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.| 1796 | JOHN WEBB of Catsfield married SARAH HISCOCK aged 21 on November 11th at the church of St Mary Magdalene, Whatlington, East Sussex. |
| 1797 | Their first child, John, was baptised on May 28th at Burwash. |
| 1799 | Their second child, MARY ANN, was baptised on April 7th at Burwash. |
| 1801 | Their third child, Jane, was baptised on January 11th at Burwash. |
| 1803 | Their fourth child, Philley, was baptised on May 22nd at Westfield. |
| 1805 | Their fifth child, Eliza, was baptised on June 9th. at Westfield. |
| 1807 | Their sixth child, William, was baptised on June 21st at Westfield. |
| 1810 | Their seventh child, Harriet, was baptised on February 2nd at Westfield. |
| 1812/13 | Their eighth child, Hannah, was born at Westfield? (no record of baptism). |
| 1814 | Their ninth child, Stephen, was baptised on June 5th at Catsfield. |
| 1817 | Their tenth child, Caroline, was baptised on October 19th at Catsfield. |
| 1831 | ? MARY WEBB married THOMAS WRIGHT in Paddington, London. |
| 1835 | JOHN WEBB aged 62 (unconfirmed), died and was buried on February 18th at Catsfield. |
| 1859 | SARAH WEBB, aged 84, died on February 20th, of old age, at Catsfield. Caroline was the informant; this was probably Stephens wife not her daughter. |
| 1695 | ROBERT HISCOCK married ELIZABETH BRIGHTIS on July 18th at St Michael the Archangel, Penhurst. |
| Robert came from Ashburnham.
There is no baptism found for Robert |
Elizabeth wife of Robert Hiscock
married in 1695
There is no definite baptism for Elizabeth Brightis as the name is spelt in many, many ways, but they all come from the Sussex parishes that are east of Eastbourne. There are two possibles; one in Westfield in 1673 and one in Ore in 1678
Their children, all born in Whatlington:
| 1699 | Their first child, Robert, was born on May 29th |
| 1701 | Their second child, Joseph, was born on June 27th |
| 1704 | Their third child, Elizabeth, was born on April 11th.. She died and was buried on August 12th 1709 aged 5. |
| 1706 | Their fourth child, Reuben, was born on October 28th |
| 1709 | Their fifth child, JOSHUA, was born on July 11th More about Joshua below. |
| 1711 | Their sixth child, Elizabeth again, was born on September 27th |
| 1714 | Their seventh child, Stephen, was born on February 14th. He died and was buried on April 10th 1718 aged 4. |
| 1716 | Their eighth child, Mary, was born on June 30th |
| 1718 | Their ninth child, Ruth , was born on December 12th She died and was buried on January 29th 1719 aged about 6weeks. |
| 1721 | Their tenth child, Stephen again, was baptised on October 8th He died and was buried on November 20th |
| 1723 | Their eleventh child, John, was baptised on September 15th |
| 1748 | ROBERT senior? died and was buried on April 20th |
| 1755 | ELIZABETH senior? died and was buried on April 30th |
More about Joshua
| 1731 | Robert and Elizabeth's son JOSHUA aged 22 of Whatlington married JANE COLLINS of Salehurst on December 26th at St Giles' Church at Dallington. |
| 1735 | Their son, Joshua, was baptised on May 11th at Salehurst. |
| 1740 | Their daughter, Sarah, was baptised on August 24th at Salehurst |
| 1742 | Their daughter, Jane, was baptised on May 2nd at Sedlescombe |
| 1744 | Their son ROBERT was baptised on April 29th at St John the Baptist Church at Sedlescombe, East Sussex. |
| 1744 | There is a burial for JANE HISCOCK on October 25th . There is no comment made so the assumption is that it is Joshua's wife rather than his daughter? |
| 1760 | There is a burial for JOSHUA HISCOCK on May 20th aged 50 |
Jane Collins
There is no record of Jane Collins' baptism or of a Collins family in Salehurst or surrounding parishes. She possibly came from Kent.More about Robert
| 1769 | Joshua and Jane's son ROBERT married ANN NOAKES, both aged 24, on March 28th at the church of St Mary the Virgin, Salehurst. |
Their children: All baptised at Salehurst:
| 1769 | Their first child, Robert, was baptised on September 29th |
| 1771 | Their second child, John, was baptised on May 10th |
| 1773 | Their third child, Joshua, was baptised on April 15th |
| 1775 | Their fourth child, SARAH, was baptised on August 16th |
| 1777 | Their fifth child, Jane, was baptised on December 4th |
| 1779 | Their sixth child, Elizabeth, was baptised on December 30th |
| 1777 | January 16th Quarter sessions order PAR477/35/1/6 |
| Confirms order removing ROBERT HISCOCK, wife ANN, and children Robert (7), John (5), Joshua (4) and SARAH (1) to Whatlington. | |
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PAR477/35/1/7: Jane Hiscock to Whatlington. Either they didn't leave promptly, or they came back for Elizabeth's baptism - which was at Salehurst, not Whatlington. | |
| 1796 | SARAH HISCOCK married JOHN WEBB at Whatlington. |
| 1830 | ROBERT aged 86, died and was buried on July 25th at Whatlington. |
| 1832 | ANN aged 88 died and was buried on October 23rd at Whatlington. Robert and Ann were married for 61 years! |
The name Nokes/Noakes was originally Anoke and they were a family owning their own land. They can be traced back in Ticehurst and Burwash to the early 1500's and in Kent parishes as well.
Ticehurst is a parish bordering Goudhurst parish in Kent. There were several Noakes families in Ticehurst and it's impossible to fathom the relationships between them as they all seem to be called Thomas or John.
There is a baptism for a THOMAS NOAKES on November 21st 1641, son of yet another THOMAS. This is the only one found in the parish of Ticehurst with the right name and within the possible dates for his birth which would make him 24 at his marriage in 1666
| 1666 | THOMAS NOKES, a weaver, married ELIZABETH FULLER on May 3rd at St Mary and St Nicholas, Etchingham. |
Their children - all baptised at Ticehurst:
| 1667 | A son, Thomas, was baptised on July 14th |
| 1668 | Thomas again?, was baptised on December 20th |
| 1670 | Their son, Robert, was baptised on August 28th |
| 1672 | Their daughter, Elizabeth, was baptised on February 4th |
| 1673 | Their son, George, was baptised on August 14th |
| 1674 | Their daughter, Margaret, was baptised on December 19th. She died aged 51/2 and was buried on June 8th 1680 |
| 1676 | Their son, JOHN, was baptised on May 21st |
| 1678 | Their daughter, Lydia, was baptised on July 1st |
| 1682 | Their son, Herbert, was baptised on April 9th |
| 1684 | Their son ,Samuel, was baptised on January 25th |
| 1685 | Their daughter, Mary, was baptised on March 7th |
| 1688 | THOMAS died at 'Pickford', a farm at Ticehurst, and was buried on February 8th. See the Will for Thomas Nokes. |
| 1688 | Their son, Isaac, was baptised on October 2nd to Elizabeth, now a widow. |
| 1705 | ELIZABETH died and was buried on March 19th |
There is a marriage between THOMAS FULLER and ANN WATERS in 1634 at Etchingham, and a son, William, was baptised in 1635.
The researcher, Keith Spencer, has a baptism for ELIZABETH on August 12th 1642 although there are no baptism records on-line for Etchingham after 1640 so her baptism cannot be verified.
More about John Nokes
| 1708 | Thomas and Elizabeth's son JOHN NOKES, aged 32, of Ticehurst, married ELIZABETH BOWLES, aged 27, at the church of the Holy Cross, Uckfield, East Sussex on April 6th |
| 1709 | Their first child, Robert, was baptised on February 2nd at Ticehurst |
| 1710 | Their second child, JOHN, was baptised on August 16th at Ticehurst The family were living at Flimwell Tything, two miles from Ticehurst. |
| 1712 | Their third child, Thomas, was baptised on February 27th at Ticehurst |
| 1715 | Their fourth child, Elizabeth, was baptised on March 23rd at Ticehurst |
| 1718 | Their fifth child, William, was baptised on March 14th at Wadhurst. |
There are no burial records for Wadhurst on-line and other researchers can find no record of either John or Elizabeth Nokes' death.
| 1677 | ROBERT BOWLES aged about 32, married ELIZABETH TETTY or TETLY on June 19th at Holy Cross, Uckfield. |
Their children all baptised at Uckfield:
| 1678 | Their son John, was baptised on June 8th . He died aged nearly 3 and was buried on April 19th 1681. |
| 1680 | Their daughter, ELIZABETH, was baptised on July 11th |
| 1682 | Their daughter, Alice, was baptised on March 5th |
| 1687/8 | Their daughter, Margaret, was baptised on January 15th |
| 1690 | Their son, Robert, was baptised on March 25th |
| 1708 | ELIZABETH BOWLES married JOHN NOKES in April (see above) |
| 1721 | ELIZABETH, Robert's wife, died and was buried on May 22nd |
| There is no sign of any Tetty/Tetly family in Uckfield or any surrounding parishes. | |
| 1733 | ROBERT aged 88, died and was buried on April 27th The note in the burial record states: From East Hoathley. |
| There are no parish records of baptisms for East Hoathley before about 1650. So if Robert was born there the records are no longer available. |
| 1737 | John and Elizabeth's son JOHN, aged 26, married MARY PILBEAM, aged 21, on June 2nd at St Peter and St Paul, Wadhurst. |
The children of John Noakes & Mary Pilbeam
| 1738 | Their first child, William, was baptised on June 7th at Ticehurst. |
| The family were living at Shover's Green, a hamlet a mile from Wadhurst village on the road to Ticehurst. | |
| 1739 | Their second child, Robert, was baptised on December 12th at Ticehurst. |
| 1742 | Their third child, Mary, was baptised on March 4th at Ticehurst. |
| 1744 | Their fourth child, ANN, and her twin sister Elizabeth were baptised on September 27th at Burwash, although they were living in Ticehurst Parish, `Mr Medlicott being absent'. |
| The Rev. Medlicott was the vicar of St Mary the Virgin at Ticehurst. | |
| 1747 | Their sixth child, John, was baptised on October 3rd at Ticehurst. |
| 1747 | The House and Window Tax of 1747: John Noaks of Biggs paid 9 shillings for 14 lights, (windows). |
| 1750 | Their seventh child, Frances, was baptised on February 16th at Ticehurst. |
| 1752 | Their eighth child, Thomas, was baptised on May 18th at Ticehurst. |
| The family were living at 'Biggs'. Biggs farm was on the road between Ticehurst and Burwash. He wasn't named in his father's Will but there was a burial for a Thomas Noakes of Lunsford in 1815 aged 63 at Etchingham (see John's burial in 1803). | |
| 1753 | Their ninth child, Hester, was baptised on June 1st, privately at Ticehurst |
| 1755 | The tenth child, George, was baptised on January 31st at Ticehurst |
| 1759 | Their eleventh child, Edward, was baptised on June 10th at 'The Assumption of Blessed Mary and St Nicholas' at Etchingham. He married in 1791, but died before May 1796, (see his father's Will), but it's not known where or when. |
| The family seems to have moved to Etchingham, a village 2½ miles from Burwash. | |
| 1769 | ANN NOAKES married ROBERT HISCOCK in March |
| 1791 | MARY died on November 26th in her 77th year. |
| 1796 | On May 23rd John made his Will, after the death of his son Edward. |
| John was a Yeoman. He seems to have been comfortably off. | |
| 1803 | JOHN NOAKES died on January 30th at Lunsford (Lundsford?), a farm at Etchingham. He was in his 93rd year. |
| 1803 | He was buried at St Bartholomew's, Burwash on February 4th |
| See the Will for John Noakes | |
| There is an ornate curved headstone in St Bartholomew's churchyard. This is the engraving: | |
| Sacred to the memory of John Noakes of Lunsford in the parish of Etchingham who departed this life January the 30th 1803 aged 92 years | |
| Also to Mary his wife who left this world in hopes of finding better November the 26th 1791 aged 77 years. |