Ancestry's index to the pre-1813 East Sussex parish registers, with images. Browser-and-signed-in only: a plain fetch of a record URL returns HTTP 200 with a 'Join Ancestry' signup page and no record data, tested 2026-09-08.
For Mary Bromley
SelfName John Field | RecordType Marriage | SelfMarriageDate 20 Dec 1797 | SelfMarriageParish Udimore | Spouse Mary BROMLEY
The record that gives this woman a surname. She was created in proposal 2226 with a given name only, from the 'Mother Mary Field' column of the 1838 James Pattison bounty list - 'Field' being her married name. BROMLEY is her own. Nothing else about her is known: no baptism, no dates, no parents.
Sarah Field | Baptism | 19 Jun 1808 | Udimore | John, Mary
Ancestry index row, relayed verbatim from a signed-in browser 2026-09-08 in the index's displayed column order (name, record type, date, parish, parents); the record pairs her with father John Field and mother Mary Field. Same parish and same parents as her brother John's 1810 baptism, which is read from the register image itself (media 399). Her register entry will be on an earlier opening of PAR/497/1/1/3 and has not been fetched. Nothing further is known of her: she does not appear on the 1838 James Pattison passenger list, so she did not emigrate with the family. A THIRD possible child, 'William Field | Baptism 26 Mar 1799 | John, Mary', is NOT created - the index shows no parish for it, so despite fitting fifteen months after the marriage it cannot be tied to Udimore. Other Fields at Udimore in these years, none connected here: Benjamin buried 8 May 1800, Edward married Ann 14 November 1809, and Ann, illegitimate daughter of Elizabeth, baptised 26 January 1812 (that last entry is visible on media 399).