WALDRON
1. THOMAS GEER baptized 06/07/1764 @ Waldron. Married 03/10/1786 @ Heathfield to SUSANNA HASSELL. SUSANNA was buried 02/05/1793 @ Waldron. THOMAS was buried 16th or 28th April 1790 @ Waldron. (There are two seperate
entries, the other is for his son.) THOMAS & SUSANNA'S issue:
A. SARAH GEER baptized 15/04/1787 @ Heathfield. Married 12/09/1807 @ Waldron to THOMAS CORNWALL.
B. THOMAS GEER baptized 14/06/1789 @ Heathfield. Buried 16 or 28th April 1790 @ Waldron. (There are two seperate
entries, the other one is for his father.)
2. SARAH GEER baptized 10/01/1767 @ Waldron. Twin of Elizabeth -next- Buried 19/02/1767 @ Waldron.
3. ELIZABETH GEER baptized 10/01/1767 @ Waldron. Twin of SARAH -above-. ELIZABETH had illegitimate issue:
A. JAMES (?) MITCHELL GEER (Ed's note: was Mitchell his father's surname?) Buried 30/06/1791@ Waldron.
4. SARAH GEER baptized 21/03/1769 @ Waldron.
5. ANN GEER baptized 21/02/1771 @ Waldron. Married 22/12/1794 @ Waldron to DAVID ASHDOWN of Mayfield.
6. JOHN GEER baptized 02/02/1774 @ Waldron. Ref: J6
7. RICHARD GEER baptized 20/12/1778 @ Waldron. Buried 31/10/1832 @ Waldron aged 53.
(Unplaced person at present: SUSANNAH GEER, buried 31/08/1787).
J6 JOHN GEER baptized 02/02/1774 @ Waldron. Married to MARY (or MERCY). Remarried 20/04/1824 @ Waldron to MARY BURTON spinster. She was buried (as Mrs.Geer) 27/06/1830 @ Heathfield Independant Church (section D no 36). JOHN remarried again 25/03/1833 @ Waldron to ABIGAIL HAMMOND, widow. She was buried (named as Geer) 02/01/1840 @ Heathfield Independant Church aged 61. JOHN was still alive in 1841. JOHN'S issue by his 1st wife: 1 - 6
(Ed's note: Poor old John, outliving 3 wives! He must have had a strong constitution. Or was it the Real Ale ?)
1. THOMAS GEER born 12/11/1797 baptized 24/12/1797 @ Heathfield Independant Church. Alive in 1824.
2. FANNY GEER born 26/03/1800 baptized 04/05/1800 @ Heathfield Independant Church. Married 04/04/1821 @ Buxted to
REUBEN DURRANT.
3. MARY GEER 24/10/1801 baptized 29/11/1801 @ Heathfield Independant Church. Married 03/04/1831 @ Buxted to
JAMES SEYMOUR, widower.
4. RUTH GEER born 28/01/1803 baptized 27/03/1803 @ Heathfield Independant Church. Married 28/12/1828 @ Waldron to
SAMUEL HAISLEDEN of Waldron.
5. JOHN GEER born 08/08/1804 baptized 16/09/1804 @ Heathfield Independant Church.
6. RICHARD GEER born 11/02/1808 @ Waldron. Baptized 01/05/1808 @ Heathfield. (Ed's note: issue to follow but 2 are
known: JOHN. MARY ANN born 1831, ancestor of my contact for this line) Ref: K6
J6 JOHN'S ISSUE WITH 2nd. WIFE MARY: 7.
7. HANNAH GEER born 19/05/1825 (? 1826 but aged 16 in 1841). Baptized 28/10/1828 @ Heathfield Independant Church. Married 03/10/1841 @ Waldron to EDWARD HAMPER, labourer, of Waldron
K6 Issue of Richard & Margaret Geer:
1. MARY ANN christened 1832. Died 1878 aged 46. Married JOHN HOLLANDS 1851. Issue: JOHN HOLLANDS who
married CHARLOTTE MAHALA HAZELDEN in the 1890's. She was a daughter of ALLACE JANE BLACKMAN,
christened in Frant, Sussex, 07/08/1837, who was a daughter of JOSEPH & MARY BLACKMAN.
2 RICHARD christened 1834
3 CHARLES christened 1836
4. RUTH christened 1838
5. JOSEPHUS christened 1840
6. DIONES christened 1843
7 JESSE christened 1845
8 FANNY christened 1849
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MUD, GLORIOUS MUD
Extracted from 'The Wonderful Weald and the search for the crock of gold.' by Arthur Becket. Being a description of the state of the roads in Sussex, 18th/early 19th century.
"...to the depth of mud that lay over the roads was due to the fact that, of their several kinds, the oxen, the swine, the women and all other animals of Sussex had longer legs than others, which advantage came to them through overmuch pulling of those members of their bodies from the mud, by which continuous action the muscles become stretched and the bones lengthened."
So ladies, beware the mud and your legs if you go to Sussex.
thanks to Dawn for this delightful little tale.
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