Peter Hunnisett

Robert & Elizabeth Mewett of Willingdon

Robert Mewett was probably baptised in Friston, the son of Nicholas and Jane, in 1710.

Robert Mewett married Elizabeth Gower in East Dean on 11^th July 1732, where the first two of their children appear to have been born:

Robert and Elizabeth were both buried in Willingdon; Elizabeth on 22^nd November 1780 and Robert on 7^th May 1784.

Of their children:

• Nicholas married Mary Stace in Bexhill on 14^th October 1755.

  Mary was buried in Bexhill on 15^th April 1818, aged 85, and Nicholas on 22^nd July 1821, aged 88.

• Benjamin married Hannah Howell in Eastbourne on 6^th July 1766.

  Hannah appears to have been buried in Eastbourne on 27^th September 1808 and Benjamin on 15^th July 1811.

• Jane married Noah Jordan in Willingdon on 23^rd May 1763. They had 7 children baptised in Willingdon:

  Nicholas

  24 Jun 1764

  Willingdon

  Noah

  20 July 1766

  Willingdon

  Ann

  7 Feb 1768

  Willingdon

  Edward

  30 Apr 1769

  Willingdon

  John

  13 May 1770

  Willingdon

  Jane

  19 Jan 1772

  Willingdon

  Mary

  2 Feb 1777

  Willingdon

  Jane Jordan, wife of Noah, was buried in Willingdon on 11^th March 1782.

• Mary married William Catt in Willingdon on 19^th May 1777.
• Ann married Richard Hadaway of Kingston, Sussex, in Willingdon on 3^rd October 1769. One of the witnesses was her sister, Mary Mewett.