Mary Ann Sinnock

[mnmilt]

Graham,
I can't give you any definitive help, bu can provide some food for thought.  Based on the 1851 census records, it seems that Thomas Sinnock was born in Catsfield, Sussex in about 1775.  From what I can tell, there were very few Sinnocks in Catsfield.  The following family may be related:


Elizabeth Sinnock; chr 4 Jun 1771 in Catsfield
Thomas Sinnock; ch 13 Jun 1773 in Catsfield
Ann Sinnock; chr 23 Jun 1774 in Catsfield
Catherine Sinnock; chr 18 Jun 1777 in all Saints, Hastings

All of the children were listed as belonging to Elias Sinnock and Elizabeth

Elias Sinnock married Elizabeth Thatcher in Ore, Sussex on 29 Oct 1768.

Elias was my second cousin seven times removed.

The dates don't quite match, but it looks like a lead worth persuing.  The next step would be to have somebody look at the Catsfield Parish records for Sinnock baptisms.

A search of www.a2a.org.uk may be helpful.  If you search for Sinnock and Thatcher (you need to use the "and") you will see several records that show that Sinnocks and Thatchers were involved with one another in the right area in the right timeframe.

All circumstantial, but interesting nevertheless.

Regards

Mark

[g.clarke4]

Many thanks Mark.  Will pursue the Catsfield angle as you suggest and get back to you if there is link.  Thanks again for your help.
Regards
Graham

[Prospector]

Please forgive me if I am doing this in a clumsy way.  I am new to RootsChat.

In the 1990s I corresponded with a Sinnock in the USA who was  doing a lot of Sinnock genealogy.  He sent me a "hard copy" of his tree.  I know that he did a lot of research, but he also received sub-trees (if you will) from other Sinnock descendants and added them into his tree if there was a common ancestor.  I doubt that he had time to validate all his entries before I lost contact with him in the late 1990s.  So I offer the following from his tree because a lot of it matches the information in this thread, but with the caveat that I do not know for certain how much of it is accurate.  Nevertheless, even if it has some errors, it may provide some ideas for more searches.  It also suggests to me a possibility as to why Mary Ann Sinnock has been a bit elusive: there are two of them.  OK, so only one is the daughter of Thomas and Jane.

Thomas Sinnock b. May 30,1757 Hailsham, East Sussex
+ Jane Thatcher b ABT 1775 Sussex or Kent d 1820 Hastings, East Sussex
   Elizabeth Sinnock b. October 04,1797 Hastings
   Jane Sinnock b. January 18, 1801 Hastings
   Mary Ann Sinnock b. June 20, 1804 Hastings
   Thomas Sinnock b. 1806 Hastings d. Aft 1861
   + Ann ? B. ABT 1804 Winchelsea, East Sussex
      James Thomas Sinnock b. June 18, 1833 Hastings d 1910 Hastings
      Mary Ann Sinnock b. February 04,1837 Hastings
      Elias Sinnock b. January 11, 1839 Hastings d. 1864 Lost at sea.
      Jane Sinnock b. ABT 1842 Beckley, East Sussex
      Robert Sinnock b ABT 1845 Beckley

In addition to this information, Thomas ( b 1757) is listed as the son of

James Sinnock b. July 15, 1732 Westham, East Sussex d. January 10, 1813 Hailsham
+ Sarah Marshall b October 07,1733 Hailsham d. November 13,1811 Hailsham
   Thomas Sinnock b. May 30,1757 Hailsham [see above]
   James Sinnock b. August 11 1758 Hailsham d. November 1839
   + Elizabeth Weller b. June 28, 1759 Hailsham d. February 1830
   John Sinnock b. July 04, 1764 Hailsham
   Elizabeth Sinnock b. March 23 1766 Hailsham
   Samuel Sinnock b. October 28, 1770 Hailsham
   Henry Sinnock b. September 13, 1778 Hailsham
   + Mary Wood b. ABT 1780 Kent

... And this is my tie-in.  Henry and Mary are my ggg Parents.

John

[Prospector]

Sorry, that last line should have said

Henry and Mary are my ggg Grandparents.

John

[sae]

My Great, Great Grandmother  Annie Evans nee Hyland had a newspaper clipping from the St Leonards  Hastings Gazette dated 1/1/1897 Obituary Assocaitions that mentions the The Harveys, The Sinnocks and The Thatchers.

It mention Mrs Jane Havey nee Sinnock was born on the 1/1/1801 died in her 87th Years, she was baptised at the Church of All Saints"Hastings on the 18/1/1801 and died the widow of Anthony Harvey on the 12/6/1887 aged 86. Jane married Anthony harvey on the 24/2/1824. Anthony died on the 9/3/1868 aged 87

Mary Ann born 25/5/1804 bapisted at All Saints on the 24/6/1804 and still living widow of James Hart in her 53 years

Elizabeth born on the 3/9/1797 in the Parish Ore and lived in Hastings, died on in Jan 1878 in her 81st year.

Elizabeth Sinnock married Thomas Catt  and was Annie's Grandmother. Her father James Hyland was born Anthony Catt but for some strange reason changed his name on arrival in Australia.

Sherree

[g.clarke4]

Many thanks for that Sheree,
Lots of food for thought.  Will look through it all and get back to you.  Thanks again
Graham

[ssinnock]

Is anyone still here? I think I recognize the lists John posted. About Jane Thatcher, I have an obscure source that indicates Jane's father is Robert (not necessarily Thatcher) and that he owned three cottages in Hastings. Can anyone say anything about that?
Thomas, Jane's husband, has a long line which, by at least one line of reckoning, extends back to Eastbourne in the middle 1500's. For the Sinnock ancestors I would love to confirm, or at least agree to the same lie, about their story. I am pretty sure many if not most Sinnocks can trace back to the Eastbourne and perhaps Hastings areas in, at least, the early 1600's. The name is so rare that searches are mostly fruitful if there are any hits at all. So if there are any delvers into the Sinnock line still out there, I would love to hear from you.
Scott