The Veness Family History

The Veness’ come to Battle The Venesses came to the agricultural area surrounding the town of Battle in 1752. Isaac (1727) and Sarah’s children were baptised there in the Norman church of St. Mary’s: John, c. 5 Jun 1752, d. 1829; Isaac, c. 12 Oct 1753; Ann, c. 17 Jan 1755; Mary, c. 19 Jul 1756, d. May 1771; Elizabeth, c. 26 Jan 1758; Sarah, c. 29 Aug 1759, d. Oct 1759; Hannah, 8 Oct 1760; Thomas, c. 26 Nov 1762, d. Apr 1845; Jane, c. 2 Oct 1765; Lucy, c. 10 Feb 1768; Philadelphia, c. 16 Aug 1769. Above: The Abbey, Battle Possibly some of these children were farmed out to other relatives. Ann was taken in at one stage by a wealthy aunt in Lewes, where she married on 26 December 1775. The son Isaac (1753) married an Elizabeth about 1774 and had the following children: Ann, c. 13 Jan 1775; Isaac, c. 10 Jan 1777; Unknown, 1779; Unknown, 1781; Sarah, c. 13 Mar 1783; Henry, c. 1785. (This last son, Henry, appears on the 1841 Census for Hastings, married to a Charlotte. Significantly, he is a lime-burner.) Isaac’s wife, Elizabeth, died in February 1803, and Isaac died in sep 1835 aged 82 years. Isaac Veness (1777) and Sarah Isaac Veness was baptised in Battle on 10 January 1777, son of Isaac Veness (1727) and his wife Elizabeth. He worked as a limeburner, mining the local chalk rock and burning it in a limekiln to produce lime for mortar. 7 | P a g e