Edward Wenham 'the Elder' of Hellingly
(1684-1767)
Elizabeth Fox
(Abt 1676-1716)
Edward Wenham of Hellingly
(1707-1801)
Mary Coper
(-1787)
John Wenham of Hellingly
(1742-1821)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Hannah Message

John Wenham of Hellingly

  • Christened: 25 Jul 1742, Hellingly, Sussex, England 1
  • Married: 6 May 1773, Wartling, Sussex, England 2
  • Buried: 11 Feb 1821, Hellingly, Sussex, England 3

  Research Notes:

13 Apr 1792: Conveyance (release and covenant to levy a fine) for £400. 4

John Cruttenden of Ripe, cordwainer (devisee of Robert Cruttenden of Cliffe, baker), with his wife Ann Cruttenden, to John Wenham of Hellingly, common carrier, and his trustee Samuel Roods* of Westham, yeoman
messuage, barn, garden, orchard, adjoining close and six pieces of land (14 acres) in Hellingly, occupied by William Moon
Witnesses: John Sinnock, John Sinnock the younger

* Samuel Roods was John Wenham's brother-in-law.

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25 Sep 1793: Conveyance (release) for £420. 5

John Wenham of Hellingly, common carrier, and his trustee Samuel Roods of Westham, yeoman, to Henry Earle of Hellingly, yeoman
messuage, barn, garden, orchard, adjoining close and six pieces of land (14 acres) in Hellingly occupied by JW, late William Moon
covenant by HE to pay £400 of the consideration to Samuel Rickman the elder of Cliffe, gent, to discharge the mortgage of 1792.
Witnesses: John Sinnock, John Sinnock the younger

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In 1799 John Wenham was named as a beneficiary in his father's Will.

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John Wenham of Hellingly died aged 78 years (burial record).

  Marriage Information:

John married Hannah Message, daughter of John Message and Mercy Dunk, on 6 May 1773 in Wartling, Sussex, England. (Hannah Message was christened on 14 Apr 1745 in Herstmonceaux, Sussex, England and was buried on 18 Jan 1812 in Hellingly, Sussex, England, aged 66 years.)

  Marriage Notes:

John Wenham of the Parish of Hellingly and Hannah Message of this Parish

Married by Banns

Witnesses: Edward Message, Edward Badcock

Sources


1 Hellingly Parish Registers, Baptisms.

2 Wartling Parish Registers, Marriages, p. 17, no. 66.

3 Hellingly Parish Registers, Burials, p. 15, no. 113.

4 East Sussex Record Office, ESRO reference: AMS 6860/22/2/11.

5 Ibid., ESRO reference: AMS 6860/22/2/17.


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