Any PESKETT info.

[Howardian]

Gerald,
I have a connection to the Peskett family in my tree, Robert Tobit Peskett is my great great grandmother's cousin's husband.  Robert married Maud Mary McQueen, cousin of Alice Sarah McQueen.
Alice Sarah married Walter Howard, my great great grandfather.

Due to the unusual name of Tobit Peskett I did a search on the internet and found another tree which links in to the Tobit Peskett's that maybe of interest to you, http://dinasgenealogy.co.uk/, this tree has Robert's sister Elizabeth Tobit Peskett marrying into the Cullham family and extends more in that direction than on the Peskett side of the family.

I have been in contact with the tree owner and they allowed me to take whatever info I wanted.

It was interesting to find out that this part of the Peskett family had several members who were in the 4th Suffolk Regiment and were in Barracks in London in some of the Censuses, which is why Arthur Ernest Tobit Peskett, mentioned in one of the replies to your post, was born in Ireland as his father George would have been stationed there in the Curragh Barracks for a while.

If you search for the Tobit Pesketts you will also find that Harry Tobit Peskett was killed in the Jervis Bay incident, where one ship saved the rest of the convoy by sacrificing itself to aid their escape from danger.

There is also a reference to the burial of George William Tobit Peskett who died in 1987 in Australia, George William is the Grandson of the George previously mentioned above, and son of George Jnr, confusing I know.

George Snr married Sarah Tobit (I think) going by the carry forward of the Tobit name although I have not been able to confirm this and according to a previous post they have a different surname for Sarah.

They had 8 children:
Robert
Elizabeth 
George
Arthur Ernest
William
Agatha B
Horace
Gertrude

I have not done much research going back further into the past beyond George Snr so I hope this is helpful and maybe between us all we can fill in the blanks.

I have my tree on two sites if you are interested in looking at them, one is on http://howardian.tribalpages.com but this is not as up to date as my main tree as it does not allow a search function for further connections and is very manual.

The other one is on Ancestry.co.uk and if you would like access I will have to invite you to it.  I have been working on this one for a year and a half and it has become an addiction.

I hope all of this is of use and I look forward to keeping in touch if I find out any more info.

Happy searching.

Ian

[G. Peskett]

Hi Ian,
Thanks for the response and the information.  I believe that George and Sarah had additional children the those you provide, although some are not confirmed.  Most of these have the Tobit middle name.
Here's those I have.
Elizabeth 1862
Emily 1864
George 1868
Robert 1870
Arthur Ernest 1872
William 1873
Agatha Beatrice 1876
Horace 1877
Gertrude Dorothy 1880
Edith Jane 1881
Frank 1883

Both Horace and Frank were killed during WW1 Horace in Belgium and Frank in Ypres, France

From 1873 onwards it appears the family settled down in Leiston, Suffolk as William and the children afterwards were all born there.  The earlier children must have been born close to where George was stationed at the time: Ireland, London, Berkshire.
Based on census information when the family was in England George was born abt 1836 in Hurst(pierpoint?), Sussex although I have yet to connect him with parents.

Gerald

[OneBigFamily]

Dear Graham,

You mentioned there were some Pesketts linked to your family in Sussex; I have been looking at them briefly and the Goslings and related families in connection with my own research on the Dancys of Sussex and found these entries of what could be very useful letters if you wished to pursue them;

Regards
Penny

from Access to Archives (National Archives)
Letters addressed to Mrs Sophia Peskett (née Gosling) at Maidstone from her sister, 1830 - 1845  AMS5774/4  [n.d.]
From Elizabeth Beard, Oldland Mill, Keymer  AMS5774/4/9  14 Aug 1836
These documents are held at East Sussex Record Office.  Contents:
Illness of brother John Gosling who has been seen by doctors Todd of Brighton, Covy of East Grinstead, Jones of Fletching and Cruse of Newick. JG has purchased some land on [Ashdown] Forest upon which he is about to build some cottages; he has sold all his concerns at Newick. Describes building works at the mill, a gypsy party, stoolball, barndance and singing at Newland and Whitelands. Parker contemplating a return to America

and more letters under the same group...

Letters addressed to Mrs Sophia Peskett (née Gosling) at Maidstone from her sister, 1830 - 1845  AMS5774/4  [n.d.]
From Elizabeth Beard, Plumpton  AMS5774/4/10  23 Mar 1845 (Penny's note; Eliz b 1791 with Joseph Beard b 1796 in 1841 in plumpton and a younger Richard Beard)
These documents are held at East Sussex Record Office.  Contents:
Family debate about the [unspecified] Billingshurst business. News of Ann's family

Fragment of letter as above  AMS5774/4/11  nd
More of the Billingshurst business. Alfred went to his newly taken business at Uxbridge last week. Ann (at Alfriston) has procurred a servant

Letter from Mary Puttock, Billingshurst, to Matilda [?Peskett]  AMS5774/4/12  27 Nov 1848
Contents: ((Penny's note Matilda was Matilda Peskett dau of Philip Peskett and Sophia Gosling who seemed to have moved from Maidstone to Berkshire not Bedford, her mother Sophia having died in 1846 in Maidstone))
Hopes she is happy at new home at Bedford. Local weddings. Has been to Brighton (which is unusually full of fashionable company) for a week where she heard Mrs Balfour's lecture on the female characters of Scott. Misses Kate and Ellen Potter will take the late Miss Jeffery's school

Letter from Mary Puttock, Billingshurst, to Matilda [?Peskett]  AMS5774/4/13  13 Feb [?1849]
Contents: Describes season of dances and the soiree at Horsham. Family and Billingshurst news

[alecjack]

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