THE CUSS FAMILIES OF ASHTON KEYNES


	NICHOLAS CUSS				&	JOAN				of Stanton Fitzwarren
	d.1587 Will
	Isabell				
	Joane							m.Leonard Prydie 24.04.1575 Stanton Fitzwarren
	Margaret		xx.02.1553			m.John Horton 14.01.1580 Stanton Fitzwarren
	Adam			28.09.1555 Stanton Fitzwarren 	m.Susan Squire 09.06.1581 Stanton Fitzwarren
	Alice			31.10.1561 Stanton Fitzwarren
	Richard				1563 Stanton Fitzwarren d.

	ADAM CUSS				&	SUSAN SQUIRE m.09.06.1581 Stanton Fitzwarren 
	d.1604 
	Susanna			10.11.1582			m.Thomas Head 18.01.1602
	Nicholas		21.02.1583 d.07.08.1585	
	Francis				1585			m.Margaret Richards 17.01.1610/1 Ashton Keynes
	John			30.03.1586						d.1600
	Thomas			18.12.1589			m.Elinor
	Nicholas			1595			m.Margaret

	NICHOLAS CVSE				&	MARGARETT 
	d.11.12.1638 AK					d.04.06.1640
	William			08.04.1615 AK			m.1)Jayne Casye 09.05.1640 2)Joan Tayler 14.10.1656

	FRANNCES CUSSE 1585 			&	MARGARET RICHARDS m.17.01.1610/1 Ashton Keynes
	d.10.12.1658					d.28.12.1649
	Nicholas		24.02.1615/6			m.Dorothy Millard 13.07.1646	
	Margarett		11.11.1619			m.Griffin Bradley 20.01.1658?	
	Richard				~1621			m.??Agnis 1632			

	WILLIAM CUSSE				&	1)JAYNE CASYE m.09.05.1640	2)JOAN TAYLER	m.14.10.1656
	d.08.07.1659			  		d.29.07.1656			d.26.03.1667
	Henry	twin		26.03.1641	d.19.03.1640/1 previous birth?
	Edmund 	twin		26.03.1641						d.1670
	Winny			16.04.1642or3
	Thomas			14.03.1649/50			m.Mary 			went to Cricklade
	John			26.03.1653			m.Elizabeth		went to Cricklade
	William			19.05.1655			m.Katherine		went to Cricklade

	RIC CUSS				&	??Agnis 1632 Swindon
	Francis			04.08.1647

	NICHOLAS CUSSE 				&	DOROTHY MILLARD	m.13.07.1646
	d.23.01.1679/80		    			d.09.09.1694
	John			27.03.1649/50
	Ruth?				1652
	Edmund			30.09.1653
	Margreat		10.06.1655							

	??					&	MARGREATT CUSSE
	Mary 			xx.09.1679
	William 		25.03.1684/85			m.Mary Hancock 12.04.1710	
	Robert Kimsford 	28.05.1693 

	WILLIAM CUSS				&	MARY HANCOCK m.12.04.1710
				    			d.25.06.1740
	William			27.12.1710   			m.Mary Pinnell 01.02.1734/5
	Mary			29.08.1712 d.22.09.1712
	Thomas			21.11.1714			m.Mary Carter 23.09.1740		
	George?				1715						
	John			02.04.1716
	Edward			10.11.1717			m.Betty Millard 03.08.1742
	Robert			25.09.1719 d.04.12.1719
	Robert			09.10.1720 d.25.10.1720
	Charles			23.06.1723
	Jacob			06.01.1725/26 d.09.01.1725/6
	Mary?				1728	

	JOHN CUSSE				&	ANNE
	John			01.02.1714 Leigh					
	
	WILLIAM CUSS				&	MARY PINNEL  m.01.02.1734/5  IGI    not found AK
	Mary 			12.10.1735			m.Henry Cooper 18.08.1760 Leigh?
	Edward			11.09.1737			m.Sarah Kilmaster 10.02.1759
	
	GEORGE CUSS				&	ANN CARLICK m.10.12.1738	
	d.24.03.1789
	Mary			11.11.1739   d.10.01.1739/40
	Jonathan		01.02.1740/1 d.27.02.1741/2?
	Charles			28.01.1741/2   			d.21.01.1797
	Jonathan		26.05.1745			m.Betty Woodward 17.11.1766
	George			30.11.1746			m.Elizabeth Telling 21.04.1772
	Robert			20.11.1748			m.Elizabeth Bassington 09.10.1769
	Mary			24.03.1750/1 d.24.02.1753
	Mary			17.06.1753

	THOMAS CUSS				&	MARY CARTER m.23.09.1740
	d.28.01.1767			    		d.12.07.1772
	Anne			13.12.1741			m.John Mason 20.03.1781
	Thomas			12.02.1743/4
	John			02.02.1745/6 d.08.11.1746
	Alice			27.09.1747
	John			11.11.1750			m.Sarah Rowley d.02.03.1824
	Mary			07.03.1753 d.18.03.1753
	William			24.03.1754			m.Sarah?	d.10.01.1815
	Mary			26.03.1758
	Isaac			23.11.1760   			m.Pricilla Weaver 20.06.1785 then Ann Brain 1802 

	EDWARD CUSS 				&	BETTY MILLARD m.03.08.1742	
	d.13.06.1790					d.24.04.1755 
	Mary			27.02.1742/3							
	Ann 			03.06.1744		
	William			21.12.1745 
	Henry			31.12.1749 

	EDWARD CUSS				&	SARAH KILMASTER	m.10.02.1759
	Honor			21.06.1752
	Ciscely			06.04.1755 d.04.08.1755
	Edward			?7.09.1759  			m.Mary Edwards 14.10.1777

	EDMOND CUSS 				&	??		of Maysey Hampter/Maisey Hampton GLS
	Betty			20.03.1767			m.William Stratford 11.07.1799?
	John			20.05.1770			m.Sarah Phelps widow 16.12.1804 	d.25.04.1823

	ROBERT CUSS				&	ELIZABETH BASSINGTON m.09.10.1769
	John						d.18.04.1771

	JONATHON CUSS				&	BETTY WOODWARD m.17.11.1766 Somerford Keynes		
	d.20.06.1820			  		d.14.02.1826
	William			22.09.1767 Somerford Keynes
	Ann			10.05.1772			children bb d.1810
	Jonathan		30.07.1780
	Sarah			21.04.1783
	James			14.05.1786
	Susanna			06.09.1789
	Jane			24.06.1792		d.21.10.1819, 27

	GEORGE CUSS				&	ELIZABETH TELLING m.21.04.1772	
	d.11.05.1828
	John			28.06.1772							d.25.04.1823
	Ann			10.04.1774 d.05.07.1776				
	George			04.12.1776
	Henry			29.05.1779			m.Hannah Barnes 15.10.1804
	Elizabeth		20.01.1782 d.11.02.1782
	Eliz (Betty)		24.08.1783 			m.John Lea 12.10.1805
	Judith			28.05.1786			m.Charles Turner 03.11.1807 Leigh
	Charlotte		14.04.1789			m.George Blackford 17.12.1809 Oaksey
	Joanna			21.02.1793
	William			20.12.1795			m.Sarah Pool 14.10.1816

	WILLIAM CUSS				& 	SARAH COVE m.05.10.1783
							d.18.02.1800
	John			25.11.1773
	Rebecca			07.11.1784
	Mary			28.02.1787
	Jane			31.05.1789		2 bb children		never married	1851c
	William			23.10.1791			m.Sarah Wilkins 15.10.1815
	Thomas			28.08.1797 d.04.09.1797		
	Thomas			21.07.1799				never married 1851c

	JOHN CUSS 				&	SARAH ROWLEY m.24.03.1776		
	d.02.03.1824
	Alices			27.08.1778 d.24.06.1786
	Ann			27.02.1780			m.John Mason 13.10.1804
	Elizabeth  		10.03.1782			m.Thomas Telling 26.07.1801    d.22.03.1857

	EDWARD CUSS				& 	MARY EDWARDS m.14.10.1777	
	
	ISAAC CUSS				&	PRISCILLA WEAVER m.20.06.1785
	d.22.12.1810					d.09.02.1800
	Sarah			29.09.1785
	William			10.04.1787 d.02.10.1788
	Oliffe			26.10.1788 d.03.12.1789
	Olive	2nd		02.06.1791							
	Elizabeth		09.05.1793			m.Henry Telling 05.03.1810		
	Jane			10.09.1797

	?? CUSS					&	???
	Harry Cuss			abt 1797		m.Sarah Keen 21.01.1817		(Possibly from Down Ampney)	

	??					&	ANN CUSS
				   			d.01.09.1810
	William			17.05.1795 d.04.08.1795
	John			01.05.1808 d.26.06.1808	

	??					&	MARY CUSS
	Ann			25.09.1796

	ISAAC CUSS widow			& 	ANN BRAIN spinster m.18.10.1802		
	d.22.12.1810
	Henry BRAIN bb		28.06.1801			m.Sarah Kilmaster 29.05.1826
	Mary			02.10.1803			m.John Curtis 20.08.1831				
	James			26.01.1806 d.28.08.1819						
	Thomas			02.10.1808	

	HENRY CUSS				& 	HANNAH BARNES m.15.10.1804 	
	d.Aft 1841 ?Sep 1849				d.Aft 1841
	Elizabeth		17.02.1805			m.William Large 17.04.1828	  d.30.01.1860 S.Cerney 
	Sarah			05.07.1807	d.16.12.1828						
	George			27.08.1809     			m.Emma c.1836				
	Henry			17.05.1812			m.Mary Ann Ellison 27.09.1832		
 
	??					&	JUDITH CUSS
	Elizabeth		26.01.1806			m.Henry Cuss 05.02.1827

	JOHN CUSS (1770)			&	SARAH PHELPS (w) m.16.12.1804 				Butcher
	d.23.04.1823, 53				d.24.06.1831, 58 (grave)
	Henry			28.09.1806			m.1)Elizabeth Cuss 05.02.1827 2)Hannah Marie Luckett 1844
	Rosanna 		24.07.1808	 		m.William Scrivens 13.10.1829 Leigh 		
	Elizabeth		08.04.1810  			m.John Scrivens		
	John			27.10.1811 d.29.05.1813						
	George		          	1813?	IGI
	William			28.11.1819 	d.11.02.1833	

	??					&	ANN CUSS née BRAIN,  widow
	John			20.06.1813
	Ann			17.03.1816			children bb 			

	??					&	JANE CUSS					single
	Sarah			02.04.1815	William Price cited
	Mary			29.03.1818			?m.William Musty 24.11.1844
	Ann			28.01.1821
	Elizabeth		12.03.1826	

	WILLIAM CUSS b.1791			&	SARAH WILKINS	m.15.10.1815		
	William	  		05.05.1816							
	John		  	24.05.1818			m.Elizabeth went to Siddington?
	Jane		  	09.02.1821		child Thomas 1837
	Thomas	  		23.05.1824	
	Isaac		  	25.03.1827			m.Jane?
	Sarah Margaret 		20.12.1829
	George		  	10.12.1831 d.08.02.1833
	Stephen	  		10.02.1833			m.Mary Ann Selby 20.12.1859 went to Wooton U Edge
	Samuel Sutton   	25.02.1838			m.Maria Hannah Crew 01.12.1861 went to Wooton U Edge
	George		   	28.02.1841

	WILLIAM CUSS b.1795  			& 	SARAH  POOL m.14.10.1816 see Census 1851 and marriages 
				    			d.10.08.1851, 56
	Martha		  	26.06.1822			m.Richard Painter 09.12.1839
	Ann		  	24.12.1826			m.John Glass 27.12.1849			
	
	All the above families listed as William and Sarah only guesswork and census for groups!

	HARRY CUSS ~1797			&	SARAH KEEN (parents consent) m.21.01.1817	 
	d.bef.1838 deserted family 1818			d.1871
	Maria			01.03.1818			m.1)John Godwin 22.08.1838 
						Sarah later married William Boulton 22.08.1838 and Henry Stevens 1846

	??					&	HANNAH CUSS
	Henry			02.08.1818 d.13.08.1818
					
	HENRY CUSS 				&	ELIZABETH CUSS m.05.02.1827 2)H.Maria Luckett Dec 1844	Cheltenham	Butcher Farmer Dealer
	d.22.03.1882 Will				d.Jun 1844
	Emma			24.01.1828 bn.11.12		m.Charles Millard 10.02.1844	
	Mary			20.12.1829 bn.20.11 died age 11
	Elizabeth Martha	10.02.1832 bn.06.02					
	John George		07.01.1834 bn.06.01		m.Mary Sadler 17.04.1867 Westminster 	went to Cricklade	
	William Henry		07.01.1834 bn.06.01 died age 10 mths 21.11.1834
	Sarah Ann		13.03.1836 bn.06.01
	Hannah			03.06.1838 bn.07.05	
	Frederick		01.03.1840 bn.07.02		m.1) Mary Smith Sep 1866 2)Caroline Poulton 1883 went to Cricklade 3)Mary Highnam 1901
	Jonah			20.11.1842			m.Elizabeth Clark 1873		(in Swindon 1871)
	Thomas			11.04.1844						
	
	??					&	ANNE CUSS
	Isaac			06.07.1829			m.Jane?
	
	HENRY CUSS				&	MARY ANN ELLISON m.27.09.1832				Butcher
	d.1866						d.1883
	George			31.12.1832 			m.Annie Dickenson 15.11.1863 		
	Henry			20.09.1835 Minety
	Ann			16.08.1837	Newington 1871  d.23.03.1927 unmarried
	Sarah			26.05.1839			d.25.07.1931 unmarried		
	William			12.09.1841
	Mary			23.02.1845 d.05.11.1854
	John			10.04.1847	Newington 1871	m.Maria Elizabeth Hartwell 1874 London
	Elizabeth		30.09.1851 d.25.12.1855

	JOHN MASON 				&	MARIA CUSS 
	(m.Elizabeth Carter m.14.11.1836)		(m.John Godwin 22.08.1838 d.30.09.1848, 30 as Godding)
	Henry Cuss		09.08.1835			m.Ann Telling 13.11.1858
		
	???					&	JANE CUSS
	Thomas			31.03.1837
	
	??					&	ANN CUSS 1816
							d.aft 1861
	Henry			30.01.1839 d.16.03.1853, age 14 
	John			10.04.1841 d.01.04.1845
	Eleanor			21?12.1844 d.26.09.1846
	Mary Ann		14.05.1848
	
	GEORGE CUSS				&	EMMA COLLIER m.09.12.1834 Preston, Gloustershire
	William		          	1838 Stratton St Margaret	went to Gt Bowden Leics
	Edward			20.11.1839
	Hannah			25.03.1842 d.12.12.1843
	Emma			        1845
	George Edmund		02.04.1848			

	WILLIAM CUSS				&	HARRIOT LITTEN m.Jun q 1850 8 571
	John Cuss			1851 Michinhampton
	Rose Ann		12.11.1855   Fairford
	Mary Ann			1861 Fairford

	ISAAC CUSS				&	JANE GREENAWAY 24.12.1854
	Elizabeth Franklin	18.12.1855 d.25.12.1855	
	Sarah Ann		14.03.1857
	Ellen			30.09.1860
	Mary			06.09.1863

	HENRY CUSS 1835				&	m.1)ANN TELLING m.13.11.1858	m.2)Mary Ann Hayes 15.08.1892		Labourer
	d.28.07.1895					d.(1881-1891)
	Eliza Ann		07.08.1859
	Elizabeth J		02.07.1859				m.Frederick Weaver 30.10.1886
	John			?04.07.1861	Fine Lidiard		m.Lucy Bartlett 15.10.1883
	Eli G				1864	Fine Lidiard		m.Mary Emma Telling 30.10.1886
	Annie Marie		16.07.1865 bn.23.05.1865 AK   		m.Jonah Weaver 24.09.1887
	William Henry		31.08.1867	Leigh			m.1)Lucy Hayward 20.04.1889 Leigh 2)Annie Gillett 07.12.1895 AK
	Henry			01.08.1869	Stroud			m.Eliza Puzey 1898 Faringdon
	Charles			23.04.1871	Avening	d.?
	Mark				1871	Avening d.?
	Mary Ann			1873	Avening			
	Sarah Ellen		15.12.1875	Avening			m.Richard Kemble 20.08.1892 Rodbourne Cheney
	James			14.09.1879	Coulton Kield 		m.Kathleen I B Soul 20.08.1918 Charlton Kings
	Clara			23.12.1880 	Ashton Keynes		m.George Henry Dainton 30.01.1904 Cheltenham

	STEPHEN CUSS				&	MARY ANN SELBY	m.20.12.1859			went to Wooton Under Edge
	Elizabeth Mary		24.11.1861
	Hannah Sarah			1864 Northleach
	John William Selby		1867 Wooton under Edge
	Emily Ann			1870 Wooton under Edge

	SAMUEL CUSS				&	MARIA HANNAH CREW m.01.12.1861			went to Wooton Under Edge Gardener
	d.1912 Bath
	Mary Jane		21.12.1862
	Eliza			09.01.1865
	John			11.11.1866
	William				1869 Tinkley Gate Gls
	Annie				1872 Wooton Under Edge
	Sarah				1874 Somerset
	Albert				1876 Somerset
	George				1887 Somerset
	Beartrice			1890 Twerton
	Ernest				1890 Twerton

	WILLIAM CUSS				&	??						went to Gt Bowden Leics
	George E Cuss			1865				m.Naomi Winsall 1890 Market Harborough

	GEORGE CUSS				&	ANNIE DICKENSON (1840 Newington) m.15.11.1863 Camberwell	Butcher
	d.29.04.1892,60
	Mary Ann		14.01.1868 Southwark
	John			19.12.1871 Newington
	Adeline			28.02.1874 Newington All c.07.10.1880 	m.xxxx Dickenson
	George			23.03.1876 Newington	in AK	
	Annie			11.02.1879 Newington			m.James Robert Ellis 24.11.1902
	Sarah			11.09.1889						
	Robert			11.09.1889

	JOHN GEORGE CUSS			&	MARY SADLER m.17.04.1867 Westminster			Farmer/Horse Dealer
	d.08.02.1928 					d.28.03.1923
	George Sadler			1869 Cricklade							d.02.03.1932
	William				1876 Cricklade
	Francis				1879 Cricklade			m.Frederica Louise		d.31.10.1918
	Victor				1881 Cricklade			m.Norah Reed 1912
	
	??					&	ELLEN CUSS
	Frederick Henry		16.09.1885	

	FREDERICK CUSS 1840			& 	m.2)CAROLINE POULTON m.1883				Cattle Dealer Cricklade
	d.1916, 76					d.1896, 38
	Agnes				1885 Cricklade
	Arthur				1887 Cricklade
	Annie				1889 Cricklade
	Caroline			1890 Cricklade

	ELI G. CUSS				& 	MARY EMMA TELLING m.30.10.1886				went to Lydiard Millicent
	William Henry		30.10.1887				m.Elizabeth H F Turner 1919
	Ernest John			1890				m.Annie Liggins	30.04.1919
	Elsie Mary			1892 Shaw
	Beatrice Amelia			1894 Shaw			m.Arthur Ernest Lovegrove 07.05.1916 Swindon
	Arthur Edward			1897 Shaw			m.Annie E Newman 1925 Swindon
	Frederick George		1898 Shaw			m.Ethel M Nicholls 1929 Swindon
	Mary Ann			1901 d.
	Lucy				1905				m.Reginald Harold Sealy 1924		
	Albert James		22.08.1909				m.Edith L Alder 1930
	Violet May			1910 d.29.10.1911

	JOHN CUSS				&	LUCY BARTLETT m.15.10.1883		GWR Factory Worker of Lydiard Millicent
	William John		25.08.1887   Lydiard Tregose		m.Winifred Beasant 27.12.1913
	Arthur James			1890 Lydiard Tregose					d.08.08.1915 Gallipoli

	WILLIAM HENRY CUSS			&	m.1)LUCY HAYWARD m.20.04.1889 m.2)ANNIE GILLETT m.01.12.1895
	d.1925, 57					d.1894, 24
	Theodore William	23.05.1889 bp.21.07		he had six “wives” convicted of Bigamy 1920	Soldier
	Albert John		05.06.1892				m.Edith M Fisher née Russell 1915
	Dorothy Evelyn		15.10.1906 Fairford			m.Frederick John Ball-Hornblow 12.09.1931			d.1999 Cheltenham

	GEORGE E CUSS				&	NAOMI WINSALL m.1890 Market Harborough
	Ida Frances			1892 Market Harborough

	HENRY CUSS				&	ELIZA PUZEY m.1898 Faringdon
	Agnes Florence Mary		1899  d.1925
	David William		17.11.1901   Little Hinton
	Charles Henry?		06.08.1903   Faringdon			m.Pheobe F Weaver 1938
	Lucy Elizabeth		14.11.1906   Calne			m.Alfred N Thomas 1928
	Frederick John		14.08.1909   Dilton			m.Florence M Stroud 1939

	FREDERICK CUSS 1840			&	3)MARY HIGHNAM m. 1901						Cattle Dealer
	d.1916
	Sydney				1903 Cricklade
	Sybil				1904 Cricklade
	Edith				1906 Cricklade
	Ernest				1908 Cricklade
	Herbert				1910 Cricklade

	WILLIAM JOHN CUSS			&	WINIFRED BEASANT m.27.12.1913
	Robin John		01.11.1914 Cricklade			m.Gladys W Lloyds 1937 E Ashford			d.1989
	Twins				1916 Cricklade d.1916
	Madge S L			1923 East Ashford		m.Robert F E Billson 1945 Gosport
	Mervyn J			1926 East Ashford		m.Jesse Gorham 1967 Ashford

	ALBERT JOHN CUSS			&	EDITH MARY FISHER Née RUSSELL m.1915 Northleach RD
	d.1925, 34					d.1983
	William Albert Daniel	23.03.1916
	Lucy Edith			1918
	Rene May		12.06.1926

	THEODORE WILLIAM CUSS			&	1)CLARE m.~1910	 (ref: 1911 census London, Marylebone)		Soldier
	(no children) 	

	THEODORE WILLIAM CUSS			&	2)ANNIE MARJORIE DAVEY m.1913 Norwich				Soldier
	Evelyn A			1914 Norwich
	Kathleen M			1916 Mile End
	Dorothy L			1918 Willesden

	THEODORE WILLIAM CUSS als HOWELL 	&	3)DORA EVELYN WALLIS m.13.11.1915 Fulham (m.Richard Twineham 1920)	Soldier
	Richard W Howell	06.10.1918 Lambeth									d.1974

	THEODORE (als THOMAS) W CUSS		&	4)ROSETTA JANE ELBROW (w) née ROBERTS m.23.03.1918 Longcot, Berks (m.John Everett 1922)
	Elsie M Elbrow			1920 Farringdon 		m.Thomas H Scrivens 1937 Cirencester

	THEODORE WILLIAM CUSS			&	5)EMMA LOUISA BAKER m.02.08.1919 Derby				Soldier
	Cecil A				1919 Grimsby
	Jean Yvonne B		29.03.1920 Cirencester									d.1999

	THEODORE W CUSS als ??		 	&	6)_______ HALL m.?	

	NOTE: 	THEODORE WILLIAM CUSS was charged with Bigamy on 02 Aug 1919 he was sentenced to 18 months hard labour in 1920 and refused
 		leave to appeal.
		He had also served several prison sentences for desertion, or at least absence without leave, from different Regiments which
		he joined using various alias'. (Theodore William Howell, Thomas Howell, Thomas W Cuss, William Cuss, George Piper).
		After serving his sentence for Bigamy he embarked on a career as a waiter and had multiple convictions for theft and burglary.
		In 1930 he was sentenced to 18 months hard labour for burglary. No trace of him has been found after that date.
With thanks to Jonathan Whiteside, Jane Cripps, Laurence Twineham and Richard Hayward for additional information.

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The Cuss Families
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