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| The first Portsea Parish Church (St. Mary's) Built 1170 Demolished 1843. |
Benjamin Bussey (b. ~1781) married Sarah Deed (b. ~1783) at St Mary's Church, Portsea on 31 Aug 1806. (This was at the same incarnation of St Mary's Church, Portsea where Isambard Kingdom Brunel was baptised that same year on 1 Nov 1806 and Charles Dickens on 4 Mar 1812.)
Benjamin and Sarah had at least three daughters:
- Mary Ann Bussey b. 16 Jan 1807, bap. 22 Feb 1807 at St Mary's
- Elizabeth Bussey b. 1 May 1812, bap. 24 May 1812 at St Mary's Church, Portsea (Buried 22 Jan 1813)
- Betsey Bussey bap. 20 Nov 1814 at St Mary's Church, Portsea
Sarah Bussey died, aged 37, and was buried on 17 Nov 1820.
So Benjamin Bussey, widower, married Elizabeth Bowen (b. ~1796) also at St Mary's Church, Portsea, on 28 May 1821.
Benjamin and Elizabeth then added five more children:
- Benjamin Bussey bap. 22 Mar 1822 at St Mary's Church, Portsea. Benjamin Bussey Jnr died, aged 34, and was buried on 7 Dec 1855.
- James Wilmot Bussey bap. 24 Mar 1824 at St Mary's Church, Portsea
- Caroline Bussey bap. 6 Aug 1826 at St Mary's Church, Portsea
- Hannah Bussey b. 1828
- Susannah Bussey b. 1832
There don't appear to be baptisms for the last two girls.
Daughter Hannah's marriage lists Benjamin as a butcher by trade.
Benjamin Bussey of Hereford St, Landport died on 10 Dec 1835 and was buried on 17 Dec 1835, the record says, at Portsea Cemetery.
In 1841, Elizabeth Bussey (45) was living in Chandos Street, Portsea with Benjamin (19), James (18), Caroline (15), Hannah (13) and Susannah (9).
In 1851, Elizabeth Bussey (56) widow, washer woman, was living with her son Benjamin (28) cattle drover, and staying with her were her then married daughter, Hannah Tubb (21) and her granddaughter, Elizabeth Tubb (0). James had married in 1845; Caroline Bussey (24) was that year a housemaid at Greenwich Hospital, London - permanent home for retired sailors of the Royal Navy. Susannah wasn't listed anywhere that I could find.
In 1861, Elizabeth Bussey (66) widow, was living at Landport View.
Elizabeth Bussey, widow, of Hailey Street, Fratton, died, aged 69-70, on 26 March 1867 (1867 M Quarter in PORTSEA ISLAND Volume 02B Page 335) and was buried on 29 March 1867 at Mile End Cemetery. This cemetery no longer exists and is now covered by a car park for the ferry terminal (Portsmouth International Port). A few interments were removed to other cemeteries in the area but most of the buried remain under the pavement.