Hunnisett Family History

James Honeysett (1756 - ?) of Ashburnham

James, a son of Thomas and Ann, was baptised in Dallington on 7 November 1756. He married Mary Pimm in Ashburnham on 9 June 1776. They are believed to have had one child baptised:

It is not clear when Mary died but it is known that James, a widower, married Sarah Sivyer (1766-1852) in Ashburnham on 21 October 1788. It is, however, likely that they had several children together before this, as the following were all baptised as children of James and Sarah and were probably children of this couple:

James and Sarah were clearly not regular worshipers at the Church of England, so they may have been non-conformists, and there were probably other children whose baptisms have not been found. Thomas was mentioned in the will of James' brother Edward.

According to Edward's will James lived in Warbleton and had died before 1837 although no burial has been found. In 1851 Sarah, then 84, was living at the Alms Houses in Ashburnham; she was buried in Ashburnham in September 1852 aged 86.

Of their children:

• Samuel married Sarah Bristow and, later, Keziah Betts and lived in Hellingly.
• Edward married Ann Russell and lived in Ashburnham.
• Thomas married Hannah Weeks and lived in Ashburnham.