Friday, March 16, 2007

Assume nothing!

Ann WEST was the daughter of William and Mary WEST. In William's will of 1818 she is described as the wife of Charles MUSTON and in 1820 is in receipt of of money from the probate.
But where was she born and what else can be found about her?
MUSTON is a 'Sussex' name so I assumed she would be in Sussex.
However, from the 1841 census she is living at Hinckley in Leicestershire and in 1851 in Clifton, Gloucestershire (born Storrington). Charles MUSTON is described as a woolstapler, born Atherstone, Warwickshire.
Assume nothing!