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Descendant's report for Eliza Buss [Newington], daughter of Joel Newington, miller and Mary Newington [Noaks]
Generation No. 1
  1. Eliza Buss [Newington] was the daughter of Joel Newington, miller and Mary Newington [Noaks]. She was born 1799 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 4th Jul 1799 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  She married Benjamin Buss, attorney on 22nd Apr 1825 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex. He was born 1800 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 14th Feb 1800 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died 6th Nov 1869 at Mayfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
2 iBenjamin who was born 1826 at Mayfield, Sussex; died 1892
  iiFrances who was born 1827 at Sussex
  iiiEliza who was born 1828 at Mayfield, Sussex
3 ivSarah who was born 1830 at Mayfield, Sussex
4 vWilliam who was born 1831 at Mayfield, Sussex
5 viSusannah who was born 1833 at Mayfield, Sussex
  viiElizabeth who was born 1836 at Mayfield, Sussex
  viiiCaroline who was born 1837 at Sussex
  ixVictoria who was born 1838 at Mayfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Benjamin Buss, farmer was the son of Benjamin Buss, attorney and Eliza Buss [Newington]. He was born 1826 at Mayfield, Sussex; died 1892
  He married (1) Avice Taylor Wickens on 17th Sep 1861 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. She was born 1830 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 25th Aug 1830 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, daughter of Thomas Taylor Wickens (farmer) and Hannah Wickens; died July to Sep 1872. They had the following children:
  iFanny who was born 1862 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 7th Dec 1862 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died 1883
6 iiBenjamin Frank who was born 1865 at Mayfield, Sussex; died 1903
  iiiThomas Albert who was born 1868 at Mayfield, Sussex
  He married (2) Eliza Lade on c 1870. She was born 1843 at Mayfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iEliza who was born 1875 at Mayfield, Sussex
  iiFrederick who was born 1877 at Mayfield, Sussex
  iiiVictoria who was born 1878 at Mayfield, Sussex
  ivJohn who was born 1882 at Mayfield, Sussex
   
  3. Sarah Piper [Buss] was the daughter of Benjamin Buss, attorney and Eliza Buss [Newington]. She was born 1830 at Mayfield, Sussex
  She married Frederick Piper, plumber and painter on 27th Dec 1852 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex. He was born 1835 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 18th Jan 1835 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iCharles Frederick who was born Mar 1853 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 1st Jun 1856 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  iiThomas Walter who was born 1866 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 8th Oct 1866 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
   
  4. William Buss, Mayfield Harrier Club huntsman and journeyman was the son of Benjamin Buss, attorney and Eliza Buss [Newington]. He was born 1831 at Mayfield, Sussex
  He married Elizabeth Bridger on 19th Jul 1854 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. She was born 1832 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 19th Feb 1832 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iBenjamin Thomas who was born 1855 at Mayfield, Sussex
  iiWilliam who was born 1856 at Mayfield, Sussex
  iiiSamuel who was born 1858 at Mayfield, Sussex
  ivDaniel who was born 1859 at Mayfield, Sussex
  vVictoria who was born 1861 at Mayfield, Sussex
  viEliza who was born 1863 at Mayfield, Sussex
  viiJohn who was born 1865 at Mayfield, Sussex
  viiiThomas Benjamin who was born 1867 at Mayfield, Sussex
   
  5. Susannah Ellis [Buss] was the daughter of Benjamin Buss, attorney and Eliza Buss [Newington]. She was born 1833 at Mayfield, Sussex
  She married Owen William Ellis, draper, grocer and postmaster on Apr to June 1856, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1856 Q2 Vol 2b Page 139. He was born 1832 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 2nd Nov 1832 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex, son of Edward Ellis (labourer) and Martha Ellis. They had the following children:
7 iEmily Kate who was born 1857 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 2nd Feb 1857 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died Oct 1886 Waldron, Sussex; buried 26th Oct 1886 Waldron, Sussex
  iiLouisa who was born 1858 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 28th Oct 1858 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  iiiOwen Edward who was born 9th Jun 1860 at Waldron, Sussex
  ivVictor Fernando who was born 1st Sep 1864 at Waldron, Sussex
  vMinnie Christianna who was born 26th Sep 1867 at Waldron, Sussex
  viVenna Susanna who was born 30th Sep 1869 at Waldron, Sussex
  viiFrank Charles who was born 2nd Jun 1873 at Waldron, Sussex
  viiiGeorge F. who was born 1876 at Waldron, Sussex
   
Generation No. 3
  6. Benjamin Frank Buss was the son of Benjamin Buss, farmer and Avice Buss [Taylor Wickens]. He was born 1865 at Mayfield, Sussex; died 1903
  He married Edith Clements on 1887 at Colchester, Essex. She was born 1866 at Ardleigh, Essex. They had the following children:
  iThomas A. who was born 1890 at Woolwich, Kent
  iiBenjamin F. who was born 1895 at Mayfield, Sussex
  iiiAvica Edith who was born 1897 at Mayfield, Sussex; died 1898 Mayfield, Sussex
   
  7. Emily Kate Collins [Ellis] was the daughter of Owen William Ellis, draper, grocer and postmaster and Susannah Ellis [Buss]. She was born 1857 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 2nd Feb 1857 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died Oct 1886 at Waldron, Sussex; buried 26th Oct 1886 at All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex
  She married George Ephraim Collins, master carpenter and wheelwright on Oct to Dec 1876. He was born 1852 at Waldron, Sussex; christened 18th Jan 1852 at All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex, son of George Joseph Collins (farmer) and Sarah Collins. They had the following children:
8 iEllen Kate who was born 14th May 1877 at Waldron, Sussex; died 28th Nov 1940
  iiHenry George who was born 1878 at Waldron, Sussex
  iiiEdgar A. who was born 1880 at Waldron, Sussex
  ivGilbert W. who was born Jan 1881 at Waldron, Sussex
   
Generation No. 4
  8. Ellen Kate Collins [Collins] was the daughter of George Ephraim Collins, master carpenter and wheelwright and Emily Kate Collins [Ellis]. She was born 14th May 1877 at Waldron, Sussex; died 28th Nov 1940
  She married George Joseph Collins, builder and wheelwright on July to Sep 1904. He was born Oct to Dec 1867 at Eastbourne, Sussex; christened 5th Jan 1868 at Christ Church, Eastbourne, Sussex, son of Charles Samson Collins (carpenter) and … Collins; died 13th Dec 1935
   

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