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I am a bit late on this one, but I was on holiday in London last week (from Switzerland) and paid a visit to the cemetary. We have (probably had) a family grave there containing 6, the last being my grandfather in 1960. I had a look around and found the place to be in a sorry state. The old chapel was set fire to and it was so unsafe it had to be demolished, so that has gone. A good half are muslim graves and it seems they were just planted on top of the other graves. The part of the cemetary that still has the original graves is in a very bad condition. You have to climb through weeds and undergrowth to see them. I don't know if my grave is still there. I had a conversation with the man at the gate who was very helpful. He gave me a tel. no. to ring and they told me that yes, they would do research if I was interested in finding what happened to our grave. Cost would be twenty-five pounds and of course no-one could guarantee that there would be anything to find. I found the whole thing a bit disrespectful. It seems that people living in the estate built on top of the old cemetary are even reporting sightings of poltergeists and ghosts where they live, but I take that with a pinch of salt.

Thanks very much for your efforts . The connection with Martha and James does seem quite likely, but the problem is really that John "George" Relf just wasn't registered at birth and it's difficult to find a definite origin. I was wondering if someone would have the 1861 Cranbrook Census as he must have been living somewhere at the time.

Hi Chris & Little Nell

You wonderful people - I think I have achieved in one day what I have been trying for the past year.

The main clue, I think, is the mention from the 1841 census of Joseph baldock and Sarah living with Jesse. All my family in this part of the world were agricultural labourers. My gg grandfather Edward (son of Joseph and Sarah) had a son called Jesse born 1848. A Jesse Baldock was living with Joseph and Sarah and might have been one of their sons, which means he might be my gg granfather Edward's uncle. The families at that time did tend to use the same names in their families. If this is so, it means that Joseph was 45 when Jesse was born. Joseph Baldock would have been aged 40 when Edward was born which is quite possible for that day and age.

It doesn't surprise me that Joseph and Sarah no longer appear in the 1851 census - they must have had a long life for that time to appear in the 1841 census.

1811 census - 1 family, 3 males, 1 family - I don't quite understand this entry. Does it mean that there were 3 males called Joseph Baldock, as well as 2 families with Joseph Baldock as their head?
Also am not quite sure what to make of the 1801 Ticehurst entry of Joseph Baldock and Philip Butler

I think the chances are quite good that the Joseph and Sarah Baldock-Britt could be my ggg grandparents.

Thanks again for all your help

Thanks Chris very much - Have the day off today so have been catching up on things

Wonders happen. I got a reply from the Huguenot Society with apologies for the delay due to holidays. They gave me some good info, so I may be joining. They seem to have a good arrangement for accepting payment from abroad. I have found out so much about my Camroux, that this is probably the last resort to discover when they arrive and from where