Richard ELLEY (Parish Records)
1846
Richard ELLEY (the younger) of Berry Hill, (Collier)
Aged 32 : 5 foot 6 inches and a quarter
Dark Brown hair, Hazel eyes - face long - complexion pale. Marks of cuts on face and forehead from coal.
For deserting his wife and family and refusing to maintain them at the Township of West Dean 1 day April.
This Prisoner has a wife and 3 children of good character also a father and mother who attend the Chapelry daily - he states he is a Soba? man and attends this Chapel.