Fourteenth Generation

4576. Thomas Chatfield was born on 10 July 1824 in Hailsham, Sussex East, England. He appeared in the census in 1851 in Flint Row, St John Under The Castle, Lewes, Sussex East, England. He appeared in the census in 1861 in Green Walk, St John Under The Castle, Lewes, Sussex East, England. Thomas died on 11 May 1873 at the age of 48 in Chailey, Sussex East, England. Death GRO 2nd qtr 1873
Chatfield ,Thomas 50 Lewes 2b 106
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Brian Smith = B.L.Smith@sussex.ac.uk
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England and Wales Census, 1851
Name: Thomas Chatfield
Event Place: Saint John Under The Castle Lewes, Sussex, England
Registration District: Lewes
Residence Note: Flint Row
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Shoemaker Journeyman
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1825
Birthplace: Hailsham, Sussex
Page Number: 18
Registration Number: HO107
Piece/Folio: 1643 / 461
Affiliate Record Type: Household
Thomas Chatfield Head M 26 Hailsham, Sussex
Susannah Chatfield Wife F 25 Lewes, Sussex
Susannah Chatfield Dau F 6 Hailsham, Sussex
Jane Chatfield Dau F 4 Lewes, Sussex
William Chatfield Son M 0 Lewes, Sussex
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1861 Census
Piece: RG9/586 Place: Lewes -Sussex Enumeration District: 5g
Civil Parish: St John Undr Castle Ecclesiastical Parish: Diocese Chichester
Folio: 103 Page: 36 Schedule: 214
Address: Green Walk
Surname First name Rel Status Sex Age Occupation Where Born
CHATFIELD Thomas Head M M 36 Shoemaker Sussex - Hailsham
CHATFIELD Susannah Wife M F 34 Sussex - Lewes
CHATFIELD William Son - M 10 Scholar Sussex - Lewes
CHATFIELD Thomas Son - M 8 Scholar Sussex - Lewes
CHATFIELD Mary Dau - F 6 Scholar Sussex - Lewes
CHATFIELD Martha Dau - F 2 Scholar Sussex - Lewes
CHATFIELD Ann Dau - F 1 Sussex - Lewes
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Not on 1871 census with family in Tonbridge, Kent.

Thomas Chatfield and Susannah Palmer were married on 29 July 1844 in Brighton, Sussex East, England. Marriage not found on GRO.
A Thomas married in 3rd qtr 1844 in Brighton and St Marylebone, London but not to a Hook.
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Marriages Sep 1844
CHATFIELD, Thomas Brighton 7 374
Palmer, Susan Brighton 7 374
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Marriage
Name: Thomas Chatfield
Birth Date: 1824
Age: 20
Spouse's Name: Susan Palmer
Spouse's Birth Date: 1825
Spouse's Age: 19
Event Date: 29 Jul 1844
Event Place: Saint Nicholas, Brighton, Sussex, England
Father's Name: Robert Chatfield
Spouse's Father's Name: John Palmer
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M14793-7
System Origin: England-VR
GS Film number: 1067117
Reference ID: 2:39W898S
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Subj: (Fwd) Family Tree
Date: 23/11/98 03:27:22 GMT
From: Peter.Brimacombe@edserv.monash.edu.au
Reply-to: peter.brimacombe@edserv.monash.edu.au
To: CChatfield@aol.com

Colin,
the following (from my distant relative in the U.K. Brian Smith) is an interesting "Chatfield" tale, and you may be able to indentify with some of what he is telling me? There are a few errors in it, like the spelling of my mothers name which legally is "Eva", but she has always been called Yvette, not Evette. When I first posted to you I told Brian that I had done so, so I wonder if he too has been in touch with you yet?
Peter.
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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 09:35:10 +0000
From: B.L.Smith@sussex.ac.uk (Brian Smith)
Subject: Family Tree
To: peter.brimacombe@edserv.monash.edu.au

Dear Peter,

I have amassed so much information about the family over the past twenty years that it is difficult to know where to begin. My records are also in a bit of a muddle which makes sharing more difficult. But let me start by describing what I have found out so far about some early roots in Lewes.

I can unambiguously relate our family back to a John Palmer who traded as a hatter in Church Street, Lewes (subsequently changed to Friar's Walk between 1865 - 1869). The Sussex Weekly Advertiser of 8th December 1823 describes how the shop opposite All Saints church was opened 'through the benevolence of friends'. John married a Susannah Hook in Chailey on 11th April 1812. (Their daughter Susannah married Thomas Chatfield, the son of Robert Chatfield and Jane Pattenden, in Brighton in 1844).

John was listed as a 54 year old hatter in the 1841 census and was therefore born in about 1787. He died before 1851 so I have not been able to ascertain his place of birth. He does not figure in the ESRO composite baptism index for East Sussex 1700-1790. This could be because his family was non-conformist, or perhaps because he was born elsewhere. (Three of John and Susanna's chi.........
Susannah Palmer, daughter of John Palmer and Susannah Hook, was born about 1825 in Lewes, Sussex East, England. She appeared in the census in 1841 in St James St., Brighton, Sussex East, England. She appeared in the census in 1851 in Flint Row, St John Under The Castle, Lewes, Sussex East, England. Susannah appeared in the census in 1861 in Green Walk, St John Under The Castle, Lewes, Sussex East, England. She appeared in the census in 1871 in Tonbridge, Kent, England. Census 1861, Green Walk, St John U Castle, Lewes.
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England and Wales Census, 1841
Name Susanna Palmer
Event Place Brighton, Sussex, England
Residence Note St James Street
Gender Female
Age 15-19
Age 15
Birth Year (Estimated) 1822-1826
Birthplace Sussex
Registration District Brighthelmstone
Parish Brighton
County Sussex
Page Number 1
Registration Number HO107
Piece/Folio 1123/21
Affiliate Record Type Household
William Alger M 35-39
Mary Alger F 29-33
Mary Alger F 3 Sussex
Mathiass Kedely M 25-29
David Duckett M 30-34
Charles Bunting M 20-24 Sussex
John Holmes M 15-19
Reader Vampilon M 15-19 Sussex
Edward Hill M 20-24
Caroline Wingfield F 20-24 Sussex
Susanna Palmer F 15-19 Sussex
Jane Jestico F 20-24 Sussex
William Last M 15-19 Sussex
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Census, 1871
Name: Susannah Chatfield
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1871
Gender: Female
Age: 45
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Birthplace: Lewes, Sussex
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Tunbridge
Sub-District: Tonbridge, Kent
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self Susannah Chatfield F 45 Lewes, Sussex
Son Thomas Chatfield M 17 Lewes, Sussex
Dau Martha Chatfield F 13 Lewes, Sussex
Dau Anne Chatfield F 12 Lewes, Sussex
Son George Chatfield M 10 Lewes, Sussex
Dau Grace Chatfield F 5 Lewes, Sussex
Son John Chatfield M 2 Reigate, Surrey
Dau Emma Chatfield F 1 Tonbridge, Kent

Thomas Chatfield and Susannah Palmer had the following children: