Thank you Roger and Anne Again with previous help from the list, each of the three Richard and Elizabeth Smith had a son Richard. There is also another marriage for a Richard and Lucy Underdown at Wadhurst. Could this Richard be the son of Richard and Elizabeth Martin who married at Wadhurst? And could this son Richard be the one born 29 May 1799 at Wadhurst. The extracts I have from the Sussex Marriage Index state that Richard Smith, bach 25 hus Laughton married by licence 29 Sep 1787 Elizabeth Banks, sp 20 wcof Hny. labr West Firle Extra information SRS 26 ss: R.S.: John Mockett yeo West Firle Richard Smith, bach 29 bricklyr otsp married by licence 26 Jan 1791 Elizabeth Tipper, sp 21 West Dean Extra information SRS 35 ss: R.S.; Richd.S. tailor otsp Witness wit: Ann Philby: Jn Fenner; Jn. Humphrey Richard Smith, carpenter 23 Wadhurst married by licence 14 Mar 1791 Elizabeth Martin, sp 26 otsp Extra information SRS 26 ss: R.S.; Benj Hearnden innholder South Malling What do the terms wcof, otsp and botp mean? I know otp means 'of this parish' but can't work out what the others mean. My Richard who married Lucy Piper came to Australia in 1839 after Lucy died in 1837, which means I am unable to look up any census information. Would you know where or how I could access the actual registers and not just the indexes to see if any other information has been recorded? And how I wish there was someboby else reseaching this family! Or even the other families so I could rule them out! That would be too easy, wouldn't it? With thanks Chris > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 14:25:16 +0100 (BST) > From: ROGER GREEN<[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [SXP] Which Smith family? > To: Anne Capewell<[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > There is also a West Dean in East Sussex between Eastbourne and Seaford > > --- On Fri, 2/9/11, Anne Capewell<[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Anne Capewell<[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [SXP] Which Smith family? >> To: "[email protected]"<[email protected]> >> Date: Friday, 2 September, 2011, 13:30 >> >> Hi Chris, >> Firstly I would look at where they were married. West Dean >> is in West Sussex near Chichester, West Firle is just to the >> east of Lewes in East Sussex and Wadhurst is south of Royal >> Tunbridge Wells so they are some distance apart from each >> other. >> Hollington is north west Hastings - so West Firle is the >> closest. >> Have a look at any baptisms - sometimes the mother's maiden >> name is recorded. Do you know any of Richard's siblings? If >> you're lucky he may appear with a sibling on a census - or >> Richard and Elizabeth may, although given their potential >> birth dates this is less likely. >> Hope someone else is researching the same family! >> hth, Anne >> >> >>> Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 20:34:58 +1000 >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [SXP] Which Smith family? >>> >>> Hello list >>> >>> My 3 x great grandfather Richard Smith was born >> approximately 1797 to >>> parents Richard and Elizabeth. My Richard married Lucy >> Piper nee Ransom >>> at Hollington 10 July 1827 and then lived at Battle. >>> >>> With previous help from the list 3 marriages were >> found for a Richard >>> Smith and Elizabeth. >>> >>> 1st - Richard to Elizabeth Banks 30 Sep 1787 at West >> Firle >>> 2nd - Richard to Elizabeth Tipper 27 Jan 1791 at West >> Dean >>> 3rd - Richard to Elizabeth Martin 17 Mar 1791 at >> Wadhurst. >>> How can I determine which Richard and Elizabeth are >> the parents of my >>> Richard? Any thoughts on the matter would be greatly >> appreciated. >>> With thanks >>> Chris Randall >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >> ??? >> ???????? >> ?????? ??? >> ? >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 16:48:15 -0400 (EDT) > From: [email protected] > Subject: [SXP] Death of Thos. WYCON , jun. Esq. ( 1817 ) > To: [email protected] > Message-ID:<[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > > From Jackson's Oxford Journal, Saturday, October 4, 1817; Issue 3363. > > DIED. > Near Hastings, in his 25th year, Thos. WYCON , jun. 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