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Richard Dennis

Male 1786 - 1859  (~ 72 years)


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  • Name Richard Dennis 
    Christened 20 Aug 1786  Folkington, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 11 Jun 1859  Folkington, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3827  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family Eleanor Osborne,   c. 5 Dec 1791, Arlington, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Sep 1837, Folkington, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Married 30 May 1811  Arlington, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1797  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Email from Val Bray [mailto:valjoy.bray@yahoo.com.au], Aug 22, 2006: My information from Folkington, Sussex (very close to Arlington) came from FHL film 1364154, and the Sussex Marriages Index (a CD issued by the Sussex Family History Group from parish registers).
      Eleanor (bapt. 5 Dec 1791 Arlington) married Richard Dennis (born Folkington) on 30 May 1811 at Arlington. Children were ??? Eliza (from death certificate) and Ann 1824, James 1826, Sophia 1828 (from the 1841 census of Folkington). Eleanor died 2 Sep 1837 at Folkington, Sussex. Eliza married ___Merrick. There should be other children from 1811 to 1824 and a search of the parish registers is needed.

      2. Email from: Val Bray [mailto:valjoy.bray@yahoo.com.au] October 05, 2006:
      "I have found a death for Richard Dennis (husband of Eleanor Osborne). He died in Folkington on the 11 Jun 1859. Also I have some marriages and children for the next generation."

      3. Email from Val Bray Nov. 2006:
      Parents: William Dennis and Hannah Freers, m. 6 Nov 1775 in Folkington.
      Children:
      Elizabeth, 18 Jan 1778.
      William, 27 Dec 1779.
      John, 10 Mar 1782.
      Henry, 4 Apr 1784.
      Richard, 20 Aug 1786.
      James, 15 Mar 1789.
      Samuel, 14, Aug 1791.

      4. Email from Val Bray [mailto:valjoy.bray@yahoo.com.au], April 01, 2007:
      "Eleanor Osborne (bapt.5 Dec 1790) married Richard Dennis 30 May 1811 at Arlington. I have found some of their missing Children. Ruth was bapt. 10 Jun 1811, Naomi 3 Oct 1812, both at Hailsham (FHL 1364156). Harriet 27 Aug 1820, Delia 15 Nov 1822, Alice (Ann ?) 26 Dec 1824, James 16 Apr 1826, Sophia 27 Mar 1828, William 17 Oct 1830 (buried 11 Jun 1831), Daniel 8 Sep 1833 (buried 28 Apr 1834), all at Folkington. (FHL 1364155) There is still a gap, 1813-1820 but as Richard gave his address as West Dean when he married I will try there next. When Eleanor and Richard died their informant was Eliza, daughter, so I've yet to find her.
      James Dennis (father Richard mother Eleanor Osborne) bapt. 16 Apr 1826, married Frances Carter on 22 Mar 1860 at Folkington. Their children were William bapt. 9 Aug 1860, Charles 17 Aug 1862, David 22 Nov 1863, Mary 22 Jan 1865, Martha 6 May 1866, all at Folkington. (FHL 1364155) Amy 1868 (died 1869), Richard 1870, Catherine 1871, Walter 1873, all at Frocester in Gloucestershire. James died in 1875 at Frocester. In the census of 1861 and 1871 he is shown as an ag. lab. After his death, in the 1881 census Fanny is shown a shopkeeper."

      5. Censuses:
      1841 Eng: Folkington, Sussex, p. 5 of 5, all born in same county:
      Ric'd Dennis, 55, Ag Lab.
      Ann, 17.
      James, 15.
      Sofier, fem., 13.

      1851: Eng: Folkington, Sussex, #10, p. 3 of 9:
      Richard Dennis, 62, widowed, b. Folkington, Sussex.

      CHRISTENING:
      1. Online Ordinance Index extraction FHL film 1235440, source no. 0097226, batch PO15971. Parents shown as Wm. and Hannah Dennis. Christening 20 Aug 1786, Folkington, Sussex, England. Name: Richd. Dennis.

      DEATH:
      1. From certificate of birth on file with me from the General Register Office: "No. 227, 11 Jun 1859 at Folkington, Richard Dennis, male, 72 years of age, agricultural laborer, reported by Eliza Merrick who was present at the death, 17 Swindon Street, Graysinn Road, London."