Richard Weston, Mayfield, Sussex
 

Name: Richard Weston
Date and place of birth: 1703 Mayfield, Sussex
Names of parents: John Weston and Elizabeth
Date and place of baptism: 10/9/1703 St. Dunstan's Mayfield
Marriage: 3/10/1731 St. Dunstan’s Mayfield, Sussex to Sarah Pocock
Occupation(s): husbandman
Addresses where they lived: Mayfield, Sussex
Date, place and cause of death; Sussex June 1779
Date and place of burial. 25/6/1779 St. Dunstan's Mayfield, Sussex
Details of will / administration of their estate: Not found
Memorial inscription: Unknown

Children: John bpt 27/3/1733 St. Dunstan’s and Elizabeth 7/11/1734.
There is also a baptism of a Mary at Biddenden, Kent 30/5/1737 which may also belong to the same family.

Lots of confusion here with information and sources!!
1. I have always attributed my ancestor to the above couple but I can no longer find records that I could before and I did not note where I found them. However I did find another baptism of Elizabeth Weston at St. Dunstans on 12/4/1737 to Robert Weston and Elizabeth Rochester. However my Elizabeth married at Mayfield May 1756 to John Midmore, so I probably thought as the 2nd Elizabeth was a minor, so it is more likely the first Elizabeth. On reflection, I also chose my Elizabeth as daughter of Richard and Sarah, because she used those names for some of her children, but did not use Robert.
2. I found some records on the Weald site, but I thought there were Mayfield records online somewhere, but I cannot find them now.
3. There are some amazing trees on Ancestry with Richard dying at 100 years of age and attached to parents John Weston and Elizabeth Mayoe-Clarke .. Richard’s baptism is given as 10/9/1703 but I have not been able to find it..
Help..:o

I have selected from some of the following information that Elizabeth has given me, which supports and Ancestral file that I had found some time back on familysearch. It tied the three generations together and had a will proved 25/11/1736 for John Weston of Rutherfield, Sussex. When I purchase this will I hope it will prove this conclusively.

Two possible candidates for Richard:

Entry from Mayfield St Dunstan 1695 - 1759
First names Richard
Surname WESTON
Sex s
Baptism Date 31-Jan
Baptism Year 1696/1697
Father first names Thomas
Father surname WESTON
Mother first names Rachel
Mother surname WESTON
Town Mayfield
County East Sussex

Entry from Mayfield St Dunstan 1695 - 1759
First names Richard
Surname WESTON
Sex s
Baptism Date 10-Sep
Baptism Year 1703
Father first names John
Father surname WESTON
Mother first names Elizabeth
Mother surname WESTON
Town Mayfield
County East Sussex

Burials for Richard Weston at Mayfield, including ones that can't be him just as information:

Entry from Mayfield St. Dunstan 1614 - 1900
FORENAME Richard
SURNAME WESTON
BURIAL DATE 27-Oct
YEAR 1749
OTHER twin s William & Sarah
PLACE Mayfield
LOCATION St.Dunstan

This next one seems the most feasible:
Entry from Mayfield St. Dunstan 1614 - 1900
FORENAME Richard
SURNAME WESTON
BURIAL DATE 25-Jun
YEAR 1779
OTHER Husbandman
PLACE Mayfield
LOCATION St.Dunstan

Entry from Mayfield St. Dunstan 1614 - 1900
FORENAME Richard
SURNAME WESTON
AGE 61y
BURIAL DATE 29-Aug
YEAR 1813
OTHER Coffings Mill
PLACE Mayfield
LOCATION St.Dunstan

Entry from Mayfield St. Dunstan 1614 - 1900
FORENAME Richard
SURNAME WESTON
AGE 59y
BURIAL DATE 22-Jun
YEAR 1829
PLACE Mayfield
LOCATION St.Dunstan

Probably Sarah's burial:

Entry from Mayfield St. Dunstan 1614 - 1900
FORENAME Sarah
SURNAME WESTON
BURIAL DATE 4-Jun
YEAR 1780
OTHER w Richard Huabandman
PLACE Mayfield
LOCATION St.Dunstan

An early will for a Weston from Mayfield:


Index Name WESTON
Surname Weston
First names Richard
Title suffix senior
Year d 1632
Will Rel testator
Place Mayfield
Co Ssx
Source 88
Entry 41130

Entry from Mayfield St. Dunstan 1614 - 1900
FORENAME William
SURNAME WESTON
BURIAL DATE 7-Sep
YEAR 1779
OTHER s Richard & Sarah
PLACE Mayfield
LOCATION St.Dunstan

Many thanks for all that information Liza, lots to absorb.

I did find in my documents, that some time back, I had found on familysearch, an Ancestral file, which had my Elizabeth the daughter of Richard Weston born 1703, his parents John Weston and Elizabeth, with a will for John Weston proved 25/11/1736 of Rutherfield, Sussex. Not sure if this person had bought the will and it proved this connection. Obviously I need to find this will and purchase it . Many thanks again. Julie

I was looking for wills for you, Julie, and came across proof of early Westons at Mayfield:

eference:
PROB 11/67/122
Description:
Will of John Weston, Yeoman of Mayfield, Sussex
Date:
26 May 1584
Held by:
The National Archives, Kew


Shame it wasn't a later one. This one is downloadable.

This looks interesting:


Reference:
C 11/1751/8
Description:

Short title: Hooper v Weston.

Document type: Bill only.

Plaintiffs: George Hooper, gent of Mayfield, Sussex.

Defendants: John Weston, the son and John Weston, the grandson.

Date of bill (or first document): 1727

Note:
The naming of a party does not imply that he or she will appear in all the documents in this cause (after the bill)
Date:
1727

Liza if you are there can you see the E Book that I have just posted about? Thanks. Julie
The Westons are really quite interesting .. I hope the pedigree charts in the E Book might give me more clues.. It looks like it was originally de Weston.