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« on: Thursday 29 August 13 14:33 BST (UK) »
Hi
I am after some help in tracing the Deacon family of Sussex. The family were travellers and i have traced back to a James Deacon who married a Henrietta. I have no further details on James but from a Baptism at Slindon their son was also called James and he married Elizabeth Mayo in 1837 in Chichester. I have traced their siblings, but what i am really after is on Frederick Deacon Baptism off 1849 at South Berstead his father James occupation is Hawker from North Berstead. A year later a Mary Ann Deacon was baptised in South Berstead and her parents were Thomas and Hannah and Thomas was a Hawker from North Berstead. I believe that James and Thomas must be related and i wondered if anybody could help finding the link. Would it be a fair assumption that if there are travellers surname Deacon/Deacons/Deakins travelling Hampshire/Sussex/Surrey they would be all related?
Many thanks