Hello Listers! I am helping a cousin to research her family of TRILLs from Hellingly. Stephen TRILL married Elizabeth BURTON (b 1806 Hellingly one of the nine children of Edward and Mary nee REED BURTON) at Hellingly 12 December 1825. They had possibly 9 children before Stephen's death by drowning at North Street, Hellingly, in August 1837, aged 34. "In the family way" and with eight children, Elizabeth entered Hellingly Workhouse in July 1839. Shortly thereafter, she gave birth to a girl, Jemima, and discharged herself from the Workhouse. Jemima died on the 29th of September. At the taking of the Census in 1841, the following children were still in the Workhouse, although daughter Eliza (15) and son Obediah (7) were with Elizabeth in Seaford where she was working as a Housekeeper: George (11), Frances (10), Jesse (8), Naomi (7), and Peter (4). A section of the Admission and Discharge Register is missing (March 1840-March 1843) so it is not possible to ascertain when the rest of the children left the Workhouse. I was unable to find her son Trayton (b abt 1827) in the 1841 Census but he was back in the Workhouse by the taking of the 1851 and it appears he married Frances BIGNELL in MarchQ 1864 and lived in Hailsham with their children. I thought it might be of interest to see what can be discovered in the Workhouse records. We are trying to find descendants and trying to find Stephen TRILL's baptism which was not found at Hellingly. I have accumulated lots of information on TRILLs -mainly descendants of John and Hannah nee JENNER (Church of England)- which I would be happy to share. However, I have been unable to find baptisms for Stephen (1803), Trayton (1805 and would seem to be related), and Edmund (1810 and named sons Trayton and Stephen). Very likely they were Nonconformists. Although I found a baptism on the IGI for George TRILL (son of Stephen and Elizabeth) on 10 September 1828 at Zoar Street Baptist Chapel at Battle, the Register was not at ESRO. Does anyone know anything about the ancestry of these families? Any descendants? Incidentally, the story has a happier ending. Elizabeth remarried to Walter CAREY (toll gate keeper of Hailsham) in 1850 and she died at Cobden Place in Hailsham in 1885. Jesse and Obed (from whom my cousin descends) emigrated to New York in 1863 and marriage certificates are on order for the rest. Thanks for reading this and any help you're able to give! Cheers, Joanne Joanne Mays Becker Sleepy Hollow, New York **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489