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- FORD, John & Clara
- GREENFIELD, James & Prudence
- MANN, Noah & Elizabeth
- MORLEY Nathaniel & Sarah
- NEAL, Richard
- SAUNDERS, William & Matilda
- VOICE, Cornelius & Elizabeth

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FORD, John and Clara

From: Goring, West Sussex
Year of Emigration: 1835
Ship: Burrell

New information on Petworth emigrants:
I believe their daughter Annie born 1833 was married to Hugh CARGILL as they were neighbours to John and Clara Ford in 1851 census in South Dumfries outside Brantford. The Fords landed up in Essex, the Cargills in Parry Sound.

First destination in North America:
Brantford

Subsequent settlement:
Dunwich, Essex

Sources of information:
1851 census, Petworth immigrants

Where sources were found:
Ancestry.com, world vital records

Information being sought:
The connection between the Fords in 1835 to the Cargills in Parry Sound.

Collateral surnames:
Cargill, Jonathon, Olliver

Submitter: Pat Briggs
Address: Canada
Email: pat60@sympatico.ca
Date submitted: 29 April 2008


  GREENFIELD, James and Prudence

Photo courtesy of Hugh Cowan. George William Greenfield Sr (with beard) 1834-1925, George Geenfield Jr 1857-1938, William Harris Greenfield (standing) 1884-1917 & Ellard Greenfield (child) 1908-1925
From: Duncton, West Sussex
Year of Emigration: 1835
Ship:

New information on Petworth emigrants:
James Greenfield and his wife Prudence Powell emigrated to Canada c1835 with their sons James bap 4 Dec 1831 and George b 28 Feb 1834, bap 23 March 1834 in Duncton. Six more children were born in Brant County, Ontario: Annie b Dec 1835, Joseph b 1839, Agnes b 1842, Benjamin b 1848, Ruth b 1852 and Mary b 1855.

First destination in North America:
Brantford, Ontario

Subsequent settlement:
Brant County, Ontario

Letters, Documents & Photos Owned by the Submitter:
Four generation photograph, headed by George Greenfield born in Duncton in 1834.

Sources of information:
Duncton parish records, 1881 & 1901 Census of Canada, tombstone inscriptions, BMD records in Canada.

Information being sought:
We would like to find confirmation that the Greenfield family did emigrate with the Petworth Emigration Scheme.

Collateral surnames:
Bonham, Parsons, Robb, Nash, Osborn, Brown, Vince, Fair, Cowan, Ward, Rouse, Bacon, Steyning, Brockhurst, Pemberton, McLaren, Curry.

Submitter: Hugh Cowan
Address: Canada
Email: hic@wcgwave.ca
Date submitted: 9 April 2008

NB Although Thomas Sockett was the rector of Petworth and Duncton, the records most likely to identify parish emigrants have not survived.


MANN, Noah and Elizabeth
From: Wisborough Green, West Sussex
Year of Emigration: 1836
Ship:

New information on Petworth emigrants:
Noah Mann was a farmer. He died in 1882 in Yarmouth, Ontario, aged 78 y’rs & 3 mo’s

First destination in North America:
Adelaide? “North Street”

Subsequent settlement:
Yarmouth, Ontario. Most of the Manns moved from Ontario to Michigan where most remain.

Sources of information:
1871 Census Yarmouth, Ontario, Canada.

Information being sought:
Noah was the son of Petworth emigrants Samuel and Ann Mann. He married Elizabeth Sherwin and they emigrated with their children Noah Jr, Ambrose, Meshec, Shadrac, Hannah, and Ellen. I am seeking more information about Ambrose MANN, born c1828, son of Noah and Elizabeth. Was there also a William MANN among the children?

Collateral surnames:
Downer and Sherwin

Submitter: William Mann
Address: USA
Email: mann2@hotmail.com
Date submitted: 13 April 2008


MORLEY Nathaniel and Sarah

From: Lurgashall, West Sussex
Year of Emigration: 1832

First destination in North America:
Huron Tract

Subsequent settlement:
George Morley, son of Nathaniel and Sarah, died in Australia in 1908

Information being sought:
I am seeking information about George Morley, baptised 2 July 1820 in Lurgashall. He emigrated with his parents and siblings Mary, William, Hannah, James, Stephen, Michael, Edwin and Thomas.

Collateral surnames:
Sarah Kinshott

Submitter: Noel Morley
Address: Australia
Email: njmorley@optusnet.com.au
Date submitted: 29 April 2008


NEAL, Richard
From: Sutton, Sussex
Year of Emigration: 1832
Ship: Eveline

New information on Petworth emigrants:
n/a

First destination in North America:
Dundas

Subsequent settlement:
Ancaster

Letters, Documents & Photos Owned by the Submitter:
As a collateral Neal descendant myself, I have compiled a family tree of his relatives, the descendants of our common ancestor, his grandparents, John and Sarah Neal of Bignor, Sussex. All the information is publicly available but my compilation is, I believe, the most comprehensive so far.

Sources of information:
English Immigrant Voices

Where sources were found:
Published book

Information being sought:
The descendants, if any, of the emigrant Richard Neal.

Collateral surnames:
My tree lists many collaterals, including Gadd (of Graffham), Hardham, Mann, Harwood, Linfield (of Storrington), White (of Chichester) and Laggatt.

Submitter: Richard J Beaton
Address: UK
Email: rjbeaton@tinyworld.co.uk
Date submitted: 12 March 2008


SAUNDERS, William and Matilda
From: Wisborough Green, Sussex
Year of Emigration: 1832
Ship: England

New information on Petworth emigrants:
Refer to page 270 in Assisting Emigration:
A fourth child of William and Matilda Saunders “not found” was Emma. Born on 21 April 1828 at Wisborough Green and baptised on 18 May 1828 at Coldwaltham, Sussex. William and Matilda had four more children born in the US. William Saunders became a Justice of Peace, as well as a Brickmason.

First destination in North America:
Nelsonville, Ohio.

Subsequent settlement:
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Kansas. William’s first wife Matilda is buried in Indiana. A daughter of William and Matilda, Susan Saunders Uhl, my direct line, remained in Indiana.

Letters, Documents & Photos Owned by the Submitter:
1860 letter from William Saunders to daughter, Susan Saunders Uhl, photos of Susan Saunders Uhl and her husband, Peter. Family information, parish records, census records, vital records, deeds.

Where sources were found:
West Sussex Record Office. Letter in possession of LeAnn Shafer Eliason. Carroll County, Indiana; Piatt County, Illinoi;, Ellis and Pottawatomie Counties, Kansas. History of Carroll County, Indiana, by Helm.

Information being sought:
I am researching the English ancestors of William Saunders and his wife, Matilda Peskett.

Collateral surnames:
Bristow, Greenfield, Peskett, Puttock, Wilshire.

Submitter: LeAnn Shafer Eliason
Address: USA
Email: teapartynan@yahoo.com
Date submitted: 24 February 2008

Letter from William Saunders, who emigrated from Wisborough Green, Sussex in 1832 on the England, to his daughter, Susan Saunders Uhl in the USA.

Letter in the possession of LeAnn Shafer Eliason
Transcript courtesy of LeAnn Shafer Eliason

Cerro Gordo, December 30, 1860, Dear Son and Daughter, I have at last taken my pen to write you a few lines, hoping it will find you all well. Yours of the 28th of Nov was received and we were glad to hear that you were all well and in prospering circumstances. You wished to know what all of us are doing. well we live in the Town of Cerro Gordo, Piatt County, Ill. a small town on the Great Western. R.R. I am acting as a Justice of the peace and work some at my trade. and I am happy to say that my health has been better the past year than for several years previous. I weigh now 173 pounds. Crawfords live about 4 miles from town. They are all well at present. They have 3 children living, their youngest childs name is Mary Miriam. Fanny and her husband lives about three miles and a half from town on a farm and doing very well. Fanny is sick at this time and has been about a week. we heard from her this morning. she is much better. she has a Son. They call him Thomas William. Mary Ann was Married on the 5th of December to a young man by the name of Oliver Heath. They live about 3 miles from town. her husband is a farmer. they live about a half mile from Fanny and about one mile from Crawfords. Matilda is at Fanny's at this time. Crawfords was here on Christmas day and Tila went out with them and is staying with Fanny at present. Your son, William (Deen, age 16) is still at Crawfords. he is well, he was here at Christmas. I think they get along better with him than they did. I advised with him myself and told him if he did not do better than he had done that I had the authority from you to bind him out which done him some good. he did not like the idea of being bound out. he is a stout boy for his sise and age and can and does do a good deal of work when he has the mind to do it. but at times his very Contrary and when he has those spells it is almost impossible to get along with him. I have told Pat. to give him a good whipping when he gets those spells. but he says he will not whip him. I think they get along very well with him now. I would have taken him about a year ago myself but I had nothing for him to do. and I can hardly make both ends meet myself. I have not made enough last summer and fall to get myself decent and comfortable clothes for this winter. I must tell you some thing about my boy. he will be one year old on the 2nd day of January. his name is George Washington, can stand alone at nine months and two weeks old. He can speak several words. Every time he hears the cars rumble or the whistle, he will say there's the cars. we got a letter from England last spring which brought the sad iteligence of the Death of my Father. he died on the 28th day of January 1860. my Mother was very sick and not expected to live when the letter was written. but we have not heard from them since. they sent a beautiful card with the following inscription

Sacred To the Memory of William Saunders, Born December 7, 1779, Died January 28, 1860. Mark the perfect man and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace. Psalms 37---37

I must conclude for the present with our love to you all from your affectionate Father. W. Saunders.”


VOICE, Cornelius and Elizabeth
From: Billingshurst, Sussex
Year of Emigration: 1834
Ship: British Tar

New information on Petworth emigrants:
They moved from Blandford Ontario, to Chicago, IL USA and then to Northport, MI leaving descendents numbering in the thousands.

First destination in North America:
Blandford, Ontario

Subsequent settlement:
Chicago, IL, then many came to Northern Michigan in the 1850 to 1870's.

Letters, Documents & Photos Owned by the Submitter:
Have photos of many of the family members. We have the linage for the next five generations.

Sources of information:
Family History and family research. Pictures and written stories handed down. Also, "No Trifling Matter" published by Centre for Continuing Ed., Univ. of Sussex

Where sources were found:
Bible records; parents & grandparents. Check the websites for this extended family. They are recorded in the court records and censuses of the USA and Canada. Contacts in Sussex England also.

Information being sought:
Finding the Voice family and their descendents in USA and Canada. Also researching the family of their oldest daughter, Mary Ann, who emigrated in 1846 on the Northumberland.

Collateral surnames:
Smallwood, Hall, Waterbury, Coleman (came on British Tar), Budd (also emigrated to Canada), Smith, Foster. Cornelius and Elizabeth came with 7 children. William, John, Elizabeth, Cornelius Jr., Martha, Joseph & George. Joseph was my great-grandfather.

Submitter: Kenneth Stormer
Address: USA
Email: kenstormer@msn.com
Date submitted: 29 February 2008

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