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I am trying to find parents for Harriett Dabney who married George Morfee 24 Nov.1826 @ St.Clements,
The censuses shows her as being born at Hollington 1806
I have not been able to find her baptism in the Hastings' Dabneys despite her marriage in Hastings. Can anyone do a Hollington look up please? I think she will be in the Hollington records rather than the Battle records at this time. She is one of my brick walls.
With thanks
Gill
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Are you sure she was a spinster at the time of her marriage ???
I know her age would suggest so but often they could be widowed very young.
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Thanks for that but I am afraid I've drawn a blank . Checked Sussex Marriages for a male Dabney marrying a Harriett ??? Have also checked All Saints/St.Clements burials for a male Dabney 1820 until her marriage in 1826.Unfortunately her status isn't given in her marriage to George.
It is not a name that is found widely in Sussex they seem to be clustered around Hastings eg. Fairlight, Guestling,Hastings and Ore. (Sussex Marriages) Drew a blank on Family Search as well.
Haven't given up on this possibility as other than a straightforward Hollington birth under the name Dabney, it's the only possibility.
Thanks again.
Clazy 2000
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Hello Clazy
Is this your Harriet,transcribed Dabner
At Hollington,22 Sept 1803
Harriet Dabner,daughter of John & Martha.
Her siblings were transcribed Dabney
Kind Regards
omega :)
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Hi Omega
Thank you so much for that. I have John & Martha as one of several possibles.
Is it poss. to have her siblings names and their dob. There are a cluster of female Dabneys marrying Hastings in the 1820s namely Sarah, Jemima and Harriet and I have always had the inkling they may have been her siblings and hence the family had moved to Hastings.
Regards
Clazy 2000
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Hello Clazy
All children of John & Martha & baptised at Hollington
William Dabney,16 Jan 1797
Cordelelia Dabney,2 Dec 1798
Also these
Jane Dabner.19 Oct 1806
Charlotte Dabner,16 Apr 1808
Kind Regards
omega
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Thanks Omega
It seems they moved about a lot, John & Martha married Fairlight 1793, some children born from 1797 Hollington. Jane & Delia married Guestling, William poss. married Hollington and Harriet in Hastings.At the same time their names change from Dabner to Dabney. No wonder I couldn't find them.
Thank you so much for your help
Clazy 2000
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Your Welcome Clazy :)
I expect they moved around for work,much like today :)
omega
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Hi Omega
Probably ag.labs and the villages are within 8 or 9 miles of each other ,so it's all plausible.
It just makes it more difficult to find them with the different parish records and the different version of the name. I am afraid I have been spoilt as most of this line were fishermen who rarely moved from Hastings (as was Harriet's husband )
Another brick removed!
Thanks again
Clazy2000
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Hello Clazy
One of my Husband`s line were Hastings Fisherman,would`nt mind betting they knew the Morfee`s :).
Have you come across the book,Fisherman of Hastings,it covers 200 years of the Fishing community.
There are several Morfee`s mentioned in it
omega :)
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Yes I have a well thumbed copy.
Harriet's daughter married married a Dunk(a Master Mariner) who is on my Grandpa's side but my Grandma was an Adams and they have fished in Hastings since the 17th century.
The fishing families tended to marry into other fishing families so my tree is full of connections to most of the well known names hence the well thumbed copy with lots of page markers!It is ironic that the fishing finished for my direct line when Hastings needed builders to provide housing for all the ag. labs moving for work from the outlying districts and my Grandma never knew of her long connection.
Thanks again
Best wishes
Clazy2000
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Not very good at texting, I'm afraid. My. name is David Allen and I am a Grandson of Nellie Allen (Dunk). I believe we might be distant kin. My email is dave6330@yahoo.com.