Ancestors of Mandy Willard

John MANSBRIDGE (1763-1836)

and Sarah WHITE (c1765-?)

John Mansbridge and Sarah White married by banns on 17 March 1788 at the parish church of St. George in West Grinstead, Sussex.  He was then a bachelor and she a spinster.  The witnesses to the marriage were ? Robinson and William Gratwick.  (They were not my direct ancestors.  John was the brother of my 4x Great Grandfather, James Mansbridge.)  (A James Robinson married Sarah Burgess in West Grinstead in 1793 and a William Robinson married Hannah Bristow in 1795, but William was then said to be from Brekland in Surrey.)

John Mansbridge was baptised on 26 June 1763 in West Grinstead.  He was the son of John Mansbridge (1729-1807) and Ann Newman (1730-1807).  He died aged 72 years and was buried on 10 April 1836 in West Grinstead.

Sarah White’s date and place of birth/baptism are unknown, to me.

Before her marriage she had and illegitimate son:

1. Charles Fairs White was baptised on 6 January 1785 in West Grinstead.  (Might his father have been Charles Fairs who was born in 1754?  Charles and his wife also had a daughter baptised on 6 January 1785.)

2. John White was baptised on 7 December 1788 in West Grinstead, the son of Sarah White.  Might his baptism have been wrongly recorded in 1788 instead of 1787?

John Mansbridge and Sarah White had 5 known children:

1. William Mansbridge was baptised on 13 May 1794 in West Grinstead.  He married Sarah Neeve in 1817.  (They have their own page.)

2. Charity Mansbridge was born on 27 September and baptised on 12 November 1797 in West Grinstead.  She died on 30 April 1861 and was buried in Cowfold.

   Charity married William Roberts by licence on 7 June 1821 in Cowfold.  He was then a bachelor of Cowfold and she a spinster of West Grinstead.  The witnesses to the marriage were John Batchelor and Henry Heasman.

   William was born on 30 January and baptised on 1 March 1801 in Ashurst and was the son of John Roberts (c1765-1849) and Ruth Lelliott (1780-1846).

3. Ann Mansbridge was baptised on 16 June 1800 in West Grinstead.

   Anne may have married Henry Golds by banns on 11 February 1823 in West Grinstead.  The witnesses to their marriage were Ann Golds and Edward Freeman.

4. Thomas Mansbridge was baptised on 1 January 1804 in West Grinstead.  He may have died aged 51 years and have been buried on 13 January 1853 in Horsham, Sussex.

   Thomas married Ann Tidey by banns on 11 October 1831 in Cowfold.  The witnesses to their marriage were Henry Hill and ? Newman.

   When the 1851 census was recorded, Thomas and his wife were lodging with the family of John Carter in Sandy Lane, Lower Beeding.  Thomas was then a 45 year old agricultural labourer and gave his place of birth as West Grinstead.  Ann was 44 and said she was born in Cowfold.

5. Richard Mansbridge was baptised on 20 December 1807 in West Grinstead and buried there as an infant on 19 May 1808.

MANSBRIDGE          WHITE