With this website I have tried to bring together all the information passed to me by my
brother Archie,my cousin Maureen ,Pauline Del Bono and Diana Gardner plus a lot of my
own detective work, but it is an ongoing process as I try to contact other family
members to add more information.It appears that in the early 17th century there were
three main centres for Songhurst families,they being Ockley,Billingshurst and
Bletchingley.If we have a common ancestry it is possible that we go right back to the
time of William the Conqueror who ceded lands near Guilford to William De
Sanghurst.Even now there is a Songhurst Farm near Wisborough Green and as it was often
the custom for serfs to take their surname from their occupation,place of work or their
master it is quite feasible that all the Songhursts have a common origin without being
related directly.It is quite possible,even likely,that there are errors as I have found
some myself in transmission of data between programs, so if anybody spots an error
please notify me.A typical error is the transposition of dates when the day is below 12
as the American system puts the month first.I have now started extending the tree for
my childrens' benefit to include my wife's family tree so I should really think about
renaming the page.