George Underhill 1807, Mayfield

[redfox71]

Hi, I have hit a wall of no information on the family tree, I'm trying to track down the parents of George Underhill of Mayfield, Sussex, England, b:1807 - d:1878, I know he married a Frances Stapely on 5 May 1832 - Withyham, Sussex and they had ten children. I have searched the all the usual websites and Parish records but have no luck.

Without trying to get a marriage certificate if there is one, does anyone have this George Underhill in their family tree?

Julian

[margaretmarch]

Hi, I have hit a wall of no information on the family tree, I'm trying to track down the parents of George Underhill of Mayfield, Sussex, England, b:1807 - d:1878, I know he married a Frances Stapely on 5 May 1832 - Withyham, Sussex and they had ten children. I have searched the all the usual websites and Parish records but have no luck.

Without trying to get a marriage certificate if there is one, does anyone have this George Underhill in their family tree?

Julian

You would not get a marriage certificate as such as civil registration did not start until 1837 so all that you could get is the entry in the Parish Register which often did not give parents names.

How do you know George was born in Mayfield?

Margaret

[margaretmarch]

I can see you have found George in the censuses from 1841 and from 1851 onwards he says born Mayfield, although interestingly that is 10 miles from where he got married - I wonder why?

Perhaps someone with parish records for Mayfiled may be able to help with a baptism for him.

Margaret

[margaretmarch]

Just had a look for Sussex FHS to see if they could help and found this http://www.sussex-opc.org/index.php?...l=&b=index.php so no one has transcribed the records for Mayfield yet.

Margaret

[Elaine]

Just for ref
spouse: Frances Stapely
groom's name: George Underhill
bride's name: Frances Stapely
marriage date: 1832
marriage place: Saint Michaels, Withyham, Sussex, England
indexing project (batch) number: M15201-1
system origin: England-VR
source film number: 1067363

If you view the record, there are usually details of whether they were from the parish, spinster/batchelor/etc and also witnesses. Parish banns are useful to check in case it gives their original parish. Might be worth visiting your LDS Church and order the parish records if you are not local

[margaretmarch]

Just for ref
spouse: Frances Stapely
groom's name: George Underhill
bride's name: Frances Stapely
marriage date: 1832
marriage place: Saint Michaels, Withyham, Sussex, England
indexing project (batch) number: M15201-1
system origin: England-VR
source film number: 1067363

If you view the record, there are usually details of whether they were from the parish, spinster/batchelor/etc and also witnesses. Parish banns are useful to check in case it gives their original parish. Might be worth visiting your LDS Church and order the parish records if you are not local

That's a good suggestion Elaine.

Margaret

[Jill on the A272]

The Sussex Marriage Index says they were "both of this parish", mo additional details like names of witnesses though.

[redfox71]

I would like to thank all that replied to the thread.

Secondly, I am a complete novice when it comes to Genealogy, it’s like trying to do a jigsaw puzzle in the dark, that’s if you have found all the pieces!

QUESTION: In the records there is a Daniel Underhill b: 1756 Mayfield, Sussex ch: 21^st Mar 1756 St. Dunstan Church who married Hannah Ashby b: 1763 Mayfield, Sussex ch: 22^nd May 1763 St. Dunstan Church d: January 1837 Mayfield, Sussex, aged 74 years bur: 23^rd Jan 1837 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex.

Marriage was 19^th Nov 1785 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, in the records it said there is only one child: Lucy Underhill b: 6^th Mar 1803 Mayfield, Sussex d: 15^th Aug 1871 Heathfield, Sussex, married William Hobden 1821. Could it be possible they had a second child called George Underhill in 1807 Mayfield?

Mayfield in 1800 can't be that big, can it?