Davis Family 1820,s

[kerryb]

Found the following burial record on FindMyPast

Benjamin Davis
buried 20 May 1835
age 45
at Ewhurst, St James

Kerry

[kerryb]

If you go to the Hugh Wallis Site http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/ and look up Sussex and then Ewhurst you can find baptisms for all the children including Jane 6 June 1825 and an Eliza 10 November 1816 all to Benjamin and Hannah.

I would love to know where the Cuckney comes in though.  I can't find a second marriage for Hannah - a mystery.

Kerry

[barnesy]

thanks guys you are helping me a lot i only new that Jane Davis came to Australia and  her parents names i ,m not sure if she came to Australia by herself or with other members of the family

[Ruskie]

Some interesting finds there Kerry.

Wonder why Jane b 1825 didn't show up when I did an IGI parent search? (I WAS in a rush and may have done something wrong  )

That Cuckney surname is very curious .... there can't be any other explanation apart from a remarriage. Kerry, did you notice any other Cuckney's on the same ship? or maybe Mr Cuckney went ahead before the rest of the family?  Unusual surname ....

[kerryb]

I had a look on the Sussex Marriage Index earlier for a remarriage of Hannah Davis but nothing came up.  A search of Cuckney did bring the surname up twice in nearby Salehurst.

But yes very curious.

Kerry

[Ruskie]

Found 'em Kerry!
Hannah Davis = James Cuckney
8 May 1838
Ewhurst

[kerryb]

Well bless my socks and anything else I missed that!

Brilliant 

On another tack I've just googled Palmyra and found the following website http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/au1838.htm  It sailed from Gravesend, Kent.

Kerry

[Ruskie]

And just for interest:
James Cuckney
chr 17 Jun 1804
Ewhurst
father Christopher
mother Mary

[Ruskie]

Not too far from Sussex to Gravesend