Richard GILL & ?Elizabeth
married c1670, Sussex

Richard Gill
( c1640 ?Ewhurst - 1718 Brede)

Richard Gill born c1640 ?9 Jun 1644 Salehurst, Sussex parents: John Gill/Guill & Ann Sands ?Elizabeth baptism unknown Sussex Richard Gill & Elizabeth married c1670 ?Sussex Elizabeth Gill died 28 Sep 1703 Brede, Sussex

Second marriage of Richard Gill Richard Gill & Ann Card/Browne married (lic) 1713 Hastings, Sussex Ann Card baptism unknown Richard Gill buried 1718 Brede, Sussex Ann Gill buried 2 May, 1736 Brede, Sussex "widow Gill" First marriage of Ann Card Ann Card & Robert Browne married 1695 Brede, Sussex Robert Browne baptised 10 Jul 1664 Brede, Sussex parents: Robert Browne & ?Elizabeth Robert Browne carpenter buried 23 Apr 1708 Brede, Sussex Children of Ann Card & Robert Browne Elizabeth Browne 1696 Brede - male Browne 1699 Brede - male Browne 1702 Brede - Denness Browne 1705 Brede -

Mention of Richard Gill, 1683 Deeds of Sempstead Farm, Ewhurst (AMS6001) On 9 Feb 1683 Edward Piers of Ewhurst esq, a son of Thomas Piers of Stonepit in Seale, Kent, bt, deceased, mortgaged a house, barns, stables and land (160a) called Sempstead Place in Ewhurst, occupied by Richard Gill, to Henry Piggott of Chiddingstone, Kent, yeoman for �100 at 6%. On 3 Apr 1684 Piers's �50 mortgage of 20 Aug 1682 of a barn and seven pieces of land (40a and 3a wood) in Brede occupied by John Clinsett was assigned by Thomas Glover of Southfleet, Kent, yeoman to John Ashdowne of Chiddingstone, who advanced a further �20. On 7 Jan 1685 Piers mortgaged a house, barns, stables and 18 piece of land (70a) called Lordingstreet in Ewhurst and Northiam, occupied by Stephen Catt whose lease had been granted by Sir Thomas Piers, to Edward Medhurst of Cowden, Kent, yeoman for �50 at 3%; the Brede land was also charged. On 25 Mar 1687 all these mortgages were assigned to William Woodgate of Chiddingstone yeoman who undertook to pay �600 to satisfy Edward Piers's debts; a later deed recites that �400 only was paid. Lordingstreet was subsequently sold to Anthony Sheep of Battle yeoman for �650 and the Brede land to Richard Gill for �343 and Woodgate assigned his interest in each to the one purchaser in trust for the other On 17 Aug 1689 Edward Piers, in need of a further �700, assigned his estate in Sempstead Place, its land (140a) and woodland (90a) and the appurtenant manor of Knoll to William Streatfield of Heaver, Kent, gent in trust for Woodgate, to whom the legal estate was mortgaged for the full debt of �1,100 at 8% on 19 and 20 Aug; the term created by an earlier mortgage to one Samuel Cole was assigned to John Streatfield of Penshurst, Kent and Richard Gill, the tenant, was instructed to pay his rent to Woodgate to discharge the debt (1-3) Reference - 179 - East Sussex Record Office, AMSR - Additional Manuscripts, Catalogue R AMS6001 - Deeds of Sempstead Farm, Ewhurst http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/a69af004-3afc-42dc-ba9a-66cf57098a26 1736 Sempstead, Ewhurst Surety for marriage licences 16 Jan 1689/90 Richard Parker & Anne Fuller of Crowhurst Thomas Jordan & Anne King of Ewhurst Surety for marriage licences 16 Jan 1689/90 Richard Parker & Anne Fuller of Crowhurst Thomas Jordan & Anne King of Ewhurst Surety for marriage licences Poll for the election for Members of Parliament in 1705 Brede - Richard Grill Sussex Record Society key: L Pa Pe T Mention of Richard Gill, 1714 Land in Catsfield from Archive of the Fuller-Acland-Hood family, Barons St Audries ".... in 1717. No. SAU/209, 1714, is a covenant to levy a fine whereby the premises (i) and (ii) were to be to the use of John, 1st Earl of Ashburnham; messuages and 200a. land in Brede were to be to the use of the will of Richard Gill, sen., of Brede, yeo.". Reference: SAU/199-245 http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/a88e8b81-5a2c-46cd-b043-a3731a1d970b Mention of Richard Gill, 1719 Records of the descendants of John Collier - title deeds and associated papers Court roll, Manor of Ewhurst, 20 Jan 1719, Admission of Richard Gill, grandson of Richard Gill, deceased Messuage and two parcels of land (6a) and one parcel of wood (10a) in Ewhurst, called Morrell's Farm; tenement called The Deane (6a); tenement called The Heale otherwise Hyld (3a); tenement called Parties (6a), all in Ewhurst Recites surrender by RG the elder to the use of himself for life, remainder to RG the younger, 4 Oct 1717, Steward: Thomas Frewen Reference: SAY/2770 http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/c6855ff6-8f3b-433d-90f6-a7ed5069f1e8

The children of Richard Gill & Elizabeth

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Richard Gill
1670 ?Salehurst - 1758 Ewhurst

Richard Gill bapt 19 Mar 1670 ?Salehurst, Sussex parents: Richard Gill Elizabeth Davis baptised 1780 Sedlescombe, Sussex parents: William Davis & Jane Soale Richard Gill & Elizabeth Davis married (lic) 1698 Mountfield, Sussex Elizabeth Gill died 1720 Sedlescombe, Sussex Second marriage of Richard Gill Richard Gill (the elder) & Ann Cooke married (lic) 29 May, 1727 Battle, Sussex Ann Cooke baptised 1701/2 Ewhurst, Sussex parents: William Cook & Katherine Graunt Richard Gill buried 7 Mar 1758 Ewhurst, Sussex Ann Gill ?buried 6 May 1763 Ewhurst, Sussex Mention of Richard Gill, 1702 Parish of Ewhurst, overseers of the Poor - bastardy records, maintenance order 1 Jul 1702, Richard Gill the Younger, yeoman, to pay 2s weekly for the maintenance of child born to Sarah Fuller Reference: PAR324/34/4/1 http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/16ef42d5-6388-4854-98a2-0ba7922d409f Richard Fuller, baptised 5 Jan 1701/2 about Sarah Fuller Sarah Elphick & James Fuller married 1684, Playden Sussex James Fuller died 21 Dec 1698, Ewhurst, labourer Sarah Fuller died 19 Apr 1708, Ewhurst Children of James Fuller & Sarah Elphick John 1685 Ewhurst Thomas 1687 Ewhurst - 1687 Ewhurst Henry 1687 Ewhurst Sarah 1689 Ewhurst Martha 1691 Ewhurst Stephen 1693 Ewhurst - 1694 Ewhurst Dorcas 1695 Ewhurst Susannah 1695 Ewhurst - 1703 Ewhurst Hannah 1698 Ewhurst Date: 4 Anne (?1706) Description: John Barber, John Goreham, "and others." v. William Bates, senr., William Bates, junior, Richard Gill.: Bastard child of Anne Fuller, an inhabitant of Ewhurst (Sussex). Touching a bond given by the defendants Bates as surety for the said Wm. Bates, senr., to save harmless the said parish of Ewhurst of and from such bastard child, with the keeping and maintaining of which the said parish was or might be chargeable, &c., &c. [See also 3 & 4 Anne, Hil., No.11 in this Calendar.]: Sussex http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3712541 Henry Fuller/Bates, born 6 Nov 1701, mother: Ann Fuller father: William Bates,thatcher, the supposed father 30th May 1707 three pieces of Marshlandes commonly called by the Severall Names of the T(en acres and) the two little pell Marshes more or less lying in Knoll Levell in the parish of Northiam, Sussex and are adjoining to the Lands late of Sir John Shelley Bart (deced) To the Farms and Landes called Gay-Court Farms and to my other Marshlands there called the Seaven acres, the two forelands and Great Pell Marsh in the tenure or occupation of me, Richard Gill, John Gill, and William Barnes Gabriel Egles wills - SFHS Ann Cook 8 Jun 1714 Apprenticeship indenture Ann Cooke to Richard King of Hawkhurst in Kent; housewifery; W: John Fox, Samuel Parker Reference: PAR324/33/1/55 http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/ca541499-13f7-4301-89b6-9c1a8c17376c Ann Cook Removal Order 1724, Hawkhurst Parish, from Ewhurst Ann Cooke to Richard King of Hawkhurst in Kent; housewifery; W: John Fox, Samuel Parker http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/4216efe6-4da6-4dee-973e-bd7e0fd14573 Mention of Richard Gill, 1715 Bill and answer: Plaintiffs: Richard Gill, yeoman of Ewhurst , Sussex, Defendants: Sarah Baker, widow. Reference:C 11/1383/22 http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10470473 Mention of Richard Gill, 1720 Parish of Ewhurst, overseers of the Poor: apprenticeship indenture 8 Nov 1720, Sarah Catt to William Bates of Northiam; housewifery; Richard Gill, Ralph Gladwish Reference: PAR324/33/1/60 http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/03a4939d-acda-4586-9606-04297deeae28 Mention of Richard Gill, 1720 Parish of Ewhurst, overseers of the Poor: apprenticeship indenture 8 Nov 1720, Deborah Catt to William Bates of Northiam; housewifery; Richard Gill, Ralph Gladwish Reference: PAR324/33/1/61 http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/fa4bfa85-1a09-41ea-af3a-50679b905b6a Mention of Richard Gill, 1721 Bill and answer: Plaintiffs: Richard Gill, yeoman of Ewhurst, Sussex and Thomas Howard, butcher of Bread, Sussex, defendants: Mary Powell, widow.. Reference: C 11/466/33 http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10446642 Mention of Richard Gill, 1725 Parish of Ewhurst, Overseers of the Poor: bastardy records, Bastardy examinations, Examination of Ann Cook, 1 Feb 1725 Charges Richard Gill the Elder reference: PAR324/34/3/1 http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/8003b18b-36a5-4de5-90f7-039e2643cfb2 Mention of Richard Gill, 1729 Parish of Ewhurst, overseers of the Poor: settlement examinations 26 Sep 1729, James Baker; born in Hertfordshire; lived with Richard Gill of Ewhurst and later in Biddenden, Kent with Isaac Turk Reference: PAR324/32/4/1 http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/b3fa8dac-38bd-457a-b7b2-db9c1180a162 1736 Death of John Gill and sale of land at Steephill by Richard Gill Brede Manor Court Presents of the death of John Gill At this Court the homage on their Oaths present that John Gill who hold freely of the Lord of this Manor to him and his heirs a messuage and lands ? all ? dwellhouse containing by estimation 40 acres more or less and hold on of this Manor by the yearly rent of XX and ?so ?horrist ?Rolls and of other services unto the last Court dyed thereof seized and that there happened to the Lord for assistance but who is next heir to the premises they cant tell and that there also happened to the Lord for a ?Roll of XXX and therefore the Beadle is ordered to distrain for the same. (Sale) Alientation of Richard Gill to John Collier Also at this court the homage on their oaths that some time unto Richard Gill who hold of the Lord of this Manor to hime and his heirs freely a message barn and lands containing by estimation four score acres more of less lying and being at Steephill in Brede and holden of this Manor by the yearly rent fo 12 ?? relliefe and other ?services and also contain other lands called Steephill containing by estimation 20 acres more or less and holden of the said Manor by the yearly rent of XX ?? relliefe and other services hath sold and conveyed the same to John Collier esquire and that there happen to the Lord for a relliefe ??? therefore a warrant is directed to the beadle to distrain for the same. 1736 Steephill, Brede Mention of Richard Gill, 1753, Probate copy of will (P C C) dated 8 June 1751 of William Davis of Vinehall, Mountfield 16th April 1753, Description: 1 To his wife Lydia Davis his houses and lands at Sittingbourne and Milton, Kent; interest from a mortgage on an estate belonging to Chadwick Chambers near Saffron Hill [Holborn] near London; the plate and linen that was hers before their marriage; �10 for mourning 2 To his nephew Daniel Davis of Ewhurst, �500 3 To his niece Jane Slade, �300 in trust for her heirs, but in default of heirs, to revert to his nephews Daniel and William Davis 4 To Richard Gill of Beckley, son of Richard Gill the elder, �20, and to William Gill of Westfield, another son of Richard Gill the elder, �60 5 To the two sons of Sarah, late ?wife of Richard Gill the elder and now of Samuel Reeves, �10 each 6 To the children of Elizabeth late ?wife of Richard Gill the elder and now of [blank] Hawkins of Wadhurst �20 7 To his nephew and executor William Davis, remainder of the interest on the estate belonging to Chadwick Chambers, and remainder of the �500 bequeathed to Daniel Davis should he die without issue; his silver tankard, after the death of Lydia Davis; residue of his personal estate 8 To Daniel and William Davis and Jane Slade together, equal shares of all the plate and linen Witnesses: Daniel Wood, Ann Crisford, Isaac Gosling Reference: PAB/319 Wills of persons connectedf with the Grebell and Lamb families http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/f4ea3988-4af7-418c-b990-67a2440b926c from Ewhurst Parish records Ewhurst Parish Church Tax (varying % of rent on land held) 1726 & 1727 - William Derby paid tax on his rental of Richard Gill's land 1726 to 1730 - Richard Gill snr paid tax on his house and on woodland (Morrell Wood) 1730 to 1743 - Richard Gill snr paid tax on his house/land 1744 to 1748 - Richard Gill snr paid nothing, poor 1749 - no mention Ewhurst Parish Disbursement 1741, May - Paid Richard Gill Snr for keeping Dame Hawkens child 49 weeks �0.02.00 and for mending clothes at ?? �3.13.06 1755, 14 Jul - paid Old Gill 5 weeks pay - 7/6 1755, 5 Sep - paid Gill 4 weeks - 6/0 1756, Apr - paid Gill 4 weeks pay - 6/0 1757, Nov - paid Richard Gill 22 weeks pay at 1/6 - 1/13/0 gave Richard Gill at different times before he had weekly pay - 4/0 Richard Gill died 7 Mar 1758 Ewhurst 1759 - Goody Watson & Goody Gill - for laying forth Goodman ?Ewing & getting affadavit - 3/0 1760, May - Goody Gill - sundry times spinning - 6/0 1763 - widow Gill in her need - 2/0 Children of Richard Gill & Elizabeth Davis Elizabeth Gill 1700 Ewhurst - nm 1718 ?John Cordish children: Lucy ?m 1722 Mountfield ?to John Trill children: James, Elizabeth, William, Sarah, Jane, John Richard Gill 1705 Ewhurst - Jane Gill 1707 Ewhurst - nm 1732 ?children: Diana m 1739 Ewhurst to Christopher Hawkins ?children: Joseph, Elizabeth, William William Gill 1710 Ewhurst - 1779 Westfield m 1734 Brede to Mary children: Sarah, William, Mary, Elizabeth, Martha, Richard, Sarah,John, William, Grace, George Sarah Gill 1711 Ewhurst - m to Samuel Reeve children: Anthony, John, Richard Martha Gill 1715 Ewhurst - d.1720 Sedlescombe John Gill 1716 Ewhurst - 1718 Sedlescombe Ann/Hannah Gill 1718 Ewhurst - 1719 Sedlescombe Child of Richard Gill & Sarah Fuller Richard Fuller 1702 Ewhurst Children of Richard Gill & Ann Cooke Jane Cooke 1724 Ewhurst - Jane/Jenny Gill 1726 Ewhurst - ?1757 Ewhurst Joseph Gill 1732 Ewhurst - 1732 Ewhurst John Gill 1732 Ewhurst - 1732 Ewhurst Ann Gill 1735 Ewhurst

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John Gill
1672 ?Crowhurst - 1736 Brede

John Gill baptised 1672 Crowhurst, Sussex parents: Richard Gill Mary Barnes ?baptised 9 Apr 1702 Bodiam, Sussex parents: John Barnes & Mary Eliot John Gill & Mary Barnes married 1727 Mountfield, Sussex "both of Brede" John Gill died 4 Apr 1736 Brede, Sussex Mary Gill died 7 Apr 1736 Brede, Sussex "wife of John" 30th May 1707 three pieces of Marshlandes commonly called by the Severall Names of the T(en acres and) the two little pell Marshes more or less lying in Knoll Levell in the parish of Northiam, Sussex and are adjoining to the Lands late of Sir John Shelley Bart (deced) To the Farms and Landes called Gay-Court Farms and to my other Marshlands there called the Seaven acres, the two forelands and Great Pell Marsh in the tenure or occupation of me, Richard Gill, John Gill, and William Barnes Gabriel Egles wills - SFHS John Gill, Ewhurst (Govt) Tax Co-Assessor between 1721 & 1728 John Gill - Brede Parish - (Govt) Land Tax 1720 48.00.00 rate for woodland �1.03.0 John Gill for his own land �6.18.0 for woodland �1.03.0 1721 JG for own land �6.18.0 more land of late William Baker �0.12.0 for woodland �1.03.0 1722 John Gill assessor JG for own land �4.12.0 more for land of late William Baker �0.08.0 for woodland �1.00.0 1723 John Gill assessor JG for own land �4.12.0 more for land near the pound �0.00.08 for woodland �1.00.0 1736 Death of John Gill Brede Manor Court Presents of the death of John Gill At this Court the homage on their Oaths present that John Gill who hold freely of the Lord of this Manor to him and his heirs a messuage and lands ? all ? dwellhouse containing by estimation 40 acres more or less and hold on of this Manor by the yearly rent of XX and ?so ?horrist ?Rolls and of other services unto the last Court dyed thereof seized and that there happened to the Lord for assistance but who is next heir to the premises they cant tell and that there also happened to the Lord for a ?Roll of XXX and therefore the Beadle is ordered to distrain for the same. (Sale) Alientation of Richard Gill to John Collier Also at this court the homage on their oaths that some time unto Richard Gill who hold of the Lord of this Manor to hime and his heirs freely a message barn and lands containing by estimation four score acres more of less lying and being at Steephill in Brede and holden of this Manor by the yearly rent fo 12 ?? relliefe and other ?services and also contain other lands called Steephill containing by estimation 20 acres more or less and holden of the said Manor by the yearly rent of XX ?? relliefe and other services hath sold and conveyed the same to John Collier esquire and that there happen to the Lord for a relliefe ??? therefore a warrant is directed to the beadle to distrain for the same. Children of John Gill & Mary Barnes Martha Gill 1728 ?Battle - 1799 Ewhurst 1749 Ewhurst & Stephen King children: Stephen Gill m 1754 Ewhurst to Benjamin Baker children: John, Bernjamin, Ann, Richard, Sarah, George, Isabel, Ben John Gill c1730 ?Ewhurst - 1784 Ewhurst m1 1757 Ewhurst to Sarah Baker children: John, Sarah m2 c1763 to Ann children: Richard m3 1780 Rotherfield to Elizabeth Holman Martha Gill - time line 1728 born ?Sussex parents not known ?John Gill 1672 Crowhurst & Mary Barnes 1704 Bodiam? 1749 son Stephen Gill born father: Stephen King b1723 Ewhurst parents: Stephen King & Elizabeth 1751 payment from Ewhurst Parish Disbursement 9 weeks for child 1753 Apr payment from Ewhurst Parish Disbursement 51 weeks 1754 Apr payment from Ewhurst Parish Disbursement July to Dec 1754 married, Ewhurst to Benjamin Baker, b.1733 Ewhurst parents: John Baker & Sarah ?Pierce 1755 Feb-Jun payment from Ewhurst Parish Disbursement 1755 31 Jan son John Baker born Ewhurst son John buried 3 Feb 1755 1757 14 Aug son Benjamin Baker born Ewhurst ?buried 1765 Ewhurst 1755 10 Aug son Richard Baker born Ewhurst 1759 11 Feb dau Ann Baker born Ewhurst 1762 3 May dau Sarah Baker born Ewhurst 1762/3 Nov-Jan payment from Ewhurst Parish Disbursement 8 weeks 1763 16 Dec son George Baker born Ewhurst 1765 19 Apr dau Isabel Baker born Ewhurst 1770 21 Jan son Benjamin Baker born Ewhurst 1799 7 Aug Martha Baker died Ewhurst age 71 (ie born 1728) 1804 son Stephen Gill died Ewhurst 1806 17 Dec husband Benjamin Baker died Ewhurst John Gill - time line c1730 born ?Sussex parents not known ?John Gill 1672 Crowhurst & Mary Barnes 1704 Bodiam? 1757 18 Apr m1 Ewhurst to Sarah Baker parents unknown 1759 Ewhurst son John Gill bapt 1761 Ewhurst dau Sarah Gill bapt 1761-1766 Ewhurst Parish - Govt Land Tax 1/6 each qtr/year 1762 Ewhurst wife Sarah Gill buried c1763 date unknown m2 place unknown to Ann parents unknown 1763 Ewhurst dau Sarah Gill buried 1763 Ewhurst son Richard bapt 1763 6 May Ewhurst wife Ann Gill buried 1778 Ewhurst Parish - Govt Land Tax 2/- each qtr/year 1780-1784 Ewhurst Parish - Govt Land Tax 4/- each qtr/year proprieter & occupier 1780 m3 Rotherfield to Elizabeth Holman bapt 1759, Mayfield, parents: William Holman & Amy Edwards 1781 Ewhurst son Richard Gill buried "son of John" 1782 Ewhurst son John Gill buried "son of John" 1784 Ewhurst John Gill buried 1785 Ewhurst Parish - Govt Land Tax 4/- each qtr/year late John Gill deceased 1790 Withyham Elizabbeth Gill, widow m2 to Richard Fermor, widower, b.1754 1821 Withyham Richard Fermor buried age 67 1847 Hartfield Elizabeth Fermor buried age 88 Marriage of John Gill & Sarah Baker 1757 Ewhurst Poll for the election for Members of Parliament in 1775 Brede - John Gill Marriage of John Gill & Elizabeth Holman 1780 Rotherfield Marriage of Elizabeth Gill & Richard Fermor 1790 Withyham Witnesses: Susanna Holman (sister) & Thomas Akhurst

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Sarah Gill
1674 Battle - 1743 Ewhurst

Sarah Gill born 1674 Battle, Sussex parents: Richard Gill William Barnes baptised parents: Sarah Gill & William Barnes married 1697 Ewhurst, Sussex Sarah Barnes died 1743 Ewhurst, Sussex William Barnes died 31 Dec 1747 Ewhurst, Sussex 30th May 1707 three pieces of Marshlandes commonly called by the Severall Names of the T(en acres and) the two little pell Marshes more or less lying in Knoll Levell in the parish of Northiam, Sussex and are adjoining to the Lands late of Sir John Shelley Bart (deced) To the Farms and Landes called Gay-Court Farms and to my other Marshlands there called the Seaven acres, the two forelands and Great Pell Marsh in the tenure or occupation of me, Richard Gill, John Gill, and William Barnes Gabriel Egles wills - SFHS William Barnes - Brede Parish Land Tax 1720 William Barnes for land of Richard Gill �17 rent �2.11.0 1721 William Barnes for land of Richard Gill �16 rent �2.08.0 1722 William Barnes for land of Richard Gill �17 rent �1.14.0 William Barnes more for land of Mr Ellire �17 rent �1.14.0 William Barnes for part of ?Roddine farm �15 rent 1.10.0 1723 William Barnes for land of Richard Gill �17 rent �1.14.0 William Barnes more for land of Mr Ellire �17 rent �1.14.0 William Barnes for part of ?Roddine farm �15 rent �1.10.0 Children of Sarah Gill & William Barnes Richard Barnes 1697 Ewhurst - William Barns 1699 Ewhurst - John Barns 1701 Ewhurst - ?m 1721 Brede to Jane Goodman Thomas Barns 1703 Ewhurst - Samuel Barnes 1706 Ewhurst - Elizabeth Barnes 1708 Ewhurst - Ann Barnes 1711 Ewhurst - ?m 1731 Brede Sarah Barnes 1714 Ewhurst - ?m 1735 Brede to Thomas Furner Mary Barnes 1717 Ewhurst -

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