PETERS Beeding to Brighton

[javajune]

Hi everyone.  I am new to this board and quite impressed with what I have seen so far.

Having trouble finding siblings and parents for my ggrandmother, Hester/Ester/Esther PETERS.

Ester (sic) is enumerated on 1851 census as unmarried, age 21, laundress, born Beeding, living Brighton with a family named SNELLING.

In the 1881 census her birthplace is described as Brighton.

I have found refence to one Hester PETERS christened 1830 in Beeding with parents James PETERS and Anne, however, if I do a parent search there are a possible 153 children in Sussex born to James and Anne PETERS.

I think I need contact with PETERS researchers in order to find Hester in a family situation.

Please can anyone out there help me.

Thank you for reading.

Javajune   

[Chris in 1066Land]

Hi JavaJune

Welcome to Rootschat - we hope your visit here will help further your research.

Have just looked on the 1841 census for Beeding, both Upper Beeding and Lower Beeding (40 pages) but without success I am afraid for your Peters Family.

There was a Peters family, but the head was Philip (Ag Lab) not James, with wife Eleanor and their 6 children and they did not have a child Ester aged about 11 or 12

I think the answer will be found in the Parish Registers for Beeding and Surrounding district

Sorry to be negative on your first query

Chris in 1066Land

[javajune]

Thank you so much for your response, Chris, and so fast too!

I have found a marriage between James PETERS and Ann TONSETT in Woodmancote hear Hurstpierpoint and feel (hope) that these might be Hester's parents.  I can't prove it at this point though.

My research leads me to believe that Beeding is now Upper Beeding and that it was in the Steyning Registration District, not Horsham as I originally thought.  Perhaps, with your extensive knowledge, you could confirm this for me.

Can I access the Beeding [or Steyning] Parish Records, online, from Canada?  Probably not, but thought I had better ask.

June

[Chris in 1066Land]

Hi June

According to my 1841 census details:

HO107/ 1095 - Rape of Bramber; Hundred of Burbeach, Parish of Upper Beeding, Township of Lower Beeding
Steyning (1098) also comes under Bramber as does Horsham(1097)
Unfortunately I do not have the census for the western part of sussex in 1851 - so can not tell you where it was located then.

To the best of my knowledge, Beeding or Steyning Parish registers are not available on line - you need a look up in the Parish Registera at the West Sussex records Office in Chichester

Chris in 1066Land

[javajune]

Hi Chris:

Thanks for the details from the 1841 census headings:  The Parish of Upper Beeding is within the Township of Lower Beeding.

hope I've got that right.  Correct me if I'm wrong.

Asking for a lookup in the parish registers at the West Sussex records office seems a bit cheeky to me.  Think I'll pass on that one.  Unless I get desperate, of course!

Thank you very much for taking the time to help me.

Javajune

P.S.  Have lots of ancestors from Sussex so may be back to talk to you again.

[Chris in 1066Land]

Hi there

Its the other way round:

Township of Lower Beeding is in the Parish of Upper Beeding which is in the hundred of Burbeach in the Rape of Bramber

If you find that you want any further research in Sussex - you know where to find help - here on the Sussex Boards

Incidentally, without going into it to much:

Rapes - Ancient divisions of Sussex, comparable to the 'Lathes' of Kent. The six Susex rapes were adapted as castleries after the Norman Conquest.

Hundreds - Subdivisions of counties from the 10th century onwards. In Anglo Saxon periods, hundreds probably consisted of 100 hides, a unit of taxation

Parish   - The majority of englands medievil parishes were formed by 1200.  From the 9th centuryonwards, local lords founded churches to serve their estates, the boundaries of which were naturally used as the boundaries of the new parish

Township - The smallest unit of local government, and an ancient one.
Where parishes were large (e,g, the pennines) they were subdivided into townships

I think that better helps to put it in perspective

Chris in 1066Land