William Shoosmith

  General Notes:

BAPTISM: Laughton parish register.

MARRIAGE: Licence at Lewes, SRS 6, dated 21 June 1728.

BURIAL: Laughton parish register.

MI: His tomb is in Laughton churchyard adjacent to the large tomb of his son Thomas North.

WILL: Proved 6 June 1780 (A64, 202.)

Churchwarden of Laughton 1722-25; 1741-45; 1756-60; and 1763-64.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Baptism, 19 Mar 1697, Laughton, East Sussex England. Y

William married Frances North, daughter of Henry North and Unknown, on 21 Jun 1728 in Laughton, East Sussex England. (Frances North was born in 1694 in Cripplegate Within London, Middlesex England, died on 28 Jun 1784 in Stone Cross, Laughton, Sussex and was buried on 5 Jul 1784 in Laughton, East Sussex England.)