Elkanah Marchant

  General Notes:

C1841 - Farmer's Son
24/1/1852 Sussex Ag Express "A shocking accident happened on Saturday last t o t h e eldest son of Mr Thomas Marchant, of the Bridge Farm, near St John's Com mon . M r Marchant was foddering his stock and not having quite enough hay to fi nis h wit h, sent his son, a lad about twelve years of age, to the stack for a l ittl e mor e hay which was already cut, there being two cants began. The lad, i n jump ing u p slipped and caught hold of the handle of the knife; he fell to th e groun d an d the knife inflicted a severe wound under the ear, extending alon g the jaw bon e for four or five inches. The poor youth nearly bled to death; tw o minute s mor e would have terminated his existence. Mr Byass and his son fro m Cuckfiel d wer e in attendance and also Mr Holman jun. of Hurstpierpoint, wh o deemed it n ecessa ry to send for Dr Laurence from Brighton. The las still rem ains in a ver y danger ous state.
Elkanah resided at the following ~
1841 ~ 1842 Hurstpierpoint (census states his father was an Ag. Lab. at Lit t l e Danard)
1843 ~ 1844 Danworth (When Eugenica was baptised in 1843 their abode was Hic k s tead / Twineham)
1845 ~ 1848 Hickstead (when Adonis was baptised in 1845 their abode was Twin e h am)
1849 ~ 1850 Edenthorne, Woodmancote (Demetra baptised at Woodmancote)
1851 ~ 1867 Bridge Farm, Cuckfield (Drusilla and Parker baptised at Cuckfield)
1868 ~ 1873 Windmill Inn, Keymer
C1871- Windmill Inn with wife and daughter and Emma Anscombe as general serva n t .
1873 - Return of Owners of Land - St Johns Common 1 Acre - Rent £20.
1874 - Electoral Roll - proprietor of Windmill Inn at Keymer.
1874 ~ 1882 Nutley Inn
C1881 - Innkeeper at Nutley Inn and farmer of 90 acres in Maresfield
1883 ~ 1887 Rusper
1888 ~ 1889 Windmill Inn
C1891 - Shaftesbury Road, Keymer
Served 2 years as a militiaman, sgt musketry instructor and firstclass shot (E n f ield muzzle loader with sword bayonet). (publican & farmer)
He was a founder member of a lodge of the R and AO Buffaloes
Survived all his brothers.
Died Aged 90 Lt Chasmt

  Noted events in his life were:

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Elkanah married Ann Lavinia Graimes on 15 Feb 1865. (Ann Lavinia Graimes was born in 1842 in Poynings, Sussex England and died on 4 Sep 1889 in Lt Chasmt.)

  Marriage Notes:

1868-73 Windmill Inn, Keymer
1874-82 Nutley Inn
1883-87 Rusper
1888-89 Windmill Inn

Elkanah next married Eliza Tucker on 3 Aug 1891 in St Anne, Soho, Westminster, London England. (Eliza Tucker was born on 14 Jan 1862 in Lt Chasmt and died on 4 Oct 1952 in Lt Chasmt.)

  Marriage Notes:

Eliza of Woolavington, Somerset
During second marriage Elkanah lived at 7 Commercial Road in Burgess Hill