Person:Charles Southerton (5)

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Charles Southerton
chr.11 Mar 1787 Aldingbourne, Sussex, England
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Parents and Siblings
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m. 19 Apr 1786
  1. Charles Southerton1787 -
  2. Joseph Southerton1789 -
  3. William Southerton1791 - Abt 1866
  4. Elizabeth Southerton1794 -
  5. Richard Southerton1796 -
  6. George Southerton1798 - Aft 1832
  7. Daniel SouthertonAbt 1803 -
  8. Thomas Southerton1807 - 1870
  9. Jemima Southerton1809 -
  10. John Southerton1812 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 7 Jun 1808
  1. Edmund SouthertonBef 1808 - 1842
  2. Thomas SouthertonBef 1810 -
  3. Mary SouthertonAbt 1812 - 1888
  4. William SouthertonAbt 1814 -
  5. Ann SouthertonAbt 1815 -
  6. Joseph SouthertonAbt 1818 - 1872
  7. Harriet SouthertonAbt 1820 -
  8. Lydia SouthertonAbt 1822 -
  9. Charles SouthertonAbt 1826 -
  10. Richard SouthertonAbt 1826 -
  11. James SouthertonAbt 1827 to 1828 - Aft 1880
  12. Emily SouthertonAbt 1831 - Bet 1871 & 1881
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Facts and Events
Name Charles Southerton
Alt Name Charles Sotherton
Gender Male
Christening[1][2] 11 Mar 1787 Aldingbourne, Sussex, England
Marriage 7 Jun 1808 Aldingbourne, Sussex, Englandto Elizabeth Greenwood
Emigration[3] 14 Jun 1832 New Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey, United StatesCross Roads
Death? Y
References
  1. ↑ International Genealogical Index (2)
    C070011.
  2. ↑ Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS). International Genealogical Index. (Part of the website of the LDS which is at www.familysearch.org)
    C070011.
  3. ↑ It appears that Edmund, Charles & Elizabeth's first son went over as a "scout" in 1831 with the rest of the family coming over the next year. It also appears that Charles spent some time in New Jersey before moving to Connecticut.
    Letter from: Charles Southerton
    Formerly of: Aldingbourne, West Sussex, England
    Living in: Cross Roads, near New Brunswick, New Jersey
    Date of Letter: 19 September 1832
    Letter mailed to: Mr. Southerton, “Alingbourn”, Sussex

    'Dear Father & Mother,

    … I am very happy and I think Providence smiles upon me. I am at work at ditching at present and get a dollar a day … and when we have done ditching there is plenty of wood cutting. A steady man might hearn 6s. a day [comparable to a laborer's weekly wage in Sussex in 183] which I have ever since I have been here and sometimes more … If any of you should come (I never will persuade no one) when they do come, bring spades and shovels and handbills, for there is none in this country, and large wooden bottles. Ripe Hooks is but little service for they cradle all their corn hear … If people knowed what America was, they never (would) stay in old England. We was 7 weeks and I day upon our voyage … we past 5 ice burgs in 1 day, they are large as any barn … There is plenty of Peach orchards, they (are) 1 dollar a bushel; and plenty of apples, they are 10 cents a bushel …

    Your dutifull and affecte. Son
    Chas. Southerton.'

    The parish of Aldingbourne paid the expenses for transport of 38 residents from Portsmouth, Sussex to New York City in the spring of 1832 at a total cost of 200 pounds. The cost of just the passage (not including food) was approximately 4.4 pounds per individual. The cost of the food and conveyance from Aldingbourne to the port of Portsmouth was also paid by the Overseers of the Poor for Aldingbourne.
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