Hi everyone Great to see the positive comments about the project folks. I have been heavily involved with the Barcombe side of this project (although not with the website). There are a lot more details to be added, particularly to the Barcombe part of the site. I would be interested to hear from those (like Arlene in Maine) who have ancestors in the parish, as we would like to know what became of the families that left the parish. Also, you will see from the Barcombe 'Wills' selection that we are still looking for volunteers to assist with the transcribing of the remaining 100 Barcombe wills. So, if you have access to ESRO or to microfilms of the wills, please contact me off list. Ian Hilder It is Barcombe and Hamsey - not Barham- indeed an impressive amount of information- and I do have ancestors from Barcombe and found John CONSTABLE mentioned many times as land owner, - Thanks for sharing- great site- Arlene in Maine
Hello Ian, Thank you, and the rest of the team, for all of the work which you have done on the Barcombe and Hamsey website. I, too, have ancestors in both "camps" one of whom may have help to give you so much work. Isaac FOSTER moved to Barcombe from Rotherfield where he was born. In 1841, married to Mary BARTLETT, he was shown as the schoolmaster in Barcombe. In later censuses he was shown as the registrar of births and deaths for the village as well as running the school. He also helped in the enumeration of some of the censuses. Isaac and Mary had at least 10 children born in Barcombe. One of them, William, was the grandfather of my cousin. Earlier my gt gt grand parents, Edward and Martha CHANDLER lived in Hamsey where several of their children were born. At the time of his marriage in 1810 in Wivelsfield he was described as "Edward of Hamsey" but he was baptised in Barcombe Parish Church in 1792. If you have anymore information about these two families from your work on these two parishes or if anyone else has any connection to them I would be very pleased to hear from you. Best wishes, Ted White