Baker family - Ewhurst, Sussex

[Chris in 1066Land]

Hi there

Chesterfield’s Act of 1751

Decreed that 1752 would begin on 1st January
2nd September would be followed by 14th September.
      11 September days missing !!
Bankers refused to have their year truncated.
Financial year was extended by 11 days to finish 5th April.
NO Chancellor since has dared to change it.

so therefore:-

1750 commenced 25 March 1750 – ended 24 March 1750/1
1751 commenced 25 March 1751 – ended 31 December 1751
1752 commenced 1 January 1752 – 31st December 1752
with 11 September Days Missing.

Chris in 1066

[berylm]

Hi there Chris in 1066
These dates have all been a little baffling,  it makes more sense now.

However, the Salehurst  parish register is still has a problem. It has:
Jan 1673
Feb 1673
March 1673
March 1674
That was all very logical, but is followed by:
April 1674
May 1675
   & continues ... 
Where the rest of 1674 is, I have no idea! 
Unfortunately, the baptism I am looking for was supposed to be May 1674.
I have looked backwards, and forwards, all to no avail!
... I guess these things happen.

Do you, or someone, happen to know the URL for the website that has archival information about Settlements cases? I am wondering if the mysterious baptismal date was quoted by Thomas Baker's son, William Baker at his Settlement  hearing at Salehurst in May 1770.

Thank you very much for your assistance,
BerylM
 

[toni*]

Hi Beryl

I am not working on this line in my tree as it is not my direct line but was just giving you the information as i had it.


Hi Andrea

i'm not sure where they married as i havent fully researched this line yet.


i am concentrating on my 'closer' family lines at the mo, hoping to get a chart printed off for christmas i visited the geneaolgyprinters website and thought it was very good and the prices reasonable.

[Legacy]

Hello

For a inventory / resume of the settlement certificates and other papers, see the A2A archives site. http://www.a2a.org.uk/
This inventory is based on the microfilm of the parish chest records, i.e.
film #1067152. This is for Ewhurst.
Many mentions of the Baker name.
Legacy

[toni*]

Hi there i have Gutsell / Goodsell / Goodsall in my tree too.

would you like me to PM the details?

[Chris in 1066Land]

Hi Berylm

Those dates look ok and are in order remembering that the year ended on 24th March and the new year began on 25th March.

Two possible solutions for no entries from April 1674 and May 1675

Possibly there were non - seems unlikely
or
Prior to 1754 many Registers are a Hotch Pot. Baptisms are interspersed with Marriages and Burials.
Very Often all 3 appear on same page.
Years covered on same page may be different.
Parchment was expensive – Ministers used very small writing – small spaces were covered with events several years later
Until 1733 some registers kept in Latin

Chris in 1066

[trevorm]

do you have info. for the Crouch family?

Hello,

I am descended from Nathaniel Crouch and Elizabeth Miller who lived in Brede and would be pleased to exchange information with any other descendants.

[trevorm]

Elizabeth Miller was born 1752 Hooe child of John Miller and Mary Punnett & Nathanial Crouch was born Ninfield. child of Nathanial Crouch and Ann Pollard
I do not have the record of Elizabeth and Nathianal marriage however there first child Nathanial Crouch was born in 1782 in Brede
followed by:
Mary 1783
William 1784
Elizabeth 1788
John 1789
James 1791
Dorcas 1793
Stephen 1795
Paul 1799
Elizabeth Crouch nee Miller died in Brede in 1832
i have the descendants of Paul Crouch b.1799 Elizabeth Crouch b.1788
Paul 1799 stayed in Brede but Elizabeth 1788 moved to Kent.

let me know if you want more details
Best Wishes
Toni

[trevorm]

Hi Toni,

You look as if we share a number of Crouch ancestors, could we compare notes?

Trevor