John UNSTED - West Dean By Seaford, Sussex *COMPLETED* with thanks

[Westy11]

Very minimal information and hoping for some assistance please to determine maiden names and dates for marriage for UNSTED.

John UNSTED [date of baptism and parents unknown] married twice and had issue from both marriages.

john married Ann ? and their issue [all baptised at West Dean By Seaford] were;
William 10 Feb 1722
James 17 Jan 1724
Samuel 13 Nov 1726

Anne was buried 25 Oct 1728 West Dean By Seaford

John secondly married Alice ?  around 1728/1729 and their children [to date] were:
Edward bap 28 Sep 1729 at West Dean By Seaford, and
Sarah bap  18 Feb 1732 at West Dean By Seaford

Hoping for some assistance please.

Westy

[Pheno]

Just checking that the baptisms you are quoting actually state West Dean by Seaford because East Dean is closer to Seaford than West Dean.

Pheno

[Westy11]

Hi,

The following link is what i am using.  https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N29C-F3D

Westy

[Pheno]

Just checked this on the Sussex Family History Group members date and this baptism is recorded on there as being at All Saints, West Dean, Lewes, Sussex.

I will check there for any Unstead marriages.

Pheno

[Pheno]

Sorry, no male Unsted or variants marriages in a 10 year period around 1725 on the Sussex Marriage Index.

Pheno

[philipsearching]

FamilySearch has a baptism in Seaford for Elizabeth, daughter of John and Ann UNSTED on 19 Jun 1720 (same register page as William bapt 1722)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6967-GW4?i=321&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AKFGQ-H6P

Further on is John, son of John and Ann UNSTEAD bapt 1724 (no visible date)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6967-R8J?i=322&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AKFGQ-H6P

The register entry for Edward (28 Sep 1729) reads: "son of John Unstead & Anna his wife. 

There is a burial of John UNSTEAD in Seaford 3 Sep 1729 who may be related (father perhaps?) to your John.

I scrolled back from 1732 to 1650 but found no other UNSTEAD register entries except the ones you listed.  So it seems reasonable to state that John UNSTEAD was not baptised in Seaford, that there was no evidence of an UNSTEAD family in Seaford before he arrived, and that neither of his marriages took place in Seaford.

(As a sidenote - the Seaford indexing on FamilySearch is almost useless - the only way is to find an entry then open the image and flick through the pages - and there appears to be more than one set of registers which are not exact duplicates, though many entries appear in both!)

Philip

[jonw65]

There is a burial of John UNSTEAD in Seaford 3 Sep 1729 who may be related (father perhaps?) to your John.

John Ansted of Seaford, husbandman; registered will with grant of probate
Proved 1 Oct 1729, Archdeaconry of Lewes
https://www.thekeep.info/collections/getrecord/GB179_PBT_1_1_53_71C

Original will here. Daughter Ann.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D4M9-8WY?i=194&cat=685691

[emeltom]

There is a marriage between John Ansted and Ann Towner which took place 3 October 1717 in Newhaven, which is about 5 miles from West Dean.

Emeltom

[jonw65]

Image here
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D443-BVQ?i=771&cat=218041