So do you want the details of the marriage of Francis & Jane Knowles, the ML, the baptisms of the children, the burials of the children and the MIs for the family? I forgot to say I was unable to either marry off daughter Mary or kill her off!
At Littlehampton 1717 Nov 12 Francis KNOWLS & Jane EDSAW lic ML 1717 Nov 9 Francis KNOWLES bach yeo of Burpham & Jane EDSAW spin of Angmering Burpham Baptisms 1718 Oct 22 KNOWLS Mary d Francis & Jane 1720 Apr 30 KNOWLS Jane d Francis & Jane 1722 Apr 23 KNOWLS William s Francis & Jane 1724 Feb 28 KNOWLS Francis s Francis & Jane 1725 Sep 17 KNOWLS Sarah d Francis 1728 Apr 30 KNOWLS John s Francis & Jane 1730 Mar 18 KNOWLS Elizabeth d Francis Burpham Burials 1724 Oct 24 KNOWLS Francis s Francis 1731 Aug 21 KNOWLS Jane d Francis 1741 Jul 27 KNOWLS Francis 1741 Oct 16 KNOWLES William s Nicholas? (should be Francis - - Nicholas is the entry above) 1741 Dec 10 KNOWLES Jane wife or widow of Francis 1741 Dec 10 KNOWLS Sarah d Francis Burpham MIs These stones are in a line in the shadow of the Church Tower. Here lyeth the body of Sarah ye daughter of FRANCIS and JANE KNOWLES who died the 10th of December 1741 aged 16 years Here lyeth the body of FRANCIS KNOWLES yeoman who died the 27th July 1741 aged 56 years When Christ our saviour shall appear/then we shall rise who sleepeth here Here lyeth the body of JANE the wife of FRANCIS KNOWLES who died the 28th October 1741 aged 45 years She was both ye humble meek and kind/to ??ie a stranger and to good inclind Here lyeth the body of JANE the daughter of FRANCIS and JANE KNOWLES who died the 18th of August 1731 aged 11 years Here lyeth the body of WILLIAM the son of FRANCIS and JANE KNOWLES who died the 16th of October 1741 aged 19 years
If you Google 'epidemic 1741 sussex' you get a frightening account of the progress of the disease which would prove more fatal to healthy country people than those in towns where perhaps they had a little mor immunity.
I have actually got your Sowters back to a Marriage in 1637 so quite a bit to go through yet, unless you want to do it of course! A bit more on Knowles- Burpham Marriage 1681 Apr 5 John KNOWLES & Jane UPPERTON (So you have Upperton on both sides) Burpham Baptisms 1682 Feb 10 KNOWLES Mary d John 1684 Mar 1 KNOWLES Jane d John & Jane 1686 Feb 27 KNOWLES Francis s John & Jane 1687 Jul 22 KNOWLES John s John & Jane 1689 Feb 14 KNOWES Matha d John 1691 Dec 11 KNOWLES Sarah d John 1693 Jul 9 KNOWLES Thomas s John 1696 Jun 3 KNOWLES Richard s John & Jane I believe John died in 1721 and left a Will but would need to check.
Hmm @burt , not sure I am making the right connections. I can see Richard marrying Rose Jackson at Easebourne in 1637, then having Nicholas in 1638. Nic seemingly marrying twice first to Mary Holland, then to Joan Upperton in1674 at Burpham. Cannot find a burian for Mary. With Joan came William baptised 1677 Amberley. William married Rachel Young at Amberley in 1711 (he would have been 34 though quite old) and they went on to have 6 children one of whom was Richard who is mentioned at post #18. Is that what you were thinking??
Yes, that's right, the main problem is that you no doubt cannot see the various hiatus in the Registers, particularly the burials. It seems Richard & Rose moved to Amberley from Easebourne just before or during the Civil War. Richard dies in 1672 and there is a Will for him. Rose, widow, dies in 1683. Nicholas dies in 1679 and Joan marries again in 1680 to Richard Hopkins. There is then a large gap in the burial Register which is where Richard Hopkins would be, but there is a Will dated 1693. Joan Hopkins, widow, then marries Christopher Tupper in 1696 and I think died before 1699. The three marriages are OK but I am not quite so sure about a fourth to John Young in 1699, but I think so. Then I think Joan Young dies 1700. The interesting thing is the naming patterns. Nicholas died when William was about two years old so Nicholas does not repeat. William names his firstborn after himself, his second after his last step father, the third after the previous stepfather and the last son after his first step father. I don't think it would be after his grandfather as he died five years before he was born.
Fabulous, I will get on to SFHG for the Wills. Thank you so much for this burt, I honestly thought I would never ever get past that Richard and Mary blockage, and the dodgy trees on Ancestry dont help.
The Wills you get from Chichester Archives. They are listed on FMP, go to A-Z index, start to type in 'Chichester' and that will give you the reference numbers.
I have just had a message from Nicholas' 8th great grandson following a post I made on the SFHG page yesterday! Wowwhen a brickwall comes down it surely does come with a wallop.
I know! Now I need to see whether, after my grandma duties early next week, I can slope off to Chichester on the way home on Thursday and get myself copies of the Wills.
Also if you had time when down that end, photos of the various gravestones at Burpham and Lyminster would be good. I have already given you the location for the former and I will give you an approximate location for the latter. The only Richard that appears in the 1641 Protestation Returns is at Heyshott, and I notice a Richard son of Richard at Stedham. So probably moved from Easebourne to Stedham, then to Heyshott and eventually to Amberley.
I'm really pleased for you Sue - I'm sure a sloping off to Chichester won't be frowned upon. Why not contact them for copies and say you will pick them up 'when you just happen to be passing by on Thursday' xx
Just phoned them! The Wills are on fiche and apparently all you have to do is find them and print them off. Since I dont want pristine copies that will do nicely. How exciting this is, @burt I will try for the photos. I have no clue where these places are in relation to Chichester, so will need to do a spot of Googling.
