Edward Tester bach & Caroline Newington both of the parish married Lewes 15 Jun 1815, Caroline was a daughter of Joel Newington a Miller of Withernden Mill & Mary Noakes bap 26 Dec 1800 Ticehurst.
I have located a likely candidate for a baptised of an Edward Tester 30 Dec 1782 at Balcombe son of Edward & Mary Tester. But this is just a 'best fit' and I may well be on the wrong track.
I have located 4 children to the couple where Edward was described as a Miller:
Samuel bap 1819 Ticehurst bur 1821 Burwash
Edward 1822 - 1823 Burwash
Caroline bap 1824 Burwash. [Is this the same Caroline who married Stephen Waters in 1848 at Laughton]
William bap 1826 Burwash.
I am looking for them in the 1841 & 1851 census.
In the 1841 census I located an Edward [aged 53 farmer] & Caroline [aged 40] Tester with children of Caroline aged 17, William 15 and a child Emily 7 at East Hoathly. [Registration district: Uckfield; Archive reference: HO107; Piece number: 1118; Book number: 6; Folio number: 14; Page number: 22].
Located a baptism 1834 for Emily dau of an Edward & Caroline Tester .
Questions:
Is the 1841 census 'my' Edward & Caroline Tester?
Where are the couple in 1851?
The Keep has a record for a Caroline TESTER of Laughton, wife of Edward; grant of administration 21 Mar 1851. If this is the correct Edward then he is deceased before the 30 Mar 1851 census. However there is a burial for Caroline Tester aged 49 years at Laughton which seems to indicate this cannot be the same person referred to in The Keep record mentioned above.
Laughton is where Caroline Tester married.
An 1851 record for Edward Tester a widower and his daughter Emily is at Laughton [Registration district: Hailsham; Archive reference: HO107; Piece number: 1638; Folio: 315; Page: 10]. This record seems appropriate given Edward is a widower in 1851.
The unknowns:
Where was Edward Testor baptised?
Are the 1841 & 1851 census finds appropriate?
Or am I totally off track?
Westy