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Hi Blue,

Could well be 'our' John as the details are correct...I will check it out and see if someone else in the family has posted it up on Ancestry.
Many thanks for advising me.

Shalena

Hi Brookswood,

Thanks for getting in touch, but on looking through the information that I have regarding this family line it does not seem that your people are related to ours.

Good luck with your research.
Shalena

Hi David,

Having looked into the 'stuff' I have here, I think I have come across a Thomas and 'Lucy' that, (going by the dates of bap you supplied), seem to fit.  I do hope that I have got the correct line, but the information going back that far was supplied by a rather elderly woman, another long lost, distant, relative whos writing, due to near blindness, was not the clearest to decipher.  I can no longer confirm anything by telephone either, as she sadly passed away.  Anyway, here is what was sent to me:

John Mew bap 12 May, 1695, Framfield...(had sister Ann bap 13/2/1697, Framfield.)

John married Elizabeth Weaver on 4/5/1718 at Little Horsted.  (Elizabeth bap 13/2/1697, Framfield).

Known children x 6
William Mew bap 30/11/1720, Little Horsted
Elizabeth Mew bap 26/12/1722, Little Horsted
* John Mew bap 25/3/1725, Buxted...(He is our line, close, but not directly from Thomas & Lucy!)
Mary Mew bap 27/12/1726, Buxted
** Thomas Mew bap 14/10/1729, Buxted...(Your possible line?)
Edward Mew bap 11/5/1733, Buxted

**  This Thomas married an Elizabeth Teeling, who was known as 'Lucy'!  They married 26/4/1753 in Uckfield &
      I believe 'Lucy' was buried 25/8/1811, aged 80yrs, at Framfield...which would give her year of birth as
      c 1731.  Thomas I have as dying 1807, at Framfield.  This is what was noted on the chart sent.  Also:

Children of Thomas & 'Lucy' x 5

Lucy bap 14/4/1754, Framfield
John bap 8/ ( it looked like April (Ap) but may be August (Ag) as you said) 1756, Framfield
Thomas bap ?/2/1759, Framfield
Richard bap 7/6/1761, Framfield
* Moses bap 14/12/?  It could well be your 1766 if this is the correct man.

I have no note regarding a Michael, but there would have been a chance he was missed out/not known about.
Neither have I bought copies of certificates for these people as to do so for all the family line would cost a bomb.

Your Moses was not the only biblical name noted...going down from the Thomas (son of Thomas & Lucy), via 2 more Thomas's we come to Seth, Levi and Obadiah Boar!

Glad to welcome you to the Mew clan David.   Should you wish to, you can contact me via the personal messaging service on here and I will give you my e-mail address.

Best wishes,
Shalena

 

Hello Nell,

Thanks for that...at least we can be certain they are different people/families.

It appears from the research we have done with the Mew line from East Sussex, that there are many sons born that have the name Thomas handed down.  So we generally take a second look if this name crops up in that area.
Some we can tie in, others not, but the further we go back the more problematic it gets, as I am sure you are aware!

Regards,
Shalena

Your welcome Ann.

Goodness, there is certainly a touch of family likeness between your photo of Catherine and her sister Margaret.  You will probably see this for yourself when the copies David sends reaches you.

We have a couple of female McKay's (MacKay's) that married into our lines...
An Erick (a?) MacKay married 'our' William Munro b circa 1788, Sutherland, (more than likely Creich), &
a Janet MacKay married 'our' Alexander MacIntosh b circa 1720's in Dornoch.

There are quite a few Scottish names found in our lines!

Hope you enjoy using this site again in the future, Ann.  There are some very knowledgeable people here that can help you out if you are stuck. You can always put up an enquiry and ask for assistance from around the world.

Regards,
Shalena