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The Penfolds of Crawley

Postby Nevis » Wed Sep 04, 2013 6:08 pm

Penfolds in Ifield & Crawley

Penfolds of Ifield

There were Penfolds in Ifield in the late 16th and early 17th centuries but a gap of 80 years separates them from the later Penfolds and no link between them has yet been found. A family of Quaker Penfolds (also known as Pennifold) lived in Crawley from the late 17th century but no link has been found between them and the later Penfolds. The first non-Quaker Penfolds in Ifield in the 18th century were Thomas and Mary who had children baptised in Ifield or Crawley from 1725. Later Ifield Penfold's appear to be descended from Thomas and Mary though this is not conclusive. Most of the 18th and 19th century Penfolds were agricultural labourers at various farms in the parish and bricklayers out of season. Edward P. son of Edward & Frusannah, however, became a respected member of the community and was both a Sunday School teacher and collector of taxes. John P. son of William and Jane was a farmer with his own smallholding.

Penfolds of Crawley

Almost all the Penfolds baptised at Crawley actually lived in Ifield parish. One family, for which no connection with the Ifield Penfolds has yet been found, may have lived in Crawley parish. James and Jemima P. were married in Newdigate. They had three known children, William bap. 1805 Newdigate, James b. Dec 1806, bap. Jan 1807 Crawley and Thomas bap. Feb 1809 Crawley. Nothing further is known of James. William and Thomas married two Capel sisters Ann and Amy May. William and Ann lived in Capel, then Holmwood near Dorking. Thomas and Amy started out at Rusper before settling at Banstead, Surrey. Their eldest daughter Charlotte was baptised at Crawley. Thomas was a cordwainer (shoemaker). Jemima died at Crawley in Apr 1833 aged 45. James snr. is probably the James found at Hogs Hill Farm in 1841 aged about 60 with a Samuel and Sarah Glazebrook. By 1851 all three were living in West Green, James' age was given as 76 and his birthplace as Horne, Surrey. As speculated in the Newdigate pages he may be the son of Elijah P. brother of James P. of Newdigate.

The most well known Penfolds in Crawley were John Penfold, father and son, who owned Penfolds Corn and Seed Merchants, which sold many commodities. They and their wives were beneficiaries to the town and owned the Town Field on which the annual town fair was run until the 1930's. John senior was the son of John of Forge Farm, Worth.



Early Ifield Penfolds

John & Joan

The earliest known Penfold was John who had children there in the late 16th century - William b.1583, James b.1585, Frances b.1587, Lettice b.1589, Rafe b.1590 and Henry b.1593. He may also be the father of John P. who married Elizabeth Batchelor at Ifield in 1606. He is likely to be the John P. who married Joan Browne at Rusper in 1579 as a Joan P. widow married at Ifield in 1600 to a John Eliote. John and Joan may also have had a daughter Joan who married Nicholas Taylor, butterman, at Ifield in 1607.

Henry Penfold of Shere is named in the will of John Elyeat of Woodcote, West Horsley in Jan 1621. This John Elyeat seems likely to be the John Eliot who married widow Joan Penfold at Ifield in 1600. If this is so Henry P. could be her son bap.1593.

John & Elizabeth

John and Elizabeth (Batchellor) had two children in Ifield - John b.1607 and Joan b.1608.

William & Mary

William married Mary Ginner at Ifield in 1607. She would appear to be the daughter of Thomas Genner of Leigh, husbandman, who died 1621. No children are so far known for them. At Worth an Elizabeth P. married William Jenner in 1623 and it is likely they are related. Mary would appear to be the Mary P. widow who married Nicholas Geale in 1626.

Rafe & Elizabeth

Rafe married Elizabeth March in 1624 at Ifield. They had two children at Ifield - Elizabeth b.1624 and Mabel b.1626. Rafe died sometime before 1629 and his widow became pregnant by Nicholas Jonat - they married in Jan 1630 and had a son Samuel Jonat in March 1630.



Nothing more is known of this line.



Thomas & Mary

Thomas and Mary first appeared in Ifield in 1725 at the birth of their first known child William. William and his brother Thomas b.1727 appear, unusually, to have been baptised at both Ifield and Crawley. Subsequent children were baptised at Crawley with the exception of John who was baptised at Ifield. Their known children are William, Thomas, Mary b.1730, Richard b.1732, John b.1736, Henry b.1741 d.1741, Sarah b.1742, Henry b.1744. The gaps between Richard and John, and, John and Henry may indicate that other children remain to be discovered either in Bishop's Transcripts or nearby parishes.

[Thomas and Mary are called Penvil rather than Penfold at son Henry's burial in 1741 and it is likely Thomas is related to William Penvil who married at Ifield in 1702 and also to John Penfold of Betchworth who married at Ifield in 1737. The early Betchworth Penfolds were known as Penvil.]

Eldest son William married Jane Mann at Ifield and it is from this line that most Ifield Penfolds appear to be descended. Thomas married Elizabeth and they had a daughter Hannah bap. at Ifield in1754. It is possible that the Thomas who married Elizabeth Hopkins at Charlwood in 1752 is this Thomas. A Hannah P. was buried there in Feb 1773 aged 18 - the right age to be their daughter Hannah. More evidence for this link is needed, however. He may also be the Thomas who married Elizabeth Francis between 1765-67 (children bap. Charlwood). Third son Richard moved to Lingfield where he and his wife Mary had a family, he appears to have moved back to Ifield (or perhaps was visiting) in 1774/76? when he died and was buried at Ifield. His daughter Elizabeth was buried in the same grave. [The entry is confusing stating 15.01.1774 Richard from Crawley Street Ifield Parish and Elizabeth, his daughter, parishioners of Lingfield in Surrey were both buried together in one grave the 20th March 1776]. Little is known of John, he married Elizabeth Weeks at Crawley in 1760 and they had a daughter Elizabeth the same year. He died at Crawley in Apr1805 and was buried there but nothing is known of him between these dates, Elizabeth P. (most probly his wife) also died at Crawley in 1805 three months before John. She was ten years older than John and so would have been 34 when they married and had their daughter in 1760 – this may be the reason they had only one child. The elder son Henry died as a baby, the second Henry married Ann Curtis in 1768, later he married again to Elizabeth and moved to Horley before returning to Ifield. Some of his descendants are also found in Ifield. Little is known of Thomas and Mary's two daughters but the elder, Mary, appears to have had an illegitimate daughter Sarah in 1748.

Thomas's burial has not been found but Mary is probably the Mary buried at Ifield in December 1779. An inventory dated 1762 describes a messuage (parcel of land) with garden etc. and a little shop containing half an acre in Ifield in the occupation of Thomas Penfold. This most probably refers to this Thomas who would have been in his late 50's-early 60's at this time. (His son Thomas appears to have been in Charlwood at this date). Thomas rented this land from James Baker, wheelwright who had purchased it from Thomas Isted, son of Angel Isted nee Penfold. In Angel Isted's will dated 1746, Thomas Penfield (probably the same person) is named as the occupier of this shop.

[This messuage appears to be identical to the one which was left by Thomas P. hammerman to his son John (Angel's uncle) eighty years earlier - see Worth]



William & Jane

William, the eldest known child of Thomas and Mary, married Jane Mann at Ifield on 7th May 1754 aged about 29. The witnesses were a William Snelling and Martha Mann (probably Jane's sister). Their daughter was the first Martha to be born into this line of the family, presumably after her aunt, Martha Mann. Two of their son's are not legible on the Crawley parish records and so do not appear on the I.G.I., they do, however, appear on the Bishop's Transcripts (BTs) which were copies made annually and sent to the bishop. The names appear as Thomas bap. 8th Jan 1765 and Edmond (almost certainly mistranscribed from Edward) 13th March 1768. The date of birth makes it considerably likely that this Edmond/Edward is the Edward shown below due to his age at burial. No occupation is recorded for William, but it is probable that he was an agricultural labourer. Their younger sister Philly married Joshua Moore at Rusper Aug 1795, two of their children were born in Crawley in the early 1800's. Nothing is yet known of William and Jane's elder children, except daughter Mary who married John Sadler at Crawley 1778. She died at Ifield in 1829 aged 70. The Martha P. who was buried at Ifield in Dec 1790 may be their daughter, she would have been 27.

Their 3 younger sons all stayed in the Ifield area. It is from them that the majority of the Ifield Penfolds descend.



Thomas & Amy (see family tree at http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/pt/person.a ... -988517829)

Thomas married Amy Whitmore at Slaugham in Jan 1792, he was described as of 'Worth', while she was from Slaugham. Their witnesses were a John and Mary Knight. Many of the Ifield Penfolds married at Slaugham and it is believed that there were long standing links between Crawley Church and Slaugham Church. In the 16th century Crawley Church was a chapelry of Slaugham Church. It is probable that Amy was one of the Whitmores of Horley but this is not yet ascertained. Thomas's presumed cousin Richard married Ann Whitmore at Horley in 1789 and it is probable that Ann and Amy were related. Anns and Amys do appear among the baptisms for Horley Whitmores, but none yet fit the ages (from ages at death) of our Ann or Amy. Amy appears on the baptisms of all but her eldest and two youngest as Amelia. The Censuses, however, show that Amy and Amelia were one and the same person. All entries outside Crawley refer to her as Amy so it seems probable that one Crawley incumbent mistakenly believed Amy to be a pet form of Amelia rather than a true name.

Thomas remained a poor agricultural labourer. He died aged 82 in July 1848 at London Road, Crawley (which was in Ifield parish), possibly at the home of his son Edward. Amy had died a few years earlier at the age of 70, in October 1837, at Ifield.

They had ten children, five boys and five girls. Little is known of the daughters. Mary died as a baby aged just 3 months, Martha and Jane never married and died at London Road aged 51 and West Green aged 43 respectively, just before their father. Nothing is known of the younger daughters Philadelphia and Elizabeth.

A lot more is known of their sons. They all married and spent at least some of their married life in Ifield.

Thomas & Elizabeth

Thomas married a Reigate girl Elizabeth Eade at Ewell, just outside Reigate, in 1812 and they settled down the parish of Buckland. There had already been Penfolds in the parish but no link has been found between them and the Ifield branch. Sometime before June 1828 Thomas returned to Ifield with his family. They had a large family of 7 sons and 3 daughters. Mary b.1813 Crawley, Josiah b.1815 (possibly d. 1820 Lingfield), Maria b.1815, Thomas 1817, John 1820, Martha 1822, James 1825 all at Buckland plus Edward b.1828, Richard b.1831 and Philip b.1831 back in Ifield. Four of their sons and at least two of their daughters lived to marry and, all but Martha, remained in the area with their families. Youngest twins Richard and Philip both died young, Philip in 1832 aged 14m and Richard in 1838 aged 6. In 1851 Thomas and Elizabeth were living at West Green, on the western edge of Crawley, with their eldest-surviving son Thomas 33. Their grandson (from daughter Martha) Stephen Tusler (or Trussler) 8 was also visiting them. Their youngest surviving son Edward was living and working on his uncle John P.s farm at Tinsley Green in 1851. Martha's mother-in-law Hannah Tusler was a Penfold before she married. She was born in Itchingfield. A possible link between the Ifield and Itchingfield Penfolds has yet to be traced. Their eldest daughter Maria married local widower James Wales and settled in Ifield.

Thomas & Sarah

Thomas, eldest son of Thomas and Elizabeth, married Sarah Miller at Ifield in April 1851. Their witnesses were James Penfold (probably Thomas's brother) and a Mary Tullett. They had four children in Ifield - James b.1852, Elizabeth b.1855, Thomas b.1857 and George b.1859. First they lived in Rusper Lane near Thomas's parents but had moved to Gossips Green by 1857. They had left Ifield before the 1861 Census and no more is yet known of them. By 1881 Thomas was an inmate at Reigate Workhouse.

John & Mary

John, second surviving son of Thomas and Elizabeth, married Mary Penfold, daughter of Thomas's presumed cousin, Edward, son of Edward & Frusannah (see below). In 1851 John and Mary were living in the parish of Worth with their two young children John 5 and Sarah 8m. Mary's sister Elizabeth Sayers and her 3m old daughter Sarah were visiting and 70 year old Thomas Sadler, probably his Dad's cousin (son of John's great aunt Mary) was lodging with them.

James & Maria/Jane

James, third surviving son of Thomas and Elizabeth, married Maria Malthouse at Ifield in Sep 1854, he was nearly 30 and she was 23. Their witnesses were Stephen and Ann Malthouse. James and Maria lived near James's parents and his brother Thomas in Rusper Lane. They had four sons Edward b. Jan 1855 d. Jun 1855 aged 5m, Edwin b. Jun 1856, William b.Apr 1858 and Joseph b. Jul 1860. Maria died age 30 in Jan 1862 and James quickly remarried that same May to 16 year old Jane Ellis (20 years his junior). She took on a ready made family of three boys aged almost 6, just turned 4 and 22 months. The following year they had their first child George bap. Mar 1863 followed by Kate b. 1865, Mary 1868, Thomas 1870, Henry 1872, Frederick 1875. They left Ifield soon after and by 1877 were at Capel where son James was born.

Edward & Sarah (see Worth)



William & Mary

William married Mary Tuckner? (possibly Tickner) at Ifield in May 1824. His brother John Penfold and a Mary Booker were witnesses. William also spent his whole life as an agricultural labourer. In 1841 they were living at West Green, Crawley with their youngest surviving child Amy 11 (baptised as Amelia). Also living with them were William's youngest brother James and two as yet unlinked individuals, George Merritt 15 and Thomas Chart(er) 1. Their other daughter Martha was living with her uncle, John and his wife Sarah, possible helping with the new baby. Both William and his wife had died by 1851, William in November 1841 aged 44 and Mary in December 1848 aged 54. Their eldest son William moved to London, possibly by as early as this. Thomas was living with his uncle, James, who had lived with his parents ten years earlier. Nothing more is known of Thomas. Their daughter Martha was married to a publican, Thomas Heath, by 1881 and her unmarried sister Amy was living with them at The Royal Oak, Little Bradley, Suffolk.

William & Mary Ann (see Lambeth)

Edward & Elizabeth

Edward married Elizabeth Tester at Slaugham in 1828 (both described as of this parish, their witnesses were Thomas Peters and Elizabeth Wilkins) their children, however, were bap. at Crawley. Confusingly, another Edward and Elizabeth Penfold were having children in Slaugham and Ifield at this time, (this Edward's presumed cousin, son of Edward, gson of William & Jane). Edward & Elizabeth had six sons. All but two died young, the eldest Edward aged 17, Eli at 11 and the others under 10. The surviving sons Ambrose and James moved to Lewisham and later Bexley, Kent as adults. Edward and Elizabeth had moved to Horley by 1851.

John & Sarah/Lydia (see Worth)

James & Rhoda/Elizabeth

James married Rhoda Sharpe at Slaugham in 1841. At the time of the 1841 Census they were not living together despite being newly married. Perhaps they were too poor to afford a place of their own. James was living with his brother William, while Rhoda was living at Hogs Hill (now Ditchling Hill, Crawley) with Elizabeth Easton, mother of Sarah Penfold (nee Easton), wife of James's brother John. Also living there was the future husband of Elizabeth Penfold (daughter of Edward son of Edward & Frusannah and sister of Mary Penfold who married John Penfold son of Thomas & Elizabeth). The exact relationship of these families has yet to be untangled. Rhoda died young and James remarried to Elizabeth Wilkins 19, eleven years younger than him. It is also possible that James married previously to Rhoda, to Lydia Pickard in 1833 (witnesses Martha Sharp & John Brooker). Little is yet known of James's children - he had three Jane b.Jan 1843 Crawley, Ann b.Oct-Dec1843 and William b. Sep 1844 Ifield with Rhoda plus a further seven with Elizabeth - Martha, Thomas, Amy, Eliza, twins James and John, Edward and after a gap of ten years Emily in 1870. William married twice, moving to London via Bexley Heath in Kent where his cousin Ambrose (son of Edward) was living. Thomas and John both married in Ifield and had families there. Jane probably died aged 12 in 1855. Nothing further is known of the other children. James died in Nov 1877 and by 1881 the widowed Elizabeth and her three youngest children were living at West Green.

William & ?/Agnes (see Bermondsey)

William, son of James and Rhoda, was living at Bexley Heath, Kent by 1872 where his daughter Alice was born. He and his young family had moved to Bermondsey by 1874 where his son Arthur was born. Sometime before 1878 his first wife died and William remarried to widow Agnes Hamnet. By 1881 William and Agnes were still living in Bermondsey with their growing family - William's children Alice 8 and Arthur 6, Agnes's children George Hamnet 8 and Maud Hamnet 4 and their own young daughters' Rhoda 2 and Agnes 1. William was working as a carman.

Thomas & Emily

Thomas, eldest son of James and Elizabeth, married Emily Leney in Oct 1872. In 1881 they were living at New Town, Ifield with their young children Alice, Emily, Thomas and Florence . Thomas was a bricklayer.



Edward & Frusannah

Edward, son of William and Jane above, married Frusannah Brown at Ifield in September 1798. They had two known children, both baptised Crawley, Edward in 1800, John in 1803. John settled in Reigate and died fairly young but Edward went on to father a large brood of Penfolds and become well-respected member of the Ifield community. Frusannah died aged just 33 in November 1812. Edward died six years later in January 1820 aged 52.

Edward & Elizabeth

Edward married Elizabeth Booker at Ifield in February 1824. One of their witnesses was a William P. but his identity has yet to be discovered. Their first child Jane was baptised at Ifield 11 months later, no baptism has been found for their next daughter Elizabeth (b. 1825/26). They had five more children, all daughters, born at Slaugham. The family was then sent back to Ifield, due to poverty. In Ifield they had a further five children including their two sons Ned and John. By 1841, Edward had become a Sunday schoolteacher and was also the collector of taxes for the parish. They were still not particularly well off, however, and Elizabeth took in washing (1851 Census) to make a bit extra for their growing family. By 1851 only their youngest four children were living with them plus their baby grandson Frank, illegitimate son of their daughter Ann. Of their daughters, Jane married John Charman (Crawley 1845); Elizabeth married John Sayers (Ifield 1848); their third daughter Mary married her presumed second cousin John Penfold (son of Thomas, son of Thomas); Martha married Ambrose Bennett of Keymer (Ifield 1857). Many descendants of Edward & Elizabeth are now researching their family tree.

Ned & Ann

Ned and Ann lived in Camberwell before moving to Redhill, then to Earlswood.



John & Mary/Mary

John, the youngest son of William and Jane took a step up from farm labourer to become farmer of a smallholding. He married first Mary Adams at Slaugham in 1796. They had one son, who appears to have died in 1800 aged just 4, and five daughters. Little is known of these daughters. Jane had an illegitimate daughter Ellen before marrying Joseph Smith. Mary married William Nevill. Ann never married and was living at Brighton, Sussex in 1881 with descendants of her sister Mary. Phillis is probably the one buried in 1856 at Ifield, previously living at Broadwater, Worthing. By his second wife Mary Brown, John had two more sons and a daughter Matilda. Matilda died in1827 aged 16 but the two boys lived to marry, Philip moved away after his marriage to Louisa Read and he is not mentioned in his father's will. They had a son Philip bap. in Brighton in Oct 1845 (plus poss. another Peter born Lewes Oct 1845 - though that IGI entry may be a mistake for Philip). A Philip Penfold, possibly son of Philip and Louisa, is found with his family in New York in 1880 and it may be that Philip and Louisa had also emigrated there. John married a Rusper girl Ann Weller and remained in Ifield (see below).

John & Ann

John, youngest son of John P. and Mary (Brown) married Ann Weller born Rusper at an unknown date and place. They had at least two children Philip and Alfred before settling down in Ifield in 1846. By 1861 Alfred was working as a servant at Nuthurst. His future wife Elizabeth Penfold (born Amberly) was working at the Vicarage next door. It is not yet known whether they were related nor why both had ended up so far from their homes.



Henry & Ann

The youngest known child of Thomas and Mary, Henry was born in 1744 and married Ann Curtis at Crawley in 1768. They had two known children Richard bap.1769 and Samuel bap. 1772. Samuel died aged 3 in 1776. Richard lived to marry and settled down in Ifield. It seems probable that the William Penfold with whom Richard was living in 1841 was his half-brother. Probably the son of Henry and Elizabeth bap. Horley 1790.

Richard & Ann

Richard married Ann Whitmore (possibly a relative of his cousin Thomas's wife Amy Whitmore) at Horley in 1789. No known children have been traced before 1794. In Ifield they had only five daughters, Ann, Mary, Sarah, Lucy and Philly, so did not contribute to the Penfolds of Ifield though some of their descendants undoubtedly remained there. In 1806 and probably before, Richard and his family were living in Clarkesham (which was either the Quaker Meeting House or next-door to it) a John Francis also occupied the property which was purchased in 1806 by Joseph Potter, farmer of Ifield. In the 1740-50's it had been owned by the Martins of Charlwood. Richard was still there at the time of the 1841 Census. In 1857 it was occupied by James Bristow and widow Penfold. The widow's identity has yet to be established but may be Susan Penfold wife of Richard's nephew John (see below).

William & Jane

William (supposed brother of Richard above) married Jane Puttock at Ifield in February 1821. Their witnesses were a John Holden and Lucy Penfold. It is probable that this Lucy was an as yet unknown sister but she may be his niece, daughter of Richard. Lucy is also used by Charlwood and Horley Penfolds and may provide a link. William and Jane had three, possibly four known children, including a son John born December 1827. Jane died in childbirth or very soon after and was buried just 3 days after her son's baptism. In 1833 William remarried to Patience Collins but they had no children.

John & Susan

John, son of William and Jane above, appears to be the John found on the 1851 Census living with James Penfold b. Lewisham and his wife Susannah b. Rusper at Gossips Green. James is probably related to John though James parents are not yet known. James died in Dec 1851 and it seems that John and Susan then married as twin daughters Adelaide and Susannah were born to a John and Susan Penfold at Ifield in 1856. Sadly they died and were buried just a week after their baptism. It is likely that John died soon after, though no burial has been found for him, as a widow Penfold living at Clarkesham (see under Richard & Ann above) in 1857 is possibly this Susan. She was no longer there in 1861 and it is probable that she remarried. John and Susan appear to have married at Horsham in Jun 1853. James and Susannah (nee Bravery) seem also to have previously married there in Apr 1840. It is not known why they would marry in Horsham (if this was them) but the marriages do not fit any of the locally known Horsham, Shipley or Itchingfield Penfolds. James and Susannah had three children Emily b.1843 Capel, Mary Ann b.1846 Capel but bap. at Ifield (died aged 12 at Ifield Aug 1859) and James b.Ifield 1851 (died aged 16m in Jan 1853).

Quaker Penfolds

During a gap in the parish records Penfolds (between 1645 and 1725) a family of Penfold Quakers appear in Crawley. Nothing has yet been found to link then to either the earlier Penfolds nor the later Penfolds detailed above. This family were weavers - a profession they may have taken on when Thomas Penfold married Jane Hogg whose father Nicholas Hogg was a weaver. Quakers preferred to follow a trade rather than farm and own property as their beliefs did not allow them to pay tithes which led to a number of early Quakers being imprisoned.

Thomas & Jane

Thomas Pennifold, weaver of Ifield, married Jane Hogg, daughter of Nicholas Hogg, weaver, in a Quaker ceremony at Ifield in 1699. They had three known children Nicholas b. approx. 1704, Mary and John b. approx. 1707. Mary married John Chantler of Charlwood at Shipley in May 1734. No marriage has been found for Nicholas who was also a weaver. Nicholas Hogg owned Seldons in Crawley from 1703. Ownership passed to Thomas and Jane Penfold in 1742 but it seems likely that they occupied it before this probably together with Nicholas Hogg. In 1751 it was sold by their son Nicholas to be held in trust for the Parish of Crawley (i.e. for the poor), however, a Richard Penfold - probably a relation continued to occupy the premises - he had occupied Jeales next door from at least 1735. Nicholas died in 1798 at the age of 94.

John & Hannah

John married Hannah Neives of Herstmanceaux at Hurstpierpoint in 1737 and continued the weaving trade. It seems highly likely that the Thomas Pennifold, weaver of Clayton (who took an apprentice in 1809) was their descendant, although John and Hannah later returned to Slaugham. Hannah died there in Jan 1771 and was buried at Ifield. John later moved to Charlwood where he died aged 90 in Feb 1797. Another John Pennifold, possibly a son of John, died at Charlwood in Mar 1825 aged 83 (so born approx. 1742). Both Johns were buried at Ifield.

[It is widely reported that Thomas was the son of John Penfold and Jane Clark of Shere who married at the Quaker Meeting House in Guildford in 1665. Will evidence, however, disputes this as John's son Thomas would have been a lad of just 13 at most in 1699 as he is not mentioned in his Grandfather Clark's will (almost certainly as he wasn't yet born) and is mentioned as one of John's two youngest children in his will of 1700.]
nformation has recently come to light that there were weavers called John Penfold in Billingshurst who married in 1658 and 1682. As Mary Chantler (nee Penfold) and her family later lived in Billingshurst there would appear to be links here worth investigating – although the two Billingshurst weaver's did not marry in Quaker Meeting House. ;)


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