During The Ashdown Forest Dispute 1876-1882 commoners and land owners were interviewed by the solicitor William Raper. Their comments were recorded in a series of notebooks:
Young, James. Chuck Hatch, Hartfield. Born 8 May 1837. Baptised at Hartfield. Is son of Henry Young. Was born at Fincham and lived there till June 1862 when I went away to Kent for 4 years then I returned and was 11 years bailiff for Mr. Harvey at Cowden and then came here 1 1/2 [years] ago.
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| Edward Young | m: c 1780 | Mary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: c 1760 | b: c 1760 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| b: 1782 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 7th Jul 1782 St. Mary's Church | b: 1783 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 1st Jan 1784 St. Mary's Church | b: 1785 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 10th Oct 1785 St. Mary's Church | b: 1787 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 8th Jul 1787 St. Mary's Church | b: 1790 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 2nd Apr 1790 St. Mary's Church | b: 1792 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 23rd Jun 1792 St. Mary's Church d: 2nd Oct 1869 | b: 1795 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 13th Apr 1795 St. Mary's Church | b: 1797 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 9th Aug 1797 St. Mary's Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Young | m: 30th Mar 1819 St John the Baptist Church, Croydon, Surrey | Sophia Yeomans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1792 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 23rd Jun 1792 St. Mary's Church d: 2nd Oct 1869 | b: 1795 Horsted Keynes, Sussex ch: 8th Mar 1795 St. Giles Parish Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas | Eliza | Sophia | Susan | William | James | Betsey | George | b: 1819 Croydon, Surrey ch: 25th Jul 1819 St John the Baptist Church | b: 1823 Croydon, Surrey ch: 21st Dec 1823 St John the Baptist Church bur: 24th Apr 1826 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex | b: 1827 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 29th Apr 1827 St. Mary's Church | b: 1830 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 8th Aug 1830 St. Mary's Church | b: 29th Aug 1833 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 29th Sep 1833 St. Mary's Church | b: 1835 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 21st Jun 1835 St. Mary's Church | b: 1837 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 26th Feb 1837 St. Mary's Church | b: 1841 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 27th Jun 1847 St. Mary's Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| b: 1821 Croydon, Surrey ch: 15th Aug 1821 St John the Baptist Church | b: 1825 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 3rd Apr 1825 St. Mary's Church | b: 1829 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 1st Feb 1829 St. Mary's Church | b: 1832 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 21st Mar 1832 St. Mary's Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st marriage | James Young | m: 4th Oct 1862 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex | Mary Fry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1835 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 21st Jun 1835 St. Mary's Church | b: 1838 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 16th Sep 1838 St. Mary's Church d: 19th Nov 1872 Cowden, Kent bur: 23rd Nov 1872 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd marriage | James Young | m: c 1875 | Mary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1835 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 21st Jun 1835 St. Mary's Church | b: 1848 Hartfield, Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| James | Louisa M. | George | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1877 Cowden, Kent | b: 1878 Cowden, Kent | b: 1880 Hartfield, Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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