The Cossticks

Nye Family Descendants

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[These details supplied by Hazel Turner (Radford) - 8 March 2010]John Nye married Sarah Roffey on 4 October 1784 in Godstone, Surrey, their son:William Nye was borne in 1788 at Horne, Surrey and married Sarah, born in 1794 at Woolwich, Kent. William was an Agricultural Labourer [Census 1841/51]1. Thomas b.1824.2. Henry b.1827.3. Stephen b.18344. Lucy b.1835. [Possibly Housemaid to Lawyer Charles

Descendants of Charles Cosstick and Caroline Dawe

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Charles Cosstick and Catherine YoungThis chapter is in the process of being written. There may be incomplete or incorrect information at this stage. Please let me know if you have anything to contribute.Charles Cosstick was born on 8 August 1842 in Croydon, Surrey, England. He died of a stroke on 9 September 1896 in Stratford, Ontario, Canada, and was buried in the Avondale Cemetery at

The Weller Family

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Samuel Cosstick born 1792 in Seaford, Sussex, married Mary Weller, born 1800 in Horley, Surrey, in 1818 at Kingston-upon-Thames.This is part of the Weller family ancestry.1. John Weller born about 1735, Horley, Surrey, England, married about 1757, in Horley, Surrey, England, Sarah _____, born about 1735, Horley, Surrey, England. A James Weller married Sarah Peat on 22 October 1758 at Horley. This

Cosstick Descendants

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The following is a chart of Cosstick Descendants from about 1625 to the end of the 1800s. The connections between the first three generations have not been absolutely proven as records are fairly vague. However from the fourth generation on connections have been established through documentation. You will notice there are still many gaps. Should the reader be able to provide missing details I

Thomas Coulstick and Susanna Townsett

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Descendants of Thomas Coulstick (1762) and Susanna Townsett (1763)This chart was kindly supplied by Rosie Ansell - 28 December 2007Thomas COULSTICK (1672), b. 1662 East Chiltington, d. 8 Nov 1730 Hamsey+Susanna TOWNSETT (1673), b. circa 1660, m. 8 Feb 1682 East Chiltington+-- Thomas COULSTICK (1674), b. 1683 East Chiltington+-- William COULSTICK (1675), b. 1686 Laughton+-- Richard COULSTICK (1676

Tom Davis Martin and Maria Fisher

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Luke Martin and Ruth Appleby married at St James Church, Bristol on 5 September 1830.On Saturday 28 April 1832 the Hobart Courier announced the arrival in Hobart Town on 24 April of Luke Martin and his wife, Ruth Appleby, along with Henry Martin, and Ann Martin whom we might at first assume to be a son and daughter. They had emigrated from London, England, to Van Diemen's Land on a ship named the

James Edward and Lusy Cosstick's Children

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James Edward Cosstick, Ted as he was known, and his wife Lusy Martin had nine children.Maude CosstickMaude was born at Waterloo on 3 March 1886 . She was the eldest child of the family.Maude’s younger brother, Jack, remembered her as a “small, neat person, quite attractive” but with “rather a domineering attitude towards her younger brothers” . She left home to find work but when she came home

William Thomas Walker

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MY LIFE STORY by W T WalkerWilliam Thomas Walker is related to the Cossticks through his marriage to Adeline Cosstick, daughter of John Cosstick. William and Adeline emigrated to New Zealand in 1902.Source: Written by William Thomas Walker just prior to his death on 31 December 1957 aged 83. The transcript is typed as he wrote it. Transcribed by Malcolm Saunderson Cooper (Grandson).On the 8th

15. Edwin Chapman Cosstick

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The Family of John Cosstick and Hannah BestJohn Cosstick was baptised at Seaford, Sussex on 27 September 1794. He married Hannah Best at Seaford on 14 April 1818.John and Hannah had ten children: Elizabeth in 1818; Edward in 1820; Susannah in 1822; Daniel in 1825; Thomas in 1827; William in 1829; Edwin 1832; Ann 1835; Emily 1838; and Walter in 1842. All were born at Seaford, Sussex. The families

14. Photo Gallery

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Click on the photos to see them full size.Seaford, Sussex CossticksDo you recognise these photos?The first is a wedding group. One of the children sitting at the front may be Eliza Louisa Cosstick (#189 on the Descendant Chart page)This may be a Cosstick family photo from the studio of the Tester Brothers (Herbert and Lewis) who worked from Church Road, Burgess Hill between 1895 and 1903; from

12. Bibliography and Sources

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BibliographyPlease note that this internet version of The Cossticks does not contain the extensive footnotes and references that are included in the printed book. The sources of my information are listed below. Readers who wish to confirm the source of any particular piece of information are welcome to contact me.-, Alternative Routes in Britain, Automobile Association, London, 1981-, The

11. John and Mary Ann Cosstick’s Children

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James Edward CosstickThe first child of John Cosstick and Mary Ann Hamilton was James Edward, born on 26 December 1861 . Mary Ann was just seventeen years old. It seems likely that Mary Ann’s mother, Ann Hamilton, had travelled from Adelaide for the occasion as a Mrs Hamilton is listed as being in attendance at the birth .James Edward, or Ted, as his family and friends better knew him, went to

9. Sam Cosstick and Annie Shove

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Samuel Cosstick was born in Croydon, Surrey, on 1 January 1836 and baptized on 7 February in the same year . He arrived in Adelaide on board the Star Queen on 30 December 1854 and soon moved to Melbourne.The 836 ton Government emigrant ship, Star Queen, with 368 English passengers, arrived at the Lightship Anchorage, off Largs Bay, from where its passengers disembarked on Saturday 30 December

10. William and Sarah Cosstick’s Children

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George CosstickGeorge Cosstick was born on 8 August 1865 at Amherst. He learned the trade of carpentry and coach building from prominent Amherst coachbuilder Christopher Harling Barrett . Christopher Harling (he dropped the Barrett from his name) had trained as a coachbuilder in England before coming to Victoria in 1848. In August 1854 Harling moved from Melbourne to Maryborough and worked for

8. Charles and George Cosstick

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Henry, William and John Cosstick spent most of their time working around Amherst. While Henry and William seem to have attracted a fair amount of publicity in local newspapers, and left traces of their lives in a multitude of official documents, Charles and George have remained something of a mystery with comparatively little documentation remaining.Charles CosstickCharles Cosstick was

7. William Cosstick and Sarah Hamilton

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On 30 August 1852 twenty one year old William Cosstick arrived at Melbourne on board the Negotiator . His brothers Henry and George, and sister-in-law Sophia arrived a year later on the Appleton . As described earlier, William then went back to England and brought out his younger brothers, Charles and John, on board the Anglesey in 1856. The mining activities of William, Henry and their

6. John Cosstick and Mary Anne Hamilton

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John Cosstick was born at Croydon, Surrey, in 1838 and lived with his parents at Cold Harbour Farm. His older brother William emigrated to Australia on board the Negotiator in 1852 . William apparently liked what he found and returned to England to get John and younger brother Charles. They went back to Victoria on board the Anglesey, arriving in Melbourne on 9 December 1856 .MarriageWithin two

5. The Goldminers

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White Horse ReefThe origin of the name of the White Horse Reef near Amherst is uncertain, although it was first discovered by Gottfreid Schmidt in 1854 .On Tuesday 18 January 1859 the Maryborough and Dunolley Advertiser reported that Patons quartz crushing mill was doing well at White Horse Reef . Theophilus and George Paton had invested £500 in a ten horsepower engine and a Chilean mill worth

4. Why Amherst?

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Old Daisy Hill - Before the GoldWhen the Cosstick brothers arrived at Amherst it was also known by its earlier name, Daisy Hill. What sort of place was Amherst, or Daisy Hill? What so attracted the Cossticks, the Hamiltons and dozens of other families that they stayed in the district for over forty years?Daisy Hill had been the name given to a locality near the eastern boundary of the Glenmona

3. The Emigrants and Goldseekers

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In 1848 J. Allen, of Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row, London, published a small booklet titled The Emigrants' Friend or Authentic Guide to South Australia in which the various Australian colonies were described in some detail for the benefit of intending emigrants . It pictured England as an over taxed country where the ordinary man and his family had little hope of advancement; a country where a

2. Samuel Cosstick

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Samuel Cosstick, the son of Thomas Cosstick and Mary Green, was born at Seaford and baptized there on 14 July 1792. He later travelled north from Sussex into neighbouring Surrey. How he travelled is unknown although there was a regular stage coach service between Brighton, Lewes and London which passed through Croydon. The rest of Samuel's family apparently remained at Seaford, although an Ann

00. Introduction

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Preface to the Web Edition (revised 26 December 2007)This web version of The Cossticks is based upon a family history I had been researching since the mid 1970s and finally published privately in 1999.Like any family history this story is not, and never will be, finished. I would however ask the visitor to this site to help me make it more complete by adding their comments and emailing extra

1. Origins of the Cossticks

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A Multitude of SpellingsDuring the mid to late 1700s it was not uncommon for people to be what we would today term as “illiterate” – at least in terms of their ability to read and write. Undoubtedly people of the 1700s