Hello listers,I'm working on my Ware branch of the family and have traced them back to Northchapel. I've two items I was looking for help on. I believe I found a family on the 1871 census has Henry Ware born ????? Sussex abt 1828 with his wife Eliza living in Brasted Surrey.  Listed with him are Henry 14, Ellen 11, James and Jane Ware both age 8 with birth location of ?????? Sussex. Also are children Elizabeth and George both born in Cranbrook Kent.  Would anyone be able to tell me what the birth locations are supposed to be.The Ancestry page listing is Class: RG10; Piece: 924; Folio: 19; Page: 8; GSU roll: 823499 The couple in question are Henry Ware and Elizabeth Pannell, married in Haslemere Surrey in 1856. Elizabeth had had a couple of illegitimate children prior to marrying Henry.  Henry was from Northchapel and worked as an agricultural labourer.  Judging from his children's birth location Henry would travel around Sussex, Surrey and Kent working where he could.  I've managed to trace him through the census periods of 1841-1911, so I'm good there. With the help of the SFHG data Archive I found that Henry Ware was baptized on Dec 14 1828 in Northchapel, parents William Ware and Elizabeth Balchin.  This generation I'm good with using the Data Archive and SMI I think I've got it covered. William Ware was baptized in Northchapel on Christmas Day 1875, parents William Ware and Lydia.  I can find no listing of a marriage for this couple with the exception of one in Manchester in 1780, which would work with his children being born 1784 and after.  The marriage listing for the Manchester William and Lydia identifies William as a soldier, so it is possible this is William from Northchapel.  The baptisms for his children do not provide any clue as to his occupation. Tthe baptism listings for Northchapel for the mid 1700's has very few Wares included.  They are all children of Henry Ware and Sarah and included in those is William Ware baptized Feb 2 1758, whom I assume to be the one that married Lydia.  Earlier than this point there are no Wares in Northchapel.  After the baptisms of Henry and Sarah's children there are burials for a couple of there children and also one for Sarah in 1765.  There is no marriage listing for Henry and Sarah in the SMI, so I assume they married out of county.  I have been unsuccessful finding it.  There is a listing for a second marriage of Henry to Sarah Cobby in 1766. I wondering if anyone has any thoughts how I can find the missing marriage and how I can continue further back. Many thanks,Gerald Peskett 13311Ontario Canada

The first 4 census entries for your family show Sussex Petford as the place of birth; and for the children James & Jane, the entry is Sussex Bat & Ball. As you have found Henry's baptism in Northchapel, perhaps Petford is Petworth as the latter is just down the road from Northchapel? Bat and Ball brings no settlement to mind in West Sussex, but there is a pub called The Bat and Ball in Wisborough Green where I once had a very good lunch. The A272 is a very old West-East route through Sussex and the stretch between Petworth & Billingshurst passes through Wisborough Green. Could Henry WARE have been a seasonal worker who travelled around or through that North West corner of West Sussex as work became available? There is also a place called Bat & Ball in Kent, just outside Sevenoaks. Best wishes, Marion Woolgar Bognor Regis, West Sussex SFHG Member No: 3323