Peter Hunnisett

Thomas & Ann Colbran of Arlington

Thomas Colbran was born around 1768 but his baptism has not been verified. One Thomas was baptised in Ashburnham in 1768 and another in Seddlescombe in 1769

Ann Hoade was probably born around 1770.

Thomas married Ann Hoade in Arlington on 9 April 1792. They had 11 children baptised in Arlington:

Ann was buried in Arlington on 10 February 1833 and Thomas on 17 September 1837.

Of their children:

• William married Harriet Radford at Chiddingly on 2 April 1816 and they are believed to have had the following children:

  George

  ca. 1817

  Mary

  ca. 1821

  Lucy Ann

  ca. 1824

  Eli

  bap. 29 Aug 1830

  Arlington

  William was an agricultural labourer and they lived at Cane Heath, Arlington. William died in 1867, aged 73.

• John married Ruth Russell in Hellingly on 19 March 1822 and they had 8 children baptised:

  Jane

  2 Jun 1822

  Hellingly

  Walter

  11 Jun 1824

  Hellingly bur. 20 Jun 1824

  Thomas

  31 Jul 1825

  Hellingly

  Ann

  2 Mar 1828

  Arlington

  Ruth

  11 Dec 1831

  Arlington

  Naomi

  19 Jan 1834

  Arlington

  Orpah

  9 Dec 1836

  Arlington bur. 18 Dec 1836

  Rebecca

  27 Mar 1838

  Arlington

  John was an agricultural labourer and lived at Upper Dicker in Arlington Parish. By 1861 he had was lodging with his married daughter, Rebecca Vine, at Cophall Farm in Folkington, where he died in 1881 aged 87.

• Barbara married William Frost in Chiddingly on 4 February 1817 and they are believed to have had the following children:

  Henry

  8 Jun 1817

  ??

  William

  14 Feb 1819

  Heathfield Ind. born 4 Jan

  Mary Ann

  4 Feb 1821

  Heathfield Ind. born 3 Jan

  John

  23 Mar 1823

  Heathfield Ind. born 15 Feb

  Barbara

  15 May 1825

  Heathfield Ind. born 15 Apr

  James

  17 Jun 1827

  Mayfield

  George

  28 Jun 1829

  Mayfield

  Sarah

  10 Oct 1830

  Mayfield

  Benjamin

  ca. 1832

  Samuel

  ca. 1834

  Frederick

  ca. 1836

  Eli

  Q3 1840

  Susan

  Q4 1843

  In 1841 the family were living in Framfield, where William worked as an agricultural labourer. Barbara was buried in Framfield on 31 August 1843.

• Susanna married John Richardson in Chiddingly on 27 February 1816 and had 9 children:

  Thomas

  27 Apr 1817

  Chiddingly

  Ann

  24 Sep 1820

  Chiddingly born 26 Aug

  Mary

  9 Mar 1823

  Chiddingly born 21 Jan

  Phillis

  4 Apr 1824

  Chiddingly born 9 Mar

  John

  28 Jan 1827

  Chiddingly

  William

  21 Jun 1829

  Chiddingly

  Henry

  4 Sep 1831

  Chiddingly

  Naomi

  16 Sep 1838

  Chiddingly

  George

  26 Nov 1843

  Chiddingly

  John and Susanna lived in Chiddingly. Susannah lived to be 90 and died in 1889.

• Sarah married John Funnell and lived in Chiddingly and Ringmer.

• Elizabeth married Thomas Dadd in Litlington on 29 December 1821. They had 11 children baptised in Dallington, where they were living at Cinder Hill in 1841

  Elizabeth

  6 Jul 1823

  James

  21 Aug 1825

  William

  9 Sep 1827

  Stephen

  21 Jun 1829

  Trayton

  10 Jun 1831

  George

  31 Aug 1834

  Harriet

  16 Dec 1836

  Henry

  10 Feb 1839

  Jane

  1 Aug 1841

  Peter

  17 Sep 1843

  Thomas

  19 Dec 1847

  Elizabeth died in 1873 aged 71.

• Thomas is known to have emigrated to Australia where he married Mary Maloney, had 3 children, and died in 1898.

• Henry married Lucy Prior in Arlington on 25 April 1835 and they are thought to have had 10 children:

  James

  ca. 1834

  buried 3 Mar 1844 Arlington

  Hannah Jane

  ca. 1836

  Wilmington

  Owen

  7 Apr 1839

  Arlington

  George

  19 Apr 1842

  Arlington

  Charles Edgar

  10 May 1845

  Arlington

  Francis

  25 Jul 1847

  Arlington & bur. 20 Mar 1848

  Miriam

  16 Sep 1849

  Upper Dicker & bur. 18 Nov

  Horace

  29 Dec 1850

  Upper Dicker

  Lucy Ann

  13 Aug 1854

  West Dean

  Rhoda

  ca. 1857

  Eastbourne

  Henry was an agricultural labourer and lived most of his life in Arlington, although in 1861 the family were living at Hill Cottages in Eastbourne.  In 1871 he was back in Arlington and he died in 1876 aged 70.

  • Horace married Mary Ann Marchant, was a greengrocer in Eastbourne and lived in Myrtle Road. Among their children was Amos Bert Colbran, who I always knew as Bert when he and his wife Olive lived next door to us in Seaside. He was stone deaf and very pleased to tell you that as a bricklayer he had helped to build the new Langney crematorium.

• James married Elizabeth Hilton in Arlington on 21 June 1828 where they had 4 children:

  David

  12 Oct 1828

  Arlington

  Caroline

  10 Oct 1830

  Arlington

  John

  10 Mar 1833

  Arlington

  George

  ca. 1835

  James was an agricultural labourer and they were living in Wilmington in 1841 with all their children and Elizabeth’s mother, Emma Hilton. In 1861 James and Elizabeth were living with their married daughter, Caroline Fears, in Brighton. James was still lodging in Brighton in 1871 and died there in 1885, aged 77.

• George was staying with his married sister, Barbara Frost in Framfield in 1841. He married Caroline Barnes in Hailsham on 13 April 1844 and they are known to have had 4 children:

  Barbara

  2 Jun 1844

  Upper Dicker

  William

  ca. 1846

  Heighton

  Mary Ann

  1848

  Heighton

  George

  ca. 1850

  Heighton

  George was a carter and in 1851 they were all living in South Heighton which is near Newhaven. By 1861 they had moved back to Arlington where they lived in Wick Street. George was still in Wick Street in 1871 but by 1881 he was living with his married niece, Mary Wooller, the daughter of his brother William, at Dicker Road, Arlington. George died in 1887 aged 75.