Hunnisett Family History

Thomas Honeysett (1691 - 1762) of Stone in Oxney, Kent

Thomas the eldest son of Thomas and Jane was baptised on 30 April 1691 in Westham, where he must have spent his early years. When his grandmother, Susannah Hunnisett, died in 1702 he was left a silver spoon in her will.

On 16 October 1715 he married Ann Sloaman (1695-1768) in Peasmarsh, 20 miles north-east of Westham and close to the border with Kent. Ann was the daughter of John (a miller in Udimore) and Judith. Thomas and Ann's first two children were baptised in Udimore and the rest in Stone in Oxney, Kent. Their known children were:

In 1734 his aunt Mary left him 40 shillings in her will.

Thomas was buried in Stone on 11 February 1762 and Ann on 2 June 1768.

Of their surviving children:

• John was probably the John who lived and worked as a miller in Beckley.
• Samuel married and lived in Stone.
• Mary married Samuel Hinty (of Ebony) in Stone on 22 October 1750.
• Joseph married and lived in Stone.