Thursday, July 17, 2008

William Whitington, family and notes

Family Group Record for William WHITINGTON tenant farmer, Fittleworth

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Husband: William WHITINGTON tenant farmer, Fittleworth
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Born: 10 Apr 1757 - Coldwaltham, W Sussex, England
Christened: 12 Sep 1762 - Fittleworth, W Sussex, England
Died: After 1795 - Fittleworth, W Sussex, England
Buried:
Marriage: 8 Oct 1779 Place: Petworth, W Sussex,
England
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Wife: Sarah ETHERINGTON Spinster Of Coates
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Born: 4 Mar 1756 - Petworth, W Sussex, England
Christened: 4 Apr 1756 - Kirdford, W Sussex, England
Died: 4 Jun 1835 - Pulborough, W Sussex, England
Buried:
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Events
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1. Residence, Cottage interior, 1800s
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Children
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1 F Lucey WHITINGTON
Born:
Christened: Feb 1780 - Fittleworth, W Sussex, England
Died:
Buried:
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2 M John WHITINGTON
Born:
Christened: 13 Jan 1782 - Fittleworth, W Sussex, England
Died:
Buried:
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3 F Sarah WHITINGTON
Born:
Christened: 27 Mar 1785 - Fittleworth, W Sussex, England
Died:
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4 F Elizabeth WHITINGTON
Born:
Christened: 25 Aug 1789 - Fittleworth, W Sussex, England
Died: Bef 1794 - Fittleworth, W Sussex, England
Buried:
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5 M James WHITINGTON
Born:
Christened: 28 Nov 1790 - Fittleworth, W Sussex, England
Died:
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6 F Elizabeth WHITINGTON Spinster
Born: 8 Jun 1794 - Fittleworth, W Sussex, England
Christened:
Died: Bef 1841 - Midhurst, W Sussex, England
Buried:
Spouse: William RAPSON Sawyer, Poor Law, Regency (1799-Bef 1851)
Marr. Date: 19 Oct 1822 - Woolavington, W Sussex, England
Spouse:
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Events
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1. Residence, Cottage interior, 1800s
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7 F Ann WHITINGTON
Born:
Christened: 23 Oct 1796 - Fittleworth, W Sussex, England
Died:
Buried:
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General Notes (Wife)
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ETHERINGTON: Hetherington is one of the names of the Reiver families who ran
raids on the border areas between Scotland and England in the 14th to 17th
centuries.

English - Locational Name; Settlement Ending; Ton.
It occurred most often in 1881 in the London and Durham areas, and after that,
in Hampshire and Sussex.

In 1867 an Edmund Etherington was shopkeeper in Lurgashall where Willliam
Rapson was born.

And in Midhurst 1867:
Etherington Alfred & James, auctioneers & general valuers, builders & cabinet
makers, & house & estate agents, Rumbold's hill
Etherington William, baker, West street


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Research Notes (Wife)
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Notes (Marriage)
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bachelor 22 husbandman Fittleworth
spinster 22 of Coates
witnesses WW (groom) and Thomas Knight, farmer, Coates

Last Modified: 19 Jul 2007