Family History, Bourchall Burchall Chart 0700 ??? and Hannah Burchall

Notes for Hannah BURCHALL: At present we have no proof that the Hannah baptised in Charlwood in 1743/44 is the same person as Hannah the mother of the Hannah baptised in Horley in 1768. The only clue we have, besides Charlwood and Horley being neighbouring parishes, is that the sister of the Hannah baptised in 1743 in Charlwood was baptised in Horley. 1794 Buckland, Surrey 1795- 1830 Reigate, Surrey 1841 Redhill (Reigate Foreign), Surrey. Isaac, his wife Grace and their eldest daughter Mary were with Hannah on this Census) An unsuccessful search has been made in all the parishes surrounding Reigate for the birth of Thomas POWELL A search has also been made for POWELL Wills with no results. In the case of Hannah BOURCHALL it is possible that the baptism of her mother has been found but more research needs to be undertaken before this information is confirmed. It was found that part of Buckland parish was detached, and this area was situated near Sidlow Bridge which is half way between Reigate and Horley. This goes some way to explain how Thomas (who was baptised in Reigate) and Hannah (who was baptised in Horley) met. The information about Buckland parish was obtained from a local history book about Buckland and the author was contacted to see if he had any information about large properties where Hannah could have worked. The estate had been bought in 1794 and ownership had passed through one family until nearly the present day. However, details of the staff employed was not amongst the archives. COINCIDENCES! Jean and Dennis WHEATON moved to Horley, Surrey in 1961. In one of the photograph albums of our mother, Olive Kathleen TERRY (née POWELL) there is a picture of Olive POWELL’s family on bicycles. The snap-shot includes, in the background, a sign post pointing to Horley. Over the years our grandmother, (Agnes Olive POWELL née COBB) had talked of relations in Horley but we believed them to be those related to her mother’s WALLER family from nearby Newdigate, Rudgewick and Cranleigh. The POWELL family came from London, we KNEW that! After Olive TERRY’s death in 1983 we began our Family History research, but it was not until 1992 that we found that our POWELL ancestors had lived in Reigate, and that Hannah BURCHALL, our great-great-great grandmother, was christened in the Church of St Bartholomew, the same church where, some two hundred years later, we had the christening of our daughter, Lynne Kathryn WHEATON.

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