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Emigration: letters from Sussex emigrants who sailed from Portsmouth in April 1832 on board the ships Lord Melville and Eveline for Upper Canada; extracts from various writers on emigration to Canada, and from Canadian newspapers, with references to the letters; Capt. Hale's instructions to emigrants; and a gazetteer of the places named in the letters. , by Thomas Sockett, published 1833 (x + 103 pp., Petworth) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2571]   View Online

Narrative of a voyage, with a party of emigrants, sent out from Sussex, in 1834, by the Petworth Emigration Committee, to Montreal, thence up the river Ottawa and through the Rideau Canal, to Toronto, Upper Canada, and afterwards to Hamilton: also of the journey from Hamilton to the township of Blandford, where the families were settled, by James Marr Brydone, published 1834 (Petworth: John Phillips) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries   View Online

A Link with Australia: The Church at West Tarring, by Fedden Tindall, published 1934 (article) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10203]

Article from 'The Sign'.

Sussex Emigrants to America and West Indies, by W. H. Challen, published November 1941 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. VIII no. 8, article, pp.222-223) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8865][Lib 2207] & The Keep [LIB/500210] & S.A.S. library

Petworth Emigration Committee: Lord Egremont's Assisted Emigrations from Sussex to Upper Canada 1832-1837, by Wendy Cameron, published 1973 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5300] & The Keep [LIB/503548]

West Sussex Emigration to Canada in the 1830s and 1840s, by Francis Leeson, published September 1973 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 2, article, pp.31-34) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7965] & The Keep [LIB/501253] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A description of letters written after emigration to Canada.  Includes an alphabetical list of West Sussex emigrants to upper Canada 1832-37

Heathfield Emigrants to America, 1830-31, by Michael J. Burchall, published December 1976 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 7, article, pp.242-244) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Further Light on East Sussex Emigration, by Michael J. Burchall, published March 1977 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 8, article, pp.263-268) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Laughton Emigrants, by Stephen Starnes, published March 1978 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 3 no. 4, article, pp.101-102) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7967] & The Keep [LIB/501255] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Sussex Emigrants, by Michael J. Burchall, published September 1978 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 3 no. 6, article, pp.162-170) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7967] & The Keep [LIB/501255] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Passage was paid for emigrants to go to Australia and Canada. Listed by date, ship, name, age and place of embarkation and covers the years 1838 - 1857 in the parish of Salehurst

A Letter from New York, edited by Peter Daw, published December 1979 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 2, article, pp.53-55) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8672] & The Keep [LIB/501256] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The letter which follows was written in 1832 by Samuel Daw (1787-1876), his wife Martha (1790-1865) and their only son Samuel (1817-1906) to Martha's mother Mrs Fuller. They had just arrived in New York, having emigrated from London, and the letter tells of their trip and landing.

Emigrants and Transportees from West Sussex, 1778-c.1874, by Alison McCann, published 1980 (pamphlet, 19 pp., West Sussex Record Office) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7399] & The Keep [LIB/503545] & West Sussex Libraries

The Petworth Emigration Society, by Jacqueline Golden, published May 1980 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 16, article, p.4) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/16] & The Keep [LIB/500479]

A letter & Passenger List from New Zealand, by Stephen T. Starnes, published June 1980 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 4, article, pp.116-118) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8672] & The Keep [LIB/501256] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The letter was written by Stephen Starnes (1832-1913)

The Upton Family of Sussex, England and Ontario, Canada, by Pat Tripp and Laura Upton Newell, published 1981 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7976]

From Sussex to Australia, by Jacqueline Golden, published January 1981 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 18, article, p.3) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/18] & The Keep [LIB/500480]

Home Thoughts From Abroad, by Edwin Offen, published June 1981 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 8, article, pp.259-260) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8672] & The Keep [LIB/501256] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Letter from Matuki Fijis, 12 Jen 1883

Gee: What a Party!, by Iris Aamot, published December 1981 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 10, article, p.317) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8672] & The Keep [LIB/501256] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

We celebrated the 150th anniversary of the arrival in Western Australia of my great-great-grandparents, Mary Ann and Charles Gee . . .

Sailing List of Sussex Emigrants to Canada circa 1836, by P. William Filby, published 1982 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8810]

Fathoming William Ford's Death, by Judith A. Kinnison, published March 1982 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 5 no. 1, article, pp.5-10) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9174] & The Keep [LIB/501257] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

One hundred and twenty-one years ago my ancestor William Ford emigrated from England in hopeful expectation of arriving in due course in Australia - he never did.

Pardons to Convicts in Australia, by Jean Bellamy, published March 1982 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 5 no. 1, article, pp.32-33) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9174] & The Keep [LIB/501257] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Aldingbourne Emigrants to America in 1832, published June 1982 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 1, article, pp.10-11) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8893] & The Keep [LIB/501190] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

The Mysterious Emigration of John Souter Osborne, by Bruce Osborne, published December 1982 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 5 no. 4, article, pp.121-122) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9174] & The Keep [LIB/501257] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

William Osbourne married Grace Souter and they had three children, William, John, and Mary Ann. Article covers the years 1812 - 1855 in the parish of Eastbourne and Telscombe

New Zealand Ancestors?, by Peter White, published June 1983 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 5 no. 1, article, p.16) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9173] & The Keep [LIB/501191] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Emigrants and Transportees from West Sussex, 1675-1889, by Alison McCann, published 1984 (pamphlet, West Sussex Record Office, ISBN-10: 0862600758 & ISBN-13: 9780862600754) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9044] & West Sussex Libraries

The Pauper Shipment - 'Nelson Wood', 1837, by Sara Pearson Stroud, published March 1986 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 7 nos. 3 & 4, article, pp.82-84) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [MP 6277] & The Keep [LIB/501193] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

English Emigrants to New England, by Mrs. B. A. Garrett, published September 1986 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 2, article, pp.54-55) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10461] & The Keep [LIB/501259] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Extracts of Sussex residents from a book Topographical Dictionary of 2855 Emigrants to New England 1620 - 1650 by C. E. Banks gives name, parish and ship and covers the years 1620 - 1650

Sturt of Arundel: The Kiwi Connection, by Roy Stevens, published September 1986 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 2, article, pp.68-71) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10461] & The Keep [LIB/501259] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

William and Elizabeth Field of Brighton, by Graham Field, published December 1987 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 7 no. 7, article, pp.284-285) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10461] & The Keep [LIB/501259] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

William and Elizabeth Field had at least ten children. They emigrated to South Australia in 1853 where William died in 1854 and Elizabeth in 1885. Article covers the years 1812 - 1885 in the parishes of Brighton and Port Elliott and Victor Harbor, South Australia.

East Sussex Sentences of Transportation at Quarter Sessions 1790 - 1854, edited by Roger Davey, published 1988 (v + 37 pp., Friends of the East Sussex Record Office) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503670] & East Sussex Libraries

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.

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

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.

The Australian Bicentennial 1788-1988: Sussex, Australia and the first fleet, by Kim C. Leslie, published May 1988 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 40, article, p.1) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/40] & The Keep [LIB/500482]

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

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.

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.

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 Petworth Emigration Scheme, by Barry Fletcher, published June 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 6, article, pp.282-283) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

List of people who emigrated to Canada from Petsworth and surrounding areas. It details name, age, parish, ship, destination and date of departure and covers the years 1832 - 1838.

Letters to George Trussler in Canada, by Mrs. Helen Stover, published September 1989 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 8 no. 7, article, pp.326-327) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10736] & The Keep [LIB/501260] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

John Trussler and Ann Nash of Fernhurst had eight children and two of them, John and George emigrated to Canada with their families in 1833. Article covers the years 1796 - 1879.

No Trifling Matter: being an account of a voyage by emigrants from Sussex and Hampshire to Upper Canada on board the "British Tar" in 1834, edited by Sheila Haines, published 1990 (pamphlet, 54 pp., Centre for Continuing Education, University of Sussex, ISBN-10: 0904242331 & ISBN-13: 9780904242331) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10582] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Letters from the New World - 1847, by Mrs. S. G. Collins, published March 1990 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 9 no. 1, article, pp.4-12) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11999] & The Keep [LIB/501261] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

In 1847 my Great-great-grandparents John Puckridge and Philadelphia née Holmes set sail for the USA and Canada and left Burpham behind. Letters written by Charlotte their eldest daughter tell their story.

New South Wales Entitlement Papers, by Pat Button, published March 1990 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 9 no. 1, article, pp.28-29) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11999] & The Keep [LIB/501261] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Bounty Immigrants, by Betty M. Chandler, published March 1990 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 9 no. 1, article, pp.29-30) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11999] & The Keep [LIB/501261] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Chandler's emigration to Australia in 1839

Two Sussex ANZACs, by P. B. Evershed, published September 1990 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 9 no. 3, article, pp.86-87) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11999] & The Keep [LIB/501261] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Allen and Daniel Evershed and their forefathers had lived in Shipley and Washington for three generations but, being adventurous, these two and their brother George had emigrated to Australia not long before the Great War. Their great-grandfather Samson Evershed had eight children and Job his only surviving son married Frances Tidy in 1838. They had 13 children and the eleventh child Daniel Tidy Evershed (1855-1928) married Sarah Jane Golds They had 8 children including Allen (1881-1918) who served in the Royal Sussex Regiment and the Australian Imperial Force and Daniel (1885-1918) who served in the Australian Imperial Force.

Sussex Emigrants to South Australia, by Mrs. P. R. Button, published September 1990 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 9 no. 3, article, p.106) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11999] & The Keep [LIB/501261] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Petworth Emigrants: an update, by Wendy Cameron and Mary McDougall Maude, published 1991 (article) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11169]

From Sussex to the South Land: the saga of Saul and Sarah Spice and some of their descendants, by Mary Spice, published 1991 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11895] & The Keep [LIB/504113]

Letters from Canada to Sussex, 1885-89, by Mrs. D. Wright, published December 1991 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 9 no. 8, article, pp.294-297) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11999] & The Keep [LIB/501261] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A letter postmarked Guelph and addressed to Mrs Thomas Simmons arrived at Church Street, Seaford, in June 1885, and ended over twelve years anxious waiting for news of the whereabouts of her son Thomas Simmons junior and his family

How to Discover 100 Australian Cousins in One Day (Almost), by Rodney Elliott Marten, published March 1992 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 1, article, pp.29-30) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The descendants of William Haigh Marten and Martha Maria Dean include a great-granddaughter who emigrated to Australia and wasn't mentioned in the family. She married and has a large (nearly 100) number of descendants. Covers the years 1799 - 1945.

Early Marriages at Trinity Church. Adelaide, by Celia G. Pratley, published December 1992 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 4, article, pp.163-164) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

From Woodchips and Watches - The Savage Family, by Mrs. G. R. Savage, published March 1993 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 5, article, pp.192-194) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The descendants of John Savage and Mary Gratwicke (married in Cowfold 30 April 1691) who emigrated to New Zealand and Australia.

A Forest of Family Trees, by Leigh Lawson and Sheila Haines, published June 1993 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 6, article, pp.215-218) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

An extensive research project undertaken by the West Sussex Record Office on the Petworth Emigration Committee of 1832 to 1837 is described.

Arlington to Australia: Half-way Round the Wold in 110 Days, by Gillian M. Couper, published September 1993 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 7, article, pp.259-266) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

On 1 December 1838 six people from Arlington on board SS Buckinghamshire left London for Australia. They were Leonard and Ruth Levett and their daughter Elizabeth, Benjamin and Susannah Lambert and Susannah's brother James Levett. This is a detailed narrative of the family and their life in Australia.

Admission registers to St. Joseph's Roman Catholic School 1891 - 1938, by R. C. Grant, published December 1993 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 10 no. 8, article, p.313) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14877] & The Keep [LIB/501262] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A list of pupils who attended St. Joseph's R.C. School, Milton Road, Brighton, and later emigrated. Each entry has the name of the pupil, date of birth, where came from, date left school, and destination.

Were They Discharged in New Zealand?, by Joyce Hoad, published March 1994 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 1, article, pp.27-29) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Discharged in New Zealand lists soldiers of the Imperial Foot regiments who took their discharge in New Zealand between 1840 and 1870

Two Brothers, such different lives: The Story of John and Thomas Wing, by J. R. Thomas, published March 1994 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 1, article, pp.31-33) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The sons of James and Rhoda Wing led very different lives. John (1841-1870) lived in Portslade and died of consumption at the age of 28 leaving his young widow with five children to raise. Thomas (1843-1931) emigrated to New Zealand at the age of 14, fought in the Maori Wars, and lived to the age of 88.

My First Convict - James Coddington, by Yvonne Browning, published September 1994 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 3, article, pp.109-111) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Convict Colony, by L. C. Rumens, published December 1994 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 4, article, pp.126-130) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Transportation (by mistake) of the Boy Etsell, by Mrs. Rachel Fletcher, published March 1995 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 5, article, pp.164-166) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story of Charles Edsell/Etsell, born 1805 at Chichester, the illegitimate son of Emma Edsell, who was transported for life for "stealing from the Guardians of Poor at Yapton one jacket 2s and one pair of trousers 2s" that he was wearing when he ran away from Yapton Workhouse on 2 December 1835.

A Neglected Pioneer, by Mrs. Brenda Gardner, published September 1995 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 7, article, pp.237-238) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

After four months at sea they landed near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay on 19 April 1607 and settled and named the town after King James I. Among the 105 people who were to remain in the colony was Reverend Robert Hunt. He had been appointed vicar of Reculver in Kent in 1594, married Elizabeth Edwards in 1597 and they had two children. He was installed as vicar of Heathfield on 5 October 1601 and sailed to the America without his family to be chaplain of the new colony where he died in 1608.

"Neptune" People 1839, by Albert King, published September 1995 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 7, article, p.246) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Emigrants from Sussex on SS Neptune

Brede Emigrants, by Andrew Barnes, published September 1995 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 7, article, p.260) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A list of emigrants from Bred in 1838 giving surname, christian name, some maiden names, number of children, date of departure and destination.

Desperately seeking Barnes & Selmes, by Mrs. Glenda Manwaring, published December 1995 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 8, article, p.290) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

William Barnes born about 1820, the son James Barnes and Mary Brett, married Caroline Selmes in 1841 at Beckley before they emigrated to Australia where they had five children.

The Kings of King's Hill Cottage, by Albert King, published December 1995 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 8, article, pp.291-292) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

William King (1784-1763) was the second of seven children of Thomas King who married Mary Stoneham on 1 May 1781 at Burwash. William married Sarah Green in 1808 and they had a family of eight children, two of whom emigrated to Australia.

A Cautionary Tale, by Don Burgess, published December 1995 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 8, article, p.292) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The search for the parents of William Paris who died in 1908 in New Zealand.

Some Sussex Women Who Strayed Part 1, by Brian Roser, published March 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 1, article, pp.3-6) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/501165] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Priscilla Jones was the earliest woman in Van Diemen's land to have been sentenced in Sussex in 1812 and transported in 1814. Hannah Selby had passed forged notes and was convicted in 1821 and transported that year. Frances Coningsbury (née Previtt, alias Waddell) convicted in 1822 of stealing.

Bourners in the United States, by R. A. Miller, published March 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 1, article, pp.14-15) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/501165] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Research indicates all the forebears of the Bourners in the U.S. came from a very small area in Sussex - Battle, Crowhurst, Salehurst and Hastings

A Sussex Emigrant, by Susan Bailey née Luxford, published March 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 1, article, pp.16-17) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/501165] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

On 1st and 2nd July 1995 more than 300 descendants of Henry Luxford (1824-1899) of Northiam and his wife Emily née Green gathered at Stratford.

Some Sussex Women Who Strayed Part 2, by Brian Roser, published June 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 2, article, pp.49-52) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508809] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Harriet Brown was convicted in 1826 of larceny and awarded seven years transportation.

Some Sussex Women Who Strayed Part 3, by Brian Roser, published September 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 3, article, pp.106-108) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508810] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Caroline Hopper née Butterworth? was convicted of larceny in 1826 and a death sentence was recorded for her but this was commuted to Life and she sailed in 1827 to Van Diemen's Land. Sarah Bell saw the judge don his sepulchral black cap and heard him intone the death sentence for larceny. She was transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1828.

Not Alone in Ontario, by Brenda Ruffett, published December 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 4, article, pp.127-128) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508811] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A family tree headed by Thomas Hollebon and Elizabeth married 1581 at E. Blatchington with descendants throughout Sussex down to the author's father and mother who emigrated to Canada in 1951.

A Family Letter, by Mrs. Jeanne Waugh, published December 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 4, article, pp.144-145) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508811] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Letter written in 1911 from Sarah Offley to Mrs. J. A. Swain the daughter of George Francis Walker (c.1816-1911), of Brighton, who emigrated to Australia in 1839, married Rebecca Lucy Fitzpatrick in 1841 and had nine children.

Some Sussex Women Who Strayed Part 4, by Brian Roser, published December 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 4, article, pp.150-151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508811] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Mary Ann Laing (or Ling) alias (née?) Ann Lowndes was convicted of larceny in 1827 and transported Australia where she continued to offend and spent in the next 19 years, 8 weeks if solitary confinement and 59 days in cells.

The Burgess Family, by Eileen Burgess, published March 1997 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 5, article, pp.190-192) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508812] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Letter from Fred A. Burgess dated July 1956 which details his ancestry and emigration to Canada

A Letter from Sussex to the USA, by Marlene Ricci, published September 1997 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 7, article, p.267) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508814] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Letter from Harriet Hammond to her Uncle James Lester Hammond in 1879

Statin 'n' Velvet Goatcher, by Roger Goacher, published June 1999 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 13 no. 6, article, pp.211-212) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14880] & The Keep [LIB/508821] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

In 1867, when 15 year-old Philip William Goatcher, son of Philip Goatcher from Petworth, jumped ship in Melbourne, none could have predicted that he was heading for a legendary career in Australian theatre.

Florances of England and Australia, by Sandra Florance, published March 2000 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 14 no. 1, article, pp.12-13) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14881] & The Keep [LIB/508823] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

James Florance married Charlotte Dally of Chichester and had ten children. One child, William, emigrated to Australia in 1851 and his wife and sixteen children followed. Article covers the years 1770 - 1982.

English Immigrant Voices: Labourers' Letters from Upper Canada in the 1830s, by Wendy Cameron, Sheila Haines and Mary McDougall Maude, published May 2000 (696 pp., McGill-Queen's University Press, ISBN-10: 077352035X & ISBN-13: 9780773520356) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Collected from published, archival, and private sources, these letters place the Petworth immigrants in the context of their times and challenge the image of English immigrants to 1830s Upper Canada as officers and gentlewomen. Wendy Cameron, Sheila Haines, and Mary McDougall Maude have carefully annotated the letters to sketch the stories of individual writers, link letters by the same author or members of the same family, and explore the connections between writers. What eventually happened to some of the writers is also revealed in this engaging collection. English Immigrant Voices provides a valuable insight into the rural poor and their experiences in emigrating to a new land.

Assisting Emigration to Upper Canada: The Petworth Project, 1832-1837, by Wendy Cameron and Mary McDougall Maude, published May 2000 (568 pp., McGill-Queen's University Press, ISBN-10: 0773520341 & ISBN-13: 9780773520349) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14312] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Using a rich collection of contemporary sources, this study focuses on one group of English immigrants sent to Upper Canada from Sussex and other southern counties with the aid of parishes and landlords. In Part One, Wendy Cameron follows the work of the Petworth Emigration Committee over six years and trace how the immigrants were received in each of these years. In Part Two, Mary McDougall Maude presents a complete list of emigrants on Petworth ships from 1832 to 1837, including details of their background, family reconstructions, and additional information drawn from Canadian sources. Paternalism strong enough to slow the wheels of change is embodied here in Thomas Sockett, the organizer of the Petworth emigrations, and his patron, the Earl of Egremont, and in Lieutenant Governor Sir John Colborne in Upper Canada. The friction created as these men sought to sustain older values in the relationship between rich and poor highlights the shift in British emigration policy. In these years of transition immigrants sent by the Petworth Emigration Committee could accept assistance and the government direction that went with it, or they could rely on their own resources and find work for themselves. Once the transition was complete, the market-driven model took over and immigrants had to make their own best bargain for their labour.

Children from Sussex Unions sent to Canada between 1886 and 1925, by John Sayers, published June 2000 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 14 no. 2, article, pp.70-74) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14881] & The Keep [LIB/508823] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Lists name, age, date, to whom the child was sent, Sussex residence

The Brede Pottery, by L. C. Rumens, published September 2000 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 14 no. 3, article, p.81) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14881] & The Keep [LIB/508823] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

In the late 18th and early 19th century the Brede Pottery was owned by Henry Richardson who had married Sarah Rumens in 1794 after his first wife died. Edward Rumens was one of the craftsmen at the pottery. He was called up for the Sussex Militia in 1809, but ran away and disappeared until 1814 changing his name to Miller. He was transported to Australia for 7 years for stealing and became a policeman in New South Wales.

The Story of Swallowfield: A Short History of the Bigg Family in West Sussex and Australia, by Anthony Rissington Turner , published 18 June 2001 (193 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0954085701 & ISBN-13: 9780954085704) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14493] & West Sussex Libraries

A convict's story, by Brenda Joyce, published June 2002 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 2, article, pp.60-63) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story of Anthony Arnell (1805-1849), the son of Francis Arnell and Ann née Lambeth, who was transported to Australia in 1837.

Brothers and Friends, by Ken Jackson, published June 2002 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 2, article, pp.81-85) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Using Quaker records the author traced three John Snashalls who married Elizabeths in the 17th century at Chiltington. Keymer and Hurstpierpoint. Also includes a list of Sussex people among the First Purchasers of Pennsylvania in 1681/2.

Sergeant and 'Sir': men of property, by Sue Reid, published September 2002 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 3, article, pp.125-129) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

James Henry Mills was born at Northumberland in 1806 and married Caroline Dumbrell on 18 July 1831 at Brighton. They had seven daughters, three of whom emigrated to Australia; Clara; Eliza and Fanny.

Number 27, by Don Wotton, published December 2002 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 4, article, pp.148-150) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story of Isaac Edward Veness, born 31 July 1888 in Randwick, NSW to Frederick Veness Jr and Ann née Weller, who married Beatrice Phillipson on 23 June 1910 and had six children. Isaac died in 1965.

Richard Turner's automobile, by Raymond F. Walker, published December 2002 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 4, article, pp.172-174) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Edmund and Martha Turner emigrated from Westfield in 1849 with their three children

John Barton Hack (1805-1884) and other Chichester pioneers in South Australia, by Spencer Thomas, published Autumn 2002 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 70, article, p.28) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/70] & The Keep [LIB/500494]

They Came Before: A Family History 1610-1958, by Caroline J. Ansell, published 2003 (212 pp., New South Wales, ISBN-10: 0646423495 & ISBN-13: 9780646423494)

The story of Tilden Smith and Mary Furmenger who married on 20 February 1748 and their familly which prospered in East Sussex for 100 years. Their son, also named Tilden, became a co-founder of a bank in Hastings renamed later as Hastings Old Bank. Two generations later brothers Richard and Charles Smith emigrated to Australia.

The other Ardingly, by Peter Verrall, published June 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 6, article, pp.272-275) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story of Colonel Harold Pope who was born in Ealing, Middlesex in 1873, educated at St. Saviour's School, Ardingly 1884-1889, emigrated to Perth in 1895 and joined the Western Australian Government railways.

Swing rioters 'down under', by R. C. Grant, published December 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 8, article, p.357) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Swing rioters were transported to Australia in 1831, 1832 and 1833. A list is given of those transported who had Sussex connections - name, year of birth, residence, whether married, whether children, death, destination and name of ship.

English immigrants in 1830s Upper Canada: the Petworth Emigration Scheme, by Wendy Cameron, published 2004 in Canadian Migration Patterns from Britain and North America (edited by Barbara Jane Messamore, pp.91-100, University of Ottawa Press, ISBN-10: 0776605437 & ISBN-13: 9780776605432)

A voyage of hope, by Hazel Knorr, published June 2004 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 16 no. 2, article, pp.68-71) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508835] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The journal of Henry Mitson (1879-1900), the son of Henry Mitson and Sarah née Weller, on board SS Sophoeles in 1900 bound for Melbourne. Henry died on board before arriving at Cape Town

Thomas Elliott of Winchelsea, by Lynette Brown, published September 2004 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 16 no. 3, article, p.119) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508836] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Thomas Elliott and Sarah May were married 1814 at Icklesham and had five children. Sarah married William Symes in 1831 and they emigrated to New South Wales in 1839.

Petworth Emigration Society, by Peter Baigent, published September 2004 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 16 no. 3, article, pp.130-132) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508836] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Reverend Thomas Sockett, Rector of Petworth, founded the Petworth Emigration Society in 1832. The scheme, which ran for six years from 1842 to 1837, transported 1,800 immigrants, the majority of whom came from Sussex

Edward Tipper, by Terence Chapman, published June 2005 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 16 no. 6, article, p.284) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508839] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Edward Tipper, son of Thomas Tipper (1794-1868) and his wife Jane (1790-1876), was baptized in 1818 at Trotten and married Rebecca Olive Curtis 6 May 1842 at Fernhurst. They had five children before they emigrated to Canada.

Transported!: The True Story of Two Brothers Transported to Australia for Fifteen Years in the Middle of the Nineteenth Century, by Stuart West, published 2006 (published by the author)

The story of John and Robert West

Have you killed them all off?, by Brenda Joyce, published March 2006 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 17 no. 1, article, pp.30-36) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508985] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Research tools for tracing those who emigrated to New Zealand

Aunt Sarah's Great Adventure, by Jenny McKechnie, published March 2006 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 17 no. 1, article, pp.39-41) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508985] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Sarah, daughter of Samuel Russell and Sophia Company, was born on 2 December 1822 at Etchingham. She married Ebenezer Caleb Crouch on 20 October 1846 in Ticehurst. They joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and emigrated to Utah in 1856 where Ebenezer died in 1872 and Sarah died in 1893.

"One of her bright ideas", by Trevor Muir, published June 2006 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 17 no. 2, article, pp.62-63) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508986] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Emma Mary Wingate was born on 31 December 1885 at Boxgrove to Henry Wingate and Sarah Lee, one of six children. She emigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and on 17 Nov 1917 she married Matthew Mann Fawkes and had two children.

Henry's crooked little fingers, by Kay Milton, published September 2006 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 17 no. 3, article, pp.130-132) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508987] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The search for Henry Hampton who emigrated from North Mundham to Australia in 1838 accompanied by his wife Louisa née Lane and daughter Ellen

The story of Robert Thomas Earl, by Patrick Combes, published March 2007 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 17 no. 5, article, pp.208-211) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508989] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Robert Thomas Earle was born 25 November 1833 at Bancoorah, Burdwan, Calcutta, the son of George Earle and Ann née Fosbrook. Robert returned to England and raised by an aunt and uncle. He returned to India for five years, back to England, married Sarah Burnard 17 March 1758 at Poole, Dorset, back to India and then to Australia.

Midhurst: a stepping stone to Canada, by Ann Williams, published June 2007 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 17 no. 6, article, pp.284-286) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508990] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

In the 1820s Eli Frederick Astridge and his brother Charles moved to Midhurst. All the Sussex Astridges are descended from these two bothers. One of these descendants was Joseph Samuel Astridge who married Louisa Bridger in 1883 at Midhurst and four of their eight children emigrated to Canada.

Emigrating to Oz, by Peter Reed, published December 2007 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 17 no. 8, article, pp.383-384) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508992] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Arthur Ernest (aka Albert) Hazelgrove was born 13 January 1884 at Wadhurst to Richard and Ann Winchester and emigrated to Australia in April 1924 with his wife and five children.

Tragic adventure : the true account of a Sussex farming family in the 19th century in their pursuit of good fortune, by Bruce E. Osborne, published 2015 (123 pp., published by the author) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508802] & British Library

Hemsley Migrations, by John Hemsley, published September 2016 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 3, article, pp.132-136) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/509265]

Coming to America in 1830, by Susan Ciminelli, published December 2016 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 4, article, pp.159-165) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/509472]

In 1830 Samuel Bates, his wife Sarah Maria, and their two young sons boarded the Columbia …

Soldier George Slater [of Ditchling], by Barbara Maynard, published March 2017 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 5, article, pp.217-218) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860]

The Still Family: From Sussex to Canada, by Mark Boleat, published March 2017 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 5, article, pp.222-226) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860]

From Sussex to St Helena Island, by Alison McKirdy, published December 2017 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 8, article, pp.347-352) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860]

The story of the Onions and Beaton family