28 FEB 1699/00 - 1775

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• Birth	28 Feb 1699/00	Isfield, Sussex, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Mar 1775	Isfield, Sussex, England
  Person ID	I1629	WillIam CONSTABLE
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2006 00:00:00
  Father	George ALCHORN
  Mother	Anne THOMPSON
  Family ID	F0444	Group Sheet
  Family	Mary DAVIES
  Married	8 Sep 1724	Isfield, Sussex, England
  Children	1. Abraham ALCHORN > 2. John ALCHORN, b. 29 Jul 1729   3. Thomas ALCHORN, b. 27 Aug 1738, Isfield, Sussex, England
  Family ID	F0461	Group Sheet

• Notes

  John Alchorn the elder died in 1775 and from his will it becomes clear that he had four sons, all of them brick makers. George, John and Abraham were living in Isfield, but Thomas had moved to Chailey, where he had taken over the brickyard of John Siffleet, who had died in 1759. It is possible that there was a family connection, as John Alcorn the elder had been one of the appraisers of Siffleet's probate inventory. The Isfield brickyard was sold to Thomas Best in 1795 and the Laughton yard, although still owned by an Alchorn had gone out of use by 1841 but the Chailey business prospered. Thomas Alchorn died in 1815 and was succeeded by his son John, who advertised regularly from 1828 onwards. In 1835, he was named as executor of the will of Thomas Best, who had sold the Isfield yard in 1801 and moved to Hamsey. On the census returns of 1851, John Alchorn was stated to be 75 years old, still working as a master brick maker and employing three hands but by 1859 he had been succeeded by his nephew William, the last brick maker in the family, who advertised until 1887