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Abraham Hale

1811–1904

Farmer. Bailiff at Claytons, Ashurst, Kent, 1841. Bailiff to the earl of Sheffield at Sheffield Farm, Fletching, Sussex, 1851; steward of the earl’s estates, 1861, 1871. Farmed 327 acres at Filstone Hall Farm, Shoreham, Kent, 1881, 1891; hop planter and farmer, 1901.

Sources

Census returns of England and Wales 1841 (The National Archives: Public Record Office HO107/456/4/7/9), 1851 (HO107/1640/496/1), 1861 (RG9/577/137/8), 1871 (RG10/1055/56/7), 1881 (RG11/906/5/4), 1891 (RG12/672/92/4), 1901 (RG13/746/99/10)

England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1995 (Ancestry.com, accessed 10 February 2021)

Surrey Church of England parish registers (Ancestry.com, accessed 10 February 2021)

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