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Bellini
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Hastings
« on: Wednesday 15 July 09 12:27 UTC (UK) » |
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Can anyone tell me whether the Independent Croft Chapel is still in existence in Hastings, please?
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Chris in 1066Land
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Re: Hastings
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 15 July 09 13:27 UTC (UK) » |
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Hi Bellini
Sorry to inform, but it is not
If you g on my rootschat sponsored web site
www.rootschat.com/history/hastings
you will be able to learn a bit more about it
Croft Chapel - Hastings
Probably the Oldest NonConformist place of Worship in Hastings
A piece of land in the croft was given as a site for a meeting house for Independents in 1805, but as no local tradesman dared to erect such a structure, a wooden building was made in London and brought down by sea. The Croft Chapel was later built on the same sight but was pulled down in 1972 to build flats.
The clergymen of the Croft were:
Richard Simmons 1808 – 1816 (died 27th Dec 1816)
John Morley Clack 1817 Ordained 21st Aug 1817 (died 31st Aug 1817)
William Davis 1819 – 1855 Ordained 15th Sept 1819 (died 19th Jan 1855)
Richard Stewart 1855 – 1857
Ransom Cooper 1858 – 1860
Evan Berry 1860 – 1862
Halley Stewart 1863 – 1873
C.R.Howell 1873 - ?
In 1972 the Croft Chapel was pulled down and flats were built on the site – but the remains of those interred in the adjacent Burial Ground were reverently interred in Hastings Cemetery.
This transcription was made possible because, towards the end of the 19th Century Alfred Ridley BAX, FSA, transcribed the MI`s on the stones in the Croft Chapel Burial Ground. These MI`s were then duly printed in the “Sussex Archaeological Collection” Volume 49, Pages 120 - 125, from where this copy came.
Over a century ago, the transcriber was very concerned at the speed in which the stones were becoming illegible, and we must extend our most sincere appreciation for his excellent transcription, without which the information on the stones would have been lost to Family Historians for ever.
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Re: Hastings
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 15 July 09 13:55 UTC (UK) » |
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Chris- many thanks for your reply. My husband's great great grandparents (John Gain of Winding St and Elizabeth Ann Sutton of East St) were married at the Croft Chapel on 11 Oct 1852. The minister was William Davis (source marriage cert.) Can I ask whereabouts in Hastings the chapel was as we are to visit in a couple of weeks time? Also thanks for pointing me to your website. I recognised it from a previous visit where I found the name of William Gain (a transportee sentenced to 10 yrs at Lewes Assizes). This led me to some fascinating research which I have written up. Please let me know if you'd like a copy.
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Re: Hastings
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 15 July 09 15:11 UTC (UK) » |
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Hi Again
Spotted this in my databases - could be yours
Baptism
St Clements Church, 8th Dec 1854, Nelson, son of John & Elizabeth Anne, East Street, Carter.
There are two baptisms of Elizabeth Ann Sutton - 1 in 1829, daughter of John & Elizabeth and the other is in 1832, daughter of William & Jane - is one of them yours?
Chris in 1066
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Re: Hastings
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 15 July 09 15:41 UTC (UK) » |
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Brilliant. Thanks Chris
Nelson Gain, son of John and Elizabeth is definitely one of my husband's tree.
Elizabeth Ann Sutton bpt was daughter of William Sutton (fisherman) and Jane Adams.
She married John, Nelson's brother.
Best wishes
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Re: Hastings
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 15 July 09 17:14 UTC (UK) » |
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Hi
In that case, William & Jane had other children baptised in Hastings:
All Saints - 22.04.1840,. William Coly, son of William & Jane of St Clem
St Clem - 08.07.1836, Louisa, dau of William & Jane
St Clem - 30.04.1834, Eliza, dau of William & Jane of All Saints
All Saints - 01.02.1832, Elizabeth Ann, dau of William & Jane
All Saints - 14.01.1829, Jane, dau of William & Jane
All Saints - 11.10.1826, Sarah Hide, dau of William & Jane
All Saints - 27.04.1825, William, dau of William & Jane
Which ties in nicely with the marriage:
Hastings St. Clement, East Sussex, Date: 23 Sep 1823:
Groom: William SUTTON; Bride Jane ADAMS
Hope that helps
Chris in 1066
William is listed as a Fisherman on all entries.
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Re: Hastings
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 16 July 09 12:41 UTC (UK) » |
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Again, my grateful thanks, Chris. I had all the children of William Sutton & Jane Adams apart from the first William bpt in 1825. He may have died young as Wm and Jane had a further William Coley born in 1840.
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