Peter Brown Family History

John Dungate (c1540) & Elizabeth

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General History

John Dungate & Elizabeth were one of my 13th generation ancestors.

Key Dates:

John Dungate (Dungat) birth details are unknown but he was probably born in about 1540 in East Grinstead, Sussex (derived as no birth record) and was the son of John Dungate. He married Elizabeth. Elizabeth was buried on 1st June 1583 in East Grinstead, Sussex (' wife of John Dungat') and John was buried there on 3rd December 1586 (shown as Dungatt). (There also a possiblity he first married a Thomasin Goodwin)

 

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John & Elizabeth had maybe possibly seven children .

  1. Mary Dungate (Marie Dungat) was baptised on 7th February 1562 in East Grinstead, Sussex (no parents shown so assumed). She possibly married John Payne (Paine) on 16th November 1583 (shown as Dungat and John of East Grinstead),
  2. Joan Dungate (Johane Dungat) was baptised on 6th October 1564 in East Grinstead, Sussex (no parents shown so assumed).
  3. Stephen Dungate (Dungat) was baptised on 30th April 1565 in East Grinstead, Sussex. (no parents shown so assumed). He married Joan Humphrey. Details of Stephen Dungate & Joan Humphrey are shown separately as they are direct ancestors.
  4. Aves Dungate (Dungat) was baptised on 2nd May 1568 in East Grinstead, Sussex.(no parents shown so assumed).
  5. John Dungate (Dungatt) was baptised on 9th April 1570 in East Grinstead, Sussex. (son of John)
  6. Anne Dungate (Dungatt) was baptised on 18th November 1571 in East Grinstead, Sussex. (no parents shown so assumed)
  7. Thomas Dungate was possibly born in about 1574 possibly in West Hoathly, Sussex (derived as no birth record found ). He married Catherine. Details of Thomas Dungate & Catherine are shown separately as they are direct ancestors.

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Duckyls & Strudegate

Duckyls is about 1.5km north west of West Hoathly. Great Strudegate farm is about 2.5Km west of West Hoathly and 1.5km south west of Duckyls. Stonelands (home of the Paynes) is <1 km south of Duckyls.

Duckyls Holt, about ½ mile north-north-west of the church in West Hoathly, is a 15th-century house retaining remains of the usual king-post and central purlin roof-construction, but has been much renovated. All the rooms have opentimbered ceilings and the central chimney-stack, inserted c. 1600, has wide fire-places. Timber-framing shows in the external walls of the upper story and the roof is tiled.

 

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  1. There were numerous differant spellings of "Dungate" in the parish registers. eg Dungatt, Dungat, Dunget, Dungete Dungatte,Dongat, Dongatt, Dongett, Dongate, Downgate, Doungate
  2. Stephen is shown as the son of John because the choice of Stephen's first sons name as John and the subsequent naming of two other sons as John, implies that John was an important figure in Stephen's life and was probably his father.
  3. The children above are all allocated to John but most of the children could have been children of someone else as no parentage is shown.
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Wills:

Archives:

  1. In East Sussex Record Office there are charts showing the Pedigree of the Dungate family commencing with Richard Dungate of West Hoathly (Ref AMS6218/1) The provenance of this document is not stated but was derived from the 'Watt' family history who had descended from Henry Dungate. However it has been used to form the basis of the initial generation of Dungates. The 'Wills' mentioned in it and also mentioned above have not been seen and are thus unverified.
    1. John Dungate - Duckles (unverified- obtained from another family history site, but based on Archive item 3) The Will also refers to his son Stephen who paid his brother Edward £30 for wood!! and to Anne & george who received £40 each out of Duckyls

 
 
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  1. Sussex Record Society -  East Grinstead Parish Registers 1558-1661:
  2. Sussex Parish Registers – East Grinstead, West Hoathly, Horsham, Rotherfield
  3. Sussex Record Society – Marriage Licenses at Lewes 1586-1642,1670-1732, 1772-1837 (Volumes 1, 6, 25,26)
  4. Lewes Will Microfilm
  5. Sussex Family History Group-Sussex Marriage Index CD
  6. Sussex Family History Group - Baptism & Burial records
  7. IGI (International Genealogical Index: Latter-day Saints) - batches of parish records: see Links-Research Web sites - ref 2