Andrew Dorey

[Phoenix]

Andrew was buried in Stoughton, West Sussex, 9 August 1803, aged 68.
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/1244479:62121?tid=&pid=&queryId=0483aa9512a325461e5f5656b5b88869&_phsrc=nUX6105&_phstart=successSource


When he married, in 1760, he was of Westbourne: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/1237237:62131?tid=&pid=&queryId=0483aa9512a325461e5f5656b5b88869&_phsrc=nUX6104&_phstart=successSource


I never really thought about it, when I tacked him onto a tree, but the name is uncommon, and doesn't appear to be indigenous to Sussex.



Does anyone have any bright ideas about how I can find out more about him? He certainly does not appear to have been baptised in Sussex.

[kiterunner]

Try Hampshire? Apparently Westbourne is close to the border.

[Phoenix]

I do wonder what Warblington might have to offer. Ancestry hasn't filmed the marriage registers, where one of Andrew's daughters was married, but they might have earlier registers.

But I can't help feeling that it's French in origin: either Hugenot, or from Jersey.

[crawfie]

According to this site in 1841 there were more Doreys in Channel Isles, followed by Dorset and Hampshire

https://www.your-family-history.com/surname/d/dorey/

[Phoenix]

Thanks, Crawfie. That's very interesting.

Both counties have strong maritime links, so I get the feeling that the surname is imported, rather than indigenous. Andrew, patron saint of fisherman! is not a common christian name, and I do wonder whether it is an anglicised version of Andre.