John Oliver birth 1809 Mayfield look up request for his birth record

[ruth elliott]

Information wanted on the Oliver family in Mayfield/Heathfield, Sussex.

[Chris in 1066Land]

Hi Ruth

First of all welcome to Rootschat and especially the Sussex Boards = one of the best.

I cant help you directly with your Oliver family in the time period that you require (1806) but I do have transcripts of the Heathfield Registers from 1613 to 1753

Here are the Oliver Baptisms

1661 23 Feb   Jane the daughter of Joseph Oliver
1665 30 Apr   William the son of Jos Oliver
1669 4 July   Nicholas the son of Joseph Oliver (BT says by Mary his wife)
1671 12 Mch   John the son of Joseph Oliver by Mary his wife
1676 4 June   Thomas the son of Joseph Oliver by Mary his wife
1696 28 May   Elizabeth the daughter of William Oliver by Elizabeth his wife
1698 18 Sep   Josias the son of John Oliver (BT by Jone his wife)
1698 11 Dec   Thomas the son of William Oliver?
1700 27 Feb   John the son of John Oliver by Ann his wife
1703 2 Apr   Ann the daughter of John and Ann Oliver
1703 15 Dec   William the son of William and Elizabeth Oliver
1727 17 Feb   Joseph the son of Joseph and Mary Oliver
1730 1 July   Mary the daughter of Joseph and Mary Oliver
1731 10 Oct   Thomas the son of Joseph and Mary Oliver
1735 25 Dec   John the son of Joseph Oliver by Mary his wife
1740 14 Aug   David the son of Joseph Oliver by Mary his wife

Hope they help your research

Chris in 1066

[Chris in 1066Land]

Ruth

Here are the marriages at Heathfied during the same time period 1613 to 1753

1628 27 Nov   John Oliver and Mercie Cossam
1696 13 Oct   John Oliver and Ann Smith

Chris in 1066

[ruth elliott]

Thank you Chris.

My problem is that the 1600s is too early for me to be able to make a connection with my John Oliver born 1809.

Are there any Church records of Baptisms and Marriages in the 1770-1820 period at Heathfield OR Mayfield.

Many many thanks for reading and offering help.

Annette

[sillgen]

Hi
According to my copy of Phillimore Mayfield is covered by the IGI at that time but Heathfield is not.  That means looking at the original registers - either at the record office, the Society of Genealogists in London may have them, or getting the film to search at your nearest LDS family history centre.
Andrea

[ruth elliott]

Thank you so much Andrea. I will follow both those leads.

Annette

[kerryb]

Hi Annette

I have checked the Mayfield PRs and there are no Oliver children being baptised at the right time.  Unfortunately the source I use does not have coverage of Heathfield at that time but there were a lot of Olivers in Heathfield at that point.

I have Olivers in Warbleton at that point who originated from Heathfield and before that Brede and Sedlescombe. 

Do you have census records for John which should show his place of birth?  It would be interesting to see if he links in with the Olivers I have.

Kerry

[ruth elliott]

Thank you Kerry so much for trying to help find John Oliver.

I have all the census records for him, and the 1851 says 'Where born... Mayfield'.
If his wife was the one who gave the information she may have been 'out' by a village or two!
If there are lots of Olivers in Heathfield at that time it is worth considering.

One other pointer is that one of his daughters was b. in Heathfield, which I have thought may have been the family going there to family for the child's birth.

We have his death record - Feb 1884- aged 75years, which makes his birth year 1809.

Thanks again,
Annette

[kerryb]

Hi Annette

I had a look at the census records and they do all consistently say Mayfield, don't they?

I then realised this morning I have a disc of Mayfield parish registers to 1812 so I had a look and found a marriage

John Oliver (bachelor) and Ann Jenner (spinster) on 26 April 1796 by banns at Mayfield
witnesses - William Richardson and John Elderidge

and in the baptisms there a small number of children baptised to them, most actually under the name Olive but sadly no John. 

when and where did he marry?  Would this give any clues?

Kerry