Oliver Olliver family of Sussex

[sugarfizzle]

Can anybody help me?

I have long thought that Elizabeth Oliver/Olliver, who married John Barker 1739 in Amberley, Sussex might have been daughter of Clement Oliver/Olliver and Margaret Swift, baptised 19 Apr 1719, Goring, Sussex.

Ancestry have recently added West Sussex Wills to their database, and it would seem that I am wrong (along with a lot of other Ancestry trees).

 In his Will proved 1757 he mentions his wife Mary, sons John, Clement, Thomas, William and Edward, also a daughter Elizabeth Fields, married to Thomas Fields and a grandaughter, Elizabeth Chapman.
I think that Clement may have married a Mary Church in Dec 1751 (Margaret died in 1737).

So 3 questions really
1) I am unable to find the marriage of Elizabeth and Thomas

2) Any alternatives for parentage of 'my' Elizabeth, married to John Barker. At marriage - 29 Jul 1739 - John Barker of Broadwater, Elizabeth Oliver of Arundel?

3) Who was Elizabeth Chapman?

Wills often paint a different picture!

Regards Margaret

[Little Nell]

I think this might be a working hypothesis:

Elizabeth Oliver, daughter of Clement, married James Chapman 9 October 1740 in Goring.

They had a daughter Elizabeth baptised in Goring 21 April 1742 - so she is Clement's granddaughter Elizabeth Chapman.

James Chapman died in 1744, buried 31 March at Goring

His widow Elizabeth (Clement's daughter) remarried to Thomas Field 9 Oct 1748 at Goring.

Not sure what alternative parentage for your Elizabeth who married John Barker to suggest at the moment!

Nell

[sugarfizzle]

Seems plausible, Nellie.
I looked and couldn't see any probable candidates for 1) and 3), now it seems so obvious. Fresh eyes are always helpful.

Now to find 'my' Elizabeth, who would have been my 6G grandmother.

Thanks again, Margaret

[Pheno]

Hi Margaret,  there is the baptism of an Elizabeth Olliver, daughter of William, in Littlehampton St. Mary on 8 May 1720.  Could this be a possibility?

The only other possible baptism seems to be:
Elizabeth Oliver 27 Aug 1721 dau of James and Susan at Udimore      but this is a long way from Arundel.

Pheno