John Akehurst of Alfriston
(1700-)
Sarah
(-1745)
William Akehurst of Berwick
(1727-1801)
Elizabeth
(-1800)
John Akehurst of Alfriston
(Abt 1755-1828)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. Ann Piper

  • Anne Akehurst
  • John Akehurst (d.y.)
2. Elizabeth [Parker, widow]

John Akehurst of Alfriston 1

  • Born: Abt 1755, Alfriston, Sussex, England
  • Married (1): 2 May 1774, Alfriston, Sussex, England 2
  • Married (2): Abt 1791
  • Buried: 9 Jan 1828, Alfriston, Sussex, England 3

  Research Notes:

In Feb 1792 John Akehurst was present at the marriage of his brother William Akehurst to Lydia Lower in Alfriston Sussex.

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John Akehurst of Alfriston died aged 77 years (burial record). Note that John's reported age at death would make his birthyear (1751) the same as his older brother of the same name who, christened in Berwick on 8 Dec 1751, is generally accepted to have been the same John Akehurst, infant, buried in Berwick on 3 Apr 1752.

  Marriage Information:

John married Ann Piper, natural-born daughter of Ann Piper, on 15 Aug 1779 in Berwick, Sussex, England. (Ann Piper was christened on 2 Mar 1760 in Berwick, Sussex, England and was buried on 18 Apr 1784 in Alfriston, Sussex, England.)

  Marriage Notes:

John Akehurst of this parish, batchellor, and Ann Piper of this parish, spinster

Married by Banns

Samuel? Coulstick, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  Marriage Information:

John also married Elizabeth [Parker, widow] about 1791.

  Marriage Notes:

Title: Settlement (release with covenant to levy a fine), dated 16 Jun 1791. 4

Description: William Akehurst of Berwick, husbandman, and his wife Elizabeth, his eldest son John Akehurst of Berwick, husbandman, and his wife Elizabeth, John Potter of Berwick, husbandman, to Thomas Staples of Seaford, yeoman, and his trustee Henry Harben of Lewes, ironmonger

Note, however, that Banns of Marriage were published in Alfriston Sussex between John Akehurst of this parish and Elizabeth Parker of this parish, widow, on the 9th, 16th and 23rd of December 1792. 5

Sources


1 The Akehurst Wills of East Sussex (1541-1858), Geoffrey Barber, 2nd Edition, Tree 4, p. 23.

2 Berwick Parish Registers, Marriages, p. 8, no. 31.

3 Alfriston Parish Registers, Burials, p. 14, no. 111.

4 East Sussex Record Office, Reference SAS/G 49/1176.

5 Alfriston Parish Registers, Marriage Banns, p. 22, no. 105.


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