Anne Godsmark

b. 6 March 1613/14

Parents:

Father: William Godsmark d. Dec 1615
Mother: Ann Dunstall b. c 1585, d. 1644
Last Edited: 4 Jul 2023

Citations

  1. [S23] Online Index to Baptisms, 1538 onwards, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, http://www.sfhg.uk/, ongoing project,.

Elizabeth Godsmark

b. 10 December 1615

Parents:

Father: William Godsmark d. Dec 1615
Mother: Ann Dunstall b. c 1585, d. 1644
Last Edited: 4 Jul 2023

Citations

  1. [S23] Online Index to Baptisms, 1538 onwards, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, http://www.sfhg.uk/, ongoing project,.
  2. [S1117] Will of Thomas Dunstall of Henfield, Sussex, England, made 27 May 1619, proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Lewes, 10 Jul 1619. (ESRO: PBT/1/1/17/20B).

Henry Russell

Last Edited: 5 Jul 2023
  • Occupation*: Henry Russell was an apothecary in 1715.
  • Marriage License: Henry Russell and Mary Dunstall obtained a marriage licence on 29 October 1715 at Deanery of Chichester Mary a spinster of Chichester, Henry an apothecary of the same parish.1
  • Marriage*: Henry Russell married Mary Dunstall, daughter of Rev. John Dunstall and Mary Pelling, on 30 October 1715 at South Stoke, Sussex, England, "Mrs., Mr. of Chichester (J.Dunstall rector.)1"

Family:

Mary Dunstall b. 15 May 1699
  • Marriage License: Henry Russell and Mary Dunstall obtained a marriage licence on 29 October 1715 at Deanery of Chichester Mary a spinster of Chichester, Henry an apothecary of the same parish.1
  • Marriage*: Henry Russell married Mary Dunstall, daughter of Rev. John Dunstall and Mary Pelling, on 30 October 1715 at South Stoke, Sussex, England, "Mrs., Mr. of Chichester (J.Dunstall rector.)1"

Children:

John Russell b. c 1716
Mary Russell b. 28 May 1718
Bridget Russell b. 7 Mar 1721/22
Elizabeth Russell b. 17 Sep 1722
Philadelphia Russell b. 14 Feb 1725/26

Citations

  1. [S24] Index to Marriages, 1538-1837, Compact Disc SFHGCD003, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, 2008.

Mary Russell

b. 28 May 1718

Parents:

Father: Henry Russell
Mother: Mary Dunstall b. 15 May 1699
Last Edited: 5 Jul 2023

Citations

  1. [S23] Online Index to Baptisms, 1538 onwards, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, http://www.sfhg.uk/, ongoing project,.

Bridget Russell

b. 7 March 1721/22

Parents:

Father: Henry Russell
Mother: Mary Dunstall b. 15 May 1699
Last Edited: 5 Jul 2023

Citations

  1. [S23] Online Index to Baptisms, 1538 onwards, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, http://www.sfhg.uk/, ongoing project,.

Elizabeth Russell

b. 17 September 1722

Parents:

Father: Henry Russell
Mother: Mary Dunstall b. 15 May 1699
Last Edited: 5 Jul 2023

Citations

  1. [S23] Online Index to Baptisms, 1538 onwards, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, http://www.sfhg.uk/, ongoing project,.

Philadelphia Russell

b. 14 February 1725/26

Parents:

Father: Henry Russell
Mother: Mary Dunstall b. 15 May 1699
Last Edited: 5 Jul 2023

Citations

  1. [S23] Online Index to Baptisms, 1538 onwards, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, http://www.sfhg.uk/, ongoing project,.

John Russell

b. circa 1716

Parents:

Father: Henry Russell
Mother: Mary Dunstall b. 15 May 1699
Last Edited: 5 Jul 2023

Edward Pelling

Last Edited: 7 Jul 2023

Family:

Elizabeth Pilbeame

Children:

Edward Pelling b. 1 Jul 1677
Mary Pelling+ b. 13 Jun 1680

Citations

  1. [S24] Index to Marriages, 1538-1837, Compact Disc SFHGCD003, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, 2008.

Elizabeth Pilbeame

Last Edited: 7 Jul 2023

Family:

Edward Pelling

Children:

Edward Pelling b. 1 Jul 1677
Mary Pelling+ b. 13 Jun 1680

Citations

  1. [S24] Index to Marriages, 1538-1837, Compact Disc SFHGCD003, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, 2008.

Edward Pelling

b. 1 July 1677

Parents:

Last Edited: 7 Jul 2023

Family:

Sarah Carpenter

Citations

  1. [S24] Index to Marriages, 1538-1837, Compact Disc SFHGCD003, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, 2008.

Sarah Carpenter

Last Edited: 7 Jul 2023

Family:

Edward Pelling b. 1 Jul 1677

Citations

  1. [S24] Index to Marriages, 1538-1837, Compact Disc SFHGCD003, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, 2008.

Jennifer Jane Wickens

b. 7 October 1938, d. 13 June 2019

Parents:

Father: Harold Wickens b. 1900, d. 26 Nov 1965
Mother: Kathleen Frances Quinn b. 15 Jun 1906, d. 1990
Last Edited: 12 Jul 2023

Family:

Peter E Pulling b. 26 Mar 1932, d. 2006

Citations

  1. [S143] General Register Office: Indexes to Marriages, Sep 1837 - 2006, "Apr-Jun 1957, Salisbury, Vol 7c Page 999."

Peter E Pulling

b. 26 March 1932, d. 2006
Last Edited: 12 Jul 2023

Family:

Jennifer Jane Wickens b. 7 Oct 1938, d. 13 Jun 2019

Citations

  1. [S143] General Register Office: Indexes to Marriages, Sep 1837 - 2006, "Apr-Jun 1957, Salisbury, Vol 7c Page 999."
  2. [S141] General Register Office: Indexes to Deaths, Sep 1837 - 2006, "Apr 2006, Bournemouth, Reg No: C28D, District: 427/1C, Entry: 143."

Ambrose Galloway

b. circa 1624, d. 7 September 1696
The farthing token of Ambrose Galloway, 1667.
Last Edited: 9 Aug 2023
  • Birth*: Ambrose Galloway was born circa 1624 at England.
  • Marriage*: Ambrose Galloway married Elizabeth Towner circa 1652 at England Elizabeth the widow of Thomas Towner (ESRO: SAS-X/3/2/7.)
  • Anecdote*: The information about the marriage comes from the following document:
    Title: Bond in £260 to secure title
    Date: 17 Jun 1713
    ESRO reference: SAS-X/3/2/7
    Description: Ambrose Galloway of Lewes, mercer, to Thomas Sacre of Lewes, baker
    his interest, and that of his parents (Ambrose Galloway, deceased, and his wife Elizabeth, deceased, formerly the widow of Thomas Towner, in a messuage as above, which Thomas Rigg purchased from him [in 1699]
    W: Samuel Isted, John Michell
    Creator(s): Sussex Archaeological Society.
  • Anecdote*: Note: Thomas TOUNNER buried at Lewes All Saints on 26 Jan 1649.1
  • Occupation*: Ambrose Galloway was a tailor (ESRO: SAS/G 40/64) in 1677.
  • Anecdote: William Brayn.
    Theft: animal theft.
    11th December 1678
    Reference Number     t16781211e-37
    Verdict     Not Guilty
    William Brayn Indicted, for that he, the 6th. of Septemb. 1678. did steal one Gelding, colour brown , from Ambros Galloway . He pleaded Not guilty, and put himself upon the Countrey.
    William Brayn, for stealing a Gelding from Ambros Galloway; against whom
    One testifi'd his knowledge, that it was Ambros Galloways Horse; and another, that he bought it of the Prisoner. But Ambros himself, being a Quaker, would not, for Conscience-sake, as he said, swear, and so could give no testimony about his losing him. Upon which the Court directed the Jury to find the Prisoner Not guilty for want of Evidence, and committed the Quaker, as a concealer of Felony, for refusing an Oath to Witness for the King.
    That William Brayne, is not guilty .
  • Occupation: Ambrose Galloway was a tailor (ESRO: SAS/C 786) in 1685.
  • Will*: Ambrose Galloway left a will made on 14 August 1696 at Lewes, Sussex, England.2
  • Will/Adm Transcript*: Will of Ambrose GALLOWAY the Elder of Lewes, 1696
    (ESRO: PBT 1/1/42/184B)
    Made: 14 Aug 1696
    Proved: 29 Dec 1696
    I Ambrose Galloway the Elder of Lewes in the County of Sussex being aged and infirme in body but of a sound pfect and disposing mind and memory doe make and declare this to be my last will and testament in manner & forme following First I commend my soule into the hands of Almighty God my Creator who hath given me large[?] experience of his tender Love and Compassion toward me his poor Creature, not for any meritt or defect of mine but thro’ his never failing mercy in his only sonn Jesus Christ the alone Mediator for man who workes all good workes in us & for us And to whom be all honor & glory forever And my body I yield to the Earth to be buryed according to ye discretion of my Executor And as for my worldly goods and estate which God of his mercy hath lent me I dispose of them as followeth
    Imprimus I give and devise unto my sonn Ambrose Galloway all my messuages lands and tenemts whatsoever and wheresoever To have and to hold to him and his heirs forever
    Item I give and bequeath unto the three children of my said sonn Ambrose Galloway viz Ambrose William and Elizabeth Galloway the sume of thirty pounds apiece to be payd unto them as they respectively attaine and come to their ages of one and twenty years by my Executor hereafter named, upon condition they continue dutifull and obedient to their parents and not otherwise
    Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter in law Ruth Galloway some small peeces of old gold now lying in my boxe
    Item I give to ye poor of ye parishe of All Sts in Lewes the sume of twenty shillings to be distributed amongst them within one month after my decease
    Item All the rest and residue of my goods chattels and psonall estate whatsoever after my debts and legacies are payd I wholly give and bequeath to my said sonn Ambrose Galloway whom also I nominate and appoint to be the Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred ninety and six
    Ambrose Galloway
    Signed sealed publish & declared
    to be ye last Will & Testament of the
    said Ambrose Galloway ye elder in
    ye presence of Benj Court
    Elizabeth Crunden
    Tho Barret

    Probate 29 December 1696
    (Transcribed by Geoffrey Barber, 14 July 2023.)
  • Death*: Ambrose Galloway died on 7 September 1696 at Lewes, Sussex, England. "death of Ambrose Galloway the elder of All Saints, 7 Sep 1696, and burial at Quaker Burying place, Rottingdean, 9 Sep 1696" from parish register of Lewes All Saints.
  • Burial*: Ambrose Galloway was buried on 9 September 1696 at Quaker Burial Ground, Rottingdean, Sussex, England, "72 years old, 41 years a Quaker."
  • Probate: His estate was probated on 29 December 1696 at Archdeaconry of Lewes, Sussex, England.

Family:

Elizabeth Towner
  • Marriage*: Ambrose Galloway married Elizabeth Towner circa 1652 at England Elizabeth the widow of Thomas Towner (ESRO: SAS-X/3/2/7.)

Children:

Elizabeth Galloway b. 16 Aug 1654, d. 14 Apr 1679
Mary Galloway b. c 1656, d. 22 Mar 1681/82
Ambrose Galloway+ b. 4 Apr 1659, d. 13 Oct 1718

Citations

  1. [S25] Online Index to Burials, 1538 onwards, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, http://www.sfhg.uk/, ongoing project,.
  2. [S1120] Will of Ambrose Galloway of Lewes, Sussex, England, made 14 Aug 1696, proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Lewes, 29 Dec 1696. (ESRO: PBT 1/1/42/184B).

Elizabeth Towner

Last Edited: 13 Jul 2023
  • Marriage*: Elizabeth Towner married Ambrose Galloway circa 1652 at England Elizabeth the widow of Thomas Towner (ESRO: SAS-X/3/2/7.)
  • Anecdote*: The information about the marriage comes from the following document:
    Title: Bond in £260 to secure title
    Date: 17 Jun 1713
    ESRO reference: SAS-X/3/2/7
    Description: Ambrose Galloway of Lewes, mercer, to Thomas Sacre of Lewes, baker
    his interest, and that of his parents (Ambrose Galloway, deceased, and his wife Elizabeth, deceased, formerly the widow of Thomas Towner, in a messuage as above, which Thomas Rigg purchased from him [in 1699]
    W: Samuel Isted, John Michell
    Creator(s): Sussex Archaeological Society.
  • Married Name: As of circa 1660, her married name was Galloway.

Family:

Ambrose Galloway b. c 1624, d. 7 Sep 1696
  • Marriage*: Elizabeth Towner married Ambrose Galloway circa 1652 at England Elizabeth the widow of Thomas Towner (ESRO: SAS-X/3/2/7.)

Children:

Elizabeth Galloway b. 16 Aug 1654, d. 14 Apr 1679
Mary Galloway b. c 1656, d. 22 Mar 1681/82
Ambrose Galloway+ b. 4 Apr 1659, d. 13 Oct 1718

Ambrose Galloway

b. 4 April 1659, d. 13 October 1718

Parents:

Father: Ambrose Galloway b. c 1624, d. 7 Sep 1696
Mother: Elizabeth Towner
Last Edited: 5 Apr 2024
  • Birth*: Ambrose Galloway was born on 4 April 1659 at All Saints, Lewes, Sussex, England; (Quaker records.)1
  • He was the son of Ambrose Galloway and Elizabeth Towner.
  • Marriage*: Ambrose Galloway married Ruth Hobbs on 10 July 1679 at Monthly Meeting, Lewes, Sussex, England, Quaker records.2
  • Occupation*: Ambrose Galloway was a merchant in 1718.
  • Will*: Ambrose Galloway left a will made on 28 September 1718 at Lewes, Sussex, England.3
  • Will/Adm Transcript*: Will of Ambrose GALLOWAY, Merchant of Lewes, 1719
    (ESRO: PBT 1/1/50/164)
    Made: 28 Sep 1718
    Proved: 29 Oct 1719
    In the Name of God Amen I Ambrose Galloway of Lewes in the County of Sussex Merchant, being in declining state of body but of sound and perfect mind and memory (praised be God) do make and ordain this my last will and testament in writing First and principally I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God hoping for eternal salvation through the merits death and passion of my blessed Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Christ and my body I commit to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my executor hereafter named, and dispose of such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God in mercy to bless me as follows viz. I charge all and singular my freehold and copyhold messuages mills buildings gardens orchards lands tenements and hereditaments whatsoever with their and every of their appurtenances situate lying and being in the several parishes of Barcomb, St Thomas in the Cliffe near Lewes, All Saints in Lewes, and Haylsham or in any or either of them or elsewhere in the said county of Sussex, whereof I shall be seized at the time of my death with the payment of one annuity or rent charge of £50 per annum (including taxes) unto my most dear and loving wife Ruth and her assigns during the term of her natural life, which said annuity I direct shall be only paid to my heir at law by equal half yearly payments viz. at the feast of Saint Michael the Archangel and the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and that the first payment thereof be made on the first of the said feasts as shall next happen after my decease And Whereas I am indebted unto my dear and loving daughter Elizabeth Galloway for monies of hers in my hands in the sum of £200 now I do hereby give and bequeath unto my said daughter the sum of £1000 of lawful money of Great Britain over and above the said sum of £200 which I owe her as aforesaid to be paid her by my executor hereafter named in manner following (that is to say) £500 part thereof within six months after my decease and the other £500 within six months after the death of my said dear and loving wife All and singular the rest residue and remainder of my goods chattels stock household stuff plate linen and personal estate whatsoever (my debts legacies and funeral expenses being first fully satisfied and discharged) I give and bequeath unto my most dear and well beloved son Ambrose Galloway whom I make and ordain sole and whole executor of this my will And whereas I have herein before charged all my real estate with the payment of the said annuity of £50 per annum to my said wife during her natural life Now I hereby declare that my will and mind is that the same is so given her on condition that she make no other claim to my real estate or any part thereof, which if she at anytime hereafter do or cause or permit to be done that the said annuity shall from thenceforth cease and be no longer payable, anything herein before contained to the contrary thereof notwithstanding And lastly I revoke and make void all former wills by me made In Witness whereof I have to this my last will and testament set my hand and seal this eight and twentieth day of September in the fifth year of our Sovereign Lord King George over Great Britain etc Anno Dm 1718
    Ambrose Galloway [signed]
    Signed sealed published and declared by the said testator as and for his last will and testament and afterwards attested by us whose names are subscribed as witnesses in the presence of the said testator
    Nathaniel Austin
    Edward Comber
    John Michell
    Probate 29 October 1719 Ambrose Galloway executor
    [As they were Quakers the Executor made a solemn affirmation, rather than swearing]
    (Transcribed (dictated) by Geoffrey Barber, 4 February 2024.)
  • Death*: Ambrose Galloway died on 13 October 1718 at 8pm, Lewes, Sussex, England, at age 59. "age 59 years, six months and nine days."4
  • Burial*: Ambrose Galloway was buried at Quaker Burial Ground, Lewes, Sussex, England.2
  • Probate: His estate was probated on 29 October 1719 at Archdeaconry of Lewes, Sussex, England.

Family:

Ruth Hobbs d. 13 Jan 1722/23

Children:

Ambrose Galloway b. c 1680
William Galloway b. 16 Aug 1683, d. b 1718
Elizabeth Galloway b. c 1685

Citations

  1. [S244] Website "Ancestry" (http://www.ancestry.co.uk/) "The National Archives; Kew, England; General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials; Class: RG 6; Piece: 1264. p49."
  2. [S244] Website "Ancestry" (http://www.ancestry.co.uk/) "The National Archives; Kew, England; General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials; Class: RG 6; Piece: 1264."
  3. [S1119] Will of Ambrose Galloway of Lewes, Sussex, England, made 28 Sep 1718, proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Lewes, 29 Oct 1719. (ESRO: PBT 1/1/50/164).
  4. [S244] Website "Ancestry" (http://www.ancestry.co.uk/) "The National Archives; Kew, England; General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials; Class: RG 6; Piece: 1264. p118."

Elizabeth Galloway

b. 16 August 1654, d. 14 April 1679

Parents:

Father: Ambrose Galloway b. c 1624, d. 7 Sep 1696
Mother: Elizabeth Towner
Last Edited: 12 Jul 2023

Citations

  1. [S23] Online Index to Baptisms, 1538 onwards, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, http://www.sfhg.uk/, ongoing project,.

Ruth Hobbs

d. 13 January 1722/23
Last Edited: 4 Feb 2024

Family:

Ambrose Galloway b. 4 Apr 1659, d. 13 Oct 1718

Children:

Ambrose Galloway b. c 1680
William Galloway b. 16 Aug 1683, d. b 1718
Elizabeth Galloway b. c 1685

Citations

  1. [S244] Website "Ancestry" (http://www.ancestry.co.uk/) "The National Archives; Kew, England; General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials; Class: RG 6; Piece: 1264."
  2. [S1119] Will of Ambrose Galloway of Lewes, Sussex, England, made 28 Sep 1718, proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Lewes, 29 Oct 1719. (ESRO: PBT 1/1/50/164).

Mary Galloway

b. circa 1656, d. 22 March 1681/82

Parents:

Father: Ambrose Galloway b. c 1624, d. 7 Sep 1696
Mother: Elizabeth Towner
Last Edited: 13 Jul 2023

Family:

John Cook

Citations

  1. [S244] Website "Ancestry" (http://www.ancestry.co.uk/) "The National Archives; Kew, England; General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials; Class: RG 6; Piece: 1111."
  2. [S244] Website "Ancestry" (http://www.ancestry.co.uk/) "The National Archives; Kew, England; General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials; Class: RG 6; Piece: 1308."

John Cook

Last Edited: 13 Jul 2023

Family:

Mary Galloway b. c 1656, d. 22 Mar 1681/82

Citations

  1. [S244] Website "Ancestry" (http://www.ancestry.co.uk/) "The National Archives; Kew, England; General Register Office: Society of Friends' Registers, Notes and Certificates of Births, Marriages and Burials; Class: RG 6; Piece: 1111."

William Galloway

b. 16 August 1683, d. before 1718

Parents:

Father: Ambrose Galloway b. 4 Apr 1659, d. 13 Oct 1718
Mother: Ruth Hobbs d. 13 Jan 1722/23
Last Edited: 4 Feb 2024

Citations

  1. [S244] Website "Ancestry" (http://www.ancestry.co.uk/) "East Sussex Record Office; Brighton, England; Sussex Parish Registers; Reference: Par 410/1/1/3."

Thomas Bernard Hatton

b. 16 January 1925, d. 1997
Last Edited: 21 Aug 2023

Family:

Kathleen Mary Burford b. 27 Sep 1927, d. 2005

Citations

  1. [S143] General Register Office: Indexes to Marriages, Sep 1837 - 2006, "Oct-Dec 1946, Lewes, Vol 5h Page 693."

(?) Goldsmith

Last Edited: 21 Aug 2023

Family:

Kathleen Mary Burford b. 27 Sep 1927, d. 2005

Citations

  1. [S143] General Register Office: Indexes to Marriages, Sep 1837 - 2006, "Apr-Jun 1960, Hailsham, Vol 5h Page 407."

Henry Wilson

Parents:

Father: Henry Wilson
Last Edited: 21 Aug 2023

Family:

Mary Thomas Godden b. 14 Jun 1827

Citations

  1. [S244] Website "Ancestry" (http://www.ancestry.co.uk/).

Henry Wilson

Last Edited: 21 Aug 2023

Family:

Child: