Virley Hall Farm Sale, Salcot, Essex.
Plan of Virley Hall, for sale by Auction by Lacy, Scott & Sons.
Based on Ordnance Survey - includes part of village of Salcott.
Oyster Day - an article from The Illustrated London News.
"August 4 was, in metropolitan parlance, "Oyster Day", i.e. the day on which oysters are first brought into the London market at Billingsgate.
...
There were fifty sail of vessels at market from Rochester, Whitstable, Essex, ...
Christmas Tree - descendants of John Christmas 1772
Abstract
From Mike Christmas on Wiki-tree, Carol Wyatt, and other local sources
1. John Christmas b 1772 d 1833
. . m Mary James b c1773 d 30 Aug 1845
. . a. John Christmas b 20 Feb 1804 d 19 Mar 1848
. . . . m Susannah Wright b 1 Apr 1804 d 17 Sep 1880
. . . . 1. William Christmas b 19 May ...
This is one Dawson family on Mersea. There are others...
'Joe' Dawson came
to Mersea in the Army during WW2. He seems to have also been known as Harry or Henry. His wife
and family came to Mersea with him.
1. Harry 'Joe' Dawson m Annie
. . a. Peter Dawson m Jennifer Green
. . . . ...
Dawson Family Tree - descendants of Campion Dawson 1834-1878
Abstract
a. John Dawson
. . 1. William C. Dawson 1823-1899
. . . . m Ellen Hewett McCombie b1864
. . . . m Dorothy Dawson 1831-1890
. . . . a. Frank Dawson b1853
. . . . b. Mary Dawson b1856
. . . . c. William Dawson b1858
. . . . d. Amy Dawson b1860
. . . . e. Edith Dawson b1863
. . 2. ...
Correspondence relating to Beatrice Farthing and other members of the Farthing Family.
From Rosemary Gray 7 April 2015
In discussions with my sister Marian, we think Beatrice and William George Page were our Grandparents, their marriage in 1907 fits the family timeline.
My Mother only met ...
The Bean and May families owned much land in Mersea and surrounding villages for many years. The families were joined when Alexander Bean married Eliza Henrietta May 26 October 1852.
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"Several of the French family have tried to find out when the first French came to Mersea, but none have been able to get beyond the fact that a James French had been to Burnham-on-Crouch to deliver oysters, taking two of his very young sons with him (my grandfather Samuel French, senior, was one of ...
Part of a French family tree
a. Samuel French b c1836 d 16 July 1906
. . m 22 Jan 1864 Susannah Howard b c1842
. . 1. Samuel Elijah b 1865 d 19 Mar 1937
. . . . m Sarah Ann b1861 d 29 Dec 1938
. . 2. Edward John b 1867 d 17 Feb 1951 [ ...
John Green, born c1805 at Langenhoe, died 9 September 1899 aged 94, senile decay. Married at West Mersea church 11 October 1832, witnesses James Munnings, Mary Green.
Sarah Surry of West Mersea, born c1814, died 15 February 1898 aged 84 cardiac disease.
a. John Green b1805 Langenhoe d ...
Green family tree - descendants of Roger Green born 1715
Abstract
Built from various sources including significantly Ron Green's memory and notes, and a lot of work done by Carol Wyatt.
Descendants of Roger Green born Colne Engaine c1715
1. Roger Green b c1715 Colne Engaine, d Feb 1778
. . m Dorcas d1777
. . a. John Green b 1734 Colne Engain d 1805
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The Hewes came from Bradwell on sea where members of the family can be found in parish records back to the 16th century. The direct line of the branch of the family on Mersea starts with William Hewes who married Sarah Flack in 1731 at Bradwell.
Hewes family tree
1. William Hewes / Hews buried 18 Jun 1754 Bradwell ?
m 31 Oct 1731 Sarah Flack at Bradwell
. . 7. Samuel Hewes x 26 Jul 1748 Bradwell
. . . . m 3 Jun 1773 Hannah Stewart at Bradwell
. . . . i. George Hewes b c1796 buried 18 Aug 1865 West Mersea (Coastguard)
. . . . ...
Jack Harvey came to Mersea when they were making up the roads, married Gwendoline Mussett and had a large family, living in a Council House in Barfield Road.
1. John Thomas Harvey
. . a. Jack Leonard Harvey b c1909
. . . . m 20 Jun 1928 Gwendoline Rose Mussett b1908 d4 Feb 1961 ...
Short tree for Mallett family from Wigborough
1. William Mallett b c1847
. . m Catherine b c1849
. . a. William F. Mallett b c1871
. . b. Joseph Charles William Mallett b1872 d 20 Dec 1911 [ ...
Marriage of Ivan Victor Mole and Eva Ellen Russell, about 1920, St Peter and St Pauls, West Mersea, Essex. [Caption from Ancestry where it was submitted by HannahE10 in 2009].
Details of this wedding from Mersea Museum records - used in 2009 Wedding display but attributed to the wrong ...
This family tree seeks to trace the descendants of John Mussett, the earliest male member of the family known to have married and had children on Mersea Island.
The great majority of these are descended from his youngest son, James Mussett, who was born in 1800. I have traced both the male and ...
Family tree of Mussett family descending from the marriage of John Mussett and Elizabeth Rayner in 1772.
Based initially on A pedigree of Mussett of West Mersea by T.B. Millatt, 1986. ...
Martin Family Tree - descendants of Joseph Martin b 1814 and Matilda Martin b 1819
1. Joseph Martin b c1814 Gt Bealings Suffolk, married Matilda b c1819 Hasketon, Suffolk
. . a. Maria Martin b 1847
. . b. Harriett Martin b 1849
. . c. Edward Martin b 1851
. . d. Alice Martin b 1855
...
Under construction
1. John Ponder b c1786
. . m 21 Jun 1803 Phaeby [ Phebe or Phoebe ?] Lister Little Wigborough b c1791
. . a. Richard Ponder b c1815
. . . . m 25 Jun 1840 Sarah Ann Instance b c1817
. . . . 1. John Ponder b c1841
. . . . 2. Mary Ann b c1843
. . . . 3. Charles ...
This Phillips family was originally from Hertfordshire but by the late 19th Century were mostly settled in the Mill Hill area of London.
The 1939 Electoral Roll shows that both Sidney Harold Phillips and his sister-in-law Ethel Maud Phillips had holiday cottages in East Mersea - the White Cottage, ...
The Pullen family featured in the Museum's 2004 summer exhibition.
"Toasted Cheese and Cinders" by Sybil Brand describes some of the members of the Pullen family in detail. See ...
Descendants of John, Richard and William Pullen born 1770 - 1790
1. John Pullen b c1775 d 5 Feb 1847
. . m1 3 Oct 1799 Lyddia Barrell
. . a. John Pullen b1802
. . . . m Mary Ann b c1803 Tollesbury
. . . . 1. Drusilia b 1832/33 WM
. . . . . . m Joseph Munson b 1831 Blacksmith
. . . ...
In 1795 Jane Moore married Joseph Smith at Polstead in Suffolk. In 1849 their grandson Frederick Smith married Martha Sargeant at Nayland. 1859 Frederick and Martha moved to West Mersea, thus starting a long association with the Island, centred on the mill and bakery in Mill Road.
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Wilson Family Tree - descendants of Horace Hayman Wilson
Abstract
1. Horace Hayman Wilson 1786-1860
m Indian Princess daughter of King of Kandy (Ceylon)
. . a. Frederick Horace Wilson 1812-1902
. . . . m 17 Dec 1839 at EM Hannah Tiffin b c1812
. . . . 1. Charles Clark Wilson b1843 d 17 Sept 1914 buried EM churchyard
. . . . . . m Apr 1868 Margaret ...
Mersea Island in History by Alec Grant.
There is a reading from this book on Lions Tape No. 25 and also an interview with Dr Alex Grant.
Accession No. 2016.07.004B and 2012.07.002E plus a third copy.