I don't know how Brighthelmstone was pronounced, maybe it was always spoken as Brighton ? Maybe one of our Sussex members would know ?
And no, not all their children started with a B
- Susannah, Sophia Lee, Elizabeth, Mary, Thomas Benjamin, William, Henry, Sarah Ann, James and my ggg grandma Susan Eliza Louisa.
I don't know why they had both Susannah and Susan - although it seems that the "Susan" was only added between official Registration (Eliza Louisa) and baptism.
I have considered if Susannah (born 1820) might have really been Susan's (b1841) mother, but cannot see why they would have done that.
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