1. EDWARD Fairhall (son of Thomas and Elizabeth Fairhall of Brede, Sussex) and his wife Ann (nee Bishop) migrated to New Zealand on board the Mary Ann which departed from Deal on 24 September
1841 and arrived in Nelson on 5 February 1842. With them they brought their 8 children, and there are around 360 members of this family documented so far.
Edward was baptised in the East Sussex village of Brede, as were all of their children, so this family may possibly be related to our William and Ann Fairhall.
2. WILLIAM Fairhall migrated on board the Harpley to Australia from Sussex, having been born in the Crawley/Cowfold area. He married Susannah Trotman in 1851 in Melbourne. Two children were born in Victoria, and then the family migrated to New Zealand, where William and Susannah had 11 more children.
William and Susannah's 1600 immediate descendants generally remained along the west coast of New Zealand, especially around Greymouth.
Research into this family is well advanced, and I am in regular contact with family members and other researchers.
3. HENRY Fairhall, who was born in 1829 in the Sussex village of Beckley, travelled to North America around the time (c.1855) of his marriage to Caroline Gumb. It has not been possible, as yet, to identify the ship he/they journeyed on to North America, or where they disembarked. However, they settled in Ontario, Canada.
Many of the names recorded for Henry's family are very similar to those in our family, and with recorded events in Brede, Mountfield and nearby villages it seems very likely that his Great-great-grandfather, Thomas, is directly related to our ancestors.
I am in contact with members of this family, and we have so far documented nearly 1200 descendants of Henry and Caroline.
4. WILLIAM Fairhall, who married Sarah Stringer in Brighton, Sussex, was born in that town around 1801. His family appears to have remained around Brighton, and currently I have 360 family members included in my database.
5. THOMAS Fairhall lived at Burwash, not far from Brede and other villages identified with our family. He was born about 1651, and married Mary Tanner there in 1672. From that union we now have almost 660 descendants listed.
6. JOHN Fairall was born in Caterham, Surrey, in 1812, and married Jane Gatland. Their descendants so far number about 500, and many still live in or near that county. However two of their children emigrated:
6a. John's daughter Elizabeth Fairall, her brother Reuben and his wife Arabella, emigrated in 1872 on board the Silver Eagle, and settled in the Goulburn district of New South Wales.
6b. Edwin Fairall migrated from Surrey to South Africa about 1870 and married Sarah Neil shortly after his arrival in Natal. To date, almost 400 descendants of Edwin and Sarah have been listed, including a family now operating a vineyard in Mudgee, New South Wales.
7. GEORGE Farehall, born in 1748 in Surrey, married Hannah Symonds. They have a small documented family (about 95 members), and many of them are still living in or near that county.
8. JOHN Fairall, also born in Surrey (about 1775), married Anne Waterford. They have a small documented family of nearly 200 members so far, mostly still in the south-east part of England.
9. JOHN Fairall was probably born in Wartling, Sussex in 1722. He and his wife Ann had four children as far as can be discovered so far: Anne(1750), Samuel (1760) William (1763) and Dianne (died 1772). There are about 200 descendants identified throughout Wartling, Hooe, Hailsham and Herstmonceux recorded, and the documentation of this family is a work in progress.
10. RICHARD Fayrehall was born around 1495 in the Sussex village of Lindfield, and descendants of this family were landholders. This is the furthest back we have been able to trace any Fairhall/Fairall families, and so it is hoped this will lead to links to other families. Over 120 members of this family (variously recorded as Fayrehall, Fairehall and Fairhall) have been documented, and research is onging.
11. JOSEPH Fairhall and his wife Ellen Weller, are recorded in the Isle of Sheppey, Kent. So far 30 family members have been identified and we keep searching for more descendants and possible links to the Fairhalls in East Sussex.