Chatfield - Brighton

[Gravity]

Thanks for all that information Roy, much appreciated. 

I'll have to do more research on Adah and see if I can find out if she was the daughter of another sibling and I'll check the 61 & 71 census records to see if I can find her as a Webb.

Thanks again.

[Roy G]

Hi again
Edward's baptism in Ardingly does appear on the IGI.
 Birth:  05 JUN 1812     Christening:  05 JUL 1812   Ardingly, Sussex.
 Parents:   who married in East Grinstead 7 July 1797 [IGI]
Father:  CHARLES CHATFIELD  Mother:  MARY (Simmons)
both parents were living with the family at 24 Bond Street on 1851 census.

Siblings from IGI
CHARLES baptised 28 JAN 1798 East Grinstead
ISAACK baptised 18 JAN 1801 Ardingly, Sussex
MARY ANN baptised 20 APR 1803 Ardingly, Sussex
WILLIAM SYMONDS baptised 05 JAN 1808 Ardingly, Sussex
(EDWARD in 1812)
 
ADAH
Sadly the Isfield baptism records are not on the IGI,
but Edward was of an age, as were his elder siblings, to have also fathered or mothered Adah in 1830.
An alternative is that she was a daughter of Edward's wife Sarah, who arrived prior to their marriage. 
(Sarah came from Laughton and the village of Ifield, not Isfield, is not too far from there)
Her listing on the 1841 census aged 10, after their younger children could suggest this.

I note that she was missing from the family on the 1851 census, but the answer may lie in Southwick.
In the 1851 census indexes, there is a 19 year old daughter with the Chatfield surname that the transcriber has been unable to decipher, with Southwick as her given birthplace.  Although this is not the birthplace you seek, I still think it is worth your while to look that up.  If you do, the reference given is Folio 234 house 216.

It may also help to know that Adah appears twice on the Genes Reuntied website. 
She is being researched by a Linda Faulkner and a Kelly Smith.
Ebenezer and Edward by the way are also being researched by a Carol Pereiah.
These people may already have some of the answers you are looking for.

Roy G

[Gravity]

Found lots of information about Edward's wife Sarah from Laughton - her siblings, parents, grandparents which has been a bonus so thanks again to all for the information you found 

Gonna ask for a wee bit more help re. the Chatfields :

Ebenezer's son, Harry (1867 - 1921) married a lady called Kate (c1869 - 1922; poss. also born in Brighton) but I'm not sure when; the only record I can find of a marriage is between Harry Chatfield and Kate Charlotte White which took place in Steyning in 1890 and I was just wondering if anyone can find any other marriages or whether this is the most likely? 

Thanks

[dianne1408]

A bit late for this chat, but I have some information the Chatfields from Brighton. Ebenezer had a sister, Mercy, born around 1843. She married Thomas Ransley, also a confectioner. They emigrated to Australia in 1882, where he died two years later. She then married my great-grandfather, James Dumbrell, also from Brighton, and also a confectioner. She was 42, and he was 22!!!!! He was born in Brighton in 1863. The family 'legend' is that he followed the family to Adelaide to marry one of the daughters, and upon finding the daughter married to someone else, he then (perhaps saw a window of opportunity?) married the widow. They had two daughters, Jessie (who died aged 1 year), and Louisa Matilda, my nana. Jessie, Louisa, Matilda, were names of James's brother and two sisters whom he had left behind in England - never to see again.

[dianne1408]

I have just looked at an inscription on a book of English poetry that belonged to my great-gradnmother, Mercy Dumbrell, nee Chatfield (also previously Ransley). Her 'affectionate brother', C.E.Chatfield, inscribed the book on his departure from Australia to England, in 1910.
Mercy's family were the Chatfield confectionary firm in Brighton, so it may interest anyone looking at the Brighton Chatfields to know that C.E. Chatfield visited his sister all the way in Oz at that time! When exactly he made the trip over to Australia I don't know, but I would imagine that he stayed for a considerable length of time, given the length of the sea journey.