Thomas Harwood

[Jill]

Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Thomas Harwood
Date and place of birth
c1742 Pulborough, Sussex
Names of parents
Edward Harwood & Elizabeth (nee Edwards)
Baptism
27 Dec 1742, Pulborough, Sussex
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any - and any divorces
24 Feb 1778, Thakeham, Sussex to Mary Grant
Occupation(s) - if any
Blacksmith
Addresses where they lived - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on, if applicable.
Sutton, Sussex (of Sutton at marriage 1778)
Date, place and cause of death
Jul 1816 Sutton, Sussex
Date and place of burial / cremation.
27 Jul 1816 age 76 Sutton Sussex (Under name of Thomas Harrold)
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Made 2nd Apr 1813, probate Chichester 9 Jan 1817
Memorial inscription - if any
None, Sutton churchyard thoroughly searched.
Link to son Edmund
Link to wife Mary

[marquette]

Hi Jill

Just noting our common Harwoods

Regards

Diane

[Jill]

Hello cousin Diane - this chap is your Catherine Tupper Harwood's 1st cousin 3x removed, and my husband's 1st cousin 7x removed, not so much a family tree as a family tangle!

[marquette]

he's also my 1st cousin 7 times removed so we are a wide wide family tree !

Di

[Jill]

Thomas left his wife 2 cows and a life interest in his house & 7 acres of land, plus all his stock in trade so she could continue the business for her own benefit and that of sons James & Edmund who were not of age. Should she remarry, all was to be sold to repay the £550 mortgage and any residue to be split between his nine children whom he lists, sons first in name order: Thomas, Edward, Henry, James & Edmund, then his daughters (no mention of their married names) : Mary, Eleanor, Elizabeth and Alice (never heard of Alice, cannot find anything even though I have looked through Sutton register on Familysearch). There had been another two daughters, Ann and Frances who must have died (an Ann Harwood was bur 1806 in Sutton)

He also made provision for Edmund to be apprenticed to a trade (he later became a cordwainer). His executors were his widow, his friends John Neal (whose father John was another of my direct ancestors) and George Tupper both yeomen of Bignor, the next village.

There is also a valuation of his estate, which came to £175 17s 1d

[Jill]

Researching an imminent trip to Bignor Roman Villa reveals that the George Tupper discovered it was the same George Tupper who was friend and executor of my Thomas Harwood, and that the Tupper family still own the farm.