Thomas Weston (1675 - bef. 1742)

Born 1675 in Mayfield, Sussex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Ford) Weston — married 6 May 1708 in Mayfield, Sussex, England

Descendants

Died before 3 Feb 1742 before age 67 in Mayfield, Sussex, England

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Biography

26 Dec 1675: Christened at Mayfield, Sussex, England.^[1]

10 Sep 1707: The Newnham and Shelley Family Records held in the East Sussex Records Office, ref. AB 338a dated 10 September 1707, show that the Argos Hill Mill was in the occupation of Thomas Weston: ‘Messuage or tenement and windmill called Argos Hill Mill, on Argos Hill, with stable and two pieces land (heretofore one piece) whereon said windmill is erected, of six acres, in occupation of Thomas Weston, in Mayfield.’

The mill is shown on Budgen’s map issued undated in 1723. The mill is not shown on the first Ordnance Survey map of the area. The mill is not shown on the Gardner, Yeakell, Gream large-scale map of Sussex issued in 1795. The survey for this map was probably made in 1793, or possibly as early as 1781. Therefore, at some time prior to 1793, the old mill had disappeared.^[2]

6 May 1708: Marriage of Thomas Weston and Elizabeth Ford at Mayfield, Sussex, England.^[3]

3 Feb 1742: Thomas Weston of Pennybridge buried at Mayfield, Sussex, England.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJD6-G5YJ : 7 December 2017), Thomas Weston, 1675.
2. ↑ Bob Bonnett. "ARGOS HILL POST MILL: Past, Present and Future," Sussex Industrial History, No. 43, 2013, pp 19-24.
3. ↑ "England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJD6-GZ13 : 7 December 2017), Thomas Weston and Elizabeth Ford, 1708.
4. ↑ "England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJD6-G14B : 7 December 2017), Thomas Weston, 1741.