Set out for Australia, by A. J. C. Taylor, published June 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 2, article, pp.61-62) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

In 1863 Abraham Goreham Thorpe and all his family emigrated to Australia

Sussex to Sydney in the Neptune, by Fay & Albert King, published June 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 2, article, pp.63-65) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

List of emigrants from Sussex to Sydney in 1839 on board SS Neptune showing names and residences in Sussex.

William, Where Art Thou?, by Rose Chitty, published June 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 2, article, p.66) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story of William Chitty of Horsham

Fortunate Survivors, by Don Burgess, published June 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 2, article, p.72) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The diary of John Burgess of Ditchling

Catsfield to Wagga Wagga, by Valda Hudson, published June 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 2, article, pp.76-78) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story of Tom Jones, son of John & Phyllis Jones, who emigrated to Australia with wife and children and covers the years 1775 - 1908 in the parish of Cowhurst and Wagga Wagga.

A Surfeit of Marriages, by Chris Searle, published June 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 2, article, pp.83-84) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Benjamin Jeffery & His Letters, by Geoffrey Glen Barber, published June 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 2, article, pp.86-91) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Benjamin Jeffrey was born at Little Hosted on 22 September 1844, the youngest of the four children of William and Harriet Jefferey. He emigrated to New Zealand and died there 1912, unmarried. The article documents his life and provides extracts from letters he wrote home. Article covers the years 1811 - 1987.

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 8 no. 3, edited by P. B. Evershed, published September 1988 (Sussex Family History Group, ISSN: 0260-4175) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Bourn of Keymer, by P. B. Evershed, published September 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 3, article, p.99) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

On 21 May 1753 John Bourn was ordained a deacon at the General Baptist Meeting House in Ditchling. He died 3 August 1785 aged 80 leaving bequests to his wife Mary, their children and grandchildren. Article covers the years 1705 - 1840 in the parish of Keymer.

The Kemp Family in Lewes and Brighton, by Antony Dale, published September 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 3, article, pp.100-107) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The life and ancestry of Thomas Read Kemp, M.P. (1782-1844) and his descendants. He married Frances Baring and lived at Herstmonceux Place, then The Temple, Montpelier Road, Brighton, and then Dale Park, Madehurst. They had 10 children. After the death of Frances in childbirth he married, in 1832, Frances Margaretta Shakely and they had one son. Article covers the years 1733 - 1924.

The Dudeneys of Mayfield, by Miss M. E. Wren, published September 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 3, article, pp.116-117) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Henry Dudney (1790-1843) married Harriet Wicken in 1817. After she died in 1818 he married Edith Davidge in 1820 and they had eight children. Article covers the years 1795 - 1930 in the parish Mayfield

Colonel Charles Leslie 1788-1870, by Maurice Burn, published September 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 3, article, pp.121-126) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Colonel Charles Leslie was the 26th Baron of Balquhain, a Deputy Lieutenant for the Counties of Aberdeen and Derby and a Justice of the Peace. The article covers the years 1667 to 1980 and describes his ancestry and his marriage to Mary Holloway in 1826. They had one son and after Mary's death he married Dorothy Eyre in 1836. He lived at Slindon House.

Nicholas Culpeper (1616-1654) and The Complete Herbal, by Ronald Tibble, published September 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 3, article, pp.128-136) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The life of Nicholas Culpeper and a discussion of herbal medicine.

Voters in Seaford Borough in 1761, by Stanley Excell, published September 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 3, article, pp.138-139) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A Flood at Lewes, November 1908, by Annette Philly Verrell, published September 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 3, article, p.139) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 8 no. 4, edited by P. B. Evershed, published December 1988 (Sussex Family History Group, ISSN: 0260-4175) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Across the Border, by P. B. Evershed, published December 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 4, article, pp.147-148) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Rev. Thomas Redman Hooker, D.D. (1762-1838), by Ron Tibble, published December 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 4, article, p.149) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Thomas Redman Hooker was born at Tonbridge, the son of Thomas Hooker owner of Tonbridge Castle. He was educated privately and then at Oriel College, Oxford. He came to Sussex in 1791 as Rector of Whatlington and then Vicar of Rottingdean in 1792. In the vicarage he conducted the school that made him famous for forty years. He also established one of the first Sunday Schools.

Portraits of T. R. Kemp, by Antony Dale, published December 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 4, article, p.155) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Two Sussex Emigrants, by Mrs. K. M. Thorpe, published December 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 4, article, p.156) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Brothers Manser John Thorpe and Horace Thorpe emigrated to America in 1861. Manser was a miller in Canada, but Horace joined the union army. Article covers the years 1861 - 1894 in the parish of Guestling and Ontario.

The Camoys Brass at Trotton, by Stanley Excell, published December 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 4, article, pp.159-161) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Tasker Family and Summersales Farm, by Brian Tasker, published December 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 4, article, pp.164-165) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Tasker family at Summersales Farm from 1714

Records of Weather &c in Wadhurst, by Kate Walter, published December 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 4, article, pp.166-167) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Victorian Photographs, by Robert Hull, published December 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 4, article, p.168) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

includes a portrait of William Hull circa 1880

"Pelling Otherwise Young" - Five Generations of Pellings, by Julia Rayner, published December 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 4, article, pp.169-173) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Research into the Pelling family and covers the years 1732 - 1970 in the parish of Clapham.

Towner - A Sussex Surname, by R. N. Towner, published December 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 4, article, pp.174-176) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Family Heirlooms, by A. V. C. Roberts, published December 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 4, article, pp.177-178) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Eastbourne Paupers, by Roy Grant, published December 1988 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 4, article, pp.183-187) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

List of Paupers receiving Parochial Relief - 1831-32