William TRIGWELL (1860- ) who married Elizabeth GREENAWAY at Ringmer 2 Mar 1878 had 8 children bapt at Ringmer in 1879 (William), 1881 (George), 1886 (Joseph), 1888 (John), 1892 (Mary), 1894 (Samuel), 1897 (Albert) & 1900 (Earnest Albert). This is not a complete list of their children, as there was also an Elizabeth born c.1884 and other suspicious gaps - they probably moved in and out of the parish, explaining the 1891 absence. William TRIGWELL was under 21 when he married and the son of William TRIGWELL, both labs. Elizabeth GREENAWAY was the daughter of George GREENAWAY, lab, and was of full age at marriage.
William TRIGWELL (1860- ) was a son of William TRIGWELL (1822-1893) & his wife Ellen WILLIAMS (1824-1884) [the sixth of their 7 children known to me]. He, unsurprisingly given his father, was occasionally in trouble, and once acquitted (probably luckily) in a Ringmer sheep-stealing case.
William TRIGWELL (1822-1893) was the younger son of John TRIGWELL (1798- ) and his wife Caroline TOWNER. John TRIGWELL, eldest son of Isaac TRIGWELL (1773-1839) and his wife Elizabeth CLARKE (1773-1828), and second of their 12 children, was one of the leaders of the Ringmer rebels in the 1820s and 1830s, until finally transported (theft of chickens and rabbits from the Green Man Inn) in 1838. He continued his one-man rebellion as a transportee, and survived his term, but never returned to Ringmer and his family. He had a fascinating life, very well documented.
