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FAMILY MEMBERS ARRANGED IN DATE ORDER

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c.1650 - 16?? THOMAS WIMBLE

Born; c.1650.
Married; Anne ?? (c.1650-16??)
Children; John Wimble (1671-1729) Died; 16??

c.1650 - 16?? ANNE WIMBLE (nee ??)

Born; c.1650.
Married; Thomas Wimble (c.1650-16??)
Children; John Wimble (1671-1729) Died; 16??

c.1670 - 1737 ANN WIMBLE (nee ??)

Born; c.1670.
Married; John Wimble (1671-1729) in 1693 at Hellingly.
Children; James (1699-1773), John (c.1700-1716)
Died; November 1739.
Buried; 8 November 1739, Southover, Lewes.

1671 - 1729 JOHN WIMBLE

Born; 1 May 1671, Staplehurst, Kent.
Parents; Thomas Wimble (c.1650-16??) = Anne.
Married; Anne (c.1670-1737) in 1693 at Hellingly.
Children; James (1699-1773), John (c.1700-1716)
Died; April 1729, Lewes.
Buried; 9 April 1729, Southover, Lewes, Sussex.

1699 - 1773 JAMES WIMBLE

Born; 1699, Southover, Lewes.
Parents; John Wimble (1671-1729) = Ann (c.1670-1737)
Married; Mary ?? (17??-1744)
Children; John (1730-1814)
Died; 1773, Lewes.
Buried; 30 May 1773, Southover, Lewes.

c.1700 - 1716 JOHN WIMBLE

Born; c.1700.
Parents; John Wimble (1671-1729) = Ann (c.1670-1737)
Died; 14 July 1716, Southover, Lewes.

c.1700 - 1744 MARY WIMBLE (nee ??)

Born; c.1700.
Married; James Wimble (1699-1773)
Children; John (1730-1814)
Died; February 1744.
Buried; 1 March 1744, Southover, Lewes.

1730 - 1814 JOHN WIMBLE

Born: 20 March 1730.
Parents; James Wimble (1699-1773) = Mary (c.1700-1744)
Married; (1) Ann Dean (c.1730-1761) on 11 February 1759 at St.Michael's, Lewes.
Married; (2) Elizabeth Pullen (1741-1825) on 25 January 1763, at Southover, Lewes.
Children (by Elizabeth); John (1763-1792) < twins > Elizabeth (1763-18??), Ann (1765-1801), Mary (1769-1831), James (1771-1832), Nehemiah (1778-1843), William (1784-1787).
Died; 23 October 1814.
Buried; 1814, Southover, Lewes.

c.1730 - 1761 ANN WIMBLE (nee DEAN)

Born; c.1730.
Married; John Wimble (1730-1814) as his 1st wife, on 11 February 1759 at St.Michael's, Lewes.
Died; 9 January 1761.

1741 - 1825 ELIZABETH WIMBLE (nee PULLEN)

Born; 1741.
Baptised; 11 May 1741, Southover, Lewes.
Parents; John Pullen = Anne ??
Married; John Wimble (1730-1814) as his 2nd wife, on 25 January 1763, Southover, Lewes.
Children; John (1763-1792) < twins > Elizabeth (1763-18??), Ann (1765-1801), Mary (1769-1831), James (1771-1832), Nehemiah (1778-1843), William (1784-1787).
Charlotte Gilbert said that Ellen Morris had acquired Elizabeth Wimble's ring inscribed '1763 Thomas Friend aged 28'. Apparently Thomas was a silk merchant who died while engaged to her.
Died; 1825.

c.1762 - 1810 CHARLES HORNER

Born; c.1762?
Married; Elizabeth Wimble (1763-18??) on 17 November 1804 (in Lewes?).
Died; 1810.

1763 - 18?? ELIZABETH HORNER (nee WIMBLE)

Born; 1763. One of twins with John Wimble (1763-1792)
Baptised; 2 January 1764, Southover, Lewes.
Parents; John Wimble (1730-1814) = Elizabeth Pullen (1741-1825)
Married; Charles Horner (17??-1810) on 17 November 1804 (in Lewes?).

1763 - 1792 JOHN WIMBLE

Born; 1763. One of twins with Elizabeth Horner (1763-18??)
Baptised; 2 January 1764, Southover, Lewes.
Parents; John Wimble (1730-1814) = Elizabeth Pullen (1741-1825)
Married; Ann Hammond (1764-1792?) on 10 July 1786, St.John's, Lewes.
Children; John (1787-1834), William (1789-18??)
Died; December 1792.
Buried; Southover, Lewes.

1763 (or 1764?) - 1792? ANN WIMBLE (nee HAMMOND)

Born; 27 September 1763 (or 1764?)
Baptised; 17 Oct 1764, 'Lewes St.Ju'.
Parents; William Hammond = Ann ??
Married; John Wimble (1763-1792) on 10 July 1786, St.John’s, Lewes.
Children; John (1787-1834), William (1789-18??)
Died; Aged 28? In which case c.1792.

1765 - 1801 ANN COOPER (nee WIMBLE)

Born: 28 October 1765, Southover, Lewes.
Baptised; 11 November 1765, Southover, Lewes (East Sussex Record Office baptisms)
Parents; John Wimble (1730-1814) = Elizabeth Pullen (1741-1825)
Married; John Cooper of Hull on 17 February 1796, at St.John & St.Martin, Beverley, Yorkshire.
Died; 24 December 1801, Southover, Lewes, Sussex.

1768 - 1849 CHARLES WILLE

Born; 12 September 1768.
Parents; George Wille (1738-1817) = Betty West (1731-1772)
Married; Mary Wimble (1769-1831) 21 January 1796 at St John sub Castro, Lewes.
Children; Mary Ann Cooper Wille (1796-1874), Charles (1797-1878).
Died; 8 July 1849

1769 - 1831 MARY WILLE (nee WIMBLE)

Born; 25 April 1769, Southover, Lewes.
Parents; John Wimble (1730-1814) = Elizabeth Pullen (1741-1825)
Married; Charles Wille (1768-1849) 21 January 1796 at St.Johns, Lewes.
(The brass-faced Kemp & Holman grandfather clock owned by H R Gilbert may possibly have been a wedding present for the couple.) Children; Mary Ann Cooper Wille (1796-1874), Charles (1797-1878).
Died; 15 December 1831.
(Barely readable note by Richard Gilbert; "..Dec 15th 1831 and Dec 15th 1832, Jas Wimble, C.W.'s mother's ??, died, & two of John W.'s children.")

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1771 - 1832 JAMES WIMBLE

Born; 11 March 1771, Southover, Lewes, Sussex/
Baptised; 7 June 1771, Southover, Lewes.
Parents; John Wimble (1730-1814) = Elizabeth Pullen (1741-1825)
Married; Jane Wardell of Hull, on 16 February 1797, at St.John & St.Nicholas, Beverley, Yorkshire.
Children; William Wardell Wimble (1797-1845), John Wimble (1798-1827), James Newlove Wimble (1800-18??), Elizabeth Wimble (1801-18??), Hannah Wimble (1803-18??), Jane Wimble (1805-1839), Marianne Francis (1806-1824), Sarah Wimble (1807-18??), Rebecca Wimble (1809-18??)
(Barely readable note by Richard Gilbert) "..Dec 15th 1831 and Dec 15th 1832, Jas Wimble, C.W.'s mother's ??, died, & two of John W.'s children."

177? - 18?? JANE WIMBLE (nee WARDELL)

Jane Wimble (formerly Wardell) around 1870. Photo: M D Sutherland, 21 Bourne Street, Hull.

Born; Beverley, Yorkshire (sometimes described as "of Hull").
Parents; William Wardell = ??
Married; James Wimble (1771-1832), on 16 February 1797, at St.John & St.Nicholas, Beverley, Yorkshire.
Children; William Wardell Wimble (1797-1845), John Wimble (1798-1827), James Newlove Wimble (1800-18??), Elizabeth Wimble (1801-18??), Hannah Wimble (1803-18??), Jane Wimble (1805-1839), Marianne Francis (1806-1824), Sarah Wimble (1807-18??), Rebecca Wimble (1809-18??)

1778 - 1843 NEHEMIAH WIMBLE

Nehemiah Wimble. Painting (unknown artist) in Lewes Town Hall.

Born; 20 January 1778.
Parents; John Wimble (1730-1814) = Elizabeth Pullen (1741-1825)
Married; Audrey Marchant (or Marchant-Lashmer) (1781-1846) on 6 August 1804 at Tandridge, Surrey.
Children; Elizabeth, + one other?

In 1816, George Wille (1738-1817), his son Charles (1768-1849), Charles's brother-in-law Nehemiah Wimble (1778-1843) & George Adams, purchased a plot of land from Charles Wille on which the Tabernacle Chapel, Lewes, was later built. Trustees were appointed by the surviving purchasers in 1829. They included Charles Wille (1768-1849), Nehemiah Wimble (1778-1843), Arthur Morris (1800-1852) and James Berry (1796-1877, Charles Wille the younger's brother-in-law).

Details of the Tabernacle Chapel, Lewes.

From 'A History of Lewes', Walter H. Godfrey, 1971, published by the Lewes Borough Council;
"...In 1830 William IV and Queen Adelaide were entertained with great ceremony at The Friars by Mr.Nehemiah Wimble, who had a fine armorial dinner service made in commemoration of the event..." "...Between the east gate and the bridge over the river was formerly a House of Grey Friars, whose church and cloister stood on the south of the street, halfway between the town wall and the river. After the dissolution it passed to John Kyme, M.P. for Lewes in 1554, then his niece, and then her sister's family. In the 18th century the building was refashioned into a stately house of the period, and here Sir Ferdinando Poole, 'one of the best patrons and staunchest supporters of the turf', lived, and entertained the Prince Regent. Here also in 1830 Mr.Nehemiah Wimble gave a banquet to King William IV and Queen Adelaide when they visited Lewes. The house was demolished in 1846 when the railway came, and all vestiges of the Grey Friars have been swept away..."
And, with reference to Anne of Cleves House; "...Here also may be seen the handsome service of Worcester china made for Nehemiah Wimble, of The Friars, Lewes, to commemorate the visit of William IV and Queen Adelaide to Lewes in 1830..."

Regarding King William IV's visit in 'Royal Visitors to Sussex'; "...But he and the Queen could cope quite happily with royal ceremonial when they had to. And there was plenty of it when they visited Lewes on October 22, 1830, to lunch at the Friars, with members of the council. The road from Brighton was decorated with flowers, streamers and evergreens and people attending the quarter sessions from other parts of the county joined the welcoming crowd, as the court sitting was adjourned for that day from 4 pm."
"Hundreds of schoolchildren were assembled at the entrance to the town from midday onwards and members of local societies lined each side of the road from St.Anne's Church to the Friars - a house at the bottom of School Hill which was demolished in 1845 to make way for the railway. It belonged to Nehemiah Wimble, an ironmonger who was a Headborough of Lewes from 1820 to 1831. The royal salute was fired from the cannon on Brack Mount as the Union Jack was unfurled on the castle. Royal standards were hoisted on the County Hall, the Market Tower and the Friars and Sir John Shelley, MP, with the chief magistrates and town constables, rode out to greet the royal party."
"...before leaving, the King wanted to confer a knighthood on his host but Nehemiah Wimble asked to be excused the honour, saying that he wished to die 'plain Mr.Wimble'. He did, however, accept as an augmentation to his coat of arms, the lion of England. Such augmentations were in the personal gift of the sovereign and were usually for acts of bravery or for outstanding deeds. The Earl of Surrey received one at Flodden, the Duke of Marlborough at Blenheim and Nelson at the Battle of the Nile and, posthumously, after Trafalgar. Perhaps on this occasion the sovereign had enjoyed an outstanding buffet lunch."
"The visit to Lewes was recorded for posterity by Royal Academician Archibald Archer who spent two years painting accurate portraits of the Lewes and county notables attending the King in front of the Friars. This ten foot by eight foot oil painting hangs, with a numbered key to the people it portrays, in the assembly room of Lewes Town Hall. A similar scene was painted by watercolourist Thomas Henwood and shows the procession of carriages descending School Hill and cheering citizens on the rooftop of what is now the National Westminster Bank."
"Other souvenirs of the occasion survive. Among the Corporation plate is the King William Cup, purchased from the fund raised for the reception of the sovereign, and in Anne of Cleves Museum in Southover is the Royal Worcester tea and coffee service Nehemiah Wimble had made to commemorate the honour conferred on him. His coat of arms, with its augmentation, is on the plates and saucers."

This dinner service was displayed in a glass-fronted cabinet in the front room of 101 Enys Road, Eastbourne in the 1950s, which would suggest that it had passed to Ellen I. Gilbert (1857-1951), whose mother's mother was Nehemiah Wimble's sister Mary (1769-1831), although why it should pass down this branch of the family rather than to Nehemiah's children is a mystery. From the memory of H.R.Gilbert it was green and white with a coat of arms featuring the Lion of England, two sea shells and a 'Wimble' (an old fashioned name for a 'brace and bit' winding tool used by thatchers, or for winding straw to make rope) which was the Wimble family emblem.

The Wimble coat of arms, showing the Lion of England granted by King William, and the thatcher's tool ("Wimble") visible in the lower red triangle.

In Mary Gilbert's diary for 4 August 1960 (when she was still living at 101 Enys Road) she wrots; "Elsie, Dick and Hilary [Gilbert] came to supper. We had our family green china out for the occasion." This is almost certainly the same service, and was probably the last time it was ever used. It was probably donated to Anne of Cleve's House via the Sussex Archaeological Society on the recommendation of Richard Gilbert when the Gilbert sisters moved to 56 Milton Road, Eastbourne, less than a month later in 1960.

Died; 12 December 1843. On Nehemiah's death his affairs went into chancery.

As one of the original Trustees of Lewes Tabernacle, Nehemiah had loaned the Trust £600 to fund its construction. His death was followed by a claim by his executors to the Trust for the repayment of the money he had contributed. Although he had enjoyed considerable prestige in Lewes, becoming Junior Constable in 1835 and Senior Constable in 1840, his business affairs had deteriorated. To pay his debts his executors were forced to sell his property. The home of the Wimbles, the Friars, was sold to the Railway Company and pulled down. Mrs Wimble went to live with her niece, Mrs Arthur Morris.

An engraving of the Friars (from the Sussex County Magazine), and an illustration of the Wimble coat of arms are in H R Gilbert's records.

1781 - 1846 AUDREY WIMBLE (nee MARCHANT or MARCHANT-LASHMER)

Audrey Wimble. Painting (unknown artist) in Lewes Town Hall.

Born; 15 January 1781, Steyning, Sussex.
Parents; Daughter of Thomas Lashmer of Steyning (who died at Arthur Morris's house) and Elizabeth Marchant, married in 1768.
Married; Nehemiah Wimble (1778-1843) on 6 August 1804, Tandridge, Surrey.
Children; Elizabeth, + one other?
Died; 1846.

1784 - 1787 WILLIAM WIMBLE

Born: 27 June 1784, Lewes.
Baptised; 30 December 1784, Lewes, St John sub Castro.
Parents; John Wimble (1730-1814) = Elizabeth Pullen (1741-1825)
Died; 15 December 1787, aged three, Southover, Lewes.

1787 - 1834 JOHN WIMBLE

Born; 10 August 1787, Arundel, Sussex.
Baptised; 10 September 1787, Lewes, St John sub Castro.
Parents; John Wimble (1763-1792) = Ann Hammond (1764-1792?)
Married; Ann Fisher Skelton on 30 November 1820 in Scarborough/
Children; John Nehemiah (1823-18??), Skelton Edwards (1825-18??), William Rickinson Parkin (1826-18??), Nehemiah (1828-1896), Mary Ann (1829-18??), Caroline (1832-18??).
Occupation; Ironmonger of Brighton.
From Robert Morris's diary 27 February 1877; "Mrs. Wimble of Brighton died." This could well be John's wife. Died; 1834.

1797 - 1845 WILLIAM WARDELL WIMBLE

Born; 20 November 1797, Hull, Yorkshire .
Parents; James Wimble (1771-1832) = Jane Wardell of Hull (17??-18??)
William visited Charles Wille for tea, 24 October 1838, with his sister Sarah Wimble 'from Hull' (1807-18??).
Died; July 1845.
Charles Wille attended his burial in Hull on 24 July 1845.

1798 - 1827 JOHN WIMBLE

Born; 13 December 1798, Hull, Yorkshire.
Parents; James Wimble (1771-1832) = Jane Wardell of Hull (17??-18??)
Died; 20 November 1827.

1800 - 18?? JAMES NEWLOVE WIMBLE

Born; 6 February 1800, Hull, Yorkshire.
Parents; James Wimble (1771-1832) = Jane Wardell of Hull (17??-18??)

1801 - 1886 ELIZABETH MORRIS (nee WIMBLE)

Born; 27 April 1801, Hull, Yorkshire.
Parents; James Wimble (1771-1832) = Jane Wardell of Hull (17??-18??)
Married; Arthur Morris (1800-1852)

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Children; Nehemiah Wimble Morris (1825-18??), Arthur Morris (1826-1907), Audrey Wimble Morris (1829-??), John P Morris (1831-??), William B Morris (1834-??), Mary Ann Morris (1846-1846).
Address; High Street, Lewes in 1851.
(Elizabeth appears in the 1851 Census as aged 50, claiming to have been born in Steyning. That is mysterious, as a note by Richard Gilbert says that Arthur Morris married a niece of Nehemiah Wimble and his wife Audrey Marchant-Lashmer, and Audrey was born in Steyning.)
Charles Wille's diary entries;
7 May 1841; "Mrs. A. Morris's premature confinement, child died." (This may refer to Elizabeth and a seventh child?)
20 September 1846; "Arthur Morris's youngest child died" (presumably Mary Ann)
Died; 1886, aged 85.
Buried; St.John the Baptist, Lewes.

1803 - 18?? HANNAH WIMBLE

Born; 26 January 1803, Hull, Yorkshire.
Parents; James Wimble (1771-1832) = Jane Wardell of Hull (17??-18??)

1805 - 1839 JANE WIMBLE

Born; 4 January 1805, Hull, Yorkshire.
Parents; James Wimble (1771-1832) = Jane Wardell of Hull (17??-18??)
Married; Daniel Morris (26 January 1802, Lewes - 19 November 1869, Lewes) draper, as his 1st wife.
Died; Sunday 17 February 1839, at around 10pm after giving birth to a stillborn child. She had been in confinement for 11 days.
Buried; 1 March 1839, Hull.

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1806 - 1824 MARIANNE FRANCIS WIMBLE

Born; 4 April 1806, Hull, Yorkshire.
Parents; James Wimble (1771-1832) = Jane Wardell of Hull (17??-18??)
Died; 19 September 1824.

1807 - 18?? SARAH WIMBLE

Born; 19 October 1807, Hull, Yorkshire.
Parents; James Wimble (1771-1832) = Jane Wardell of Hull (17??-18??)
She was unmarried in 1838 when visiting Charles Wille (1797-1878) for tea with her brother William Wardell Wimble (1797-1845).

1809 - 18?? REBECCA WIMBLE

Born; 13 January 1809, Hull Yorkshire
Parents; James Wimble (1771-1832) = Jane Wardell of Hull (17??-18??)
She was unmarried in 1869 when Charles Wille (1797-1878) met her.

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