James Courtney (abt. 1735 - bef. 1806)

Born about 1735 in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England

Husband of Judith (Button) Courtney — married 17 Nov 1764 in New Shoreham, Sussex, England

Descendants

Died before 29 Jul 1806 before about age 71 in New Shoreham, Sussex, England

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Biography

James Courtney was born in Sussex, England.

James Courtney was born in about 1735 in New Shoreham by Sea, Sussex

When James was about 29 he married Judith Button on 17 November 1764 in New Shoreham, Sussex, England. The couple had one child: James Courtney. St Mary de Haura^[1]

James died at the age of about 71 in about 1806 in New Shoreham, Sussex, England.^[2]

James was buried on 29 July 1806 in New Shoreham, Sussex, England. St Mary de Haura^[2]

Notes from external profile

The riding officer appointed as surveyor of customs for the Sussex coast in 1676 was based at Shoreham, and in 1680 the port of New Shoreham, a member of the port of Chichester, was delimited as extending from Heene to Rottingdean, with legal quays at Brighton and at the pier of the High Cage in Shoreham harbour. A warehouse had been built at the High Cage by 1733. In 1708 the customs arising in Shoreham were sufficient for the officers there to be required to account directly with the comptroller general. The lord of New Shoreham claimed anchorage, boomage, and meterage, collected by officers of his court, between the harbour entrance and Old Shoreham ferry; anchorage and boomage ceased under the Act of 1760. The parishioners claimed in 1743, and again in 1766, by what right is unknown, that the vicar and constable were entitled to a bushel of coal, salt, or imported grain from every vessel bringing those commodities into the harbour. The Crown's customs men in 1798 included an excise officer, a custom-house clerk, and, at Kingston, a collector of customs. The revenue cutter was stationed at Southwick in 1753. In addition, apparently, to the custom-house in Church Street part of Shoreham Beach, then in Lancing, was let to the commissioners of customs in 1807 and 1819. In 1795 a signal station was placed at Shoreham.
From: 'Old and New Shoreham: Economic history', A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 6 Part 1: Bramber Rape
(Southern Part) (1980), pp. 154-164. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18239

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: Title: BDM - Sussex Parish Registers NOTEBDM - Sussex Parish Registers. Citing: Page: New Shoreham Marriages and Burials - 1566-1837 (accessed before 29 November 2013)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Burial: Title: Genes Reunited contacts NOTEGenes Reunited contacts. (accessed before 29 November 2013)

Acknowledgments

• Profile Courtney-441 was created through the import of COURTNEY George - deduced rship _2013-11-29.ged on Nov 29, 2013 by Veronica Williams.