St John's sub Castro, Lewes

[cauncej]

I would like to know what information there is in the registers about the following family names:

Daw
Hood or Hoad
Hammond
Edwards

in the years before 1800.

The only ones I know of are:
Ann Daw Hargraves buried 26 Oct 1792
William Hammond buried 28 July 1780
I would be interested to know if there are any memorials or headstones as well.
Thankyou for any help provided.

[Chris in 1066Land]

Hi there

Having transcribed the Burial Registers for St John Sub Castro back in the 1990's, I can tell you exactly how many times each name appears

1750 - 1799
DAW - 6 entries
HOOD - 0
HOAD - 0
HAMMOND - 3 (Hammond was the Church warden and has a tombstone)
EDWARDS -  4 (Also two tombstones to Edward burials)

1700 - 1750
DAW - 1 entry
HOOD - 0
HOAD - 2 entries
HAMMOND - 0 
EDWARDS -  1 entry

1602 - 1699
DAW - 0
HOOD - 0
HOAD - 0
HAMMOND - 0 
EDWARDS -  0

Hope that helps

Chris in 1066

[Chris in 1066Land]

Hi again

Since 1800 and up to 1993 there has been:

DAW - 1 entry for DAWES from a monument, but not in the burial register
HOOD - 0
HOAD - 10 entries
HAMMOND - 13 entries including 1 tombstone that has 3 of them included 
EDWARDS -  12 entries spread over 3 tombstones

Chris in 1066

[cauncej]

Thankyou so much!
To trespass on your good nature a little more....
I suspect that Ann Daw's father was Thomas Daw and that he may have had a brother called Joseph who died in Lewes 9.6.1792 - this from a document concerning land transfer in the Archives. Their father may have been the Joseph who with his wife Ann and son Joseph were granted a settlement certificate 15.1.1736.

The Edwards I am looking for are James and Elizabeth, his sister, grandchildren of Lawrence Daw of Ore who left them money in his will dated 1746.

William Hammond's father may also be William and his mother may have been Ann. If I have the right William he would have been 66 at death. Is his age on the tombstone??

Ann Hood was William Hammond's first wife. She died in 1766 and is buried at Waldron All Saints. I do not have any idea of her family except that it was probably from Lewes as they married there. His second wife was Martha and she died in 1792. Is she buried with him?
Thankyou once again for the leads you have given me.

[Chris in 1066Land]

Hi cauncej

I forgot to mention that after transcribing the burial register, I also with others drew a plan of the churchyard and then transcribed and photographed all of the headstones

This one may be of interest:

Number 601 - St John Sub Castro-
  To the memory of/ Mrs Martha Hammond/ who died Oct the .. 1792/ aged 64 years/ Also of/ Mr William Hammond/ husband of the above/ Martha Hammond/ who died 10th December/ 1780 aged 46/                                       
                                                                             
  Footstone MH 1792; WH 1780.

NB - Although we couldnt make out the date that she died, it would have been only a couple of days before her burial on 26th October

[Chris in 1066Land]

cauncej

This is the other Hammond Stone in St John Sub Castro Churchyard

170-
  Inscribed Surround:                                                         
  South - Edward Hammmond died 13th December 1930 aged 72 years               
  East - And of Annie Lucy their daughter/ Died 9th March 1976/ aged 88 years/
  North: Also of Annie Hammond Died 10th July 1952 aged 95 years             
  West - In Memory Of/ 

[Chris in 1066Land]

These are the DAW burials in St John Sub Castro:

1791 February 24 Daw ?? f Widow
1761 December 8 Daw James, m James senr, a Bricklayer, against ye garden wall opposite ye House
1752 June 7 Daw Joseph, m Joseph, at ye East End of Chancel old ground
1752 May 6 Daw Mary, f Mary wife of James Senr
1752 May 5 Daw Susana, f Susana d Joseph & Ann
1752 March 12 Daw Susanna, f Susanna d Joseph & Ann
1747 September 11 Daw James, m James s Joseph & Ann, at ye foot of John Sharps grave ye younger
1741 July 10 Daw Joseph, m Joseph, an apprentice to James Daw Senior of this parish   
         

[Chris in 1066Land]

Hi again

Edward Burials and that one those two tombstone

1780 May 21 Edwards John, m John, a child.
1793 January 14 Edwards John, m In a Steen - grave from St Michaels
1798 August 9 Edwards John, m
1792 January 3 Edwards William, m Son of John & Mercy - Headstone No 681
1745 December 16 Edwards John, m John son of John & Ann, at ye East End of Mr Courts Tomb

680-
  Here lieth buried/ John Edwards/ died August the 9th/ 1798 aged 34 years/   
  also of/ Mercy his wife/ who died April 15 1831/ aged 89 years/             

  681-
  To the memory/ of William son of/ John & Mercy Edwards/ who died 29th       
  December 1791/ aged 10 years/                                               
                                                                             
  Footstone - WE 1791.

The Hammond Burials:
1792 October 26 Hammond Martha, f Widow of William
1784 January 30 Hammond Thomas, m Thomas of St Thomas Cliffe, in a steen grave.
1780 December 28 Hammond   William, m William, Tanner. Churchwarden when the parish church of St Johns was repaired and beautified. - Stone No 601

Hope all of the above has been of help to you

Chris in 1066
   

[Chris in 1066Land]

cauncej

Did I mention that I also transcribed the Baptism Registers for Sub Castro

Baptisms in the names you are researching between 1601 and 1845

1744   Nov   23   Daw   Abigail   f      Joseph   Ann      
1746   Sep   29   Daw   James   m      Joseph   Ann      
1747   Feb   28   Daw   Thomas   m      Joseph   Ann      
1750   May   24   Daw   Susannah   f      Joseph   Ann
      
1743   Apr   28   Edwards   Ann   f      John   Ann      
1749   Apr   18   Edwards   Catherine   f      John   Ann      
1756   Feb   5   Edwards   William   m      John   Ann      
1781   Aug   20   Edwards   William   m      John   mercy      
1786   Aug   20   Edwards   Charles   m      John   Mercey      
1811   Jun   21   Edwards   Martha   f      Samuel    Mary   House of Correction   

1720   Feb   12   Hoade   Henry   m      John   Mary      
1717   Apr   28   Hoadle   Richard   m      John   Mary      millwright

1757   Sep   23   Hammond   William   m      William   Ann      at the Tanyard   born 1 Sep
1760   Apr   1   Hammond   Ann   f      William         of the tann yard   
1762   Mar   4   Hammond   Elizabeth   f      William   Ann         
1764   Oct   17   Hammond   Ann   f      William   Ann      
1812   Jun   14   Hammond   Henry Allwork   m      Henry   Ruth      
1817   Feb   2   Hammond   Sarah   f      William   Lucy   OTP   Shoemaker
1818   Apr   26   Hammond   Ruth   f      Henry   Ruth   OTP   Brazier
1820   Feb   13   Hammond   George Allwork   m      Henry   Ruth   OTP   Braizer
1827   Jul   15   Hammond   Sergeant Terry   m      Sergeant   Mary   OTP   Blacksmith
1835   May   31   Hammond   Jane   f   d   John   Elizabeth   OTP   Fell Monger
1837   Feb   5   Hammond   Martha   f   d   John   Elizabeth   OTP   Labourer

Hope that has been of help to you

Chris in 1066