Phil, that's really useful, thanks for all your work.
Hadlow Down, interestingly, is half-way between Mayfield (where Mary was born) and Uckfield where she spent most of the rest of her short life.
I will probably stump up for her death certificate at some point, as well as that for her youngest daughter Harriet Mew whose death is registered in the same quarter.
What a life! 3 children by an unknown partner - all died by the age of 5. 3 children by George Mew - 2 died by the age of 2 and one other (Benjamin) in the workhouse at 15 and then disappears without a death registration that i've ever discovered.
From the regular intervals between the first 3 births, she probably had a steady guy. Wonder what made him give up on her (if indeed it was his initiative). Would be interesting to see if they figure in newspapers, courts or parish relief.
Do you have a particular interest in the Mews, Phil?
Paul
P.S. I'm going through the Little Horsted descendants, picking up any holes with a view to directed research. For example there are only 4 Uckfield civil registrations I can't place in the tree and i'll be getting certificates for these. And one death registration i managed to use for two Thomases! Plenty of cases where i'll be looking for baptisms and burials.
