Show Posts

This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.


Messages - bornkentishman

Pages: [1]
1
Sussex / Re: GURR of RYE in 16th century
« on: Wednesday 05 December 18 10:56 GMT (UK)  »
brightmount,
Thank you for making contact and yes, we are probably related at some point. I have not had a DNA test as I am doubtful if it will reveal much conclusive information on my ancestors.
Coincidently, I lived until four years ago in Northiam and did come across the Gurr’s living there but that was when I was tracing the history of our cottage and not family history. I subsequently started tracing my past largely as a result of the coincidence of Gurr’s living in Northiam.
My branch, as I have so far determined, started in the village of Fletching near to Maresfield but how they showed up there is a mystery but they did have in the 19th century many contacts with Lewes and other locations with the Sussex coastal towns but no smoking gun as yet to connect them firmly to Lewes.
I do know that a Gurr family disembarked in Rye in the 1570/80’s as immigrants from France during the religious wars, embarking from Dieppe but the gap of some 200 years between Rye and Lewes is another mystery.
I am sorry that this is almost certainly unhelpful with your research but the Gurr’s did much to confuse the researcher.
Regards,
bornmanofkent

2
Sussex / Re: GURR of RYE in 16th century
« on: Tuesday 27 November 18 12:26 GMT (UK)  »
Jonw65
Thank you very much for your post and taking the trouble to research my family. I have not found a Mary Gurr among the eight children of HG. I first child I have discovered was Louiza Gurr born 4/11/1809 so if Mary was his child then she pre dated Louiza however as HG&PF were married in 1787 it does seem a long time to delay children so your suggestion could be correct. The widowed HG could be the same HG as PH died in 1808 and HG and his new wife continued to have children until 1833. This is the first time I learned  that HG married twice so I must pay a visit to ESRO to check this further.
I think the Gurr’s of Warbleton were a close but not my branch of Gurr family as my HG died in Fletching in1835 but again I must verify.
Many thanks again
Regards,

3
Sussex / Re: GURR of RYE in 16th century
« on: Friday 23 November 18 15:27 GMT (UK)  »
Omega,
Thank you for your post concerning Thomas Gurr. I did have some fragmented data on Thomas, mostly relating to his death in 1794. I had nothing of his wife and where the marriage occurred.
Many thanks so now I will see if I can trace his children and where they were christened.
Regards,
bornkentishman

4
Sussex / Re: GURR of RYE in 16th century
« on: Friday 23 November 18 11:23 GMT (UK)  »
Pheno,
Thank you so much for responding to my post.
The earliest record which I believe is accurate is the marriage of Philadelphia Falconer and Henry Gurr on 25 December 1808 in Fletching. Both PF &HG were born in Fletching, the former christened on 15 June 1776 and the latter about 1760. All this data was derived from parish records held at Sussex County Records office. They had eight children one of whom was my ancestor William Gurr ch. 30 March 1788 in Fletching. He married Francis Ann Bennett in Maresfield on 8 April 1809. They resided in Maresfield where their nine children were born. (SCRO records)
It is the parents of HG that I have little firm data. There is a John Gurr ch. 20 February 1723 in Fletching who may be related but may not as the name John is not a name used in my family. Beyond John Gurr it becomes a mystery although I found a Thomas Gurr married to Elizabeth Sheppard in Lewis bet. 1675 – 1725. All of this early data is rather suspect.
This information my chime with your own research and I will be grateful if you are able to help. Regards

5
Sussex / GURR of RYE in 16th century
« on: Thursday 22 November 18 16:59 GMT (UK)  »
I understand a GURR family arrived in RYE from Dieppe in 16th centuary as refugees. I would like to trace my GURR family back from residence in MARESFIELD in 18 th century to see if they are the directly related to the  GURR'S landing Rye

Pages: [1]