THE MUDDLE FAMILIES

THE LINEAGE & HISTORY OF THE MUDDLE FAMILIES OF THE WORLD

INCLUDING VARIANTS MUDDEL, MUDDELL, MUDLE & MODDLE

 

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SUSSEX MUDDLES

[Ardingly Muddles] [Buxted Muddles]

[Framfield Muddles] [Laughton Muddles]

[Mayfield Muddles] [Waldron Muddles]

 

KENT MUDDLES

[Harrietsham Muddles]

 

DORSET MUDDLES

[Portland Muddles] [Wimborne Muddles]

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[Origin of the Muddle Name]

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[Meaning and Spelling of the Name]

[Muddles Green in Sussex]

 

 

MUDDLES GREEN IN SUSSEX

 

 

There are two or three small places in Sussex that have the word Muddle as part of their name, but the one that everybody seems to find on maps and wishes to know about is Muddles Green. This small hamlet is in the parish of Chiddingly, and as far as I know the actual origin of the name is unknown; as is how far back in time it goes.

There is a possibility that Muddles Green may be named after a Muddle family as the family of Samuel and Johane Muddle were living in Chiddingly parish in the very early years of the 17th century. Where in the parish they lived is unknown, so Muddles Green is as likely a place as any. Samuel and Johane had three children, Johane, Richard and Samuel baptised at Chiddingly Church in 1607, 1609, and 1614; the first two of whom sadly died in infancy and were buried in Chiddingly Churchyard in 1608 and 1611. Samuel was also recorded as being a churchwarden at Chiddingly Church in 1607.

No record has been found that gives Samuel's occupation, but it's thought likely that he was a blacksmith, as it seems likely that Samuel was the son of Richard Muddle of Buxted, and most of Richard's family were blacksmiths.

How long the family continued to live in Chiddingly is also unknown, but Samuel and Johane's only surviving child, Samuel junior, had moved to the adjacent parish of Laughton by the time he married in 1645. This Samuel and three generations of his descendants continued to live at Laughton until at least the mid-18th century.

 

 

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