Thomas Hart

Baptism at Newick August 13, 1789 (transcript sighted, Feb 2018).

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Described as a bricklayer on sons' baptism records.

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Marriage of Thomas and Sarah 12 Feb 1814: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-XWBS-HF9?cat=1112952
Witnesses Rhoda and Edward Grinstead.

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On The Keep: Thomas Hart of Newick, Rape of Lewes militia enrolment 1 Apr 1809 - possible. (He would have been about 20.)

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14 Dec 1824 British Fire Office to Thomas Hart of Newick, bricklayer. Insurance of £100 on his dwelling house at Newick, £100 on his house in occ. of [blank] Godmark, s £150.....

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8 Jan 1825: Mortgage payment of £150, "Thomas Hart of Newick, bricklayer, to the Revd Henry Hoper of Portslade, clerk 1 2a. land with messuages and buildings lately erected, formerly part of a farm called Founthill in Newick, abutting N. on the other part of Founthill Farm called Newpond field, S. and E. on the road from Chailey to Newick Green, and W. on the land of John Attree Fuller, gent, then in occ. of (a) 2 Cottage, buildings and 30r. land, part of Tilehouse Farm in Newick, then in occ. of [blank] Godsmark, abutting N. and E. on the other part of Tilehouse Farm, S. on the highway from Chailey to Newick, W. on a garden of John Sturt.
Recites mortgage, 25 Oct. 1823, from (a) to (b) of the premises 1 for £160. Recites further charge of £100 by deed, 23 Jan. 1824, with 2 as security. (b) Has now advanced a further £150 to (a) and (a) promises to repay £150 at 5 per cent. interest chargeable on the premises 1 and 2 on 8 July 1825 and that the premises shall not be redeemable until all the sums of £160, £100 and £150 with interest have been repaid.
Witness: John Hoper the younger."

- mentions property which was formerly part of Founthill Farm, Newpond field and Tile House farm. (Identical entires at http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/a697844a-5389-49... and http://www.thekeep.info/collections/getrecord/GB179_AMS3163_7_3187 )

Tile House Farm is mentioned in various wills in the Siffleet family, some years earlier. It can be seen here: https://goo.gl/maps/RTawtjjmL7R2

It looks as if Thomas might be getting deeper into debt, possibly related to the fire the year before.

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1841 Census (see under Sources) shows the family at Newick Greene, Newick, with children Sarah, Eli, Harriett, Abraham, Frances and Lucy. Shows his age as 42 and Sarah's as 45, but this must be wrong. (Ages are rounded, as per the FS estimates.)

Moses as well as the twins Cornelius and Martha must have died as infants.
It looks as if Thomas and his family have moved into Newick village, perhaps after losing the land owing to not having repaid the debt?

"England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7SV-NJW : 13 December 2017), Sarah Hart in household of Thomas Hart, Newick, Sussex, England; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

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Death at 56:
HART, THOMAS 56
GRO Reference: 1846 D Quarter in LEWES CHAILEY WESTFIRLE AND NEWHAVEN Volume 07 Page 307

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Burial 11 Oct 1846 at St Mary, Newick, Sussex, England - Found in Sussex Burials in FindMyPast on 1 Jan 2017 (from Ancestry Jones family tree).

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14 Baptism Records for Thomas and Sarah Hart:

James HART Father Thomas HART Mother Sarah HART
Baptised 01:01:1815 s Born Parish reference PAR428
Abode Newick Occupation Bricklayer
Church St. Mary Parish Newick County East Sussex
Notes Henry Clutton rector

Mary Ann HART Father Thomas HART Mother Sarah HART
Baptised 17:11:1816 d Born Parish reference PAR428
Abode Newick Occupation Bricklayer
Church St. Mary Parish Newick County East Sussex
Notes Henry Clutton rector

Eleanor HART Father Thomas HART Mother Sarah HART
Baptised 18:10:1818 d Born Parish reference PAR428
Abode Newick Occupation Bricklayer
Church St. Mary Parish Newick County East Sussex
Notes T B Powell rector

William HART Father Thomas HART Mother Sarah HART
Baptised 15:10:1820 s Born Parish reference PAR428
Abode Newick Occupation Bricklayer
Church St. Mary Parish Newick County East Sussex
Notes T B Powell rector

Stephen HART Father Thomas HART Mother Sarah HART
Baptised 17:11:1822 s Born Parish reference PAR428
Abode Newick Occupation Bricklayer
Church St. Mary Parish Newick County East Sussex
Notes T B Powell rector

Edwin HART Father Thomas HART Mother Sarah HART
Baptised 24:07:1825 s Born Parish reference PAR428
Abode Newick Occupation Bricklayer
Church St. Mary Parish Newick County East Sussex
Notes T B Powell rector

Abraham HART Father Thomas HART Mother Sarah HART
Baptised 07:12:1829 s Born Parish reference PAR428
Abode Newick Occupation Bricklayer
Church St. Mary Parish Newick County East Sussex
Notes T B Powell rector

Eli HART Father Thomas HART Mother Sarah HART
Baptised 07:12:1829 s Born Parish reference PAR428
Abode Newick Occupation Bricklayer
Church St. Mary Parish Newick County East Sussex
Notes T B Powell rector

Moses HART Father Thomas HART Mother Sarah HART
Baptised 28:10:1832 s Born Parish reference PAR428
Abode Newick Occupation Bricklayer
Church St. Mary Parish Newick County East Sussex
Notes T B Powell rector

Harriet HART Father Thomas HART Mother Sarah HART
Baptised 17:08:1834 d Born Parish reference PAR428
Abode Newick Occupation Bricklayer
Church St. Mary Parish Newick County East Sussex
Notes T B Powell rector

Frances HART Father Thomas HART Mother Sarah HART
Baptised 04:12:1836 d Born Parish reference PAR428
Abode Newick Occupation Bricklayer
Church St. Mary Parish Newick County East Sussex
Notes T B Powell rector

Lucy HART Father Thomas HART Mother Sarah HART
Baptised 13:08:1840 d Born 24/05/1838 Parish reference PAR428
Abode Newick Occupation Bricklayer
Church St. Mary Parish Newick County East Sussex
Notes Charles Wetherell curate

Cornelius HART Father Thomas HART Mother Sarah HART
Baptised 13:08:1840 s Born Parish reference PAR428
Abode Newick Occupation Bricklayer
Church St. Mary Parish Newick County East Sussex
Notes C Wetherall curate: twin brother of Martha, PAR428,1,2,1, no 652

Martha HART Father Thomas HART Mother Sarah HART
Baptised 13:08:1840 d Born Parish reference PAR428
Abode Newick Occupation Bricklayer
Church St. Mary Parish Newick County East Sussex
Notes C Wetherall curate: twin sister of Cornelius, PAR428,1,2,1,no 651

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Note the contrast in the fortunes of Thomas compared with his brother Edward, who has acquired some of the Siffleets' properties, whilst Thomas appears to have sunk into greater debt, and with a much larger family to support.
Perhaps this was the impetus for sons Edwin and Stephen to migrate and seek their fortunes at the Cape?

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