Steven CHRISTIAN

Male Aft 1594 - 1639  (~ 44 years)


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  • Name Steven CHRISTIAN 
    Birth Aft Aug 1594  [1
    • Assumed from father's will, in which he is under 21. He could be the son of Martin's second wife rather than of his first.
    Gender Male 
    Inheritance 1615  [2
    • "dwelling house, barn and croft of land" from father
    Inheritance 1623 
    • Greg's Croft on death of elder brother John
    Occupation Husbandman  [3
    Will 19 Jun 1639  [4
    Burial 21 Jun 1639  Pevensey, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Probate 27 Jul 1639  Lewes, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Reference Number 2048 
    _UID E02D574DB8E9D411AF25801457C10000B750 
    Person ID I145  Christians of Pevensey
    Last Modified 10 Dec 2014 

    Father Martin CHRISTIAN,   c. 28 Jul 1563, Headcorn, Kent Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 10 Aug 1615, Pevensey, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 52 years) 
    Mother Joan [CHRISTIAN],   b. Abt 1565   bur. 26 Feb 1596/97, Pevensey, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 32 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1590  [6
    _UID 4B2D574DB8E9D411AF25801457C100002200 
    Notes 
    • There is nothing to indicate whether Martin and Joan were married before or after he moved to Pevensey.
    Family ID F83  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah HENLY,   b. Abt 1600   d. Between 1627 and 1631 (Age 27 years) 
    Marriage 12 Jun 1626  Ashburnham, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    _UID 512D574DB8E9D411AF25801457C100002860 
    Children 
     1. William CHRISTIAN,   c. 11 Nov 1627, Pevensey, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 15 Feb 1627/28, Pevensey, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 0 years)
    Family ID F86  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Dec 2021 

    Family 2 Mary PANNET,   b. Abt 1600   d. Aft Jun 1639 (Age > 39 years) 
    Marriage 20 Jun 1631  Wartling, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    _UID 4F2D574DB8E9D411AF25801457C100002640 
    Children 
    +1. Thomas CHRISTIAN,   c. 11 Nov 1632, Pevensey, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1667 (Age ~ 36 years)
     2. Stephen CHRISTIAN,   c. 24 May 1635, Pevensey, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 24 Jul 1653, Pevensey, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 18 years)
    +3. Abraham CHRISTIAN,   c. 24 Nov 1639, Pevensey, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 15 Dec 1689, Bexhill, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 50 years)
    Family ID F85  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Dec 2021 

  • Event Map
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  • Sources 
    1. [S20] Deduced.

    2. [S52] Will of Martin Christian, 3 August 1615, (Archdeaconry of Lewes).

    3. [S54] Will of Steven Christian, 19 June 1639, (Archdeaconry of Lewes).
      In the name of God Amen I Stephen Christian of Pevensy in the County of Sussex Husbandman being sicke and weake in body but in good remembrance (thankes bee to God) doe make this my last will and Testament in manner and form following

      That is to say ffirst I committ my soule into the hands of Almighty God my maker and Redeemer and my body to the earth from whence it came

      Item I give unto my sonne Thomas my dwellinge house and barne and two acres of land thereto belonging, provided that if the childe live which my wife now goeth by hee shall pay that childe the somme of Ten pounds at one and twenty years of age.

      Item I give unto my sonne Stephen my crofte of land lying in Pevemsey called Greggs Crofte and my desire is, that my children should come to their land at the age of one and twenty years, and my desire is, that if either of my two sonnes Thomas or Stephen should die before they come to the age of one and twenty, that the other shalbee his heyre

      Item I give unto Mary my loving wife all my goods and houshold stuffe and make her my sole Executrix of all my goods whatsoever to pay my debts and towards the bringing up of my children dated this nineteenth day of June in the yeare of our Lord One Thousand six hundred and Thirty and nine In Witness whereof wee have sett our hands, The marke of Stephen Christian, Edward Peake, Thomas Cockshott, the mark of Abraham Christian.

    4. [S54] Will of Steven Christian, 19 June 1639, (Archdeaconry of Lewes).

    5. [S6] Parish Register, Pevensey Sussex, (indexed transcript), SX/R113.
      "householder"

    6. [S1] Estimated.
      from approx. age of eldest child mentioned in Martin's will

    7. [S59] Parish Register, Ashburnham, Sussex.

    8. [S116] Parish Register, Wartling Sussex.