Bibliography - Family Historian - 2013
Bibliography Home

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 20 no. 5, edited by Sharon Paskins, published March 2013 (pp.195-243, Sussex Family History Group, ISSN: 0260-4175) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508976] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Early History of the SFHG, by Frank Leeson, published March 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 5, article, pp.198-199) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508976] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

I wrote a Brief History of the Sussex Family History Group for the Programme of the Sussex by the Sea Conference of 4-6 April 1997, anticipating our Group's 25th Anniversary towards the end of the year. It was very much of a 'corporate' review without mentioning personalities. The notes which follow go into more detail, mention personalities, but are confined to the early years

And to bring us up to Date, by Colin Excell, published March 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 5, article, pp.199-200) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508976] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

After Joan Goddard stood down as Secretary, Margaret Bysh came in for three years, followed by Val Orr who handed over in 2011 to Mick Richardson who in turn will be handing over to Angela Horton at the 2013 AGM. After Pat Stevenage stepped down as Chairman he was succeeded by Philip Martin, Brian Cutler, Mick Richardson, and Colin Excel!. When Peter Evershed retired as Editor of the Historian in 2001 Trevor Hanson took over and improved the appearance of the Historian and last year he handed over to Sharon Paskins.

A Link with the Past, by Ron Leney, published March 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 5, article, pp.200-201) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508976] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

What makes people want to trace their family history'? Curiosity, perhaps? An urge to find a shade of blue in their blood? Why did you begin? I started on the long, long trail into the past because of a silver tablespoon. This spoon had been handed down in my family from father to first-born son for more than two centuries. When it came into my possession I felt a sense of awe. This piece of silver had been handled by my ancestors for over two hundred years. Who were they? Where did they live and what did they do? No one in the family knew anything about the spoon's origin, so I determined to find out for myself.

Sussex Pre-1837 Marriages, by Joe Bysh, published March 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 5, article, pp.204-206) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508976] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Sussex Marriage Index is one of the best things we have done in our first 40 years. It was conceived by our founder member Frank Leeson in the mid-1960s. As a Fellow of the Society of Genealogists he was the editor of their journal for a quarter of a century and he took a special interest in the surnames of Sussex. He wanted to create a complete index of every known record of Sussex marriages before 1st July 1837 after which date marriages were registered by the Government's General Registry Office

40 Years Of Distributing The Historian, by Vee Willis, published March 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 5, article, pp.206-207) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508976] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Four times a year, a copy of the SFH (Sussex Family Historian) arrives through your letter box. The distribution process is quick and easy: the mailing company receives boxes of SFHs from the printers; our Membership Secretary e-mails the distribution list; machines fill the envelopes whist printing the addresses and franking the envelopes; Royal Mail does the rest. But it wasn't always that simple.

A Marked Card, by Reginald Kyrke, published March 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 5, article, pp.207-209) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508976] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The place is the Borough of Lewes, and the time is ten minutes to twelve on the morning of Tuesday, 21 August 1849. A large crowd is standing in North Street, Market Street, East Street and Little East Street. Attention is centred on a strange wooden structure projecting above the wall of the House of Correction and County Goal, exactly opposite to the end of Little East Street, where the throng is at its densest - a curious goal post like erection, with a weighted rope stretched dangling from the middle of the crossbeam, almost touching a platform level with the inside of the wall parapet. The top-hatted figures of Superintendent HARPER, Inspectors FLANAGAN and DAWES, with those of eight Police Constables, move with some difficulty through the press of people, who are remarkably quiet and sober. Little East Street is quite choked with sightseers, who overflow into Waterloo Street, where Sergeant AKEHURST keeps watch with nine more Constables.
Sarah CARD, aged eight, is indoors at 16 West Street; her mother is brushing her hair before sending her down town to Priory Street on an errand to her aunt. "Now Sally, you are to go straight there - along Star Lane (now Fisher Street) and down St. Mary's Lane (now Station Street) no dodging about round corners - do you hear me?" She gives her daughter a little shake. Sally hears well enough but says nothing.

The 1881 Census Indexing Project, by Mick Henry, published March 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 5, article, p.210) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508976] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Who was John Doe?, by Joan Stenning, published March 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 5, article, pp.210-212) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508976] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

To most people the name John Doe would seem to be a hypothetical one, the unknown person, the Mr X. It is quite understandable therefore that when I learnt that John DOE was the name of my paternal grandfather I had some doubts, especially in view of "the story". There are several versions of the tale, each varying somewhat but each basically the same and like all family stories it has been told one to another, until one wonders where embroidery was added and where true facts have been lost.

Surnames as Given Names, by Peter Evershed, published March 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 5, article, pp.212-213) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508976] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

From my researches into family history it appears that the use of surnames as given names can be classified into five categories. Named after an ancestor, Named after the family of the child's mother, Named after a close family friend, Named after a public figure and To point the finger at the putative father of an illegitimate child.

Looking behind the Registers, by Don Burgess, published March 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 5, article, pp.213-215) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508976] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

From time to time I help ESRO by putting some transcripts of parish registers on to disk. This usually brings to light a number of interesting facts other than the entries themselves. I have recently spent time on the early Heathfield Registers, and was not disappointed. For example, between December 19th and January 11th 1603/4 there were seven entries of people who were 'buried in the fields'. Why, I thought, were these burials done thus?

Alfriston and its Parish Registers, by Phyl and Stanley Excell, published March 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 5, article, pp.219-221) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508976] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Alfriston must be one of the most beautiful places in the country. The vista along the village street changes at every undulation and bend. Perhaps there are more shops now than there once were, but they are quiet and unassuming and it is a delight to pause and linger in them, if only for the pleasure of entering one of the old and mellow buildings.

Ups and Downs of Genealogy, by Sir John Donne, published March 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 5, article, pp.221-222) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508976] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

My wife and I were both in the army during WW2 and in the years that followed were busy with training and a young family and had little thought or time for genealogy. But things were to change: a friend in London spotted in a sale of miniatures one of 'Sarah Donne - 1832 - Bristol'. He bought it for us and later bringing it to us uttered the fatal words, "Wouldn't it be interesting to see if she is related to your family". We were hooked.

Monumental Inscriptions, by Christine Payne, published March 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 5, article, pp.223-224) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508976] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

When the first few members gathered together so long ago they all had ideas of what to put their talents to. One thought of MI's and so the fledgling archive started with Frank Leeson collecting them. It was clear this was a project that needed to be done as soon as possible as the stones were already becoming illegible. Later Peter Cox took it on and went out in the field with members transcribing. All the information gathered was put onto small oblong slips of paper, by surname, in boxes. By 1989 when I was persuaded to take it on there were a few thousand slips which grew very quickly; we had slipping parties to sort them into the boxes!

They called him 'Com' for short, by James A. Funnell, published March 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 5, article, pp.225-226) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508976] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Many people have family heirlooms, some very valuable, some centuries old. I cannot claim such distinctions but I do rather treasure an old photograph taken about 1885 or so of my great grandfather Harry ADAMS with a pony standing by the water wheel at Saddlescombe near Poynings, Sussex.

Henry's Crooked Little Fingers, by Kay Milton, published March 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 5, article, pp.230-232) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508976] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The surname HAMPTON is common in Sussex, but rarely figures among those being researched by SFHG members. My ancestor Henry HAMPTON emigrated from North Mundham, near Chichester, in February 1838, accompanied by his wife Louisa (née LANE) and their daughter, Ellen. Henry and Louisa were both aged 24; Ellen 18 months. Henry said he was a shoemaker when he married Louisa in 1835, but by 1838, when he applied for assisted passage, he had expediently turned into a sawyer, for which there was demand in the colony of South Australia.

The Sussex Baptismal Index, by Brian Cutler, published March 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 5, article, pp.233-234) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508976] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

One of the objects of the Sussex Family History Group is to help to make historical data more accessible to the many people who want to explore the lives of their ancestors, and from the beginning the Group has been involved in routing out all four main building blocks of family history - birth, marriage, death and census records.
In the early days of the Group baptisms, as a surrogate for birth records, had to take a lower priority in Sussex to work on the marriage index, monumental inscriptions and 1881 and 1851 censuses. The Group did, however, produce an index of Brighton Baptisms from 1813 - 1839 and also contributed to work at East Sussex Record Office to develop a card index of East Sussex baptisms up to 1812. To supplement this the record office, with help from volunteers, photocopied a large number of 19th century baptism records, cut them into strips and sorted them into a slip index. This slip index proved difficult to use in the search room and was donated to the Group Library when the latter moved to Lewes. The problems of using it, however, remained.

Aunt Sarah's Great Adventure, by Jenny McKechnie, published March 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 5, article, pp.234-237) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508976] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

No one in my family knew that we had Mormon relatives, until I took up family history in 2000. There is an Ancestral File of our family on the IGI, but that tells us very little. When and where did they become Latter Day Saints? When did the family emigrate? What was the journey like?
My 3x great-aunt, Sarah RUSSELL, was born in Etchingham on 2 December 1822, the fifth child of Samuel RUSSELL and Sophia CAMPANY. (My great-great-grandfather, Caleb RUSSELL, was the tenth child.) Sarah married Ebenezer Caleb CROUCH (b 24 November 1820, Wadhurst) on 20 October 1846, in Ticehurst

Envy Me?, by Juli Chpaman, published March 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 5, article, p.237) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508976] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 20 no. 6, edited by Sharon Paskins, published June 2013 (pp.244-290, Sussex Family History Group, ISSN: 0260-4175) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508977] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Boy Done Well, by Rodney Carter, published June 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 6, article, pp.245-246) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508977] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Albert HEASMAN was born in Ticehurst on 7th October 1882 to Walter (born Bolney in 1849) and Charlotte HEASMAN (nee PARSONS). The HEASMANS had lived in Sussex for many centuries gradually migrating from west to east with Albert's direct line having been traced back to before 1500. Back in the 16/17thC, the family must have been quite wealthy as land, livestock and upmarket personal belongings were passed on in Wills. Albert's antecedents were junior members of their families and not, unfortunately, recipients of land which disappeared down other lines in the family tree. Indeed, in the late 1700's many of his ancestors were paupers.

An Etherton Legacy, by Sue Coward, published June 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 6, article, pp.248-250) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508977] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

I have a small BARBER twig on my JAMES family tree! The baptism details for Jane BARBER of Bury, recorded in 1690, are 'Born May 13 Barber Jane daughter of William of Triphill decd and Jane his wife'. William BARBER married Jane MILLS at Coldwaltham in 1683 and at Coldwaltham six years later, on 13 September 1689, William BARBER of Triphill was buried. On 15 March 1693/4 his widow, Jane, married again, this time to Robert JAMES of Fittleworth. Jane must have been aged thirty nine and things may not have gone according to plan. Their marriage licence is dated 15 March, as is the curate's entry in the Funtington Parish Register where he states that their marriage actually took place in St Mary's Hospital in Chichester. Jane and Robert JAMES went on to baptise two daughters, Dorothy at Bury on 3 July 1694 and Elizabeth at Coldwaltham in 1696. Jane JAMES, nee MILLS then BARBER, was buried at Bury in 1715.
Jane's daughter, Jane BARBER, must have been thirty five when she married Edmund ETHERTON, a Husbandman of Storrington, at Fittleworth on 31 October 1725. On 27 July 1726 their son Edmund was baptised at Storrington. Various records (1) confirm that Edmund, son of Edmund ETHERTON, was an apprentice Smith in Chichester by the autumn of 1742. His Master was Edward FROST of Rumboldswick and the apprenticeship was to last for five years. Edmund would have been a qualified Blacksmith by the time he was twenty one.

Where's The Evidence?, by Roy Bradford, published June 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 6, article, pp.250-252) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508977] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

I've been researching my family history, on and off, for a number of years now and like to think I'm reasonably experienced in finding the necessary information to construct a tree. However I'm ashamed to admit that I believed to be true some information published on other people's trees, who were researching the same name, even when I couldn't find the evidence to support it.
The family name Ito researching is BRADFORD, and I got back as far as 1612 with the marriage at Clayton of Richard BRADFORD and Elizabeth HOARE. Then there was a problem as I couldn't find Richard's baptism or death, so after some time, in desperation, I turned to other people's BRADFORD family trees for a solution. I had a variety of answers to choose from, ranging from Pyecombe, Preston and Clayton for his baptism to Clayton and Pyecombe for his burial. Nevertheless, all agreed that he was the child of Richard BRADFORD and Elizabeth GOLDSTON of Preston and was born circa 1588.
This was a very positive answer and a very reasonable supposition, particularly as Clayton and Preston are in close proximity to each other and contain a number of BRADFORD entries in their parish registers. I did later ask some of the people with BRADFORD trees to tell me where the evidence for Richard's baptism/burial could be found but didn't get a straightforward answer, apart from one person, who told so e that they had copied it from someone else's tree, just as I had.
The answers that I got, or lack of them, bothered me, so recently I made a determined effort to find the baptism of Richard.

Lost An Ancestor? Look Under Southern Skies, by Celia Painter, published June 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 6, article, pp.252-254) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508977] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Desperately Seeking Susan!, by Margaret A. Nye-Periera, published June 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 6, article, pp.256-258) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508977] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

On 19th February 2013 I had a breakthrough in our 30 year search for Susan NYE, except we still have problems. Looking yet again at the children of Susannah NYE, who married on 7th June, 1830 at St. Nicholas Church, Brighton, Charles WOOD, Hairdresser, witnesses Henry WOOD and Mary BIGNELL, I decided to check on their whereabouts through FreeCEN as that is almost complete for 1861.
James WOOD aged 13 born Brighton (probably born 1847 Brighton, Volume 7 Page 280) in the 1861 Census was in Henfield High Street as Nephew to George LUDBITTER aged 59 Wheelwright and Charlotte LUDBITTER 52 born Henfield. Henfield was of great interest as "my" Susannah NYE was born there in 1811: "Susannah dau. of Benjamin & Sarah NYE privately baptised on the day of her birth Janry 12th and received into the Church Febry 10th"

My Stray Sussex Angel, by Mark D. Bishop, published June 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 6, article, pp.267-271) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508977] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Among the various bits and bobs that inhabited my childhood was a collection of travel books contemporary to the 1870s and 1880s. However, they were not about your ordinary European touristy places, no these volumes were about far-away locations that were still largely unknown and uncharted by English explorers. Places like the Tablelands of Venezuela and the hinterlands of Africa that only Livingstone and such explorers had charted. My maternal great-grandfather, John Alfred FORTUNE, had been the original boyhood owner of those books and it is only now that I realise what they meant to him as a young and lonely lad, they had been a panacea for his broken heart. Yet, there is something else that belonged to him, which I have cherished even more over the years and have managed to hold on to by a thread. It is an almost complete, full-colour set of cards giving a pictorial History of the 'Sports and Pastimes of many Nations' that were obviously given as freebees when purchasing miraculous Holloway's Pills. Indeed, the card for Patagonia makes that part of the world look very alluring and reports, 'Often young children are found at play with flamingos by the brookside'; whilst Brazil is, 'the most important country of South America.'

Ralph Raward, by Judith Heindorff, published June 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 6, article, pp.271-272) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508977] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

From the family history records, I have found out that my Great Great Grandfather, Ralph RAWARD 1771-1833, was born in Paull, Yorkshire and died in Brighton (non-conformist records).
First a brief history of what we have. A Ralph RAWARD was born in 1771 in Paull, Yorkshire to a Richard ROWARD (there are many ways of spelling the name). Richard was a tailor (I have found records of his taking apprentices into the 1790's). There is also a Ralph RAWARD born in Lincolnshire several years later. According to our family records & legends, Ralph was a tailor and his wife Jemima (Dedemiah) SAWYER a tailoress.

Gone But Not Forgotten, by Pamela Whittaker, published June 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 6, article, pp.275-278) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508977] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

It all began just over three years ago when I met a friend who had spent many years researching her family tree. I said that I would love to find out who my ancestors were, but confessed I had no idea where to begin. She asked me one or two questions about my parents and we went our separate ways. We got together again a few weeks later and I was amazed at how much she had found out about my family, and so that chance remark made one Saturday morning started me on a voyage of discovery that has completely captured my imagination.

Double Trouble: 18th Century Horscrofts in Chiddingly, by Robert Ralph, published June 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 6, article, pp.280-283) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508977] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A few years ago at the East Sussex Record Office (ESRO), feeling my way gingerly back through the le Century looking for my HORSCROFT ancestors, I arrived at the marriage (by licence) of Samuel HORSCROFT, my 5x great grandfather, and Ann ROBERTS on 7th March 1767 in Arlington. Ann was an Arlington girl baptised on 29th May 1748 the daughter of Robert and Ann ROBBARTS. Samuel, it appears, was from Chiddingly, where a Sam[uel], son of Sam[uel] and Eliz(abeth] HORSECRAFT, was baptised on 31st May 1747.

The Great Storms, by M. J. Leppard, published June 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 6, article, p.284) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508977] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Sussex Family Historian Vol.20 no.5 (March 2013) reprinted, unattributed and not quite complete, a piece under this title which I contributed to Vol.8, no.1 (March 1988). It generated a limited response from readers, some of it rather missing the point I was making, which I had probably not expressed clearly enough. It may therefore be worth revisiting in the hope of a fresh response.

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 20 no. 7, edited by Sharon Paskins, published September 2013 (pp.292-338, Sussex Family History Group, ISSN: 0260-4175) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508978] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A Twist of Fate, by E. Patricia Gutteridge, published September 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 7, article, pp.293-294) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508978] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Eliza Bumstead PLUMLEY married Stephen FOORD on 9th March 1854 in Pevensey Parish Church. Both of their families lived in the village. Their first born were twin boys, followed by five more children. In 1867 Stephen's mother died from typhoid fever closely followed by his step-father and step-sister. Another set of twin boys were born in 1869, baptised on 16th May and named Thomas John and John Thomas. In about 1870 the family moved to Brighton where two more children were born, and where Stephen was now working as a potato merchant.
Catastrophe struck in 1876 when Stephen, aged 47, was found hanging in the garden shed by one of his daughters; an inquest was held on 18th April. Eliza was suddenly left alone. The older children were away from home, but she was left with three girls, aged 9, 3 and 2 and the twin boys aged 7. She had no alternative but to find work. In the 1881 census the two youngest girls were in the Brighton Industrial School, Warren Farm, Rottingdean. John Thomas, one twin, was in the Boys Home, Upper Lewes Road, Brighton, but where was Thomas John FOORD, the other twin?

The Rich Branch, by Rosie Ansell, published September 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 7, article, pp.294-297) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508978] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

In the late 17th century in Horsham there were two branches of the ANSELL family: my ancestors and the rich branch. The latter consisted of father William and his two sons, William and Philip, who were all cordwainers and also had substantial property interests. The younger William never married and Philip and his wife had no children so when they died, within a year of each other in 1726 and 1727, they left most of their property to their DAY nieces and nephews, the children of their sister Elizabeth, who had married Richard DAY of Mayfield in 1684.

John, the Woodsell Who Wasn't, by Karen Taylor, published September 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 7, article, pp.299-301) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508978] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Even as a very young child I wondered who my ancestors were as I'd never come across our family name of WOODSELL before. All I knew at this point was that my father's father had been born at Maidstone, so aged 20 and in pre-internet days I attended an evening course in tracing your family history. Armed with new found knowledge, I headed excitedly for the BMD Indexes that were then held at the PRO - St. Catherine's House. This was in 1980 well before the explosion in interest and 'Family Tree Magazine' was the only specialist magazine in existence.

The Early Payne Family Of Sussex, by John F. Howes, published September 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 7, article, pp.302-307) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508978] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The PAYNEs were a large and ubiquitous family from Sussex with numerous branches evident in 16th century parish registers and were probably related to PAYNEs in Hampshire, Kent and Surrey.
Many Sussex families can claim to either be descendants of a PAYNE or to have a PAYNE in their extended family tree. For me it is my 10 x great grandmother Elizabeth PAYNE christened in Ardingly on 11 Mar 1592/3, the daughter of Richard PAYNE. The 16th century Ardingly parish registers contain much information on the family but little connects them together and I was unable to find a published comprehensive review of the family. Peter Brown (www.peter-brown.net) has organized many of the 16th century PAYNEs and this persuaded me to start researching earlier records of the family.

Sherlock? Not So Elementary!, by Maureen Hague, published September 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 7, article, pp.307-308) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508978] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

In The Seven Ages of Man, William Shakespeare uses the expression "a strange, eventful history". This certainly applied to my husband's g-g-g-g-grandmother. Charlotte SHERLOCK was baptized at St Margaret's Church, Angmering on 26 May, 1744. Actually she was baptized as SHARLOCK (only one of the several variants of the name). The eldest daughter of Thomas and Mary, she appears to have had at least four SHARLOCK siblings and four SHERLOCKs, all of whom were baptized at Angmering.

A Book for the Poor House, by Val Whitmarsh, published September 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 7, article, pp.311-324) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508978] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

On 11 September 1747, two Justices of the Peace attached their seals to an order to remove Richard and Elizabeth PORTER from the parish of Trotton, and take them to Richard's 'last legal place of settlement', which was Harting. This was because Richard had 'intruded' himself into Trotton and the churchwardens and overseer of the poor had reported that he and Elizabeth were likely to become chargeable on the parish rates 'if not timely prevented'

Rooted In England, by Jan Mackie, published September 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 7, article, pp.315-320) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508978] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

My English roots arise in two counties - Sussex and Shropshire - and converge in Highwood, Illinois in 1898 in a way none of the participants could ever have imagined. Daily life and the choices we make can sometimes end in high drama. This is really a story of two NORRIS sisters and the twists and turns their lives took, both marrying the same man, Samuel James BREAKWELL, from Shropshire.

Was Religion A Moral Deterrent?, by Don Burgess, published September 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 7, article, pp.320-321) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508978] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Those of us privileged to attend the Annual Conference to hear Dr. Swinfield's comprehensive explanation of what could be learned from a person's DNA test results were no doubt surprised and amused to learn, as he revealed at the end of his talk, that he was not a Swinfield after all but a Brown, thanks to a female ancestor 'taking in a lodger'!

It's All In The Name, by Carol Sheilds, published September 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 7, article, pp.323-325) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508978] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

My journey into family history began, as with so rnany others, when my husband, shortly after the death of his father, was given by his mother a family photo taken in 1912. Unlike so many other photos we knew who all the participants were however the stated location did not match the area for that time and thus began my journey. The occasion was the marriage of my husband's great grandmother to her third husband. In attendance was her son who was my husband's grandfather Lyall SHEILDS (1890-1941) as well as his fiancée along with other family members.

Where was James Mills from?, by Sue Reid, published September 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 7, article, pp.325-327) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508978] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Serjeant James MILLS was serving with the Sussex Militia in Northumberland when his second son was born in 1806. The curiously named North MILLS was baptised a month later at St Nicholas' Church, Newcastle upon Tyne. The entry in the Parish Register reads:
North MILLS, Sandgate, born 5th November, baptised 5th December, 2nd son of James MILLS, Serjeant in the Sussex Militia, Native of Kidford[sic](Kirdford), by his wife Susanna, daughter of John BARNES of Wickford, Essex

The Gratwickes of West Grinstead, by Barrie Gratwicke, published September 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 7, article, pp.330-332) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508978] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

I began my family history research in 2011 by becoming a member of an online family tree builder and soon became hooked. Unfortunately my early naivety led me to taking the easy route of cribbing from the numerous trees that came my way. I then got to a point when I nearly scrapped the lot but instead began another tree on a different website provider and cautiously began again. I kept my membership and tree going on the original site but only to tease out possible connections. I have to say that the overwhelming majority of like minded researchers were extremely helpful in exchanging information but when push came to shove had to admit that like me had themselves been guilty of cribbing in some cases.
I think it fair to say that my family name GRATWICKE is a reasonably uncommon one and as such should lend itself to easier research than some. I can now confidently state that the GRATWICKE's only ever populated the county of SUSSEX - again should make for easier tracing. My research first took me to the beautiful churches at Itchingfield and West Grinstead.

Which Thomas Funnel!?, by Sue Randall, published September 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 7, article, pp.332-333) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508978] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

I have seen many family trees that record the following "facts" about a Thomas FUNNELL. He was born in 1745, died in Chiddingly in 1780, he is the husband of Philadelphia HAMMOND and the son of Thomas FUNNELL senior and Mary HOAD. I have discovered documentary evidence that this could not have been the case as the Thomas FUNNELL who was the son of Thomas and Mary did not make a will until 08 Feb 1811 in Bexley, Kent where he died. Some of these "facts" need correcting,

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 20 no. 8, edited by Sharon Paskins, published December 2013 (pp.340-386, Sussex Family History Group, ISSN: 0260-4175) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508979] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Early Payne Family Of Sussex - Part Two, by John F. Howes, published December 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 8, article, pp.341-346) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508979] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Following on from my article in the September Historian (Vol 20, No 7, Page 302) I will now return to the mid-15th century and another likely descendent of the Twineham PAYNEs, Thomas, whom I believe is the ancestor of the various PAYNE families in Ardingly, West Hoathly, and Balcombe.

The Church Of St. Richard De Wych, by Gwen May, published December 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 8, article, pp.346-347) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508979] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

My father, George PHILCOX (1903-1983) was a prolific writer in his notebook diaries and I am fortunate to have inherited these. He was born at Furnace Farm on Ashdown Forest and lived in the area all his life. On 3rd February 1960 he writes of a walk on the Forest from the Hollies.
'I came near the site of the Church of St. Richard de Wych. I could just see the pinnacle of the tower. This Church, although still standing, is only used for a store now. It is some years since services were held there. Aunt Harriet was organist there fora good many years. I think the services were only in the afternoons. I never went there except on Ascension Day when we all trooped along from the school. I don't think we went there for any other religious day. The Church was built, I believe, for a Mr THOMPSON who was 'king' of Ashdown Park sometime about 80 or 90 years ago'

The Rich Branch - Part Two, by Rosie Ansell, published December 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 8, article, pp.349-354) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508979] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

William DAY, born in London in 1764, began his life following the linen draper trade of his father Richard but he was a keen geologist and a talented (self-taught) artist, producing a large body of watercolours. He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1783 and 1801 as an "Honorary Exhibitor". In 1789 he toured Derbyshire with a fellow artist, John WEBBER and as well as painting he also collected rocks and minerals there. Some of their paintings are in Buxton Museum, although John WEBBER is much more famous, having been the official artist on Captain Cook's third voyage.

The Scrase Family: The Quaker Connection, by Tony Scrase, published December 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 8, article, pp.354-359) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508979] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

It is simplest to begin with Lower's 'Genealogical Memoir of the Family of SCRASE' as this is what will confront anybody attempting an online search. This is despite it now being over 150 years old and the fact that his family tree has been corrected and refined by Comber's Sussex Genealogies. Also much more recent research is available. Towards the end of his piece Lower mentions that some 17th century SCRASEs left the Established Church. He then cites the will of Walter SCRASE who was obviously a Quaker but states that he cannot connect Walter with his pedigree for the SCRASEs of West Blatchington. This is rather surprising as the two persons benefiting can be found in his family trees. When he returned to the SCRASEs more briefly in his 'Notes on old Sussex families' he is clearer writing 'after the Reformation tire SCRASEs adhered to the Roman Catholic faith. Afterwards they became Protestants and Quakers - a singular revulsion, not unknown in our own times - and at length members of the Church of England'.

Marriage Difficulties!, by Mick Henry, published December 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 8, article, pp.365-366) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508979] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

I had, for over 30 years, been puzzling over one of my mother's side of the family. There is not a Sussex connection - sorry - but maybe this lesson could be useful for other Family Historians.
I can well remember actually asking my Grandfather if he had any idea where his own Great Grandfather Jacob FLETCHER was born. He would not have met him, as he died in 1898 and granddad did not arrive on the scene until 1911, but his own father and grandfather would have known him quite well. Sadly, he had no idea, but I already knew the answer, the sleepy village of Easton Royal in Wiltshire.

Rusper Priory: A Medieval Sussex Benedictine Nunnery, by Michael J. Burchall, published December 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 8, article, pp.366-370) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508979] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Very little is known about the small nunnery that was founded by the family of De BRAOSE in the parish of Rusper on the Sussex/Surrey border in the mid-twelfth century and dedicated, like the parish church, to St Mary Magdalene. In 1852 Albert Way contributed an article to Sussex Archaeological Collection and in 1907 Louis Salzmann added some further information. Other authors have made similar, but smaller, comments. The family of De BRAOSE, who had held the Rape of Bramber from about 1070, were small benefactors to the Cluniac Priory of Lewes, the Benedictine Abbey at Battle and the Premonstratensian Abbey of Dureford, all great foundations, and founded the Benedictine Priory of Sele in Beeding parish following a disastrous attempt to found a priory at the gate of their castle at Bramber about 1070.

George Elliott And The 4.33 Victoria Express, by Neville Andrews, published December 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 8, article, pp.373-375) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508979] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

This is the story of the short life of my maternal great grandfather George ELLIOTT. George was born in 1875 at Hambledon, Surrey, father George ELLIOTT born 1847 and mother Martha nee ELLIOTT born 1854. George and Martha were married in Kirdford on 1st. February 1873 and had nine children, son George being the second offspring and first son.

SFHG Is Alive And Well And Living In Uckfield!, by Colin Cummins, published December 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 8, article, pp.375-377) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508979] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Where Did Your Surname Come From?, by Marylynne Tilleyshort, published December 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 8, article, p.377) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508979] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

This is the question that is most often asked when I am introduced to people. This is a question I have never been able to answer. Even within our family we have struggled to find the real reason. There were lots of theories but nothing to prove where the name came from