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:
Mary
2 Sep 1792
bur. 10 Jun 1800?
William
16 Mar 1794
John
8 Nov 1795
Barbara
19 Nov 1797
Susanna
14 Jul 1799
twin
Elizabeth
9 Aug 1801
Thomas
2 Oct 1803
bur. 10 May 1807?
Henry
18 Aug 1805
James
7 Jun 1807
George
3 May 1812
Ann was buried in Arlington on 10 February 1833 and Thomas on 17 September 1837.
Of their children:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Sarah married John Funnell and lived in Chiddingly and Ringmer.
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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.
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Thomas is known to have emigrated to Australia where he married Mary Maloney, had 3 children, and died in 1898.
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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.
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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.
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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.