The Marchants go back to the early days of Brighton, before it became popular as a bathing resort for the middle and upper classes. There is even a connection to Martha Gunn, the most famous of Brighton's bathing women (also known as "dippers"), who was born in the seaside village of Brighthelmstone (Brighton) in 1726. Martha came from an old fishing family (like the Marchants), but when sea-bathing became popular in the 1740s, she found employment as a "dipper" on Brighton's seafront. "To Brighton came he, came George III's son, to be bathed in the sea, by famed Martha Gunn." (Old English rhyme) - see if you can find Martha (hint: check the GUNN family under the Charts menu, maiden name Killick) and see the Links page for more information on her.
Richard Marchant
(10 Sep 1654-)
(?) Marchant
(21 Feb 1657/58-)
(?) Marchant
(21 Feb 1657/58-)
John Marchant
(22 May 1659-)
(?) Marchant
(13 Oct 1661-)
(?) Marchant
(c 1665-)
Robert Marchant
(6 Oct 1667-)
William Marchant
(3 Nov 1667-)
Ann Jacket
(c 1670-)
William Marchant
(27 Oct 1695-1772)
Elizabeth Gunn
(17 Oct 1697-1776)
Elizabeth Marchant
(19 Aug 1722-)
Anne Marchant
(27 Sep 1724-)
William Marchant
(15 Jan 1726/27-1763)
Mary Sanders
(c 1730-1789)
Mary Marchant
(18 Aug 1755-)
Elizabeth Marchant
(20 Oct 1756-1769)
William Marchant
(2 Sep 1758-)
Susan Marchant
(28 Apr 1762-)
Stephen Marchant
(19 Oct 1729-c 1770)
Elizabeth Wingham
(30 Jul 1737-1772)
Elizabeth Marchant
(16 Feb 1760-1769)
Martha Marchant
(19 Aug 1763-2 Nov 1852)
Peter Short
(20 Feb 1774-1851)
Elizabeth M. Short
(2 Feb 1790-1865)
Adam Taylor
(3 Apr 1791-1865)
Mary A. Short
(22 May 1792-)
Stephen Marchant
(29 Mar 1797-1882)
George Marchant
(12 Oct 1819-)
James Marchant
(23 Sep 1821-)
Richard L. Marchant
(20 Apr 1823-)
Sarah Marchant
(16 Jan 1825-)
Stephen Marchant
(18 Mar 1827-)
Elizabeth Marchant
(13 Apr 1834-)
John Short
(3 Nov 1794-)
Martha Short
(1802-1871)
Stephen P. Marchant
(13 Sep 1765-1830)
Hannah Grinyer
(22 May 1768-1835)
Richard Marchant
(9 Sep 1787-30 Jul 1866)
Sarah Gillam
(20 Jan 1788-1 Dec 1871)
Richard Marchant
(20 Feb 1807-1808)
Sarah Marchant
(21 Sep 1808-1813)
Gabriel Marchant
(3 Oct 1813-1814)
Stephen Marchant
(13 Jan 1815-)
Nancy Marchant
(12 Oct 1817-Oct 1817)
George W. Marchant
(12 Nov 1820-8 May 1902)
Elizabeth Redman
(7 May 1820-30 Jun 1868)
George W. Marchant
(4 Jan 1844-)
William G. B. Marchant
(8 Jul 1847-2 May 1901)
Maria Murrell
(11 Feb 1846-14 Jul 1893)
Annie Marchant
(25 Aug 1866-24 Oct 1919)
James Middleton
(24 Apr 1857-13 Nov 1938)
Walter P. Middleton
(6 Sep 1885-25 Sep 1953)
Mabel Stevens
(1 Oct 1889-13 Aug 1970)
Mabel B. Middleton
(31 Aug 1914-Jun 1997)
Stanley H. Mitchell
(5 Feb 1910-1975)
Walter J. Middleton
(26 Jun 1917-11 Feb 1985)
Amanda J. Bebbington
(8 Dec 1922-31 Aug 2023)
Gary J. Middleton
(8 Mar 1947-2014)
Philip H. Middleton
(11 Mar 1923-2 Dec 1999)
Percy O. Middleton
(10 Feb 1928-2013)
Henry F. Middleton
(1887-4 Oct 1976)
Bertha Green
(29 Sep 1886-14 Sep 1960)
Reginald F. Middleton
(13 Jul 1911-28 Nov 1987)
Edith R. Ayers
(22 Nov 1914-29 Aug 1996)
Ronald F. Middleton
(1933-27 Oct 1993)
Raymond A. Middleton
(c 1934-19 May 1936)
Trevor B. Middleton
(1936-3 Apr 1936)
Brian R. Middleton
(c 1940-16 Feb 1940)
Frederick J. Middleton
(1912-18 Aug 1986)
Marion E. Wilson
(10 Sep 1915-14 May 1982)
Desmond A. Middleton
(2 Sep 1935-21 Jun 1996)
Robert G. Middleton
(Jan 1938-23 Dec 1983)
Leslie H. Middleton
(1915-1 Jun 1977)
Joyce F. Smith
(c 1914-10 Feb 1970)
Lillian C. A. Middleton
(2 Aug 1889-1890)
Herbert J. Middleton
(30 Dec 1890-18 Nov 1952)
Fortune E. Coates
(18 Nov 1889-18 Nov 1975)
Dorothy W. Middleton
(1914-23 Dec 1918)
Gladys M. Middleton
(4 Jan 1920-2000)
William A. Dean
(22 Apr 1920-1990)
William H. Dean
(8 Aug 1947-1997)
Joan E. Middleton
(5 Nov 1922-1989)
Stanley W. Elkins
(21 Jun 1920-1993)
Herbert J. P. Middleton
(17 Mar 1923-19 Feb 1992)
Muriel J. Hillman
(22 Apr 1926-2001)
Mary J. Middleton
(1924-26 Jun 2008)
Charles W. Clark
(1923-1965)
Bernard F. A. Jago
(18 Feb 1928-12 May 1997)
Reginald D. Middleton
(7 Dec 1927-5 Apr 2015)
Jean E. Middleton
(30 Apr 1929-Oct 2005)
Ernest C. Middleton
(8 Feb 1893-1971)
Sybil (?)
(c 1916-)
Mary J. Middleton
(28 Jan 1894-)
William J. Hatchard
(19 Mar 1882-1942)
Alice B. Middleton
(9 Jun 1896-Sep 1986)
William E. V. Bateman
(1901-4 Aug 1970)
Francis V. L. Bateman
(1 Aug 1926-3 May 2011)
Joan M. Blee
(18 Dec 1929-1 Aug 2013)
Ada W. Middleton
(9 Dec 1898-14 Sep 1958)
Arthur G. Taylor
(6 Feb 1899-13 Oct 1965)
George A. Taylor
(c Aug 1921-c Aug 1921)
Freda A. Taylor
(6 Sep 1922-13 Oct 2009)
Ronald L. Barber
(9 Jun 1920-14 Jun 1990)
Ronald A. Taylor
(3 Aug 1925-26 Aug 2003)
Norma I. Glynn
(7 Aug 1931-17 Dec 2015)
Joyce M. Taylor
(3 Mar 1927-30 Jan 2017)
John L. Treen
(10 Jul 1929-14 Mar 2017)
Elizabeth J. Taylor
(30 Oct 1928-20 Jan 2023)
Arie J. Van Maaren
(15 Jul 1926-21 Mar 1998)
Winifred E. Taylor
(16 Oct 1930-7 Dec 2019)
Terrence McCall
(-4 Jul 2018)
Patricia M. Taylor
(25 Apr 1934-13 Mar 2005)
Walter R. Lampard
(11 Dec 1927-11 Sep 2007)
Barbara A. Lampard
(17 Apr 1955-8 Apr 1992)
Harold E. Middleton
(5 Dec 1903-1977)
Rose V. Martin
(1906-1927)
Harold Middleton
(1927-1927)
Dorothy R. Martin
(14 Nov 1902-1961)
William E. Middleton
(15 Oct 1930-6 Feb 2002)
Cynthia A. Collings
(26 Jan 1932-3 Sep 2002)
Theresa M. Marchant
(1868-4 Feb 1933)
George W. Marchant
(8 Jan 1870-1939)
Alice Denyer
(22 Nov 1863-Mar 1934)
George H. F. Marchant
(10 Apr 1902-17 Oct 1975)
Eva M. Charman
(1 Feb 1907-3 Apr 1994)
Marjorie L. Marchant
(20 Oct 1930-4 Nov 1997)
William T. Evans
(6 Feb 1927-8 Oct 2010)
Dawn M. Marchant
(1942-2010)
Percy W. H. Marchant
(4 Sep 1906-6 Feb 1951)
Tilda M. Turk
(9 Oct 1901-1972)
Percy J. W. Marchant
(6 Jun 1929-13 Sep 1956)
Earl J. A. Marchant
(24 Oct 1932-25 Jan 2001)
Marie Simons
(16 Apr 1933-)
Dennis Marchant
(12 Jul 1939-23 Dec 2004)
Mabel Keemar
(17 Sep 1879-)
Ernest A. Marchant
(2 Jan 1872-c 1936)
Elizabeth C. Hughes
(22 Sep 1873-1940)
Henry V. Marchant
(14 Jan 1894-1952)
Frances Else
(9 Nov 1899-1977)
Edith B. Marchant
(28 Jan 1898-9 Apr 1984)
Christopher A. Cornell
(11 Nov 1921-18 Apr 1995)
Marjorie Nuttall
(c 1920-13 Oct 1985)
Ada E. Marchant
(28 Mar 1900-29 Mar 1988)
Arthur Q. Greenwood
(-13 Apr 1949)
John A. Marchant
(1933-25 Dec 1937)
May L. Greenwood
(22 May 1939-2 May 1946)
Queenie E. Marchant
(15 Feb 1904-1975)
Alice M. Marchant
(2 Aug 1907-15 Sep 1984)
Albert Hewitt
(14 Oct 1904-22 Dec 1988)
Evelyn Hewitt
(1926-27 Dec 1937)
Marion Hewitt
(20 Sep 1932-Jun 1971)
Joyce Hewitt
(7 Feb 1934-26 Dec 2009)
Florence M. Marchant
(17 Nov 1909-2 Jan 2002)
Frederick W. Marchant
(1915-7 Sep 1941)
Kathleen M. Chapman
(4 Nov 1912-)
Marjorie R. Marchant
(4 Nov 1917-Mar 2000)
Rhoda R. Marchant
(18 Jan 1874-1916)
Francis Burford
(9 Apr 1875-1940)
Frank C. Burford
(1896-1 Mar 1916)
George P. Burford
(1900-9 Aug 1918)
Roland J. Satchell
(1874-8 Jan 1954)
Leonard W. J. Burford
(7 Jan 1905-1984)
Emma Q. Mitchell
(1905-1967)
Kathleen M. Burford
(27 Sep 1927-2005)
Thomas B. Hatton
(16 Jan 1925-1997)
Leonard F. Burford
(11 Feb 1930-12 Dec 2007)
Shiela M. Burford
(3 Jun 1932-2002)
Andrew F. Lane
(1954-2008)
Horace S. A. Burford
(10 Jul 1908-22 Aug 1972)
Lily E. Caperon
(25 Jul 1920-1 Feb 2013)
Cecil L. Burford
(1910-1978)
Jack C. Burford
(8 Feb 1932-21 Apr 2007)
Henry F. Marchant
(2 Apr 1876-23 Aug 1943)
Caroline Weller
(c 1875-19 Oct 1961)
Violet C. E. Marchant
(1914-2 Jun 1979)
George W. Kneller
(c 1912-15 Oct 1995)
Olive W. Marchant
(1915-16 Apr 1916)
Ada E. Marchant
(17 Feb 1878-1893)
Alice M. Marchant
(24 Nov 1879-)
(?) Iles
(c 1910-)
Edith B. Marchant
(9 Feb 1882-1963)
Mark Mansbridge
(12 Dec 1867-)
Walter P. Marchant
(30 Nov 1884-1948)
Annie Spink
(5 May 1885-)
Violet Marchant
(16 May 1912-1969)
Charles E. Marsh
(13 Jan 1910-)
Reginald P. Marchant
(31 Jan 1917-1996)
Winifred P. L. Shardlow
(30 Oct 1920-1994)
Alexander Marchant
(17 Jan 1920-2003)
Lily M. Marchant
(9 Oct 1885-20 Feb 1961)
Elsie F. Marchant
(5 Oct 1908-2 Nov 1990)
Leslie F. Reilly
(2 Dec 1909-Jan 1998)
Patrick L. Reilly
(1931-Feb 1990)
Charles J. G. Caperon
(31 Jul 1873-1941)
Charles L. Caperon
(10 Jan 1915-Aug 1993)
Elsie Patching
(7 May 1925-Jul 2000)
George W. Caperon
(4 May 1917-Sep 2001)
Margaret W. Perring
(22 Sep 1918-Feb 1986)
Lily E. Caperon
(25 Jul 1920-1 Feb 2013)
Horace S. A. Burford
(10 Jul 1908-22 Aug 1972)
Cecilia B. Caperon
(15 May 1922-28 Dec 2007)
Cecil E. P. Marchant
(1889-25 May 1963)
Ellen J. White
(1884-4 Sep 1960)
Gladys H. Marchant
(1909-10 Mar 1965)
Albert G. Bourne
(1915-1948)
Cecil J. Marchant
(1911-4 May 1985)
Florence R. Marchant
(17 Dec 1914-17 Dec 1973)
Violet C. E. Marchant
(4 Nov 1890-1969)
Frederick J. Etherton
(17 Aug 1888-1961)
Violet E. M. Etherton
(30 Dec 1914-18 Dec 2002)
James Dooley
(1912-Apr 1997)
Joan P. Dooley
(7 May 1936-Dec 1991)
Wililiam S. Senior
(27 Dec 1920-1983)
Marie E. Etherton
(4 Nov 1916-1980)
Henry W. Johnson
(1916-Dec 1989)
Frederick G. Etherton
(27 Nov 1919-Aug 1994)
Gwendolen N. Sawyer
(29 Dec 1918-Dec 2004)
Dorothy E. Etherton
(28 Sep 1921-Oct 1994)
Desmond J. Greer
(14 Jul 1921-1971)
David M. Greer
(16 Jul 1948-Apr 2001)
Robert W. Lucas
(26 Sep 1914-Oct 1999)
Henry R. Marchant
(2 Apr 1851-)
Fanny Potter
(c 1860-)
Fanny F. Marchant
(c 1888-1981)
George Packham
(1887-1968)
Annie F. Packham
(13 Apr 1913-5 Jun 2009)
Mary A. Marchant
(11 Jul 1859-26 Jun 1936)
John Blanch
(c 1845-1879)
Louisa Blanch
(c 1880-1881)
Robert Churchill
(1853-1909)
William Churchill
(1883-Feb 1925)
Charles G. Churchill
(14 Jul 1885-)
Ada B. Churchill
(1897-1974)
Ada M. Hall
(10 May 1920-14 Jan 1994)
Casimir M. Stokes
(15 Jan 1920-22 Apr 2005)
Lillian Churchill
(20 Nov 1899-30 Nov 1983)
Albert E. Reader
(30 Jan 1897-1958)
Albert R. Reader
(22 Oct 1921-21 May 1996)
Ernest J. Churchill
(10 Jun 1901-1966)
Effie A. Barr
(1907-2006)
Mary A. Marchant
(22 Aug 1824-)
William H. Morley
(22 Feb 1824-25 May 1880)
George C. Morley
(18 Aug 1850-)
Mary A. Morley
(c 1851-3 Aug 1933)
Alfred Silvester
(3 Apr 1849-23 Nov 1930)
(?) Silvester
(25 Dec 1872-25 Dec 1872)
Mary A. Silvester
(5 Nov 1874-20 Jun 1960)
James Knox
(19 Sep 1874-26 Feb 1938)
Nellie C. Knox
(28 Jul 1902-11 Apr 1970)
Reginald McCaughan
(29 May 1897-5 May 1974)
William H. Silvester
(1 Nov 1876-15 Mar 1928)
Alfred J. Silvester
(7 Nov 1878-10 Sep 1952)
Emma Booth
(1886-1 Sep 1920)
Robina Anderson
(1886-24 Oct 1971)
George F. Silvester
(31 Dec 1880-4 Mar 1889)
James A. Silvester
(27 Dec 1882-24 Oct 1954)
Ada E. Mason
(1884-20 Jan 1968)
Charles E. Silvester
(1 Mar 1885-1 Nov 1885)
Charles E. M. Silvester
(28 Sep 1886-30 Aug 1915)
Richard M. Silvester
(5 Oct 1887-24 Nov 1960)
Grace E. White
(1904-3 Oct 1959)
Nettie Z. Silvester
(17 Apr 1890-11 Jan 1964)
Ernest B. Crooks
(10 Sep 1885-1981)
Elaine D. Crooks
(1 Jan 1922-12 Feb 2011)
Gerald P. Stanaway
(19 Mar 1904-1 Jan 2000)
Ada C. H. Silvester
(17 Mar 1892-26 Nov 1981)
James R. Gourlay
(1886-19 Mar 1955)
George F. Silvester
(18 Aug 1894-22 Aug 1942)
Thelma I. Weir
(25 Mar 1902-24 Sep 1976)
Elizabeth Morley
(1854-1934)
William B. Marchant
(7 Oct 1827-)
Elizabeth Marchant
(12 Oct 1789-Apr 1812)
Elizabeth Piper
(18 Apr 1812-1812)
Stephen Marchant
(15 Apr 1792-1815)
Hannah Marchant
(28 Apr 1794-)
Hannah Marchant
(23 Apr 1795-)
Martha Marchant
(29 Sep 1796-)
George W. Marchant
(1 Aug 1799-21 Aug 1867)
George Marchant
(30 May 1830-)
Elizabeth Moore
(6 Dec 1829-1874)
William Marchant
(1855-29 Oct 1926)
William J. Marchant
(19 Nov 1889-13 Aug 1961)
Susannah Foster
(1889-1959)
Victor A. A. Marchant
(17 Jul 1919-6 Oct 2006)
Rita B. Preou
(1920-2014)
Mary Marchant
(29 Nov 1801-1866)
William Bridger
(c 1802-27 Jul 1869)
Thomas Bridger
(28 Sep 1823-16 Mar 1901)
Eliza Minell
(11 Apr 1823-1907)
Mary A. Bridger
(6 Oct 1844-1922)
James Beck
(c 1845-21 Mar 1917)
Thomas Bridger
(7 Mar 1847-5 Feb 1888)
Sarah Bradford
(13 Jan 1851-1917)
Albert M. Bridger
(11 Oct 1882-29 Apr 1943)
Susannah L. Sharp
(14 Aug 1883-25 Nov 1946)
George F. Bridger
(17 Jun 1911-8 Jan 1988)
Enid A. Tappenden
(31 Mar 1914-27 Sep 1982)
John M. Bridger
(4 Dec 1947-)
Wendy M. Taylor
(13 Apr 1952-9 Aug 2013)
Sally Marchant
(20 Aug 1804-)
Ann Marchant
(1 Jan 1808-)
George W. Marchant
(2 Jan 1768-)
Martha Marchant
(28 Apr 1732-c 1760)
Martha Shrivel
(Aug 1755-)
Richard Shrivel
(19 Dec 1756-)
Robert Shrivel
(Jan 1759-)
Mary Shrivel
(Nov 1760-)
Susanna Marchant
(7 Jul 1734-)
Mary Marchant
(13 Jun 1736-)
Jonas Marchant
(29 Jan 1737/38-1809)
Anne Marchant
(8 Sep 1764-Sep 1796)
Jacob Carden
(20 Sep 1761-1838)
Jacob Carden
(20 Mar 1785-)
Samuel Carden
(14 Mar 1786-)
Robert Carden
(29 Oct 1787-)
Mary Carden
(1 Jun 1790-)
Samuel Carden
(18 Sep 1791-)
Anne Carden
(25 Feb 1793-1796)
Elizabeth Carden
(2 Dec 1795-)
Richard Carden
(10 Dec 1796-)
Ann Carden
(5 May 1800-1875)
Edward Akehurst
(21 Oct 1798-1842)
Edward Akehurst
(17 Jan 1818-)
Jacob C. Akehurst
(12 Feb 1821-3 Mar 1891)
Harriet Robbins
(c 1820-1892)
Ann Akehurst
(19 Sep 1822-)
Thomas Akehurst
(12 Dec 1824-Sep 1825)
Eliza Akehurst
(15 Mar 1829-)
Elizabeth Akehurst
(31 Jul 1831-1853)
Richard C. Akehurst
(20 Mar 1836-)
John Akehurst
(28 Apr 1839-)
Thomas Marchant
(2 Dec 1765-1830)
Thomas Marchant
(4 Mar 1786-)
Thomas Marchant
(15 Jul 1787-1787)
Jonas Marchant
(15 Nov 1788-1835)
Sarah Marchant
(24 Jul 1814-)
Sarah Marchant
(9 Apr 1791-)
Thomas Marchant
(27 Oct 1793-)
Stephen Marchant
(10 Dec 1794-)
Alice Haryatt
(c 1804-)
Stephen Marchant
(10 Feb 1828-)
William Marchant
(24 May 1829-)
Albert Marchant
(15 May 1831-)
Jonas Marchant
(6 Jan 1833-)
Alice E. Marchant
(9 Aug 1835-)
Hannah Marchant
(17 Jun 1799-)
Thomas Marchant
(24 Feb 1802-)
Jane S. Marchant
(17 Aug 1803-)
Friend Marchant
(20 Apr 1806-)
Elizabeth Marchant
(1 Nov 1767-)
William Marchant
(9 Jan 1769-)
Jonas Marchant
(2 Jan 1771-1823)
Stephen Marchant
(6 Jan 1794-)
Sarah G. Marchant
(8 Apr 1796-)
Stephen Marchant
(28 Nov 1772-)
Sarah K. Jenner
(-Jun 1843)
Stephen Marchant
(29 Mar 1797-1882)
Mary A. Short
(22 May 1792-)
Mary Marchant
(17 May 1775-)
Susanna Marchant
(24 Jan 1779-)
Richard Humphrey
(9 Jan 1780-)
Richard Humphrey
(10 Jan 1798-)
Anne Humphrey
(1 Aug 1800-)
Eleanor Humphrey
(1 Dec 1801-)
Martha Humphrey
(17 Apr 1805-16 Feb 1861)
James Washington
(12 Aug 1810-29 Jan 1896)
James Washington
(6 Aug 1837-3 Mar 1924)
Susanna Laycock
(2 Oct 1836-29 Mar 1926)
Betsy Washington
(17 Feb 1869-1945)
John Taylor
(17 Aug 1866-)
Lucy Taylor
(17 Feb 1891-9 Jul 1969)
Charles E. Smith
(12 Dec 1885-1 Jan 1972)
Norah D. Smith
(11 Dec 1920-3 Sep 1970)
Arthur E. J. Carter
(22 Oct 1916-17 Jun 1979)
Barrie J. Carter
(18 Aug 1944-2 Feb 2018)
Reuben Humphrey
(10 Aug 1806-)
Susanna Humphrey
(14 Jan 1810-)
Sarah Humphrey
(22 May 1811-)
Susanna Humphrey
(12 Nov 1813-)
Joseph Humphrey
(7 Mar 1816-)
Harriet Humphrey
(11 Jun 1817-)
Eliza Humphrey
(26 Nov 1820-)
Sarah Marchant
(25 Nov 1739-)
Grace Marchant
(18 Oct 1741-)
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