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Old 26-04-13, 14:45
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Name
Nathan Holford
Date and place of birth
C1729 Horsted Keynes, Sussex
Names of parents
John Holford & Mary Bassett
Date and place of baptism - if applicable
11 Mar 1730/31 St Giles. Horsted Keynes
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
18 May 1758 St Giles Horsted Keynes to Sarah Franks
Occupation(s) - if any
Farmer and tenant of the Crown Inn Horsted Keynes. Witnessed 56 marriages at Horsted Keynes 1759-1801
Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!).
Horsted Keynes, Sussex, in 1798 land tax listed him as tenant of lands at West Hoathly; Hammonds, Lindfield; Newnhams, Horsted Keynes; Stumblehole, Horsted Keynes; Marchants Farm, Horsted Keynes and The Crown in Horsted Keynes (the Crown is still open and we visit regularly)
Date, place and cause of death
1802 Horsted Keynes
Date and place of burial.
29 Mar 1802, Horsted Keynes
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Made 25 Aug 1801, probate Lewes 18 Sep 1802 to sons John, Goerge & Abraham
Memorial inscription - if any
In Memory of/NATHAN HOLFORD/Died March 21st 1802/Aged 75 years The tombstone has inscriptions for his wife and son John too and is mounted on the outside wall of the church porch.

Father of Elizabeth Holford
Wife Sarah Franks
Mother Mary Bassett
Father John Holford


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Old 23-02-15, 21:04
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Just thinking out loud...have just found a picture dated 1802 of the church which shows the side of the porch where the gravestone is currently mounted with a window, so goodness knows where the grave actually was. The gravestone must have been moved there more recently.

The son whose inscription is on the bottom of the gravestone died in 1824. Maybe it dates from then, son could have left money for a stone for his parents as well as himself, which might also explain why his mother's age appears to give a birthdate of 1732 when the only baptism for a Sarah Franks is in the next parish in 1736.
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Old 11-01-18, 06:40
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I've now seen the will on Familysearch and transcribed it.
He mentions:
Sons: John, George & Abraham
Daughters: Mary the wife of William Warnet, Sarah the Wife of George Langridge, Sophia Holford, Charlotte the Wife of George Osborne Elizabeth the Wife of
Robert Jenner, and Ann the Wife of John Hills
Granddaughter: Elizabeth Warnet
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