Thomas Marchant

  General Notes:

Cause of Death: Paralysis Hemeplegia
Informant: Parker Marchant, son, of same address and present at death - 18 ye a r s old.
30.11.1872 Administration of the effects of THOMAS MARCHANT late of Bridge Fa r m , Cuckfield, Sussex Farmer and widower died 2.9.1872 at Bridge Farm was gran t e d at Lewes to Elkananh Marchant of St Johns Common, Keymer, Innkeeper and one o f the next of kin.
Effects under £2,000
MT4.

  Noted events in his life were:

• connection. ⁸⁵⁷ The connection between Hilary Marchant & myself is as follows:
ian Marchant (1954) married Hilary ?
His father was Alan Marchant (1910)
His father was Charles Marchant (1904)
His father was Thomas David Marchant (1871)
His father was Elkanagh Marchant (1841)
His father was Thomas Marchant (1807)
His father was John Marchant (1786)
His father was William Marchant (1759)
His father was Thomas Marchant (1731)
His father was William Marchant (1701)
His father was Thomas Marchant (1676)
His father was William Marchant (1648)
His father was Thoms Marchant (1615)
His father was Richard Marchant (1584)
His father was Miles Marchant (1545) & he also had William Marchant (1592)
He had William Marchant (1633)
He had William Marchant (1668)
He had Elizabeth Marchant (1706) who married Robert Saxby (c1704)
They had Robert Saxby (1732)
He had Richard Saxby (1770)
He had Isabella Saxby (1795) who married George Wilson (c1802)
They had Sarah Wilson (c1825) who married Henry Bird
They had George Wilson Bird (1858) who married Monaro Garrett (1862)
Her father was Thomas Garrett (1830)
His father was John Garrett (1805) & he also had Eleanor Garrett (1836) who married John Stafford (1834)
His father was William Stafford (1811) who married Elizabeth Goodall (1814) & they also had William Stafford (1842)
He had Eva Stafford (1874) who married Arthur Clinton (1868)
They had James Clinton (1895) who married Martha Walker (1901)
Her father was Thomas Walker (1854)
His father was William Walker (1820) & he also had Martha Walker (1865) who married John Sutherland (1861)
His father was John Sutherland (1829) who married Margaret Elliot (1835)
They had Elizabeth Sutherland (1863) who married John Nicol (1844)
They had Margaret Nicol (1889) who married G. A. Davies (1994)
He had Colin Davies (1925)
He had me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

Thomas married Jane Nye on 20 May 1839 in Isfield, Sussex England. (Jane Nye was born in 1815, died on 27 Nov 1862 in Bridge Farm, Cuckfield, West Sussex England and was buried on 3 Dec 1862 in Hurstpierpoint, Sussex England.)

  Marriage Notes:

Witnesses at wedding: Brother William Marchant and Ann Finch
C1841 living at Little Danard with sister, Sarah Pratt as AgLab like brother-i n - law John Pratt. (DA1771 has details of valuation of Danworth 1853). Lt Cha s M T D anworth Brook belonged to Pratts.
C1851 Eatonthorne, Woodmancote near Blackstone Gate Farm on B2116 N.E. of Henf i e ld (family and house servant)
- farming 30 acres (In 1841 Eden Thorne was farmed by William Mansell an d A n n - both 70. In 1861 worked by Russell family)
C1861 Bridge Farm, Cuckfield on Burgess Hill / Ansty road - 113 acres employ i n g one man
House servant Mary Walden 14 born Hurstpierpoint
Carter/Farmhand ? Standing 28 born Hurstpierpoint
George Walden 21 born Keymer
C1871 Bridge Farm, Cuckfield
Grand-daughter Lilian Demetra born last qtr 1865 in Keymer - who w e r e parents? Plus one servant.
In C1881 Lilian was employed as a domestic servant by John Beal i n B r ighton
Farm employed two men and one boy
Farm servant Charles Newham 15 born Cuckfield
CHECK MUNIMENTS AT LEWES RECORDS OFFICE
BRIDGE FARM 1769 (WA262)
Hurstpierpoint gravestone (Check grave against death cert):
Sacred to the memory of
THOMAS MARCHANT
who died Sep 2nd 1872
aged 65 years
also of JANE, his wife
who died Nov 27th 1862
aged 48 years
also of
Eugenia, their daughter
who died Dec 19th 1851
Next to THOMAS is buried his father JOHN
His brother William and wife Jane as well as their son Morton
aged 9 years
"Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord"