Thanks Jean.  Good to know....Agree...believe it would more be contagion rather than something like consumption. Wish there had been coroner's reports at the time...or if there are/were....wonder how I could see those?  Would be helpful. Thanks again, Donna   The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it will change; the realist adjusts the sails. ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 1:38 PM Subject: Re: [SFHG] Willilam Bartlett Follow-up - Death; No marriage. Cowfold Contagio... Hi Donna   If there was a contagious illness, I think it might have been flu.  Consumption was rife, but the deaths are quite near each other which is why I would go for flu or a 'childhood' complaint such as measles or whooping cough.  They were all killers in those days   Regards   Jean in wet Warminster       In a message dated 11/07/2012 17:57:17 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: What I have learned from a very good soul with very good eyes!!!...is that William Bartlett died in 1631 in Cowfold...that would have been 2 years or less after his "betrothed", Sarah Tillinghurst.  So he likely did not marry. > >Seems as if there may have been a contagion in Cowfold at the time....anyone have any ideas about that? > >Donna >  >The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it will change; the realist adjusts the sails. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message