Timeline
1701-08-01 Born Withyham, Sussex to Robert Avis and Michal Avis
1701-08-29 Christened in Withyham
1728-10-13 Son John Avis born at Christening date at Withyham, Sussex
1730-12-16 Daughter Margaret Avis born at Christening date at Withyham, Sussex
1736-06-16 Daughter Sarah Avis born at Christening date at Withyham, Sussex
1744-07-18 Daughter Susannah Avis born at Christening date at Withyham, Sussex
1772-07-01 Died Buried in Withyham, Sussex
Notes:
31/5/2012 visit to Lewes Records Office viewed his christening details - he was the son of Robert and Michal Aves and his father was a labourer. Was his marriage to Sarah(Turner?) 30/1/1727 in Chiddingstone, Kent? (theweald.org). 31/5/2012 visit to Lewes Records Office viewed Withyham burial register - 1/7/1772 John Avis was buried, from Ham, aged 71. I have bought a copy of a book, Historical Notes of Withyham, Hartfield and Ashdown Forest, by Charles Nassau Sutton, rector of Withyham, published originally in 1902. John is referred to as being a churchwarden of Withyham, in 1731, as his father had been. From 1728 to 1773 when he died he was a tenant of Ham, as his father had been before him. He was one of the signees of a workhouse agreement on 1/5/1738 with Robert Mills, as was his father.
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