Sixth Generation (Continued)
Sarah SMITH (David5, Susannah RICHARDSON4, Henry3, Henry2, Richard1).
Born in 1830 in Brede, East Sussex, England.
- 1851 England census, living at Shearford?, Brede, Sussex
Name Age
David Smith F [Jr, not F] 50 - head, mar, 50, farmer of 500 acres employ'? 20 Labourers, Sussex Brede
Sarah Smith 48 - wife, mar, 48, Sussex Brede
Sarah Smith 21 - daur, u, 21, Sussex Brede
Louis Smith 19 - son, u, 19, Sussex Brede
Francis Smith 11 - son, 11, Sussex Brede
Mary Palones [Palmer] 20 - serv, u, 22, Sussex Rannash?
Ellen Bridger 15 - serv, 15, Sussex Brede
George Atree 17 - serv, 17, Sussex Brede
Stephen Whyborn 14 - visitor, 14, Sussex Beckley
Louis SMITH (David5, Susannah RICHARDSON4, Henry3, Henry2, Richard1).
Born in 1832 in Brede, East Sussex, England.
- 1851 England census, living at Shearford?, Brede, Sussex
Name Age
David Smith F [Jr, not F] 50 - head, mar, 50, farmer of 500 acres employ'? 20 Labourers, Sussex Brede
Sarah Smith 48 - wife, mar, 48, Sussex Brede
Sarah Smith 21 - daur, u, 21, Sussex Brede
Louis Smith 19 - son, u, 19, Sussex Brede
Francis Smith 11 - son, 11, Sussex Brede
Mary Palones [Palmer] 20 - serv, u, 22, Sussex Rannash?
Ellen Bridger 15 - serv, 15, Sussex Brede
George Atree 17 - serv, 17, Sussex Brede
Stephen Whyborn 14 - visitor, 14, Sussex Beckley
- 1871 Louis was a farmer
- According to a local story, he fell in love with the orphan Damaris Richardson [his second cousin] but his father forebade him to marry him, threathening disinheritance. Louis obeyed his father, and Damaris died “of a broken heart”
“Lewis Smith never married, living alone and withdrawn in the big huse he inherited. Villagers say he was often to be seen walking gravely in the gardens, close to the wall. He died, age 65, on february 1896 and was interred in the family tomb on the north side of the church". Damaris’s grave is nearby on the south west corner of the church.
Emma SMITH (David5, Susannah RICHARDSON4, Henry3, Henry2, Richard1).
Born ca 1839 in Brede, East Sussex, England.
RESEARCH NOTES:
- no birth registrations for Emma Smith in Rye Reg Dist (includes Brede) between 1837 and 1847; Brede later became part of the Battle Reg Dist (1935), where there are some possible registrations:
Births Sep 1838 , SMITH Emma Battle 7 203
Births Mar 1839, SMITH Emma Maria Battle 7 212
Births Jun 1839, Smith Emma Battle 7 228
Births Jun 1841, Smith Emma Battle 7 227
Francis SMITH (David5, Susannah RICHARDSON4, Henry3, Henry2, Richard1).
Born in 1840 in Brede, East Sussex, England.
- 1851 England census, living at Shearford?, Brede, Sussex
Name Age
David Smith F [Jr, not F] 50 - head, mar, 50, farmer of 500 acres employ'? 20 Labourers, Sussex Brede
Sarah Smith 48 - wife, mar, 48, Sussex Brede
Sarah Smith 21 - daur, u, 21, Sussex Brede
Louis Smith 19 - son, u, 19, Sussex Brede
Francis Smith 11 - son, 11, Sussex Brede
Mary Palones [Palmer] 20 - serv, u, 22, Sussex Rannash?
Ellen Bridger 15 - serv, 15, Sussex Brede
George Atree 17 - serv, 17, Sussex Brede
Stephen Whyborn 14 - visitor, 14, Sussex Beckley
- 1871 Francis was a farmer
RESEARCH NOTES:
- there are 2 possible birth registrations for Francis Smith in the Rye Reg Dist, Sussex (which includes the parish of Brede) between 1837 and 1847:
Births Sep 1839, Smith Francis Rye 7 393
Births Jun 1844, Smith Francis John Rye 7 442