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:

• 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)

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