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Edwin Frank SIMS was born on 15 Apr 1880 in Burley, Hampshire. He was christened on 16 May 1880 in Burley, Hampshire. He was a groom and he married Edith Chamberlain (1880-1951) at Burley Church on 31 March 1904. They had four children:- Lilian Adelaide, Vera, Frances Elizabeth and Eva Hilda. He died on 5 Dec 1955 in Brookside, Burley, Hampshire. He was buried on 9 Dec 1955 in Burley, Hampshire. Parents: Isaac SIMS and Louisa FRY.

Eli SIMS was born about 1823 in Burley, Hampshire. He was christened on 17 Aug 1823 in Ringwood, Hampshire. In 1843 he was a Sawyer in Burley, Hampshire. Parents: John SIMS and Jane FRAMPTON.

Spouse: Mary LESTER. Eli SIMS and Mary LESTER were married on 24 Nov 1843 in Lower Meeting Independent Chapel, Ringwood, Hampshire. Children were: Mary Jane SIMS, Eli SIMS, Samuel SIMS, James SIMS.

Eli SIMS was born about 1846 in Burley, Hampshire. In 1861 he was a Forest Labourer in Burley, Hampshire. Between 1871 and 1880 he was a Gardener in Burley, Hampshire. Between 1881 and 1891 he was a Pork Butcher in Burley, Hampshire. He was a member of the Burley Band, which was formed in 1880 and later he became Band Master. He died on 12 Nov 1925 in Burley, Hampshire. Parents: Eli SIMS and Mary LESTER.

Spouse: Mary Ann COLLINS. Eli SIMS and Mary Ann COLLINS were married on 23 Dec 1865 in St. John the Baptist's Church, Burley, Hampshire. They lived in Thomas Cottage, Burley, Hampshire in 1871. They lived in The Lawn, Burley, Hampshire between 1881 and 1891. They lived in Tom's Plot, Chapel Lane, Burley, Hampshire about 1901. Between 1900 and 1920 at least Eli had a cider press and even had a postcard showing him using the press. Children were: Violet Margaret (Lettie) SIMS, Maud SIMS, Edith SIMS, Herbert SIMS, George SIMS, Edgar SIMS, Olive SIMS, Samuel SW SIMS.

Elizabeth SIMS was christened on 7 Jun 1733 in Hursley, Hampshire. She was born about 1733 in Hursley, Hampshire. Parents: John SIMS and Elizabeth GODDARD.

Elizabeth SIMS was christened on 13 Mar 1822 in Ringwood, Hampshire. She was born about 1822 in Burley, Hampshire. In 1841 she was a Female Servant in Burley, Hampshire. In 1851 she was an Indoor Servant in Rectory House, Pimperne, Dorset. Elizabeth was one of the three indoor servants of James F. Ewart (an Army Major General on half pay) and his family. One of his sons was the Rector of Pimperne. Parents: John SIMS and Jane FRAMPTON.

Spouse: Charles BROWN. Charles BROWN and Elizabeth SIMS were married about 1851 in Marylebone, Middlesex. Charles was a labourer on the Forest in 1861 on Burley Hill and in 1871 they lived at Barton, Milton, Hampshire and he was an agricultural labourer. Elizabeth and Charles had three children:- Alice Maria (b.7 September 1851 Burley); Charles John (b.1855 Burley) and Albert James (b.1862 Ringwood).
Alice married Edmund Law in Kensington on 7 January 1874 and they had seven children between 1876 and 1893 and eventually lived in Cricklewood, London.
Charles married Emma Rhodes and they had three children between 1881 and 1891 and eventually lived in Brightside Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire.
Albert married Mary Goodrich and had one daughter in 1896 and eventually lived in Norwich, Norfolk.

Elizabeth SIMS was born about 1869 in Burley, Hampshire. She married William Moyle in 1891 and they had four children:- Arthur, William George (1893), Emma Rebecca (1895) and James Edward (1897). Parents: Isaac SIMS and Louisa FRY.

Elsie SIMS was born about 1885 in Lyndhurst, Hampshire. In 1901 she was a Domestic in Lyndhurst, Hampshire. Parents: James SIMS and Evelina A UNKNOWN.

Ernest P SIMS was born about 1883 in Lyndhurst, Hampshire. In 1901 he was a Gardener in Lyndhurst, Hampshire. Parents: James SIMS and Evelina A UNKNOWN.

George SIMS was born about 1780 in Burley, Hampshire. He was christened on 6 Dec 1780 in Ringwood, Hampshire. Parents: William SIMS and Rebekah WHITE.

George SIMS was born about 1809 in Burley, Hampshire. He was christened on 2 Jul 1809 in St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Ringwood, Hampshire. In 1851 he was a Sawyer in Burley, Hampshire. In 1861 he was an Agricultural Labourer in Burley, Hampshire. He was and Overseer of the Poor in 1864 in Burley, Hampshire. He was christened on 2 Jul 1866 in Ringwood, Hampshire. In 1871 he was a Freeholder of four acres in Ivy Cottage, Burley, Hampshire. He died on 30 Jan 1892 in Burley, Hampshire. He was buried on 1 Feb 1892 in Burley Chapel, Burley, Hampshire. Parents: William SIMS and Mary UNKNOWN.

Spouse: Charlotte CULL. George SIMS and Charlotte CULL were married on 29 Sep 1833 in Ringwood, Hampshire. They lived in Burley Beacons, Burley, Hampshire between 1851 and 1861. They lived in Ivy Cottage, Burley, Hampshire in 1871. Children were: George SIMS, Richard SIMS, Sarah SIMS, Isaac SIMS, Maria SIMS, Ruth SIMS, Arthur Henry SIMS, Louisa SIMS.

Spouse: Elizabeth MARCHANT. George SIMS and Elizabeth MARCHANT were married on 4 Mar 1880 in Wesleyan Chapel, Ringwood, Hampshire.

George SIMS was born on 9 Apr 1835 in Burley, Hampshire. He was christened on 21 May 1835 in Independent Chapel, Burley, Hampshire. In 1851 he was an Agricultural Labourer in Burley, Hampshire. Parents: George SIMS and Charlotte CULL.

George SIMS was born about 1877 in Burley, Hampshire. Parents: Eli SIMS and Mary Ann COLLINS.

George Henry SIMS. Parents: James Bernard (Bernard) SIMS and Ellen Esther WARNE.

Grace Ellen SIMS. Parents: James Bernard (Bernard) SIMS and Ellen Esther WARNE.

Henry SIMS was christened on 8 Jan 1755 in Ringwood, Hampshire. He was born about 1755 in Burley, Hampshire. He was one of the founders of Burley Chapel about 1789 in Burley, Hampshire. The chapel was initially small, roughly built and thatched. It was extended in 1825. He died on 5 Oct 1829 in Burley, Hampshire. He signed a will. Henry's will describes him as a "Yeoman Farmer of Bisterne Closes". He was the first of the family to be buried in Burley - in the graveyard of the chapel which he helped to establish. His headstone is near the yew tree and path and reads:-
"Once in this World did remain,
My latter days were grief and pain,
But when the Lord did think it best,
He took me to a place of Rest." Parents: William SIMS and Mary GODDEN.

Spouse: Elizabeth MARCHANT. Henry SIMS and Elizabeth MARCHANT were married on 13 May 1782 in Ringwood, Hampshire. They lived in Bisterne Close, Burley, Hampshire in 1819. Children were: John SIMS, Ann (Nanny) SIMS, Lydia SIMS, Henry SIMS, Aaron SIMS.

Henry SIMS was christened on 27 Feb 1795 in Ringwood, Hampshire. He was born about 1795 in Burley, Hampshire. Parents: Henry SIMS and Elizabeth MARCHANT.

Herbert SIMS was born about 1874 in Burley, Hampshire. Parents: Eli SIMS and Mary Ann COLLINS.

Iris Jean SIMS. Parents: Reginald Frank SIMS and Rita Marie COSH.

Isaac SIMS was born about 1843 in Burley, Hampshire. In 1861 he was a Labourer in Burley, Hampshire. In 1871 he was a Labourer out of employ in Burley, Hampshire. He was a Parish Clerk in 1880 in Burley, Hampshire. In 1891 he was a Platelayer in Sway, Boldre, Hampshire. He died on 25 May 1907 in Burley, Hampshire. He was buried on 28 May 1907 in Burley Church, Burley, Hampshire. Parents: George SIMS and Charlotte CULL.

Spouse: Louisa FRY. Isaac SIMS and Louisa FRY were married on 20 Jul 1866 in Ringwood, Hampshire. They lived in Lymington Street, Burley, Hampshire in 1871. They lived in Burley Beacons, Burley, Hampshire in 1881. They lived in Manchester Road, Sway, Hampshire in 1891. Isaac lived with Louisa and his children Charles, Edwin, Bernard and Charlotte. Children were: Richard SIMS, Elizabeth SIMS, William SIMS, Alfred SIMS, Mary SIMS, Isaac Charles (Charles) SIMS, Edwin Frank SIMS, James Bernard (Bernard) SIMS, Louisa Charlotte (Charlotte) SIMS.

Isaac Charles (Charles) SIMS was born about 1877 in Burley, Hampshire. He died about 1962 in Lymington, Hampshire. Isaac had married Mary House in 1900 in Brockenhurst. Initially he was a groom in Brockenhurst and then he joined the Metropolitan Police in 1899. During his 25 years service he spent all but three of them with the mounted branch. He rode a grey horse. He served with the Mounted Military Police in France during the First World War (initially with the 4th Hants Volunteers before enlisting in 1914 in the Lancers). He returned to the Metropolitan Police after demobilization and was at most of the state occasions. He retired in 1924 and returned to Burley and ran a pub. He then spent six years as licensee of the Market House Inn and The Globe in Somerton, Somerset.Then he moved to the Fisherman's Rest at Lymington for five years. He was in the L.D.V. platoon and the Home Guard during World War Two. He went to the Sportsman's Rest at Pennington for seventeen years, retiring three years before his death. His wife died a year before him. They had two daughters, Marion and Dorothy. All lived close to each other in Lymington. Parents: Isaac SIMS and Louisa FRY.

Jack SIMS was born about 1894 in Lyndhurst, Hampshire. Parents: James SIMS and Evelina A UNKNOWN.

James SIMS was christened on 12 Jan 1791 in Ringwood, Hampshire. He was born about 1791 in Burley, Hampshire. Parents: William SIMS and Rebekah WHITE.

Spouse: Mary MOSDELL. James SIMS and Mary MOSDELL were married on 4 Aug 1814.

James SIMS was born about 1820 in Burley, Hampshire. He was christened on 15 Oct 1820 in Ringwood, Hampshire. Parents: John SIMS and Jane FRAMPTON.

James SIMS was born on 9 Feb 1826 in Burley, Hampshire. He was christened on 28 Feb 1828 in Lower Meeting Independent Chapel, Ringwood, Hampshire. In 1851 he was a New Forest Labourer in Burley, Hampshire. Parents: William SIMS and Louisa BURNETT.

James SIMS was born about 1851 in Burley, Hampshire. Between 1881 and 1901 he was a Gardener in Lyndhurst, Hampshire. Parents: Eli SIMS and Mary LESTER.

Spouse: Evelina A UNKNOWN. James SIMS and Evelina A UNKNOWN were married before 1877. They lived in Gosport Lane, Lyndhurst, Hampshire in 1881. They lived in Goose Green, Lyndhurst, Hampshire in 1891. They lived in Gosport Lane, Lyndhurst, Hampshire in 1901. Children were: Rose SIMS, Lizzie SIMS, Annie SIMS, Ernest P SIMS, Elsie SIMS, Leonard SIMS, Nellie SIMS, Jack SIMS.

James Bernard (Bernard) SIMS was born on 19 Jul 1883 in Burley, Hampshire. He was christened on 19 Aug 1883 in Burley, Hampshire. He died on 23 Feb 1949 in Wilverley, Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. He was buried on 27 Feb 1949 in Fairlee Cemetery, Newport, Isle of Wight. Parents: Isaac SIMS and Louisa FRY.

Spouse: Ellen Esther WARNE. James Bernard (Bernard) SIMS and Ellen Esther WARNE were married on 4 Jul 1905 in All Saints Church, Newchurch, Isle of Wight. James Bernard worked in the South African Constabulary as a young man and in the Army during the 1914-1918 War. He worked for Mew Langton Brewery, Newport in 1907 and then was a prison warder for 27 years at Parkhurst Prison, Newport up to 1940. Children were: Doris May SIMS, George Henry SIMS, William Arthur SIMS, Leslie Bernard SIMS, Grace Ellen SIMS, Reginald Frank SIMS.

Jamilla Elham SIMS. Parents: Brian John SIMS and Patricia HALL.

Jane SIMS was born about 1828 in Burley, Hampshire. She was christened on 12 Oct 1828 in Bransgore, Hampshire. Parents: John SIMS and Jane FRAMPTON.

John SIMS.

John SIMS was born about 1690.

Spouse: Elizabeth GODDARD. John SIMS and Elizabeth GODDARD were married on 25 Jun 1713 in Andover, Hampshire. John and Elizabeth had three children (names at present unknown) before William. Children were: William SIMS, Thomas SIMS, Elizabeth SIMS.

John SIMS was christened on 7 Mar 1760 in Ringwood, Hampshire. He was born about 1760 in Burley, Hampshire. Parents: William SIMS and Mary GODDEN.

John SIMS was born about 1782 in Burley, Hampshire. He was christened on 2 Oct 1782 in Ringwood, Hampshire. In 1841 he was a Sawyer in Burley, Hampshire. In 1841 he and Jane had Elizabeth, Eli, Jane, Maria, Sarah, John and their granddaugher, Elizabeth, at home. In 1851 they had Mary Ann, Sarah, John and their granddaughter Elizabeth Sims (b.1840 Burley). Whose daughter was she? Was she Elizabeth's child? In 1851 he was a Farmer in Burley, Hampshire. He died about 1853 in Burley, Hampshire. Parents: Henry SIMS and Elizabeth MARCHANT.

Spouse: Jane FRAMPTON. John SIMS and Jane FRAMPTON were married on 27 Apr 1820. They lived in Burley, Hampshire between 1841 and 1851. Children were: James SIMS, Elizabeth SIMS, Eli SIMS, Mary Ann SIMS, Jane SIMS, Maria SIMS, Sarah SIMS, John SIMS.

John SIMS was born about 1787 in Burley, Hampshire. He was christened on 27 Jul 1787 in Burley, Hampshire. He was a Seafarer. Parents: William SIMS and Rebekah WHITE.

John SIMS was born about 1837 in Burley, Hampshire. In 1861 he was a Forest Labourer in Burley, Hampshire. He lived in The Lawn, Burley, Hampshire in 1861. In 1871 he was a Nursery Foreman in Sheffield, Yorkshire. Parents: John SIMS and Jane FRAMPTON.

Spouse: Eliza PHILPOTT. John SIMS and Eliza PHILPOTT lived in 8 Roe Lane, Pitsmore, Sheffield, Yorkshire in 1871. They were married. Children were: Charles John SIMS, Angelina SIMS.

Leonard SIMS was born about 1889 in Lyndhurst, Hampshire. Parents: James SIMS and Evelina A UNKNOWN.

Leslie Bernard SIMS. Parents: James Bernard (Bernard) SIMS and Ellen Esther WARNE.

Lizzie SIMS was born about 1879 in Lyndhurst, Hampshire. Parents: James SIMS and Evelina A UNKNOWN.

Louisa SIMS was born about 1856 in Burley, Hampshire. She died on 26 Jul 1874 in Burley, Hampshire. Parents: George SIMS and Charlotte CULL.

Louisa Charlotte (Charlotte) SIMS was born about 1886 in Burley, Hampshire. On 10 June 1907 Louisa Charlott married Arthur Hezekiah Mower (b.1884, carpenter, parents Hezekiah and Ann Mower, bur. Burley 2 May 1977) and they had one son, Frank Arthur. She died on 1 Sep 1971 in Burley, Hampshire. She was buried on 3 Sep 1971 in Burley, Hampshire. Parents: Isaac SIMS and Louisa FRY.

Lydia SIMS was born about 1762 in Burley, Hampshire. She was christened on 23 Jul 1762 in Ringwood, Hampshire. Parents: William SIMS and Mary GODDEN.

Lydia SIMS was born about 1792 in Burley, Hampshire. She was christened on 5 Sep 1792 in Ringwood, Hampshire. Parents: Henry SIMS and Elizabeth MARCHANT.

Spouse: James BROMFIELD. James BROMFIELD and Lydia SIMS were married on 21 Oct 1809 in Burley, Hampshire.

Lydia SIMS was born on 5 Sep 1792 in Burley, Hampshire. She was christened on 8 Oct 1792 in Ringwood, Hampshire. She died of Infirmities (certified) on 4 Feb 1854 in Burley, Hampshire. This was the day before her daughter Flora White sailed for Australia. Her death was registered by Elizabeth Young of Burley, present at the death. She was buried on 11 Feb 1854 in Burley, Hampshire. Parents: William SIMS and Rebekah WHITE.

Spouse: Moses TANNER. Moses TANNER and Lydia SIMS lived in Picket Post, Hampshire between 1811 and 1817. All the fields and houses at Picket Post were extra-parochial, a sort of no-mans-land in the New Forest, and this led to the very thriving trade of baby farming which reached its peak during the Napoleonic Wars. Between the years 1810 and 1817, more than a dozen illegitimate births are recorded in the Ringwood Register and there were probably many more.
The entries read 'Elizabeth, base born, 1810'; 'Henry John, Unknown'; 'William of Martha Pain Hill (Pennell?) 1816'; (Martha came back and had Louisa the next year!) and poor little 'Harriott, Unknown aged 4' was presumably left on the doorstep. Mrs Lydia Tanner looked after all these children as well as producing a regular stream of children herself. They were married on 7 Jul 1811 in Ringwood, Hampshire. In 1811, at the time of his marriage, Moses lived in Picket Post. They lived in Shobley, Hampshire in 1821. They lived in Picket Post, Hampshire in 1823. They lived in Ringwood, Hampshire in 1827. They lived in Shappen, Burley, Hampshire between 1841 and 1851. In 1841 Moses and Lydia lived with their children Henry, Alfred, Abel, Austin and William Bird.
In 1851 Charles Tanner aged 11 was a visitor in Moses' and Lydia's home. He was the son of Robert Charles Tanner and was their grandson.
The word 'Shappen', the name of the part of Burley where they lived, applied to the spot where dancing round the maypole took place.
Children were: Unknown TANNER, Flora White TANNER, Ellen (Helen) TANNER, Robert Charles TANNER, Henry George TANNER, Elizabeth TANNER, Maria TANNER, Alfred TANNER, Abel TANNER, Austin TANNER, Anthony TANNER, William TANNER, William Bird TANNER.

Maria SIMS was christened on 27 Mar 1831 in Bransgore, Hampshire. She was born about 1831 in Burley, Hampshire. Parents: John SIMS and Jane FRAMPTON.

Maria SIMS was born about 1845 in Burley, Hampshire. Parents: George SIMS and Charlotte CULL.

Mary SIMS was born in Burley, Hampshire. Mary may have married her widowed cousin John (oldest son of her uncle Henry) on 5 July 1802 in Ringwood. Parents: William SIMS and Rebekah WHITE.

Mary SIMS was born about 1749 in Burley, Hampshire. She was christened on 27 Dec 1749 in Ringwood, Hampshire. Parents: William SIMS and Mary GODDEN.

Spouse: Samuel VARDY. Samuel VARDY and Mary SIMS were married on 26 Oct 1778 in Christchurch, Hampshire.

Mary SIMS was born about 1875 in Burley, Hampshire. On 21 July 1917 at Burley Church Mary married Isaac Cheney (b.1876; in 1917 = private) and they had one daughter, Janet Mary Beryl. Parents: Isaac SIMS and Louisa FRY.

Mary Ann SIMS was christened on 26 Mar 1826 in Bransgore, Hampshire. She was born about 1826 in Burley, Hampshire. Parents: John SIMS and Jane FRAMPTON.

Mary Jane SIMS was born about 1844 in Burley, Hampshire. In 1861 she was a Servant in Burley, Hampshire. She lived in High Street, Lyndhurst, Hampshire between 1871 and 1881. Between 1871 and 1881 she was a Servant in Lyndhurst, Hampshire. Mary was a servant for Joseph Short, the Grocer. Parents: Eli SIMS and Mary LESTER.

Maud SIMS was born about 1870 in Burley, Hampshire. Parents: Eli SIMS and Mary Ann COLLINS.