The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for William Morphy, son of Thomas Morphey, broom maker and Sarah Ann Morphy [Best]
Generation No. 1
  1. William Morphy was the son of Thomas Morphey, broom maker and Sarah Ann Morphy [Best]. He was born 1838 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 12th Aug 1838 at St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex; died July to Sep 1910, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1910 Q3 Vol 2b Page 75, aged 73 years
  He married (1) Elizabeth King on Oct to Dec 1865, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1865 Q4 Vol 2b Page 212. She was born 1842 at Redhill, Surrey. They had the following children:
  iWilliam Frederick who was born Apr to June 1867 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 21st Jul 1867 Ma.StJsCh, Nutley, Sussex; died before 1870
  iiMary Ann who was born Apr to June 1867 at Maresfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1867 Q2 Vol 2b Page 118; christened 21st Jul 1867 Ma.StJsCh, Nutley, Sussex; died Apr to June 1892, aged 24 years
2 iiiThomas William Frederick who was born July to Sep 1869 at Maresfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1869 Q3 Vol 2b Page 111, registered as William Thomas Morphew; christened 8th May 1870 Ma.StJsCh, Nutley, Sussex, christened as William Frederick Morphew
3 ivEmma Jane who was born Apr to June 1871 at Maresfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1871 Q2 Vol 2b Page 105; christened 7th May 1871 Ma.StJsCh, Nutley, Sussex
  vLouisa who was born Oct to Dec 1872 at Maresfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1872 Q4 Vol 2b Page 112; christened 10th Nov 1872 Ma.StJsCh, Nutley, Sussex; died Apr to June 1874, age 1 year
4 viSarah Kate who was born Jan to Mar 1874 at Maresfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1874 Q1 Vol 2b page 123; christened 11th Apr 1875 Ma.StJsCh, Nutley, Sussex
  viiAlbert Edward who was born Oct to Dec 1875 at Duddleswell, Maresfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1875 Q4 Vol 2b Page 111; christened 17th Oct 1875 Ma.StJsCh, Nutley, Sussex; died Apr to June 1876
5 viiiAnnie who was born Apr to June 1877 at Maresfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1877 Q2 Vol 2b Page 117; christened 6th May 1877 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
  ixHarriet Elizabeth who was born Apr to June 1878 at Maresfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1878 Q2 Vol 2b Page 130; christened 3rd Aug 1879 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex; died July to Sep 1904, aged 26 years
6 xEmily who was born July to Sep 1879 at Maresfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1879 Q3 Vol 2b Page 130; christened 3rd Aug 1879 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
  xiFrank who was born Apr to June 1880 at Maresfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1880 Q2 Vol 2b Page 144; christened 4th Jul 1880 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex; died before 28th Jul 1880 Maresfield, Sussex, aged 3 months; buried 28th Jul 1880 Maresfield, Sussex
  xiiEdward Thomas who was born July to Sep 1881 at Maresfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1881 Q3 Vol 2b Page 128; christened 17th Jul 1881 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex, christened as Thomas edward Morphew; died Sep 1881 Maresfield, Sussex, aged 4 months; buried 24th Sep 1881 Maresfield, Sussex
7 xiiiFanny who was born Oct to Dec 1882 at Maresfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1882 Q4 Vol 2b Page 132; christened 19th Nov 1882 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
8 xivErnest George who was born Oct to Dec 1883 at Maresfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1883 Q4 Vol 2b Page 138
9 xvMargaret who was born Jan to Mar 1886 at Maresfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1886 Q1 Vol 2b Page 156; died 1907
  xviMinnie who was born July to Sep 1887 at Maresfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1887 Q3 Vol 2b Page 141
  xviiMadeline who was born July to Sep 1888 at Maresfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1888 Q3 Vol 2b Page 129
  He married (2) Elizabeth King on 1890. She was born 1842 at Redhill, Surrey. They had the following children:
  iWinnifred who was born Jan to Mar 1890 at Maresfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1890 Q1 Vol 2b Page 138
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Thomas William Frederick Morphew, broom maker was the son of William Morphy and Elizabeth Morphew [King]. He was born July to Sep 1869 at Maresfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1869 Q3 Vol 2b Page 111, registered as William Thomas Morphew; christened 8th May 1870 at Ma.StJsCh, Nutley, Sussex, christened as William Frederick Morphew
  He married Rebecca Dadswell on Oct to Dec 1896, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: Uc 1896 Q4 Vol 2b Page 275. She was born 30th Sep 1875 at Stone Cottages, Browns Brook, Buxted, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1875 Q4 Vol 2b Page 113; christened 30th Jan 1876 at Holy Trinity Church, High Hurstwood, Buxted, Sussex, daughter of Alfred Daddeswell (labourer) and Caroline Daddeswell. They had the following children:
  iAlice Gertrude who was born 1897 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 31st Oct 1897 Holy Trinity Church, High Hurstwood, Buxted, Sussex
  iiEdith Mabel who was born 1899 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 8th Jan 1899 Holy Trinity Church, High Hurstwood, Buxted, Sussex
  iiiWilliam James who was born 1900 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 11th Nov 1900 Holy Trinity Church, High Hurstwood, Buxted, Sussex
  ivWinifred Mary who was born 1902 at Buxted, Sussex
  vEna Patricia who was born 1906 at Buxted, Sussex
  viGeorge Ernest who was born 1908 at Buxted, Sussex
   
  3. Emma Jane Walter [Morphew] was the daughter of William Morphy and Elizabeth Morphew [King]. She was born Apr to June 1871 at Maresfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1871 Q2 Vol 2b Page 105; christened 7th May 1871 at Ma.StJsCh, Nutley, Sussex
  iMary who was born 1895 at Maresfield, Sussex
  She married Trayton Henry Walter, farm labourer on Jan to Mar 1895, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1895 Q1 Vol 2b Page 209. He was born 1855 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 18th Mar 1855 at St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex, son of Henry Walter (labourer) and Sarah Anne Caroline Walter. They had the following children:
  iHenry Trayton who was born 1896 at Maresfield, Sussex
  iiFlorence who was born 1898 at Maresfield, Sussex
  iiiWilliam Walter who was born 1899 at Maresfield, Sussex
  ivAndrew Joseph who was born 1902 at Maresfield, Sussex
  vNora Jane who was born 1904 at Maresfield, Sussex
  viMarjorie Ethel who was born 1908 at Maresfield, Sussex
   
  4. Sarah Kate Dadswell [Morphew] was the daughter of William Morphy and Elizabeth Morphew [King]. She was born Jan to Mar 1874 at Maresfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1874 Q1 Vol 2b page 123; christened 11th Apr 1875 at Ma.StJsCh, Nutley, Sussex
  She married Alfred James Dadswell, woodcutter on Oct to Dec 1893, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1893 Q4 Vol 2b Page 291. He was born c Dec 1867 at Maresfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1867 Q4 Vol 2b Page 93; christened 17th Dec 1867 at St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex, son of Alfred Dadswell (labourer) and Caroline Daddeswell. They had the following children:
  iAnnie who was born 1895 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 17th Feb 1895 Holy Trinity Church, High Hurstwood, Buxted, Sussex, daughter of Alfred James Dadswell (labourer) and Sarah Kate Dadswell
  iiAlfred James who was born Apr to June 1896 at Buxted, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1896 Q2 Vol 2b Page 131; christened 29th Nov 1896 Holy Trinity Church, High Hurstwood, Buxted, Sussex, son of Alfred James Dadswell (labourer) and Sarah Kate Dadswell
  iiiViolet Mabel who was born Oct to Dec 1898 at Buxted, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1898 Q4 Vol 2b Page 129; christened 1st Jan 1899 Holy Trinity Church, High Hurstwood, Buxted, Sussex, daughter of Alfred James Dadswell (labourer) and Sarah Kate Dadswell
  ivRoberts Pretoria who was born July to Sep 1900 at Hurst Wood, Buxted, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1900 Q3 Vol 2b Page 127; christened 8th Jul 1900 Crowborough Chapel [a.k.a. All Saints Church], Crowborough, Sussex, daughter of Alfred James Dadswell (labourer) and Sarah Kate Dadswell
  vWilfrid who was born 1903 at Buxted, Sussex
   
  5. Annie Dadswell [Morphew] was the daughter of William Morphy and Elizabeth Morphew [King]. She was born Apr to June 1877 at Maresfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1877 Q2 Vol 2b Page 117; christened 6th May 1877 at St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
  She married William Arthur Dadswell, farm labourer on Oct to Dec 1894, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1894 Q4 Vol 2b Page 276. He was born 1873 at Browns Brook, Buxted, Sussex; christened 5th Oct 1873 at Holy Trinity Church, High Hurstwood, Buxted, Sussex, son of Alfred Dadswell (labourer) and Catherine [sic] Dadswell. They had the following children:
  iWilliam Arthur Thomas who was born 1895 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 17th Feb 1895 Holy Trinity Church, High Hurstwood, Buxted, Sussex, son of William Arthur Dadswell (labourer) and Annie Dadswell
  iiMargaret Fanny who was born Oct to Dec 1896 at Buxted, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1896 Q4 Vol 2b Page 139; christened 29th Nov 1896 Holy Trinity Church, High Hurstwood, Buxted, Sussex, daughter of William Arthur Dadswell (labourer) and Annie Dadswell
  iiiCharles Edward who was born Oct to Dec 1898 at Buxted, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1898 Q4 Vol 2b Page 131; christened 1st Jan 1899 Holy Trinity Church, High Hurstwood, Buxted, Sussex, son of William Arthur Dadswell (labourer) and Annie Dadswell
  ivWinifred who was born 1900 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 7th May 1900 Holy Trinity Church, High Hurstwood, Buxted, Sussex, daughter of William Dadswell (labourer) and Annie Dadswell
  vFlora Mary who was born July to Sep 1901 at Buxted, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1901 Q3 Vol 2b Page 127
  viErnest George who was born 1st Oct 1903 at Buxted, Sussex; died 13th Jul 1974 Florida, USA
  viiRose Dorothy who was born 7th Dec 1905 at Buxted, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1906 Q1 Vol 2b Page 120; died Jul 1985 Ontario, Canada
  viiiMary E. who was born July to Sep 1910 at Buxted, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1910 Q3 Vol 2b Page 116
  ixMarjorie May who was born 5th Aug 1912 at Harriston, Ontario, Canada; died 10th Jun 1872 Canada
  xMildred Marie who was born 17th Mar 1922 at Harriston, Ontario, Canada; died 9th Jul 1983 Ontario, Canada
   
  6. Emily Dadswell [Morphew] was the daughter of William Morphy and Elizabeth Morphew [King]. She was born July to Sep 1879 at Maresfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1879 Q3 Vol 2b Page 130; christened 3rd Aug 1879 at St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
  iThomas Ardon Ambrose who was born Jan to Mar 1900 at Highhurstwood, Maresfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1900 Q1 Vol 2b Page 131; christened 18th Mar 1900 Holy Trinity Church, High Hurstwood, Buxted, Sussex
  iiCatherine Jane who was born 1907 at Maresfield, Sussex
  iiiAlbert Edward who was born Oct to Dec 1909 at Maresfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1909 Q4 Vol 2b Page 115
  ivAgnes who was born c 1917 at Ontario, Canada
   
  7. Fanny Morphew was the daughter of William Morphy and Elizabeth Morphew [King]. She was born Oct to Dec 1882 at Maresfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1882 Q4 Vol 2b Page 132; christened 19th Nov 1882 at St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
  iFrederica Jane who was born 1900 at Hghhurstwood, Buxted, Sussex; christened 18th Mar 1900 Holy Trinity Church, High Hurstwood, Buxted, Sussex
   
  8. Ernest George Morphew was the son of William Morphy and Elizabeth Morphew [King]. He was born Oct to Dec 1883 at Maresfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1883 Q4 Vol 2b Page 138
  He married Ellen Hazelden on Oct to Dec 1910, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1910 Q4 Vol 2b page 240. She was born 1890 at Buxted, Sussex
   
  9. Margaret Weeding [Morphew] was the daughter of William Morphy and Elizabeth Morphew [King]. She was born Jan to Mar 1886 at Maresfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1886 Q1 Vol 2b Page 156; died 1907
  She married George Weeding on 1906. He was born 1885 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 12th Apr 1885 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex; died 3rd May 1917 at France, Killed in action: Trooper 2nd Coy. Household Cavalry. Memorial at Roeux, France
   

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