St Leonard's Church, Seaford
East Sussex

'Aged Persons' (1814-86)

The memorials at St Leonard's were first recorded by Seaford resident and Bailiff Henry Simmons (1815-1903 - A28). They were published by the Sussex Archeological Society in Vol XII of "Sussex Archeological Collections" (1860). In addition to that survey of the names visible to him on memorials in the Church and graveyard, Simmons published a list of 116 "Aged Persons" whose details he found in the Parish Records and who had been interred with no memorial. It is likely that many were relatives of those who do have their names recorded on grave markers, and are aluded to as "relative of XXX and YYY". That list is repoduced here to offer possible clues to the identities of family members thus mentioned.

Simmons extracted details for deaths between 1814 and 1886. Why is not explained. It may have been due to how well the Parish Records were maintained during the 19th Century by the Incumbents. Simmons himself was 71 (he lived to 88), and may have been conducting a "longevity study" of some sort, as he only included persons who had died aged 70 and above. The average age at death for all burials, where given, up to c1898 is only 24.


Forename	Surname	Born	Died	Age	Forename	Surname	Born	Died	Age
Anthony	Ade	1748	1825	77	Samuel	Newington	1774	1849	75
Mary	Allwork	1765	1844	79	Ann	Nicholas	1775	1847	72
William	Allwork	1764	1852	88	Harriett	Ockenden	1780	1858	78
Mary	Andrews	1746	1831	85	James	Ockenden	1782	1858	76
Samuel	Andrews	1746	1830	84	Sarah	Ockenden	1772	1842	70
Richard	Ashcroft	1737	1814	77	Jane	Painter	1784	1860	76
Mary	Baker	1753	1825	72	Ann	Picknell	1815	1886	71
Ann	Banks	1748	1828	80	Ann	Pierce	1773	1859	86
John	Banks	1759	1858	99	Martin	Pinnock	1760	1830	70
Benjamin	Beal	1751	1843	92	William	Pont	1778	1856	78
Richard	Beal	1775	1850	75	James	Potter	1762	1843	81
Elizabeth	Bean	1750	1823	73	Henry	Putland	1741	1821	80
Thomas	Bean	1747	1825	78	Sarah	Putland	1738	1820	82
Stephen	Boys	1743	1814	71	Mary	Redman	1769	1839	70
Henry	Bull	1774	1852	78	Elizabeth	Reeds	1751	1832	81
Richard	Bull	1743	1825	82	Elizabeth	Reeds	1767	1847	80
Lucy	Champion	1812	1886	74	Sarah	Reeds	1787	1864	77
James	Clark	1773	1856	83	Daniel	Roberts	1769	1840	71
William	Combs	1752	1830	78	Sarah	Roberts	1757	1830	73
Susan	Cook	1745	1817	72	William	Roberts	1754	1834	80
Mary	Corbridge	1741	1814	73	Sarah	Rollison	1768	1856	88
Mary	Cosstick	1766	1837	71	Elizabeth	Rose	1775	1858	83
Mary	Cosstick	1767	1847	80	Thomas	Rose	1763	1845	82
Samuel	Cosstick	1761	1858	97	Richard	Rusbridge	1773	1843	70
Thomas	Cosstick	1756	1846	90	Sarah	Rusbridge	1781	1851	70
Elizabeth	Coventry	1774	1850	76	William	Rusbridge	1743	1827	84
Susan	Daniels	1759	1834	75	Elizabeth	Sage	1763	1841	78
Echo	Dunstone	1780	1851	71	Thomas	Sampson	1740	1821	81
Elizabeth	Duntstone	1779	1849	70	Mary	Savage	1788	1864	76
Elizabeth Banks	Earl	1781	1857	76	Ruth	Savage	1743	1828	85
Sarah	Earl	1784	1855	71	Ann	Shepherd	1738	1817	79
Sarah	Eves	1762	1846	84	Elizabeth	Simmons	1771	1843	72
Mary	Fox	1743	1829	86	Gilham	Simmons	1772	1846	74
Stephen	Fox	1747	1824	77	Jane	Simmons	1771	1847	76
Joseph	Fuller	1780	1856	76	Robert	Simmons	1747	1825	78
Ann	Green	1772	1843	71	Sarah	Simmons	1761	1846	85
Charles	Green	1788	1859	71	William	Simmons	1780	1860	80
Harry	Green	1771	1847	76	Hannah	Smith	1762	1833	71
Mary	Green	1808	1886	78	Ann	Sparks	1783	1856	73
Thomas	Green	1775	1851	76	Joseph	Stevens	1751	1839	88
William	Green	1775	1850	75	Mary	Stevens	1778	1850	72
Sarah	Harmer	1767	1837	70	Mary	Tiltman	1735	1815	80
Simon	Harmer	1772	1843	71	William	Tiltman	1745	1832	87
William	Hastings	1800	1885	85	Thomas	Towner	1751	1825	74
William	Hillman	1783	1856	73	Thomas	Vaughan	1738	1815	77
Elizabeth	Hoad	1742	1829	87	Mary	Way	1806	1886	80
Thomas	Hoad	1763	1833	70	William	Way	1760	1839	79
Thomas	Holman	1735	1815	80	John	Winter	1812	1885	73
Sarah	Hubard	1745	1827	82	Susan	Winter	1784	1855	71
John	Hubbard	1750	1827	77	Richard	Wood	1788	1864	76
Henry	Irish	1733	1817	84	Elizabeth	Woolgar	1748	1828	80
Mrs.	King	1737	1815	78	Elizabeth	Woolgar	1755	1839	84
Samuel	Lower	1740	1815	75	Francis	Woolgar	1751	1823	72
Sarah	Lower	1752	1823	71	Henry	Woolgar	1786	1858	72
William	Martin	1762	1845	83	James	Woolgar	1756	1830	74
AL	Masters	1770	1841	71	John	Woolgar	1747	1824	77
Joseph	Neville	1726	1814	88	Thomas	Woolgar	1750	1823	73
Jane	Newington	1791	1864	73	William	Woolgar	1769	1846	77

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St Leonard's

St Leonard's Church, SeafordEast Sussex

'Aged Persons' (1814-86)

St Leonard's Church, Seaford
East Sussex