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John Harman was born in 1563 in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He married Mildred Payne on the 25th November 1586 at East Grinstead. They had ten children, eight boys and two girls. John Harman followed in the footsteps of his grandfather Richard Harman as a mercer at Cooks Croft and Crookes Mead. Like his grandfather Richard and his father Edmund, John Harman was not a poor man as it did take money to be a mercer dealing in cloth and expensive materials. Like his grandfather Richard, John also would travel to different parts of the country.
The first and eldest boy of John and Mildred's marriage was Edward born in 1587, followed by William in 1588, John in 1589, Marie in 1591, Drew in 1593, and then Edmund in 1595, who was named after his grandfather. They were to be followed by George in 1600 and then Thomas in 1603, Joanne in 1605, and lastly James in 1608.
It is interesting to note that children's christian names were either named after grand parents, parents, or the brother and sisters of the parents.
Drew was only to live a short span of life and died in 1595 before he was two year's old and in the year 1612 John and Mildred also lost their son Edmund when he was only 17 years old. This was followed by the loss of another of their sons, John, at the age of 25, who had been named after his father.
John and Mildred's son John who died had been apprenticed as a tailor in Lewes, had completed his apprenticeship and was advertising in Lewes's Kelly's directories in 1610 at the age of 21. He was to continue in this trade for another four years before his death.
Then in 1615, Edmund and Ann's son and John's brother Richard, who was named after his grand father, died. He was aged 41 and was buried on the 17th October 1615.This following on the loss of their sons must have been a sad blow to John and Mildred.
In 1619 and 1620 two of John and Mildred's children married - William the second son on the 22nd September 1619 to Jane Cole at All Saints, Lewes and in the following year George Harman married Elizabeth Langridge on 20th February 1620, at East Grinstead.
In December1628 John Harman died at the age of 65 and was buried at East Grinstead on 13th December 1628. Mildred Harman died six years after the death of her husband John aged about 72 and was buried with her husband John at East Grinstead on 5th August 1635.
Edward Payne | m: c 1565 | Mrs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mildred | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 1568 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 2nd May 1568 St Swithin Parish Church d: Aug 1635 East Grinstead, Sussex bur: 5th Aug 1635 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Harman | m: 25th Nov 1586 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex | Mildred Payne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 1563 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 19th Nov 1563 St Swithin Parish Church d: Dec 1628 East Grinstead, Sussex bur: 13th Dec 1628 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex | b: 1568 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 2nd May 1568 St Swithin Parish Church d: Aug 1635 East Grinstead, Sussex bur: 5th Aug 1635 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Edward | Marie | Edmund | William | George | Thomas | Joane | James | b: 1587 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 24th Sep 1587 St Swithin Parish Church d: Feb 1622/23 East Grinstead, Sussex bur: 28th Feb 1622/23 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex | b: 1591 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 28th Nov 1591 St Swithin Parish Church | b: 1595 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 19th Oct 1595 St Swithin Parish Church d: Jun 1612 East Grinstead, Sussex bur: 12th Jun 1612 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex | b: 1598 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 7th May 1598 St Swithin Parish Church | b: 1600 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 28th Oct 1600 St Swithin Parish Church d: Jun 1690 East Grinstead, Sussex bur: 5th Jun 1690 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex | b: 1603 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 1st Nov 1603 St Swithin Parish Church d: Dec 1658 East Grinstead, Sussex bur: 4th Dec 1658 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex | b: 1605 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 13th Jan 1605 St Swithin Parish Church d: Nov 1605 East Grinstead, Sussex bur: 14th Nov 1605 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex | b: 1608 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 7th Nov 1608 St Swithin Parish Church d: May 1634/35 East Grinstead, Sussex bur: 3rd May 1634/35 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John | Drewe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 1589 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 10th Aug 1589 St Swithin Parish Church d: Feb 1614/15 East Grinstead, Sussex bur: 20th Feb 1614/15 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex | b: 1593/94 East Grinstead, Sussex ch: 10th Feb 1593/94 St Swithin Parish Church d: Nov 1594 East Grinstead, Sussex bur: 11th Nov 1594 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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