Publications
A history of the Blackman and allied families in Sussex, England, by Henrietta Blackman Batson, published 1994 (California: Los Altos) accessible at: British Library
The Blackmans of Hooe, Ninfield & Catsfield, by John Edward Martin, published 2000 (published by the author) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503980] & British Library & East Sussex Libraries
Brandy for the parson?, by Lesley Dyer, published September 2010 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 3, article, pp.124-125) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508844] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:The most interesting ancestor I have come across so far is the notorious James BLACKMAN who was a smuggler as well as being an innkeeper at Hooe.
James was baptised at Hooe on 8 March 1707. He was the second son of the third marriage of John BLACKMAN, my five times great-grandfather. So, whilst not being my direct ancestor, he is still a member of my mother's BLACKMAN fatuity. Anyway, he grew up and became landlord of the Red Lion at Hooe and appears in the Land Tax Assessments there in 1733. The neamess of Hooe to the sea, together with its remoteness, made the area perfect for smuggling.
James was baptised at Hooe on 8 March 1707. He was the second son of the third marriage of John BLACKMAN, my five times great-grandfather. So, whilst not being my direct ancestor, he is still a member of my mother's BLACKMAN fatuity. Anyway, he grew up and became landlord of the Red Lion at Hooe and appears in the Land Tax Assessments there in 1733. The neamess of Hooe to the sea, together with its remoteness, made the area perfect for smuggling.
The Blackmans of Hooe, Ninfield & Catsfield - a new supplement, by J. E. Martin, published 2014 (34 pp., published by the author) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/507837][Lib/503979] & British Library