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Folios 351-355A. Letter from Samuel Selmes, Beckley, to the Poor Law Commission,...

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MH 12/13077/212
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22 Nov 1838
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Folios 351-355A. Letter from Samuel Selmes, Beckley, to the Poor Law Commission, enclosing, for the Commission's approval, particulars of the persons emigrated from the parish of Beckley in the Rye Poor Law Union, with the exception of 25 persons who emigrated earlier, and pointing out that the cost is only £1 less than that allowed by the Commission. A list of persons sent from the parish of Beckley in the Rye Union to New south Wales and Canada as stated herein since 1 February 1838: 1. William Dennis, aged 45, Agricultural Labourer. 2. Martha Dennis, aged 45, wife. 3. Thomas Dennis, aged 19. 4. Martha Dennis, aged 17. 5. [Rickard Dennis, aged 15]. 6. Mary Dennis, aged 13. 7. Hamos Dennis, aged 8. 8. Stephen Dennis, aged 3. 9. William Catt, aged 34, Brick Maker. 10. Hancol Catt, aged 29, wife. 11. Anne Catt, aged 12. 12. [---- Catt, aged 9]. 13. Benjamin Catt, aged 5. 14. [----- Catt, aged 2 years and 6 months]. 15. James Carter, aged 20, Agricultural Labourer. 16. Thomas Sargeant, aged 40, Agricultural Labourer. 17. Eliza Sargeant, aged 32, wife. 18. Sophia Sargeant, aged 13. 19. Sarah Sargeant, aged 10. 20. George Sargeant, aged 8. 21. Thomas Sargeant, aged 6. 22. James Edmonds, aged 48, Agricultural Labourer. 23. Dinah Edmonds, aged 43, wife. 24. Edie Edmonds, aged 21. 25. Sarah Edmonds, aged 20. 26. Stephen Edmonds, aged 17. 27. John Newes, aged 59, Agricultural Labourer. 28. Mary Newes, aged 56, wife. 29. Eliza Newes, aged 14. 30. Mary Newes, aged 12. 31. Matilda Newes, aged 10. 32. Jane Newes, aged 8. 33. Alfred Newes, aged 5. 34. Edison Newes, aged 3. 35. Ann Newes, aged 9 months. 36. Thomas Playford, aged 30, Agricultural Labourer. 37. Hannah Playford, aged 28, wife. 38. Thomas Playford, aged 7. 39. Stephen Playford, aged 4. 40. [Walter Playford, aged 1¾;]. 41. [Henry -------, aged 50, Agricultural Labourer]. 42. [Harriot -------, aged 50, wife. 43. James Ridley, aged 26, Agricultural Labourer. 44. Stephen Carter, aged 27, Agricultural Labourer. 45. Martha Carter, aged 27, wife. 46. Sarah Carter, aged 8. 47. [Idenie Carter, aged 2 years and 6 months]. 48. Henry Carter, aged 21, Agricultural Labourer. 49. John Smith, aged 46, sawyer. 50. Mary Smith, aged 40, wife. 51. John Smith, aged 16. 52. Charles Smith, aged 12. 53. [William Smith, aged 10]. 54. Spencer Smith, aged 6. 55. Lucy Smith, aged 4. 56. Hannah Smith, aged 2. 57. John Barnes, aged 21, Agricultural Labourer. 58. [----- Barnes, aged 18, wife]. 59. [----- Barnes, aged 9 months]. 60. William Gill, aged 41, Agricultural Labourer. 61. [----- Gill, aged 38, wife]. 62. Jane Gill, aged 17. 63. William Gill, aged 16. 64. [Mary Jane Gill, aged 14]. 65. Andrew Gill, aged 12. 66. Louisa Gill, aged 9. 67. [Alfred Gill, aged 8]. 68. [Mary Ann Gill, aged 5]. 69. Alice Gill, aged 3. 70. William Masters, aged 41, Agricultural Labourer. 71. Mary Masters, aged 45, wife, 72. George Masters, aged 16. 73. Mary Masters, aged 13. 74. [----- Masters, aged 12]. 75. Elizabeth Masters, aged 10. 76. [----- Masters, aged 8]. 77. [Stephen Masters, aged 5]. 78. [William Paine, aged 43, Agricultural Labourer]. 79. Lucy Paine, aged 30, wife. 80. [Mary Ann Paine, aged 12]. 81. Stephen Paine, aged 10. 82. John Paine, aged 8. 83. Alfred Paine, aged 4. 84. Eliza Paine, aged 2. 85. William Millgate, aged 31, Agricultural Labourer. 86. [Elizabeth Millgate, aged 24, wife]. 87. [------- Millgate, aged 5]. 88. [------- Millgate, aged 3]. 89. William Millgate, aged 1. 90James Larkins, aged 30, Agricultural Labourer. 91. Sarah Larkins, aged 28, wife. 92. Stephen Larkins, aged 8. 93. Jane Larkins, aged 4. 94. Barbary Jones, aged 20, wife. 95. Thomas Smith, aged 40, Agricultural Labourer. 96. Maud Smith, aged 38, wife. 97. Not used. 98. Thomas Smith, aged 16. 99. Stephen Smith, aged 13. 100. Charles Smith, aged 8. 101. [----- Ann Smith, aged 6]. 102. Mary Smith, aged 1 year and 6 months. 103. Edward King, aged 22, Agricultural Labourer. 104. [----- King, aged 20, wife]. 105. [----- King, aged 2]. 106. John Stonham, aged 33, Agricultural Labourer. 107. Eliza Stonham, aged 34, wife. 108. Eliza Stonham, aged 12. 109. John Stonham, aged 9. 110. William Stonham, aged 8. 111. Thomas Trill, aged 44, Agricultural Labourer. 112. Dehlia Trill, aged 38, wife. 113. [----- Trill, aged 16]. 114. Mary Trill, aged 9. 115. Ruth Trill, aged 5. 116. Edward Milgate, aged 24, Agricultural Labourer. 117. Mary Milgate, aged 21, wife. 118. [----- Milgate, aged 1]. 119. Cornelius Catt, aged 25, Agricultural Labourer. 120. Edward Catt, aged 24, Agricultural Labourer. 121. James Smith, aged 20, Agricultural Labourer. 122. James Barnes, aged 26, Agricultural Labourer. 123. William Carter, aged 25, Agricultural Labourer. 124. James Rootes, aged 18, Agricultural Labourer. 125. James Bryant, aged 19, Agricultural Labourer. 126. [----- Fielder, aged 28, Agricultural Labourer]. 127. [----- Fielder, aged 30, wife]. 128. [----- Fielder, aged 8]. 129. James Ranger, aged 39, Agricultural Labourer. 130. Hannah Ranger, aged 40, wife. 131. Samson Ranger, aged 18. 132. [----- Ranger, aged 14]. 133. Hannah Ranger, aged 12. 134. Mary Ann Ranger, aged 10. 135. Jane Ranger, aged 5. 136. Herbert Ranger, aged 3. 137. [----- Ranger, aged 1]. 138. William Oliver, aged 27, Agricultural Labourer. 139. Nasine Oliver, aged 27, wife. 140. [----- Oliver, aged 3]. 141. James Oliver, aged 4 months. 142. Henry Playford, aged 47, Bricklayer. 143. Sarah Playford, aged 41, wife. 144. Sarah Playford, aged 15. 145. William Playford, aged 4. 146. Mary Playford, aged 2. 147. Mary Cavey, aged 48, widow. 148. Mary Cavey, aged 23. 149. Stephen Cavey, aged 21. 150. Thomas Cavey, aged 19. 151. James Cavey, aged 16. 152. Barbara Cavey, aged 13. 153. Sarah Cavey, aged 11. 154. James Sheather, aged 44, Agricultural Labourer. 155. Mary Sheather, aged 38, wife. 156. John Sheather, aged 19. 157. James Sheather, aged 18. 158. Edward Sheather, aged 15. 159. Augusta Sheather, aged 11. 160. Samuel Sheather, aged 9. 161. Spencer Sheather, aged 7. 162. William Sheather, aged 6. 163. George Sheather, aged 5. 164. Frederick Sheather, aged 2. 165. Henry Sheather, aged 40, Agricultural Labourer. 166. Mary Sheather, aged 36, wife. 167. [----- Sheather, aged 16. 168. Silas Sheather, aged 14. 169. Eliza Sheather, aged 12. 170. Reuben Sheather, aged 10. 171. Edgar Sheather, aged 8. 172. Lewis Sheather, aged 6. 173. Julia Sheather, aged 5. 174. Ellen Sheather, aged 3. 175. William Fuller, aged 32, Agricultural Labourer. 176. Mary Fuller, aged 33, wife. 177. George Fuller, aged 13. 178. Elizabeth Fuller, aged 11. 179. Jane Fuller, aged 9. 180. William Fuller, aged 7. 181. Mary Fuller, aged 6. 182. John Fuller, aged 3. Emigrants to Canada: 183. George Lusted, aged 48, Agricultural Labourer. 184. Sarah Lusted, aged 39, wife. 185. George Lusted, aged 16. 186. William Lusted, aged 14. 187. [Samuel Lusted, aged 11]. 188. Sarah Lusted, aged 9. 189. Jane Lusted, aged 7. 190. [----- Lusted, aged 4]. 191. Fanny Lusted, aged 2. 192. Thomas Paine, aged 40, Agricultural Labourer. 193. Mary Paine, aged 39, wife. 194. Thomas Paine, aged 15. 195. James Paine, aged 13. 196. Mary Paine, aged 11. 197. Hirane Paine, aged 7. 198. Elizabeth Paine, aged 5. 199. Anne Paine, aged 3. 200. Charles Paine, aged 5 months. 201. [John Mepton, aged 30, Agricultural Labourer]. The list shows the cost of the expenditure on each person emigrating for providing outfits and for conveying them to the place of embarkation. Annotated: Mr Parker [Henry Walter Parker, Assistant Secretary to the Poor Law Commission], 20 November 1838. Nil, 24 November 1938. [Folio 355A is a small paper tab.] Paper Number: 10552/C/1838. Poor Law Union Number 484. Counties: Sussex.
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