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Henrietta Head

Parents:

• Baptism*: Henrietta Head was baptized on 5 November 1786 at St Bartholomew's, Burwash, Sussex, England^B.¹
• She was the daughter of John Head and Susanna Stoneham.

David Head

Parents:

• Baptism*: David Head was baptized on 19 July 1789 at St Bartholomew's, Burwash, Sussex, England^B.¹
• He was the son of John Head and Susanna Stoneham.

Elizabeth Head

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• Baptism*: Elizabeth Head was baptized on 3 July 1791 at St Bartholomew's, Burwash, Sussex, England^B.¹
• She was the daughter of John Head and Susanna Stoneham.

William Waters

Parents:

• Baptism*: William Waters was baptized on 23 March 1819 at All Saints, Mountfield, Sussex, England^B.¹
• He was the son of William Waters and Susanna Head.

John Head

Parents:

• Baptism*: John Head was baptized on 18 June 1815 at St Bartholomew's, Burwash, Sussex, England^B, "Bastard. Pauper."¹
• He was the son of Susanna Head.

Sophia Waters

Parents:

• Baptism*: Sophia Waters was baptized on 15 April 1822 at All Saints, Mountfield, Sussex, England^B.¹
• She was the daughter of William Waters and Susanna Head.

Theophilus Spencer Waters

Parents:

• Baptism*: Theophilus Spencer Waters was baptized on 16 May 1824 at All Saints, Mountfield, Sussex, England^B.¹
• He was the son of William Waters and Susanna Head.

Harriet Waters

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• Baptism*: Harriet Waters was baptized on 10 October 1805 at All Saints, Mountfield, Sussex, England^B.¹
• She was the daughter of William Waters and Martha Upton Rutley.

Cordelia Waters

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• Baptism*: Cordelia Waters was baptized on 26 June 1808 at All Saints, Mountfield, Sussex, England^B.¹
• She was the daughter of William Waters and Martha Upton Rutley.
• Married Name: As of 25 April 1827, her married name was Selmes.
• Marriage*: Cordelia Waters married Samuel Selmes on 23 June 1827 at Mountfield, Sussex, England^B.²

James Waters

Parents:

• Baptism*: James Waters was baptized on 21 October 1810 at All Saints, Mountfield, Sussex, England^B.¹
• He was the son of William Waters and Martha Upton Rutley.

George Waters

Parents:

• Baptism*: George Waters was baptized on 1 November 1812 at All Saints, Mountfield, Sussex, England^B.¹
• He was the son of William Waters and Martha Upton Rutley.

Charlotte Waters

Parents:

• Baptism*: Charlotte Waters was baptized on 7 December 1814 at All Saints, Mountfield, Sussex, England^B.¹
• She was the daughter of William Waters and Martha Upton Rutley.

Samuel Selmes

• Birth*: Samuel Selmes was born in 1807 at Mountfield, Sussex, England^B.
• Marriage*: Samuel Selmes married Cordelia Waters, daughter of William Waters and Martha Upton Rutley, on 23 June 1827 at Mountfield, Sussex, England^B.¹

Elizabeth Bignal

• Married Name: As of 9 May 1775, her married name was Rutley.
• Marriage*: Elizabeth Bignal married Robert Rutley, son of John Rutley and Mary Barber, on 9 May 1775 at Salehurst, Sussex, England, Witnesses: James MUNN; Edward MERRITT.¹

Mary Hepden

• Married Name: As of 17 January 1773, her married name was Upton.
• Marriage*: Mary Hepden married Joseph Upton on 17 January 1773 at Ashburnham, Sussex, England^B.¹

Samuel Smersall

• Marriage*: Samuel Smersall married Damaris Coney, daughter of John Coney and Mary Lowlas, on 6 August 1735 at Burwash, Sussex, England^B, SMERSOLL.¹
• Death*: Samuel Smersall died in August 1749 at Battle, Sussex, England^B.
• Burial*: Samuel Smersall was buried on 21 August 1749 at St Mary the Virgin, Battle, Sussex, England^B.²

John Coney

Parents:

• Baptism*: John Coney was baptized on 26 May 1672 at St Bartholomew's, Burwash, Sussex, England^B.¹
• He was the son of John Coney and Katherine Gibbs.
• Anecdote*: Mortgage for £367, with bond
  Date: 3 Apr 1694
  ESRO reference: AMS 5744/131-132
  Description: John Coney the younger of Burwash, butcher to John Coney the elder of Burwash, butcher (his father)
  Property as in AMS5744/126
  Witnesses: Robert Spiller, Richard Alfray.
• Marriage*: John Coney married Mary Lowlas on 11 November 1701 at Battle, Sussex, England^B, John of Burwash, Mary of this parish.²
• Death*: John Coney died in August 1715 at Burwash, Sussex, England^B, at age 43.
• Burial*: John Coney was buried on 14 August 1715 at St Bartholomew's, Burwash, Sussex, England^B.³

Mary Lowlas

• Marriage*: Mary Lowlas married John Coney, son of John Coney and Katherine Gibbs, on 11 November 1701 at Battle, Sussex, England^B, John of Burwash, Mary of this parish.¹
• Married Name: As of 11 November 1701, her married name was Coney.¹
• Death*: Mary Lowlas died in 1744 at Burwash, Sussex, England^B.
• Burial*: Mary Lowlas was buried on 24 September 1744 at St Bartholomew's, Burwash, Sussex, England^B, "widow."²

Mary Coney

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• Baptism*: Mary Coney was baptized on 10 September 1702 at St Bartholomew's, Burwash, Sussex, England^B.¹
• She was the daughter of John Coney and Mary Lowlas.
• Death*: Mary Coney died in 1706 at Burwash, Sussex, England^B.
• Burial*: Mary Coney was buried on 21 August 1706 at St Bartholomew's, Burwash, Sussex, England^B.²

John Coney

Parents:

• Baptism*: John Coney was baptized on 28 November 1703 at St Bartholomew's, Burwash, Sussex, England^B.¹
• He was the son of John Coney and Mary Lowlas.
• Death*: John Coney died in December 1703 at Burwash, Sussex, England^B.
• Burial*: John Coney was buried on 23 December 1703 at St Bartholomew's, Burwash, Sussex, England^B.²

John Coney

Parents:

• Baptism*: John Coney was baptized on 12 November 1704 at St Bartholomew's, Burwash, Sussex, England^B.¹
• He was the son of John Coney and Mary Lowlas.

Mary Coney

Parents:

• Baptism*: Mary Coney was baptized on 9 February 1706/7 at St Bartholomew's, Burwash, Sussex, England^B.¹
• She was the daughter of John Coney and Mary Lowlas.

Elizabeth Coney

Parents:

• Baptism*: Elizabeth Coney was baptized on 6 March 1714/15 at St Bartholomew's, Burwash, Sussex, England^B.¹
• She was the daughter of John Coney and Mary Lowlas.

John Coney

Parents:

• Baptism*: John Coney was baptized on 21 November 1624 at St Bartholomew's, Burwash, Sussex, England^B, CONNEY.¹
• He was the son of Mark Coney and Eleanor Byne.
• Anecdote*: There is more to be discovered about this family, as the following shows:
  Archive of the Coney family of Burwash
  Date: 1318-1801
  ESRO reference: AMS 5744
  Description:
  These documents relate to property owned by the Coney family of Burwash, which still held land in the parish in 1839 (TDE 157), although the last Coney to live there died in 1775. In the early eighteenth century members of the family had migrated to Somerset; Thomas Coney, DD, became rector of Chedzoy in 1698 and was later a canon of Wells from 1716 until his death in 1752. On the death of John Coney of Burwash in 1775 his estate was wound up by Thomas's son Bicknell Coney, a druggist in Leadenhall Street, London, a director of the Bank of England and secretary of the Corporation of the Sons.
  The deeds chart the advancement of the Coney family from the status of yeomen in the sixteenth century, through the trade of butcher, to that of gentleman by the eighteenth.
  The family residence, Mount House, Burwash, was acquired by John Coney in 1672 but as early as 1594 his great-grandfather Simon had owned an adjoining property. John's father Mark married Eleanor, one of the daughters of Thomas Byne, and the Coneys acquired large portions of that family's estate, which had been partitioned in 1620 on Thomas's death.
  The documents become more sparse in the eighteenth century and the latest is a summary of the estate, probably prepared on Bicknell Coney's death in about 1801.
  On the death of the Reverend Thomas Coney at Batcombe Rectory in Somerset on 29 December 1840 an acrimonious dispute over heriots took place between his solicitors, Dyne and Son of Bruton, and Ellman and Whitmarsh of Battle, acting for the lord of Burwash and Burghurst manors; see ASH 1227.
  The documents in the second and third accessions amplified those already received and clarified the descent and date of acquisition of most of the properties. Accordingly the list is not presented in numerical order and a concordance of references follows.
  A conveyance of a messuage in Limpsfield, 1429, and a bond with parties of Surrey, 1575, have been transferred to Surrey Record Office where they are listed as 2725/1, 2
  Wills and probates Coney family, 1611-1648 AMS5744/145-148
  Nether Goodsole in Burwash, sold in 1673 AMS5744/70-73
  Mount House, Burwash, 1318-1672 AMS5744/1-18, 171, 172
  Biggs Place, Ticehurst AMS5744/219, 141, 142, 116-120, 173-198
  Woodlands and Highlands in Burwash, 1629-1683 AMS5744/31-35
  Chillies Mead, Burwash, 1659-1687 AMS5744/22-25
  Copyhold house in Burwash, 1672-1692 AMS5744/19-21
  Estate of John Coney of Wadhurst, died 1689 AMS5744/166-170, 149-151
  Marshland at Chilley in Pevensey, 1530-1694 AMS5744/121-132
  House in Burwash late Jeffery's, 1698 AMS5744/26-28
  John Coney's marriage settlement, 1701 AMS5744/199
  Copyhold house and croft at Burwash, 1703-1708 AMS5744/29, 30
  Manor of Northye in Bexhill and Hooe, 1704 AMS5744/133
  Bowman's Farm, Burwash, 1452-1705 AMS5744/37-77, 200
  Leasehold at Burwash, 1706 AMS5744/78
  Ashlands in Burwash and Etchingham, Poppinghole in Whatlington and Youngland in Mountfield, 1589-1708 AMS5744/83-111, 115, 201-205
  Copyhold adjoining Poppinghole, 1710-1712 AMS5744/112, 113
  The whole estate, 1713-1732 AMS5744/68, 96, 114, 152-155 158, 164
  Re-settlement of 1732 AMS5744/79-81, 206-209
  The whole estate, 1753-1771 AMS5744/156, 210-215
  Bicknell Coney's executorship of John Coney and inheritance of his estate, 1775-c1801 AMS5744/36, 69, 82, 157, 221, 159-163, 165, 216-218
  Documents not apparently connected with the estate, 1458-1677 AMS5744/134-140, 143, 144, 220Custodial History:These documents were found in the parish chest of Oakford, six miles from Tiverton, when the parish records were surveyed by the staff of the Devon Record OfficeRelated Material:For maps of the estate inherited by Bicknell Coney in 1775, see AMS5990; for deeds of the Sussex estate from 1864, ending in a conveyance to William David Button in 1887, see ACC 2315; for a settlement on the marriage of the Rev Thomas Coney and Elizabeth Jeane, 1795, see Bodleian Library MS DD Dawkins c46 III/4.
• Marriage*: John Coney married Katherine Gibbs on 1 December 1668 at Burwash, Sussex, England^B, Note: John CONEY's surname mistranscribed as GREY in the Sussex Marriage Index.²
• Anecdote: In 1672 John acquired the family residence, Mount House, in Burwash. (ESRO: AMS 5744.)
• Occupation*: John Coney was a butcher in 1710.
• Will*: John Coney left a will made on 22 January 1711 at Burwash, Sussex, England^B.
• Will/Adm Transcript*: Probate (PCC) of will of John Coney senior of Burwash butcher
  All real property to eldest son John Coney; pecuniary and chattel bequests to wife Catherine and daughters Mary and Elizabeth.
  John Coney and John Constable senior of Etchingham gent executors.
  Witnesses: Thomas Jenkin, Thomas Jenkin junior, Henry Gardner.
• Death*: John Coney died in December 1712 at Burwash, Sussex, England^B, at age 88.
• Burial*: John Coney was buried on 19 December 1712 at St Bartholomew's, Burwash, Sussex, England^B.³
• Probate: His estate was probated on 6 July 1713 at Prerogative Court of Canterbury, London, England.

Katherine Gibbs

• Marriage*: Katherine Gibbs married John Coney, son of Mark Coney and Eleanor Byne, on 1 December 1668 at Burwash, Sussex, England^B, Note: John CONEY's surname mistranscribed as GREY in the Sussex Marriage Index.¹
• Married Name: As of circa 1670, her married name was Coney.
• Death*: Katherine Gibbs died in 1725 at Burwash, Sussex, England^B.
• Burial*: Katherine Gibbs was buried on 14 January 1725 at St Bartholomew's, Burwash, Sussex, England^B, "widow."²

Elizabeth Coney

Parents:

• Baptism*: Elizabeth Coney was baptized on 15 January 1670 at St Bartholomew's, Burwash, Sussex, England^B.¹
• She was the daughter of John Coney and Katherine Gibbs.
• Death*: Elizabeth Coney died before 1682 at Burwash, Sussex, England^B.