Chatfield family of Maresfield, Sussex, UK

Chatfield family of Maresfield, Sussex - an overview

Surname origin
'From Chatfields in Bolney or Chatfield farm in Cowfold' William de Chattefeld 1296, Richard Chatfield Subsidy Roll Sussex 1525.
A Dictionary of English Surnames by P H Reaney. OUP revised third edition 1997. 019860092-5.

'Ceatta's open land' Chatefeld 1279 (Glover, 1975). The Place Names of Sussex by Judith Glover. B T Batsford Ltd 1995. 07134 2853 8

William CHATFIELD

Hannah HOLMES

Sarah (1787 - 1857) = John HOBBS (c.1787-1850)
Elizabeth (1790 - 1827) = Richard HE(L)MSLEY (1782 - 1853)
- Elizabeth HEMSLEY (1815 - 1874) =Thomas COX (1807 - 1853)
  - Alfred COX (1852 - 1914) = Jane KNIGHT (1851 - 1935)
    - Alfred John COX (1885 - 1954) = Annie Elizabeth WEST (1882 - 1961)
      - Alfred John William COX = Irene FITT
John (1790 - 1868) = Elizabeth PECKHAM (c.1794 - 1873)
- Ann (c.1816-1892) = Thomas KING (1815-1881)
  - Amelia Chatfield (c.1840 - )
  - Harriet King
- Elizabeth (1817 - 1826)
- William (1818 - 1861) = Sarah STEVENS (1833-1889)
  - Jane Lucy
  - Nun
  - Naomi
- Mary (1819-1885) = William GURR
- Jane (1822 -?) (1) = Robert AVIS (c.1821-) = (2) Sarah STEVENS (c.1835 - )
- Harriett (1824-1874) = Zechariah CARR
- Maria (1825-1903) = Benjamin CARR
- Louisa (1827-1844)
- Elenor (1830-1848 )
- Frances (1831-??) = (Thomas MARTIN)
- Caroline (1847)
- John (1834-1888) = Emily MARTIN (c.1840 - )
  - William (1866-?)
  - Frederick John (1869-?)
  - Annie (1870-?)
  - George (1873-?)
  - Ellen (1875-?)
  - Alice (1878-?
  - Charles Henry (1880-?)
  - Ernest (1882-?)
- James (c.1839-1929) = Martha Mary Ann YOUNG (1853-1916)
  - Elizabeth Annie (1875-?)
  - Mary (1877-?)
  - Margaret E (1879-?)
  - Eliza E (1883-?)
  - Minnie Jane (1884-?)
  - William C (1886-?)
  - James (1887-?)
  - Herbert John (1905-?)
Mary Ann (1792 - 1865) = John DRAWBRIDGE
William (1794 - 1864) = Sophia BURGESS (c.1803 - 1890)
- Charlotte (1821 - 1840) = Thomas AWCOCK
- Catherine (1822 - ) = John HOOK (c.1821 - )
- William (1843 - 1871)
Hannah (c.1796 - 1870) = William SMITH (c.1794 - 1861)
Thomas (1797 - liv.1841) = (1) Mary Ann WYNN (c.1789 - 1825) = (2) Jane Ann DAW(E)S
- (1) Lucy (1822 - 1881) = Charles TESTER (c.1810-?)
- (1) Thomas (1823 - <1881) = Jane KING (c.1816-?)
- (2) William (1827 - 1861) = Sarah STEVENS (1835 - )
  - Jane Lucy (1853 - )
  - Nun (1857 - )
  - Naomi (1859 - )
  - George (c.1862 - )
- (2) Henry (1829 - 1909) = (1) Pyllis Anne KENNARD (c.1828 - ) = (2) Charlotte BRACHPOOL (c.1832 - )
  - (1) Alfred (1852 - ) = Mary Jane SUTOS (c.1852 - ?)
  - (1) Harriett Jane (1855 - )
  - (1) Warden Henry (1857 - 1902) = Charlotte SMITH (c.1853 - )
  - (1) Eli (1860 - 1931) = Mary Ann STYLES
  - (1) Harry George (1862 - )
  - (1) Agnes (1869 - )
  - (1) William Art. (1870 - )
  - (1) Minnie Z (1871 - )
- (2) Alfred (1831 - 1832)
Jane (c. 1800 - 1827) (1) = William SCUTT = (2) Fanny DINES
Naomi (1802 - 1885) = Jonathan STEVENS (c.1795 - 1875)
- Sarah STEVENS (c.1835 - ) = (1) William CHATFIELD (1827 - 1861) = (2) Robert AVIS (1821 - )
- Charlotte STEVENS (1838 - ?) = William Horace WOODGATE (c.1828 - ?)
Henry (1805 - 1884) = Elizabeth HOPE (1812 - 1881)
- Charlotte (1831 - 1866) = William WHEATLEY (c.1830- )
- Harriett (1835 - 1870)
- Emma (1838 - ?)
- William (1840 - 1930) = Sarah Ann TASKER (1843 - ?)
- Eleanor (1843 - 1844)
- Caroline (1845 - ?)
- Esther (1847 - ?)
- Charles (1850 - ) = Emily STAPLEHURST (c.1850 - ?)
- Alfred George (1852 - ?)
- Margaret (1855 - ?)
- Henry (1857 - ?)
Robert (1808 - 1881) = Harriet HOPE (c.1805-1881)
- Robert (c.1829 - ?)
- Charlotte (c.1831 - ?)
- Henry (1834 - 1874)
- Ellen (c.1835 - ?)
- Harriet (1836 - 1936)
- Mary (1838 - ?) = George FROST (c.1832- ?)
- William (1841 - ?)
- Henry (1844 - 1874)
- John (1850 - ?)

So where was William Chatfield baptised?

The 17th May 1755 at nearby Lindfield the son of Thomas and Mary Chatfield seems the most likely. But there is a clerical error as Thomas and Elizabeth AWCOCK were baptising in Lindfield (Thomas in 1754) and Maresfield (John 1759, Betsy 1761 and Thomas 1763) following their marriage in Lindfield on the 6th July 1753.
William and Hannah's daughter Charlotte amrried a Thomas AWCOCK on the 17th November 1839 at Maresfield - perhaps her cousin.
A Thomas CHATFIELD was buried at Maresfield on the 22nd April 1802 and Elizabeth CHATFIELD on the 5th May 1796.
If this baptism can be accepted then Thomas CHATFIELD baptised on the 2nd March 1728 at Lindfield the son of John and Anne CHATFIELD would provide his ancestry.
John CHATFIELD and Anne ASHFOLD were married by licence on the 19th September 1718 at Lewes, St. Annes