The Puttick family of Kirdford SSX
Joseph and Mary Jane Cawley [nee Puttick] were the parents
of Mary Ellen who married Frank Cunningham Jaunay in Reims.
The Putticks, originally from Sussex, provide a long string
of ancestors with a lineage being traced back to Emery Puttocke
and Elizabeth Knyght who were born in the late sixteenth
century. Indeed Puttick is one of the oldest recorded names
in the Petworth district of West Sussex During the reign
of Edward I a John Pottuk was recorded as the principle
tenant on the manor of Lee in Fittleworth. Other names within
the Puttick lineage also feature in Tudor Rolls, Exchequer
Accounts and Church Registers.
Joseph Cawley died in London on 13 October 1870 from typhoid
fever and Mary Cawley remarried Charles William Auguste
Feige.
Mary Jane, daughter of John and Mary Puttick was born at
West Cowes on the Isle of Wight 21 Mar 1833. and was baptised
in the Castlehold Baptist Church on 25 May 1837. John Puttick,
an auctioneer lived for a time in Saint Helier JSY from
at least the 1841 Census to his death in 1876.
Pictured: Locals claim this to be the Queens Head, Tillington
SSX.
A significant problem arises in this research and the issue
revolves around the common family history problem of same
name, same time and same place!
I think John was born in Kirdford to Thomas and Jane in
1808 but unfortunately in the 1871 Census he is recorded
as being born in Tillington SSX! Mary Ellen Jaunay (nee
Cawley), his grand daughter and my great grandmother has
recorded his birth in her birthday book as 12 October 1808.
The filmed material for Kirdford lists a baptism of a John
shortly after this date but it does not give the date of
birth and hence the uncertainty:
Batch #070701 Kirdford SSX - John s/o Thomas
& Jane 16 Oct 1808
Batch #070701 Kirdford SSX - John s/o John & Elizabeth
28 May 1809 (IGI suggests d. young)
1871 Palmyra Road St Helier Jersey (RG.10/5758)
John Puttick Head Married Age 60 Occupation Retired
Auctioneer Birthplace: Tillington Sussex
Amelia Christey Servant, Widow age 45, House Keeper
Birthplace: Tower Hill London
Priscilla Symley Visitor Age 3 Birthplace: Jersey
Did John get it wrong? The problem is that I can find a Tillington
birth for a John at about the right time too!
John Puttick son of William and Elizabeth nee
Frances bapt 17 Feb 1811 All Saints Tillington SSX
This William Puttick operated the Queen's Head sometimes called
the Puttick Inn at Upperton SSX just up the lane from Tillington.
 Linking Thomas into the Kirdford Putticks is a little tenuous
at this time. I can find a Thomas Puttick marrying a Jane
Whittington at Kirdford in 1795 but the origins of Thomas
are not all that clear. I can find such a man baptised in
nearby Pulborough in 1795 but cannot link him back to the
Kirdford Putticks with any certainty. Such work is difficult
and expensive from afar! |
