Individual Summary for William Glew
22 Apr 2000
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Event
Date(s)
Place
Description
Born
, Harting, West Sussex, UK 
Christened
1
31 May 1795
St Mary's Ch, Harting, West Sussex, UK 
Died
2
Dec 1876
, Westhampnett, West Sussex, UK 
Buried
3
31 Dec 1876
St Mary's Ch, Sidlesham, WS, UK 
Nickname: 
AKA: 
Married Name: 
Sex:
M
ID:
99
AFN:
Created:
25 Sep 1999
Last Changed: 3 Oct 1999
Parents
Father
Mother
Edward Glue
Susannah 
Marriages
Spouse
Marriage Date/Place
27 Dec 1823
St Mary's Ch, Sidlesham, West Sussex, UK
Frances Earwicker
4
Notes
A definitive pedigree for William has not been possible to construct but strong circumstantial evidence leads me to believe he was born in Harting 
and was baptized there at the parish church of St Mary and St Gabriel on 31 May 1795 with his surname spelled as GLUE and with only his father 
being recorded in the parish record. He also appears to have had 2 younger siblings, Elizabeth and John, twins baptized on 15 Apr 1797. His father, 
Edward then moved to Upmarden sometime before 31 Mar 1799 when he, with Susannah (perhaps a second wife) had Harry baptized on that date; 6 
further baptisms followed to Edward and Susannah in Upmarden. William later asserts in the 1851 census that he was born in Upmarden but this is 
quite reasonable as he would have been about 3 or 4 years old when he went to live there, and in the 1861 and subsequent census returns his 
assertions that he came from Sidlesham would also have been reasonable as he had lived there at least since his marriage to Frances Earwicker in 
1823 when aged 28. William then marries Frances in Sidlesham on 27 Dec 1823 with that event recorded in the Marriage Register of the parish 
record for Sidlesham; he makes his mark in the register. Frances came from a Sidlesham family and that's where the couple settled and raised their 12 
children. William was an agricultural labourer and appears in all census returns from 1841 to 1871 inclusive. His age varies from one census to the 
next: in 1841 he is 45 (year of birth 1796); 1851 he is 52 (year of birth 1799); 1861 he is 64 (year of birth 1797); and finally in 1871 he is 74 (year 
of birth again 1797). Interestingly the spelling of his surname also changes with some regularity: his baptism in Harting has it spelled GLUE; his 
marriage entry has him as GLEW as does the 1841 and 1851 census returns; the 1861 census has him as GLUE; while the 1871 census has him back 
to GLEW. His 10th child was Isaac who was my direct ancestor (my 2 x Great Grandfather). He died in Dec 1876, the month following his wife's 
death and was buried at St Mary's Church, Sidlesham where he had been married 53 years earlier. His age at death was recorded as 80 in both the 
civil and parish registers although in fact he had his 81st birthday the previous May. William's surname had changed spelling frequently throughout 
his life and interestingly it is spelled GLEW in the St Catherine's House indexes at his death but GLUE in the parish burial register. William is my 3 
x Great Grandfather.
Sources
1. 
Harting Parish Baptism Register, MF333, PAR98/1/1/3, Page 36, 1724/1812, WSRO, Chichester.
2. 
PRO Death Indexes, Westhampnett, Vol 2b, Page 205, Dec 1876.
3. 
Sidlesham Parish Burial Register, MF1249, PAR173/1/5/1, Frame 000477, Page 126, 1875/1926, WSRO, Chichester.
4. 
Sidlesham Parish Marriage Register, MF353, PAR173/1/3/1, Page 23, Entry 68, 1813/1876, WSRO, Chichester.