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BRIDGER in Sussex in 1700s

ladkyis  (View posts) Posted: 14 Jan 2007 10:58AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Bridger, Willard, Henley, Parsons, Lewer
My 6x great grandfather John Bridger married Sarah WILLARD in Petworth Sussex 10 May 1739.
They had a son called John around September 1740 in Tillington, Sussex. He married Mary HENLEY 12. October 1762 in Petworth, Sussex.
He had a son called John about 18 March 1768 in Tillington Sussex. He married Phoebe ?? abt 1787 in Tillington Sussex.
The had a son Anthony 9 September 1798 in Tillington Sussex. He married Mary PARSONS date unknown. They had a son Reuben abt 13 March 1838 in Tillington Sussex. He married Mary Ann LEWER 27 May 1860.

I have allthe details of Reuben's family on down to me but I do not have the siblings of any of Reuben's ancestors. Is there anyone who can connect with any of these John BRIDGERs or Anthony.

Re: BRIDGER in Sussex in 1700s

LawrenceBridger  (View posts) Posted: 31 Jan 2009 6:12PM GMT
Classification: Query
Reuben in 1841 was living with his mother and father in Dean with Henry , Kissia, Samuel, Jane and Amelia or Emilia and later with George and Fanny. They had previously lived in Lodsworth. Anthony was a son of John & Pheobe who got married on 2 May 1787. They also had other children:Elizabeth, Ann, Phebe, John, William, Mary, Thomas, Charlote, Jane, Frances, and Charles. A big family!
I'm not sure how to relate John , who married Pheobe, to his parents. However I cannot ascertain that it was the John born on 18 March 1768 who married Pheobe. How have you managed to link them? Nevertheless this John was born to parents named John and Mary. Indeed there was a marriage between John Bridger and Mary Henley in Petworth but also another between John Bridger and Mary Barns in Tillington on 27 March 1763. I have a list of all baptisms in Tillington and there are 12 children born between 1763 and 1779 whose parents are listed as John and Mary. They definately have been borne to two different sets of parents as some of the birth dates are only a few months apart. I don't however know how to split them between the two families. Do you have any idea?

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