Ancestors of Mandy Willard

Alexander ELLIOTT (1584-1660)

and Ann FERMER (1590-1623)

and Constance HEPDEN (1596-1633)

Alexander Elliott and Constance Hepden were my 10x Great Grandparents.  (Click here to see their place in my pedigree chart.)  They married on 2 April 1624 in Mayfield or Burwash, Sussex.  Alexander had previously married Ann Fermer on 2 December 1613 in Mayfield, Sussex.

Alexander Elliott was baptised on 3 January 1584/5 in Burwash.  He was the son of John Elliott (1545-1632).  He died in 1660.  He was of Binelham in Mayfield.

Ann Fermer was baptised on 24 June 1590.  She was the daughter of William Fermer and Elizabeth Scott.  I have a note that she was buried on 19 August 1623, but I’m not sure about this date. 

Constance Hepden was baptised on 3 October 1596 in Burwash.  She was the daughter of Goddard Hepden (c1550-1633) and Ann Frye (c1552-1641).  She died in 1633 in Mayfield. 

Alexander Elliott and Ann Fermer had 3 known children:

1. Mary Elliott was baptised on 6 November 1614 in Mayfield.  She married Matthew Hartridge on 1 April 1634 in Mayfield.

2. John Elliott was baptised on 13 April 1617 in Mayfield.  He died in 1618.

3. Elizabeth Elliott was baptised on 13 April 1617 in Mayfield.  She died in 1624.

Alexander Elliott and Constance Hepden had 3 known children:

1. John Elliott, my 9x Great Grandfather, was baptised on 6 March 1623/4 in Mayfield.  He married Ann Barham in 1646.  (They have their own page.)

2. Alexander Elliott was baptised on 16 October 1628 in Mayfield.  He died in 1675.

   Alexander married Mary Wilden on 10 November 1650 in Laughton, Sussex.

   Alexander and Mary had the following children: 

   1. Hannah Elliott was baptised on 24 June 1660 in Mayfield.

      Hannah married Nicholas Wood on 15 February 1680/1 in Burwash, Sussex.  He was then of Mayfield.

      They had at least 1 child:

      1. Nicholas Wood married Elizabeth King on 16 April 1718 in Hellingly, Sussex.  They were both then of Hellingly.  The also had at least 1 child:

         1. Nicholas Wood married Elizabeth Weston on 26 December 1749 in Hellingly, and they also had at least 1 child:

            1. Nicholas Wood married Mary Dunk by Licence on 21 June 1777 in Hellingly.  He was then a Butcher of Hellingly and she of Chiddingly.  Their marriage licence was issued on 19 June 1777 by the Archdeaconry of Lewes and recorded that Nicholas was aged 24 and upwards and Mary a Spinster of Hellingly also aged 24 and upwards.  Nicholas and Mary had at least 1 child:

               1. James Wood married Ann Oxley by Banns on 9 December 1798 in Heathfield, Sussex.  He was then described as a Pauper and she as the daughter of Richard Oxley and Mary.  They also had at least 1 child:

                  1. Jane Wood married Thomas Balcomb.  He was the son of Thomas Balcomb and Lucy Simmonds.

   2. William Eliot was baptised on 20 November 1666 in Mayfield.

   3. Ann Elliott was baptised on 28 January 1667/8 in Mayfield.

   4. Anne Elliott was baptised on 23 January 1668/9 in Mayfield.

   Alexander and Mary may also have been the parents of Alexander Elliott (c1653-1721) who married Mary Stickland (1655-1706) in 1677.  The couple did name a daughter Constance.  Mary was the daughter of my 9x Great Grandparents William Stickland (1618-1670) and Elizabeth Cripse (1626-1697).

3. Constance Elliott born on 24 August 1631 in Mayfield.  She may have died in 1631.

ELLIOTT          FERMER          HEPDEN