Peter Hunnisett

Thomas & Elizabeth Manser of Westham

Thomas Manser Prestnel, illegitimate son of Eleanor Prestnel, was born on 1^st March 1768 and baptised in Westham on 27 March 1768.

Elizabeth Cousens, a daughter of John and Frances, was baptised in Litlington on 24^th October 1773. 

Having dropped the surname Prestnal, Thomas Manser married Elizabeth Cousens in Litlington on 10^th March 1791. They subsequently lived in Westham where they had two children christened:

Elizabeth was buried in Westham on 24^th November 1840. 

Thomas Manser, aged 75, was living in an Alms House in Westham in 1841 and was buried in Westham on 11^th October 1844.

Of their children:

• Henry married Elizabeth Milton in Westham on 8^th  September 1819 having obtained a licence in Lewes on the previous day.  They may have had a daughter, Sophia, baptised in Dallington on 8^th August 1821, but nothing more is known of this pair.

• Winifred married William Hunnisett, an agricultural labourer, in Westham on 6^th March 1821.