My 2x great uncle, Samuel Weston, was baptised in Etchingham Parish Church on 8 March 1840. He was the eldest son of Samuel Weston and Sarah Newick. He married Jane Pilbeam on Christmas Day 1863 and had 12 children. They followed their sons who had emigrated to America and left Liverpool in 1893 , settling in Portsmouth, New Hamphire. Samuel was a brewery labourer. The brewery that he worked for was called Frank Jones & Eldridge Brewing Co. The brewery is no longer in business. He worked in the Portsmouth Naval Dockyard during WW1. He loved gardening until well into his 90s when failing eyesight caused him to give up. He died in May 1939 and there were articles about in him local newspapers because of his age.
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| Samuel Weston and Jane Pilbeam |
This photo shows him sitting down as he was rather short and Jane was tall!!