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From: Bolesbooks< >
Subject: Re: Hussey Line To Royalty
Date: 6 May 1999 17:16:17 GMT


>This brings us to George, father of John Hussey, b 1570 in Dorking, Surrey.
>who married Marie Wood 5 Dec 1593 in Dorking, Surrey. They has good position
>and had a moderate estate in land. The records are meager, but they are
>known to have had a son John who died young, a son Christopher, and at least
>one or more daughters.

This is the crux of the problem. I have never seen any evidence presented
that John Hussey of Dorking was the son of a man named George. It has simply
been asserted to be the case, apparently on the basis of *Lincolnshire
Pedigrees*. However, that source only gives George Hussey as father of *a*
John Hussey. But was this the same man as John Hussey of Dorking? I very
much doubt that he was, given the arguments I posed before: Namely, George
Hussey's brother left his property to a distant cousin rather than his nephew
John (whereas John Hussey of Dorking was still very much alive); that there is
a geographic disparity; and that there is no naming similarity among the sons
of the Lincolnshire and Dorking families. Together these seem fairly
compelling arguments.

On the other hand, if there is evidence that John Hussey *of Dorking* was the
son of a George Hussey, that could change the complexion of the problem
considerably. I'd be very interested in hearing about such evidence. The
*Lincolnshire Pedigree* source, however, clearly does not constitute such
evidence since it contains no information linking John Hussey, son of George,
to Dorking, Surrey.

David Boles
http://members.aol.com/Bolesbooks/Bolesbooks.htm

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