Sole family of Heyshott and Lodsworth Sussex UK

Sole family of Steyning, Heyshott and Lodsworth, Sussex - an overview

Surname origin
'Dweller by the miry place', old English sol 'mud, wallowing place for animals' as at Soles in Kent.
William de la Sole 1207 Curis Regis Rolls Sussex.
A Dictionary of English Surnames by P H Reaney. OUP revised third edition 1997. 019860092-5.
SOLE, SOALL or SOAL?
Here are some of the spellings.
1689 SOAL
1692 SOLE
1736 SOALL.

The Sole Society

James SOALE ( - 1692) married Margery LASSETER at Ashurst on the 5th May 1640. He was a bachelor of Henfield, she a spinster of Wiston. They had children:-
Edward ( - 1692) married Jane AUSTIN on the 14th June 1681 at Heyshott, they had children:-

John = Mary TERRY

John (1707 - )

Katherine
Austin (1689 -1761) = Mary EAMES(-1775)

Austin (1713 - 1775) = Sarah CLEVERLY (1713 - 1785)

Austin (1736 - 1760)
Anne (1737 - 1765) = Robert BAXTER

Robert (1759 - )
William (1760- )
Ann (1762- )

Thomas (1740 - ) = Jane LEGATE

Phebey (1764 - ) = Thomas FRANCIS (1764 - )
Thomas (1764 - )
Sarah (1769 - ) =
James (1773)X
Edward (1775 - 1779)
William (1777)X

William (1743)X
Sarah (1744 - ) = George HOLDING

William HOLDING
Sarah HOLDING
Elizabeth HOLDING
George HOLDING

James (1747- ) = (1) Mary Button =(2) Elizabeth DENYER

(1) Jane (1771 - )
(2) Sarah (1774 - )
(2) Elizabeth (1776)X
(2) James (1777 - ) = Elizabeth ?
(2) Thomas (1779 - )
(2) William (1781 - )
(2) Ann (1784 - )

Mary (1750 - 1796) = Thomas KNIGHT(c.1742 - 1808)
John KNIGHT (1773 - 1855) = Anne EEDE (1775 - 1856)

Thomas KNIGHT(1797- 1844) = Mary AYLING ( - 1840)

Ann KNIGHT (1829 - 1914) = George WEST(1824 - 1904)

Mary Ann WEST (1858 - 1887) = George COOPER (1861 - 1941)

Mary Ann COOPER (1887 - 1975) = Arthur Henry FITT (1890 - 1954)

Irene FITT =Alfred John William COX

Edward (1752 - ) =

John (1717 - ) = Ann RESTALL

Sarah (1737 - )
Ann (1737 - )
John (17?? - ) = Sarah VARMINER
Richard (1739 - 1819)

Mary (1720 - ) = John FOAHED

Ann (1724 - ) = Thomas MATTHEWS

James (1726 - 1749)

Martha (1730 - ) = Benjamin ANDREW

Edward (c.1737 - )

William (c.1737 - ) = Elizabeth HARFORD

Edward (1691 - <1744) = Sarah HAKENS ( - 1744)

Ann ( - 1676) = John KNELL

James KNELL (1675 - )
Thomas KNELL (1676 - 1695)
John KNELL (1677 - )

This page last updated 1st January 2014
copyright Peter Cox 2001