Publications
Midhurst Petty Sessions: Important to Farmers, by West Sussex Gazette, published December 1989 in Midhurst Magazine (Volume 2 Number 2, article, pp.29-30, Winter 1989) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15967]
Abstract:Report from Midhurst Petty Sessions, from the West Sussex Gazette 8 April 1915. Case of suspected sheep worrying by 2 terriers. The dogs were acquitted!
Tragedy at Laughton, by Audrey Brinsford, published June 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 6, article, pp.256-259) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:The tragic story of Amos Barber (1820-1885) and his brother John Barber (1830-1885) who were two of the six children of Thomas and Kezia Barber of Laughton
The Barbers Alias Nynnes of Rotherfield, by Geoffrey Barber, published September 2012 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 3, article, pp.101-106) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508852] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:The BARBER alias NYNNEs lived in Rotherfield between the early 1500's to c1670. They owned a property there called "Drapers", and provided four generations of churchwardens to the parish. One of these, George BARBER, has his name inscribed on one of the church bells as "George BARBER, Edmund KNELL, Wardens 1603" providing a tangible link to my ancestors from Rotherfield.
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.
Preview: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.
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.
Barber alias Nynne: Five Hundred Years of Family History in Rotherfield, Tonbridge and Brighton, by Geoffrey Barber, published 2014 (287 pp., published by the author, ISBN-13: 9780994211217) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508475]