'Hunnisett' Family Gathering
Saturday 23rd July 2005
Windmill Hill Tennis & Golf Academy, Sussex
In September 2004 Joanne Becker, who lives in New York but has relatives in the Herstmonceux area, came to England to visit family and do some research. During her visit eight of us met for dinner at the Yew Tree in Arlington and the idea of a family gathering was born. So this year invitations were sent out to lots of 'Hunnisett' researchers and Joanne booked the Windmill Hill Tennis and Golf Academy for the afternoon of Saturday 23rd July. In the end about 75 people turned up, most of whom are pictured below (photo by Andrew Friend). Very few had met up before although some had been in contact with each other in the course of their research. I printed off a set of colour-coded name tags and created a simplified chart showing how everybody was related. About 90% were either descended from the main tree or married to someone who was!
As we arrived everyone was given their name badge and then we congregated at the pool-side bar and as it was such a lovely day we were able to sit outside around the pool or inside in the shade. Everyone mingled and began to find other people who were descended from the same branch of the family, charts were compared, photographs pored over and information swapped. People met up with other researchers they had sometimes been corresponding with for years but never met before.
We then moved into the dining hall for a buffet lunch and coffee, following which Joanne and I said a few words and then we all went outside to have the group photo taken. After that we continued to mingle for a while until, all too soon, it was time to break up the party and go home. Everyone seemed to thoroughly enjoy the day and the feedback we got suggests that we shall have to do it again!
Our thanks go to Gary, Manfred and the rest of the staff of Windmill Hill who made us feel very welcome, took care of all the registration procedure and provided us with an absolutely first-class buffet lunch.
Below the photograph is a key identifying all the people.
Pete Hunnisett
| 1 | Jonathan Hunnisett | 20 | Malcolm Hunnisett | 40 | Martin Dudley | 59 | Janina Stroud |
| 2 | Pat Dowling | 21 | Patricia Hunnisett | 41 | Frank Honeysett | 60 | Wendy Honeysett |
| 3 | Brian Hunnisett | 22 | Bill Dudley | 42 | Caroline Lancaster | 61 | Doris Honeysett |
| 4 | Jim Hunnisett | 23 | Pam Dudley | 43 | Linda Cripps | 62 | Elizabeth Ganley |
| 5 | Sharan Hunnisett | 24 | Jennifer Hunnisett | 44 | Valerie Hunnisett | 63 | Judith Hunnisett |
| 6 | Jason Hunnisett | 26 | Judith Jones | 45 | 64 | Ted Shelley | |
| 7 | Basil Hunnisett | 27 | Margaret Somerville | 46 | Cris Penfold | 65 | Peter Hunnisett |
| 8 | Gary Hunnisett | 28 | Richard Jenkins | 47 | David Honeysett | 66 | Stephanie Goffin |
| 9 | Paul Hunnisett | 29 | Michael Ganley | 48 | Jacqui Penfold | 67 | Molly Hunnisett |
| 10 | Amy Hunnisett | 30 | Linda Jeffery | 49 | David Hunnisett | 68 | Charlie Hunnisett |
| 11 | Nicola Hunnisett | 31 | Noula | 50 | Karen Albrecht | 69 | Jordan Hunnisett |
| 12 | Eileen Bittle-Britt | 32 | Tony Honeysett | 51 | Cynthia Honeysett | 70 | Kallum Hunnisett |
| 13 | Valerie Owens | 33 | Hettie Friend | 52 | Victor Bristow | 71 | Martin Stroud |
| 14 | Lyn Dixon | 34 | Myra Bristow | 53 | Jim Honeysett | 72 | Janet Hunnisett |
| 15 | Philip Honeysett | 35 | Sandra Fairway | 54 | Angie Catt | 73 | Sandra Shelley |
| 16 | John Honneysett | 36 | Melanie Hunnisett | 55 | Bob Catt | 74 | Joanne Becker |
| 17 | John Hunnisett | 37 | Pat Hunnisett | 56 | Eileen Honeysett | ||
| 18 | Richard Friend | 38 | Joan Bearman | 57 | Steven Stroud | ||
| 19 | John Friend | 39 | John Hunnisett | 58 | Barbara Sanders |
