Ref:

(1) Feet of Fines, Essex Vol.4, p.191
(2) ERO- D/DAy T2/199

2I. THOMAS (JOHN 1)

Thomas leased Jackletts Farm in 1499. From a document from the Earl of Oxford's estate dated 1499: "Northambrige and Jakiletts, 10s. from the farm of divers lands there called Famebrigeland leased at farm to Thomas Throstill and 33s. 4d. from the farm of a tenement with certain lands adjacent to it called Jakilletts leased to the said Thomas Throstill. Total 43s. 4d. by Throstill."(1)

Issue-

Ref:

(1) Essex Record Office- D/DBM M501

3I. THOMAS (JOHN 1, THOMAS 2)

m. GRACE ______

It is most likely that Thomas was the father of Thomas and John as in 1568 John was taxed for Stanes, Westmans and Beancroft in Purleigh which was formerly Thomas Thrustells and as neither one of them were mentioned in the wills of William Thrussell or Francis Thrussell it seems unlikely that they belonged to that family.

Thomas and Grace sold one messuage, 40 acres of land, 7 acres of meadow and 10 acres of pasture in Purleigh in 1538 to John Davy.(1)

Thomas was mentioned in the will of Jasper Clerke of Maldon on 31 Oct. 1559 stating that one of his children married a daughter of Heywars of Danbury. He was one of the executors of the will of Alexander Gate of Springfield on 19 Aug. 1560. In his will John Dandye of Stow Maries, yeoman appointed Thomas Thrustill of Runsell as one of the two overseers and gave him 10/, dated 25 Aug. 1561.

Issue-

Ref:

(1) Feet of Fines, Essex Vol. IV, p.221
Probate Records- Essex Record Office

4II. THOMAS (JOHN 1, THOMAS 2, THOMAS 3)

m. JOAN ______
will 1585 Runsell, Essex

Thomas of Runsell was taxed for Hyde Park in Purleigh and Shyinghams in Runsell and was owner of Bridgmans in Purleigh in 1568.(1)

In his will in Jan. 1585 Thomas of Runsell gave his wife Joan Garlande Farm where he lived along with 19 acres of land along with £8 rent out of his lands in Maldon called Langmedes, £6 out of the rent of Bridgemans in Danbury, 25 acres in Purleigh, £3 out of the rent from Hachlandes in Haseley and £3 out of the rent from Hyde Park in Hyde Manor. Joan was also to receive 14 cartloads of wood per year from Hyde Park. He gave his second son Mark "Hachlandes" in Haseley. He also received Hyde Park which was to be given to Thomas and Edward if he died without issue. Mark also received all his land in Reyleigh. Edward his youngest son received 25 acres of land called Bridgmans as well as 25 acres of land called Cowhall in Hyde Park as well as Cowhall Spring and Ashe meade croft to pass to Thomas and Mark if he dies without issue. He gave to his daughter Anne, wife of Richard Steleman six cart loads of wood per year out of the wood lot at Hyde Park. He gave his wife all the household stuff, six cows and two nags and he appointed his son Thomas his executor and his brother-in-law Thomas Every his overseer.(2)

Thomas Thrussell's Will- Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4

Hatch Farm or Hachlandes, Haseley, Essex

An interesting story from Essex Family History:

Isabel Whyte, a spinster of Purleigh appeared at Essex Quarter Sessions accused of killing two cows, a ram and 9 pigs belonging to Thomas Ward in March 1600. She was accused of bewitching the animals and causing them to die although she was acquitted of the charge.

In 1566 Richard Nycholas of Purleigh was charged with absenting himself from his wife. At Court he asserted that she was not a woman lawful for a mans use. the judge ordered that the woman be searched by women who adjudged that she was not in fact a woman, i.e. she (he) was a man.(3)

Ref:

(1) Purleigh Tax Roll for 1568- Essex Record Office
(2) PCC- PROB 11/68
(3) Essex Family History at: http://www.essex-family-history.co.uk/elizabethancrime.htm

5III. EDWARD (JOHN 1, THOMAS 2, THOMAS 3, THOMAS 4)

m. ALICE ______ (will 1624)
will 1619

In 1601 Edward was mentioned in the will of his brother-in-law Richard Steleman of Springfield along with his children Edward and Mary.

In his will Edward Thrussell of Danbury gave his wife Alice all his property at Bridgeman's Farm in Danbury and Purleigh to be equally divided among his four children at her death. To his sons John & Thomas he gave £100 each to be paid before they reached 24 years. He gave his daughter Mary £120 to be paid within one year of her mother's death by his eldest son Edward.(1)

Alice in her will gave her eldest son Edward her armoir in the hall and other things. Her son John received her deaths head ring, £30 and half of the estate to be delivered to him upon his marriage or age of 24. Her son Thomas received £30, her wedding ring and the other half of her estate. She then made Thomas her executor.(2)

Edward Trussell's Will

Another interesting bit of history. In Elizabethan times every father had to provide his sons and servants who were aged from 7 to 16 a longbow and two arrows and every man aged 17 to 60 had to own a longbow and 4 arrows. Each parish had to provide archery butts every Sunday to allow parishioners to practice their skills. Failure to comply with this obligation in 1591 led to the residents of Purleigh being fined 12d each having not practiced for 10 months.

A few interesting bits from the court records of the time from Purleigh:

In 1608 Edward Offyn, William Secres, and Anthong Browne were whipped for stealing 3 lbs. of beef from John Brett. In 1610 Matthew Chapman was convicted and hung for highway robbery after assaulting Thomas Hullman and stealing 3/ and a hat. In 1611 Thomas Stebbinge stole 2 pecks of oats from Robert Perry and was whipped. In 1617 Loer Arnold, the wife of Edward Arnold was accused of assaulting Mercy Arnold, her servant, by throwing her to the ground and while she was lying there kicked and punched her in the head until she was dead. She was found not guilty.

Another interesting bit of Purleigh history is that Lawrence Washington was the rector there from 1633 until 1642. He was the ancestor of George Washington and a portrait of the first President hangs on the wall in St. Margaret's Church. However, as a Royalist, Lawrence was not welcome in Puritan Essex and left at the beginning of the Civil War. He was called:

"A common frequenter of ale houses, not only himself sitting daily tippling there, but also encouraging others in that beastly vice, and hath been often drunk, and hath said that the Parliament have more papists belonging to them in their armies than the King had about him or in his army and the Parliament's army did more hurt than the Cavaliers and that they did none at all, and hath published them to be traitors that lend to or assist Parliament"(3)

Ref:

(1) Essex Record Office- D/ABW 38/146
(2) Ibid- D/ABW 46/71
(3) "Purleigh- Ancestral Home of the First President of the United States"- http://www.essex-family-history.co.uk/washington.htm

6IV. JOHN (JOHN 1, THOMAS 2, THOMAS 3, THOMAS 4, EDWARD 5)

On 15 July 1651 John Thrustle of Danbury was presented to the court for not doing his required two days work on road repairs.(1)

Issue- all probable, but none proven!

Ref:

(1) Essex Record Office- Q/SR 349/30

7II. THOMAS (JOHN 1, THOMAS 2, THOMAS 3, THOMAS 4, EDWARD 5, JOHN 6)

m.1. ?
2. 25 June 1676 Boreham, Martha Baker (bur. 8 Jan. 1678/9 Boreham)
3. Frances ______
will 29 Oct. 1683 Boreham, Essex
bur. 31 Oct. 1683 Boreham

Thomas was probably the son of John of Danbury however he may have been the son of George of Purleigh and Danbury but, George was too old as his sister was married in 1611. George was probably the son of William of Heybridge who apparently did not own property in Runsell whereas the father of John Thrussell was from that place. Also having George as his father would not agree with Thomas being a ward of Henry and Ann Towers of Woodham Ferrers in 1657 as George was alive in 1660.(1)

"John Grimes, husbandman, John Winton, bricklayer, Thomas Marshall, Francis Baraham, yeoman and Richard Grimes husbandman, all of Woodham Ferrers 23 Nov. 1657 riotously broke into the dwelling house there of Henry Towers and Ann his wife, guardians of Thomas Trussell, being in their peaceable possession, and did evict all of them from that day until this day viz: 12 Jan. 1658."(2)

St. Andrew's Church- Boreham

In his will Thomas Thrussell of Boreham, yeoman gave his son Thomas Jr. the house and land occupied by Mr. Kilby as well as all of his freehold land. To his son George he gave all his copyhold land and Scotts. His son John received Archer's house as well as the platt at Danbury. His wife Frances received the rest of the estate and was made executrix and she was to use the profits of all the land for bringing up the children until they reached the age of twenty.(3)

Thomas Thrussell's will- Page 1, Page 2

Issue-

Ref:

(1) will of George Hill 6 Dec. 1660, Essex Record Office
(2) Essex Record Office- Q/SR 374/10
(3) Ibid- D/AER 24/170
Boreham Parish Registers

8III. JOHN (JOHN 1, THOMAS 2, THOMAS 3, THOMAS 4, EDWARD 5, JOHN 6, THOMAS 7)

bpt. 23 Sept. 1683 Boreham
m. THOMASINE ______ (bur. 1 May 1731 Danbury- listed as "Tabitha")
bur. 15 May 1731
will 10 May 1731 Danbury, Essex

Church of St. John the Baptist- Danbury

On 15 Nov. 1691 John Thrussell of Danbury, farmer, appeared at the Court of Quarter Sessions to give evidence against Richard Robinson, now in Gaol, for stealing: "one open sowe pigge" of Robert Royse, all of Danbury. On Easter 1692 Richard Robinson was indicted for stealing a: "yelt sowe" worth 10/ from Robert Royce. Royce and John Thrussell were witnesses. If our John was a witness, why was he living in Danbury in 1691 and why would he be listed as a witness when he was only eight years old? This John undoubtedly belongs to another family, but which one?(1)

"Novem^r y^e 26: 1703, about one of y^e Clock in y^e morning there arose y^e most outragious tempest y^t ever was heard or read of in England, it held till seven or eight a clock in y^e morning, it lay'd naked most peoples dwelling houses, out Barns Stables & all other out houses, & multitudes of them were leveled w^th y^e ground, it blew down steeples, unript our Churches & made thousands of tall & sturdy oakes, Elmes & other trees root body & branch to submit to y^e violence of an outragious blast, y^t brought y^m to y^e ground & made y^m fitt fuel for y^e flames;" (4)

On 11 Apr. 1725 John and Thomasine sold Fullers Tenement, Crooked Croft and Western Mead including the house, garden and stable in Boreham to Henry Buttle.(2)

Thomasine died on 1 May 1731 and John died two weeks later on the 15th.

In his will John gave his freehold tenement in Danbury which he had purchased from Mr. Knightbridge and in which he was living, a parcel of land with a barn purchased from Mr. Thwaits and also the copyhold land also purchased from Knightbridge to his son Francis to be given to his son George if Francis died sine prole and to pass to his son John Jr. if George died without issue. John then gave a freehold parcel of land in Danbury purchased from Mr. Thwaits, all his copyhold land held of the manor of Bicknacre priory which he also purchased from Thwaits and: "the bed and all the ffurniture in the best Chamber and our other ordinary Bedd in another Chamber" to son George. He also gave George £100 to be paid when he reaches the age of 21. John gave his daughter Thomasine wife of Thomas Johnson his freehold tenement with orchard and land in Danbury which he had purchased from Mr. Wright and which John was occupying. The residue of the estate went to sons John Jr. and Francis who were also made executors of the estate.(3)

John Trussell's will- Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4

Issue- all children baptized in Danbury

Ref:

(1) Essex Record Office- Q/SR 471/4, 472/69
(2) Ibid- D/DC 23/127
(3) Ibid- D/ABR 21/25
(4) Purleigh Parish Register- entry for 26 Nov. 1703

Danbury Parish Registers
Essex Marriage Licences- Frederick Arthur Crisp, Colchester Library

9V. GEORGE (JOHN 1, THOMAS 2, THOMAS 3, THOMAS 4, EDWARD 5, JOHN 6, THOMAS 7, JOHN 8)

bpt. 12 Oct. 1712 Danbury, Essex
m.1. 27 Feb. 1739 Cold Norton, Essex, MARY BOWLES of Danbury (d. 10 May 1751 Purleigh, bur. Purleigh church-yard (see MI))
2. 6 Dec. 1757 Sarah Nash of Woodham Ferrers (b.c.1720, bur. 4 Jan. 1763 Danbury)
3. 1768 Mary Wright of Danbury (b. 1745)
bur. 1 June 1780 St. John the Baptist Church, Danbury, Essex
will 24 Feb. 1780-23 July 1787

The Purleigh perimeter perambulation of 1770 states that George was a tenant of Marsh House Farm which was owned by Richard Onslow, Esq.(1) On 10 Apr. 1759 Mr. James Bonnell, Lord of the Manor did: "grant unto the Hon. Lieutenant General Richard Onslow Esq., and Pooley his wife licience to let or lease his copyhold land to George Thrussell of Purleigh, yeoman, for 21 years from Michaelmas (29 Sept.) past." For this Onslow had to pay to the Lord £1/1/0.(2) On 11 July 1810 C.C. Parker purchased this farm for £3160 and on 27 Dec. 1818 C.C. Parker wrote the following description of the farm: "Good substancial timber and tile farmhouse, good double barn, half new built this year, stable for 8 horses, cowhouse, new cart lodge and several other cattle sheds, hen house. Premises all in very good repair with 150 acres arable and pasture land in 14 enclosures, well timbered."(3)

A summary of George's lands held of the manor of Bickacre Priory was made about 1800:

"page 49      Geo: Thrussell deceased was admitted on the Death
1732       & will of his Father John to him & the Heirs
                   of his Body to

Does not       A Piece or Parcell of Land abutting upon a
say the       Common called Bicknacre Common to wards the
Quantity       the West & North Part and upon the Free Lands
nor Fine.       of the said George Thrussell to wards the
                   West & South Parts.

Page 81       Said George was admitted on the Death & Will
1755       of his Brother Francis to
All that Piece or Parcell of Customary
Land containing by Estiman one
Acre & half abutting South on the
Common called Bicknacre Common
And East West & North on the Freehd.
Lands of him the sd. Frans. Thrussell

Page 104       George was admitted for Life with remainder to
1769       his wife on Surrender of Taylor to
Quit Rent 2S       All that Toft or Parcell of customary Land
Fine 1.11.6       containing by Estimation 2 Acres more or less
                   with the Appurts. situate in the Parish of
                   Danbury in the said County of Essex.

Page 125       George admitted on The Lord's Gram to
1771       All that Piece of Land in the Parish of
Quit Rent 1S       Danbury cont. by Estiman. 2 1/2 Acres abutting
Fine 0.0.3       North & West upon Lands late of Jno. Deere &
                    now of Thos. May. South on Road leading
                   from Maldon to Woodham. East on Road leading
                    from Danbury to White Elm-"(4)

Marsh House Farm

Map of Marsh House Farm

Records from the Danbury Church

In his will George Trussell of Danbury, farmer gave to his wife Mary his tenement, blacksmith shop, yard, garden and orchard at Onnsley Green in Great Dunmow which was occupied by William Young. After her death this property was to pass to his son Jonathan. Mary was also to receive two leased tenements in Great Yeldham occupied by Richard Bedall and widow Chalyou. After Mary's death the property was to go to sons Samuel and Benjamin when they reached the age of 21.

He gave his son James property in Danbury with the barn and cottage which George had occupied along with James Mott and Joshua Lattsy. He also gave James 2 1/2 acres of waste ground held of the Manor of Bicknacre Priory in Danbury which was given to him at court 29 Oct. 1771.

Bicknacre Priory

He gave his son George Jr. 2 acres in Danbury held of the Manor of Bicknacre Priory by copy of court Roll at the yearly rent of 2/, which was occupied by George Sr. He also gave George Jr. more property and buildings in Danbury occupied by himself, William Coffin and John White and purchased from Daniel and Sarah Taylor. George Jr., however, had to pay the mortgage of £200 to Thomas Cooch.

John had already received his share of the estate and the two £50 notes which John had given his father were willed to daughter Mary Trussell and son George Jr.

George then gave a long list of furniture to his wife and several other odds and ends to his sons Jonathan, Samuel, Benjamin, James and George, and daughter Mary.

He gave his grandson Edward Hammond £20 when he reached age 21, to pass to his grand-daughter Mary Hammond if Edward died.

He gave sons Jonathan, Samuel and Benjamin £20 each when they reached age 21.

George appointed his son James as executor and guardian of his sons Jonathan and Samuel until age 14. Dated 24 Feb. 1780.

The will was amended 29 May 1780 because George Jr. had died and George Sr. willed his share to son James. Proved 13 July 1787.(5)

George Trussell's Will- Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5

Article on Danbury in "White's Directory" for 1848 , Page 2, Page 3

In 1857 Thomas Wright compiled a dictionary of provincial words, the following is from his work as well as other sources... gives you an idea of how our ancestors spoke:

Afeared=Afraid
Ails=Ears of corn
Artnoon=Afternoon
Bange=Light rain
Beaver=Ploughman's lunch taken at about 11am
Bigge=Cow's teat
Billy Wicks=Owl
Boine=Swelling
Bonie=Blow or wound
Bonkka=Very large
Bonx=Beat up mix for batter puddings
Bullimong=A mix of oats, vetch and peas
Bumby Place= where houshold rubbish is dumped
Busk=Lie in sun
Cart rake=Cart track
Chice=Small portion
Chop=Flog
Clars=Hands - Often clars and jaws = hands and face
Crotch tail=Kite
Dag=Dew
Dare=To Grieve
Dean=Din or noise
Dew Bit=Ploughman's early morning breakfast
Dogs=Dew
Doke=A small brook or a bruise
Dooles=Rough hay made from roadside verges or ditches
Dolouring=Mournful noise
Dunnekin=Outside Toilet
Eel thing=St Elmo's Fire
Essex stile=Ditch
Fare=To appear
Favour=Resemble
Feff=To overreach in buying or selling
Fimble=To touch lightly
Finnicks=Tawdry dressed woman
Fleet=Shallow
Four Want Ways=Crossroads with 4 roads meeting
Fours=Ploughman's dinner taken about 4pm
Furnitade=Furniture
Furriners=People from outside the village
Ginnick=Neat or Perfect
Goff=A mow of hay
Goffer=To eat fast
Gole=Prominent
Harve=A haw
Hazardable=Dangerous
Hazely brick earth=a loamy soil found in Essex
Hazle=Stiff as clay
Hodmedod=Snail
Hoap=Helped
Ingons=Onions
Jice=Small quantity
Julk=Hard blow
Keeping Room=Living room
Largess=Tip after harvest
Latard=late
Levens=The name for lunch in harvest time - taken more quickly than a ' Beaver'
Martlemas beef=Beef dried in the chimney like bacon
Mauther=Awkward girl
Meece=Mice
Muckinger=Handkerchief
Muggy=Half intoxicated
Newing=Yeast
Nig=Small piece
Nippet=Small quantity
Not=Well tiled
Noteless=Stupified
Nuzzle=Sound of bellows
Oaken=Oak
Ollust=Always
Onbeknown=Unknown
Onsensed=Stunned
Owd=Old - Used figuratively not literally
Piggatory=Great trouble
Plum Pudding=Red Campion Plant
Polliwig=Tadpole
Sarce=Vegetables
Scat=Scared
Scatch pawed=Left handed
Shirt Buttons= Stitchwort plant
Teuk=Redshank
Thrap=To Crowd
Warsley=Not much
Waste=To abate
We's=Our

Whip Stalk=Whip handle
Winnick=Suppressed cry
Wusser=Worse
Wust=Worst(6)

Issue- children baptized in Danbury

Ref:

(1) Purleigh Land Tax- 1781-1832
(2) Court Rolls for Purleigh- 29 Oct. 1759
(3) Farm Sale Catalogue for Marsh House Farm- 1810, Essex Record Office
(4) original document at Essex Record Office
(5) Essex Record Office- D/ABR 28/33
(6) Essex Family History at: http://www.essex-family-history.co.uk/dialect.htm

Parish Registers for Purleigh & Danbury, Essex
Essex Marriage Licences- Frederick Arthur Crisp, Colchester Library

10IV. JOHN (JOHN 1, THOMAS 2, THOMAS 3, THOMAS 4, EDWARD 5, JOHN 6, THOMAS 7, JOHN 8, GEORGE 9)

b.c.1743
m.1. 10 July 1777 Woodham Walter, MARGARET (2) BROOKS (d. 20 Mar. 1795 Purleigh, Essex)
2. 22 Mar. 1796 Susanna Summers (d. 29 May 1835 Purleigh)
d. 4 Aug. 1808 Purleigh

John was a tenant of Marsh House Farm and is listed on the tax returns beginning in 1781.(1) At the Manor court of Purleigh Hall held 5 Apr. 1780 a license was granted to Pooley Onslow, widow of Lt. General Richard Onslow to rent Marsh House Farm to John Thrussell of Purleigh, yeoman for 21 years from the previous Michaelmas for £1/1/0.(2)

The Church in Purleigh, Essex

In his father's will John did not receive anything since George had already started him in business and had advanced him sums of money more than in proportion to any of his other children. John had given his father two notes for £50 each, these were in turn willed to Mary and George Trussell.

Red Lion Inn- Snoreham- c.1908

In his will John gave his wife Susannah the house, yard, garden and orchard adjoining the Red Lion Inn in Snoreham. His son John received the lease on Marsh House Farm and the tenement called Twates(?) in Danbury. Son George received Gibcracks Farm in East Hanningfield which was owned by Lovibond Collins, Esq. His son James received property in Woodham Ferrers and Danbury below Gibcrack Farm. John also mentions his sister Mary Summers and daughters Mary and Elizabeth Trussell. Son John was to provide one year of education for Mary and 1 1/2 years of education for Elizabeth and both John and George were to provide for Mary and Elizabeth until age fifteen. Joseph Thorp and John Laver of Latchingdon were appointed guardians for the two girls. Joseph Yell Sr. was appointed the executor of the will, dated 19 May 1808, proved 5 May 1809.(3)

John Trussell's Will- Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5

Issue- all children baptized in Purleigh

Ref:

(1) Purleigh Land Tax- 1781-1832
(2) Court Rolls for Purleigh, Essex Record Office
(3) Essex Record Office- D/AER 36/24; abstract at the National Archives- IR 26/387
Parish Registers for Purleigh
Essex Marriage Licenses-Frederick Arthur Crisp, Colchester Library
Steven P. Potter- Lower Barn Farm, Mundon, Maldon, Essex

11V. JAMES (JOHN 1, THOMAS 2, THOMAS 3, THOMAS 4, EDWARD 5, JOHN 6, THOMAS 7, JOHN 8, GEORGE 9, JOHN 10)

bpt. 24 Jan. 1793 Purleigh, Essex
m. LAVINIA ANN (2) ABBOTT (b.c.1791 Latchingdon, Essex, d. 8 July 1849 Purleigh)
d. 23 Oct. 1853 Purleigh

In his father's will James received property located partly in Woodham Ferrers and partly in Danbury below Gibcrack Farm which his brother George received. His brothers John and George were to apprentice out James to a trade of his choice and provide for him during his minority. Joseph Yell Sr. & Jr. of Danbury, farmers, were appointed James' guardians.

In a report on Essex Charities compiled by the Charity Commission between 1819 and 1837 there is mentioned a charity school in Purleigh. Mary-Ann Sly, the school mistress lived in a house attached to the schoolroom and James was the schoolmaster having been hired in 1821 for the job. He occupied one third of a terraced cottage and garden very near the school. The other two parts were occupied by Sabitha Turner and Joseph Brewer. The whole cottage was owned by David Chambers.(1)

In 1841 James and Lavinia were living in Burnham where he was a schoolmaster and she a school-mistress.(2)

1841 Census Report- Burnham

They subsequently moved back to Purleigh where Lavinia died in 1849. In 1851 James was teaching in Purleigh and was living with his late wife's sister Catherine Abbott who was the school mistress.(3)

"There is a small dissenting chapel at Cock Larks, where a handsome National School has been built by the present rector in the Tudor style, of red and white brick, with a house for the mistress. He pays the teacher, who has about 60 scholars, residing in that part of the parish, which is from 1 to 2 miles N.W. of the church... Academies... National School... Trussell Jas."(4)

Article on Purleigh from White's Directory from 1848 , Page 2

1851 Census Report- Purleigh

Issue-

Ref:

(1) Essex Record Office
(2) 1841 Census for Burnham, Essex
(3) 1851 Census for Purleigh, Essex
(4) White's Directory- 1848, p. 532

Parish Registers for Purleigh and Tillingham, Essex

12I. EDWIN JAMES (JOHN 1, THOMAS 2, THOMAS 3, THOMAS 4, EDWARD 5, JOHN 6, THOMAS 7, JOHN 8, GEORGE 9, JOHN 10, JAMES 11)

bpt. 1 Apr. 1823 Purleigh, Essex
m. 1 Mar. 1846 Tillingham, SUSANNAH STUTTLE (3) LAWRENCE (b. 20 Dec. 1829 Tillingham, d. after 1901, before 1911)
d.c.1870

Edwin was a plumber and was apprenticed to George Garrood of Burnham and living with George and his family on the Quay in Burnham. (1) 1841 Census for Burnham, Essex

Tillingham, Essex- c. 1905

In the 1851 census Edmund George Trussell, age 20, Journeyman Plumber, born Purleigh, and his wife Susannah Stuttle Trussell, age 21, born Tillingham, were living on the Vicarage Lane in Tillingham along with their daughter Lavinia, age 4, Henry James, age 3, and Edwin Benjamin age 3 months. (2)

1851 census for Tillingham, Essex

St. Mary's Church- Burnham-on-Crouch

By 1861 Edwin and Susannah had moved to the High St. in Burnham where he was a plumber. Also living with them were their daughter Lavinia, age 14, and their sons Henry, age 13, plumber, Benjamin, age 10, in school, and George, age 1. Susannah, Lavinia, Henry, and Benjamin were born in Tillingham, young George was born in Burnham. (3)

1861 Census for Burham-On-Crouch

High Street- Burnham c.1906

From White's Directory for 1863: "Plumbers, Glzrs. and Painters... Garrood, George; Trussell EdwinJs"

White's Directory for Burnham for 1863 (Page 2, Page 3, Page 4)

The Quay- Burnham

Edwin had died by the 1871 census as Susannah was living on the High St. in Burnham and working as a painter and glazier. Also living with her were her children Lavinia, age 24, Henry, age 23, also a painter & glazier, Edwin B., age 21, a painter & glazier, George L, age 11 who was in school. (4)

1871 census for Burnham, Essex

By the 1891 census Susannah had moved to Lewes Rd. in Brighton where she was working as a "sick nurse". (5)

1891 census for Brighton

Parade on the Lewes Road- Brighton

Susannah was living with her son George and his family back on the Western Road in Burnham by the 1901 census. (6)

1901 Census for Burnham, Essex- Page 1, Page 2

Issue-

Ref:

(1) 1841 Census for Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex
(2) 1851 Census for Tillingham, Essex- p. 27
(3) 1861 Census for Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex
(4) 1871 Census for Burnha, Essex- household No. 18
(5) 1891 Census for Brighton, Park ward, parish of St. Martins- household 41
(6) 1901 Census for Burnham, Essex, parish of St. Mary's, Fourth Eastern Division- p.5
(7) Kelly's Dirctory of Essex- Burham-on-Crouch 1908 at: http://www.essex-family-history.co.uk/trade1908burnham.htm

Parish registers for Burnham, Purleigh and Tillingham, Essex
Elaine Trussell- 144 Station Rd., Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex
John Dowding- Burnham-on-Crouch & District Local History & Amenity Society