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Just a thought - to drive you more loopy.

My gt.grandmother never married her children's father, so they were all registered under her maiden name. When they were adults, all three children used their father's surname.

With that in mind .....

It could be that Elwood was Jane's maiden name. And the father was Matthew Mitchell.

There's a Matthew Mitchell living in Horsham, who married Diana Peters in 1810.
On the 1861 he is living with his son, Edward, and claims to have been born in Rudgwick, Sussex c.1788.

Also on the 1861 is a Francis Mitchell, living in Slinfold, who claims to have been born c.1789 in Rudgwick. He has a son called Matthew.

Just a thought, as the names tie in quite nicely.

Thanks Christina. I thought that Matthew may have died and that Jane may have married a Mitchell and I have gone back from Matthew and Diana but so far with not much luck. I will have a look at that again and see if I can find something that I have previously missed. I probably won't ever solve this problem but I won't give up either, every few months I have another go at the Elwood/Mitchell connection.