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« on: Friday 19 December 08 12:43 GMT (UK) »
Hi Vee,
I would like to find Mary Johnson's siblings, perhaps also born in Denton parish, Newhaven.
Which of John and Mary Balcombe's grandchildren are you researching? John died in 1847, and the family was split up in 1853. Mary took on the children until her demise in 1864.
As yet, there has been no trace of Charity's children who survived her. There were a number of baptisms in Arlington parish, before they came to Newhaven. Their two young sons; William and Henry, were sadly drowned while out on a boat trip in 1805. The death of Charity in 1808 meant that the family broke up thereafter.
My second cousins & I are looking into John Balcomb(e) at present. I believe that he was born in 1867. Another of the same name was born in 1869 - and that is where the confusion arises! It would be good to know whether John was a Bach. or a Widr. in 1809 and to find the bond for Phoebe Geering's bb child.
Jox