Brighton and Beyond
A History of the Cowley Family
Reproduced by kind permission of The Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton & Hove
11 Apr 1797
No known marriage
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From Stephen Coley (1776)
On the original parish record for William Cowley’s baptism his parents are listed as Stephen Coley and Jane. There is no traceable marriage record for Stephen and Jane but there are records for both the reading of the banns and for the marriage of Stephen Coley and Elizabeth Gilburd. (In some records this surname is shown as Gilbert.)
From the date of William's baptism and the date of the marriage of Stephen and Elizabeth I believe that it is highly probable that they were William's parents. It is possible that Elizabeth was Jane Elizabeth or Elizabeth Jane, or there could be an error in the parish record. William and his brother Charles are both recorded as living in Black Rock in the 1841 census.
Mary Ann
Coley
b 10 Jan 1802
d Not known
Sophia
Coley
b Abt 1803
d Not known
Ann
Coley
b Abt 1805
d Not known
Jane
???
b Not known
d Not known
Elizabeth
Gilburd
b Not known
d Not known
Stephen
Coley
b Abt 1776
d Not known
Stephen
Coley
b Abt 1806
d Not known
William
Cowley
b Abt 1798
d 12 Mar 1881
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Charles
Cowley
b 25 Jan 1800
d 28 Jan 1880
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William Cowley
Jemima (William’s wife)
Photographs of the grave of William Cowley and his wife, Jemima, at St Margaret’s Church, Rottingdean.
Grave photographs kindly supplied by Ernie Fortnum
William
Cowley
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Charles Cowley
Grave of Charles Cowley and his first wife, Miriam, at St Margaret’s Church, Rottingdean
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Photograph kindly supplied by Ernie Fortnum