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Facts and Events
Sarah Medhurst was baptised on 5th September 1813 at Frant in Sussex, daughter of Sarah Medhurst, formerly Pollington, and her husband James Medhurst, a wood turner. Sadly she died when she was about four years old, being buried at neighbouring Speldhurst on 20th July 1817.
References
- ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Frant (Sussex). Parish registers, 1543-1881. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1984).
| BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Frant in the County of Sussex in the Year 1813 | | No. | When Baptized | Child's Christian Name | Parents' Name | Abode | Quality, Trade, or Profession | By whom the Ceremony was performed | | Christian | Surname | | 41 | 1813 Sept[tembe]r 5th | Sarah daughter of | James and Sarah | Medhurst | Frant | Turner | John Moore, Curate of Frant |
- ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Speldhurst (Kent). Parish registers, 1558-1874. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1992).
| BURIALS in the Parish of Speldhurst in the County of Kent in the Year 1817 | | No. | Name | Abode | When buried | Age | By whom the Ceremony was performed | | 179 | Sarah Medhurst | Speldhurst | July 20th | 4 years | W.H. Stephens |
A nine month old boy named George Medhurst was also buried on 20th July 1817 at Speldhurst. This burial has been linked to the Sarah Medhurst baptised at Frant in 1813 on the basis that a newspaper article of 1831 (transcribed on her father's page) says that her parents had six children living with them at that time. The other six children who had been born to the couple by that time can be shown to have all still been alive, implying that Sarah had died. Her father also claimed to be from Tunbridge Wells, which straddled the parishes of Tonbridge, Frant and Speldhurst.
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