*Mums x7 Granparents Part One

Stephen Buley and Mary Simmonds (parents of Thomas Buley)

Stephen Buley and Mary Simmonds
Stephen and Mary married in Tudeley and Capel, Kent England in 1651. Mary has a common last name and attempts to trace her birth have been futile. She was living in Chapel at the time of her marriage. Stephen was born in Brenchley Kent in 1653 to Francis Buley and Mary nee Godden but was living Tudeley when he married.

Edward Bradgate and Sarah Cayley (parents of Prince Bradgate)

This couple married at St James church, Dukes Place London in 1692. Edward was described as a gentleman. Both he and Sarah were given as residents of Brenchley, Kent at that time but at other times Edward was said to be of London which was where the couple settled. There is a possibility he was a bow maker. He was possibly baptised at St Giles Cripplegate London in 1651 to Edward Bradgate and Constance nee Start. He had a sibling with the unusual first name Venetian. Some family connection to Venice? Update- I do not think the 1651 is correct, I think that one died as a young man.

Sarah was born 1669 Brenchley Kent to Josias Cayley and Elizabeth nee Fishenden. She, jointly  her sister, inherited property in Lamberhurst from her paternal uncle William Cayley. This they sold off.

John Moon and Sarah Ward (parents of John Moon).

John Moon and Sarah Ward
This couple married in Rotherfield Sussex in 1690 and there made their home. At marriage Sarah was said to be of Lindfield Sussex, a place with few records online so her birth has not been traced. 

John was born in Rotherfield in 1659 to John Moon and Elizabeth née Turner. He was a farmer, whose father gave him much land before his marriage which he in turn settled upon his future wife as her jointure. After her death it was to go to John's heirs.

William Beane and Mary Munnes (parents of Elizabeth Beane)

They married at Lynsted Kent in 1671 [Source: Parish register scans from Find My Past Kent Marriages]. I have the baptism of neither party yet.

William Studham and Elizabeth Hougham (parents of Sarah Studham)

This couple married at St Peters Thanet in Kent in 1694 . Elizabeth was said then to be a resident of St Peters but there is no baptism for her there. She was instead baptised at Nonnington Kent in 1663 [Familysearch England baptisms from the LDS] to Henry Hougham and Elizabeth née Naylor. Her last name also occurs as Huffam. William was from Canterbury St Northgate. He was baptised there in 1668 to William Studham and Elizabeth. He was a felt maker and freeman of Canterbury.

Richard Stephens and Mary Stone (parents of Elizabeth Stephens)

The baptism records for the village where they have their children gives the mother's maiden names for each child so we know that of Mary despite no marriage having yet been found for her and Richard. Richard's origins are unknown. At his death in 1739 he was a yeoman of Brenchley Kent. He left a will but I do not yet have a copy of it.
Mary was baptised in Brenchley in 1660, the child of Thomas Stone and Mary nee Shelley.

William Brisley and Mary Godden (parents of Edward Brisley).

This couple married by licence at Charing Kent in 1696. William was a well off collier of Stalisfield Kent. He and Mary seem to have owned some property in Chiddingstone, Kent. He was baptised at Charing in 1675 to William and Mary Brisley.

Mary Godden was described as a spinster of Throwley Kent at the time of her marriage. I have not found her baptism. There are a tremendous number of Goddens in Kent.

John and Mary Box (parents of Ann Box)

They probably married in Tonbridge Kent in 1695. In which case she was nee Oliver. More research is needed to confirm this. There is a lot of variant spellings of it all of which suggest the local pronunciation was more like "Bowks". 

Stephen Smith and Elizabeth Franklin (parents of Ann Smith)

This couple married at Buckland near Faversham in 1683 [Source:Mary Smith] The year before that Stephen's first wife Elizabeth had been buried on the same day as an infant daughter named after her. The child had been the third daughter called Elizabeth that the couple had suffered the death of. The first of which, their oldest child Stephen had had her own gravestone in Lynsted Kent where they lived. This is unusual, and implies that her parents were better off than most. On the grave it reads "Childhood and Infancy are from the womb but a dangerous passage to the tomb". [Source Mary Smith]. Stephen and my Mary went on to have several children, which are mentioned along with the two surviving children from his first marriage. The grave, which dates from 1692, says Stephen was a yeoman and that his father was John Smith "late yeoman of Norton Kent". Stephen had Bogle Farm in Lynsted and hired grazing land for his sheep at Teynham Kent.
Elizabeth Franklin was baptised at Faversham Kent in 1653 to Captain James Franklin and Anne [Source Find My Past Kent Baptisms]

Nicholas Hubbard and Ursula Lott (parents of James Hubbard)

Nicholas and Ursula  married at Gillingham Kent in 1676 [Parish register at Medway Archives]. Nicholas was baptised at Mereworth Kent in 1634 to Edward Hubbard and Dorothy née Harris. Nicholas had a prior marriage, to Joan Cuckoe. He and Ursula lived Bredhurst and Gillingham Kent.

More 7x great grandparents to follow. There is a lot of them! And earlier generations.

Mum's x6 Grandparents- Updated

Thomas Buley and Prince nee Bradgate (parents of Francis Buley)

Thomas Buley and Prince Bradgate
Thomas was born in 1691 Brenchley to Stephen Buley and Mary née Simmonds. He married Prince in Aylesford Kent in 1718. Thomas was a listed Brenchley freeholder, eligible to vote in 1734 as was another Thomas in the same place. The baptism of Prince has not yet been found. Thanks to exhaustive tracking of wills and property documents however I final that she was the daughter of Edward Bradgate of London and Sarah née Cayley. Prince's unusual first name is not unprecedented in English use though it is rare and almost always male. I had thought that the most likely explanation for it was that it was her mother's maiden name but obviously not! Despite it's strangeness Prince presumably did not find it a source of too much annoyance as she named a daughter Prince and her husband's brother was also willing to use the name for one of his own daughters in her honour. Prince died in Brenchley in 1772, and left a will but I have not yet got a copy of it. Prince is called kinswoman in the will written in 1757 of Elizabeth Cayley spinster of Tonbridge. Elizabeth was Prince's aunt. This Elizabeth asked to be buried in Brenchley. She left property to the children of Prince and Thomas -their daughter Prince married to Ambrose Dinton (£4 annuity), their daughter Sarah wife of John White (£5 annuity), their daughter Elizabeth wife of Richard Martin (£5 annuity), their daughter Rebecca wife of Thomas Driver (£5 annuity). All these annuities coming out of rent got from Great Cowlands farm and woodland in Whatlington Sussex. The property itself went to their son John Buley. Tenant was John Guy. John Buley was to pay £100 jointly to any living children of Rebecca Driver. Elizabeth Cayley also had property called B....potts which had 7 acres attached to it in Brenchley the income from which was to be used to pay a £5 annuity to Ann Buley an unmarried daughter of Thomas and Prince and a £4 annuity to Elizabeth's sister Mary Pitts. This property was in the occupation of Francis Buley. Additionally Elizabeth had a half part of a message and three parcels of land in Brenchley and Lamberhurst in the occupation of John Godden which was also to be used towards paying those last two legacies. The Brenchley and Lamberhurst property was to be inherited by our ancestor Francis, son of Thomas and Prince. To Prince herself went all Elizabeth's linen and wearing apparel plus a messuage and land in "Brenchley or  Pembury" Kent (sounds like on boundary of the two) in occupation of Robert Yates (or possibly Yales). Prince was to pay from the income of that £100 to be divided between the children of Sarah White and Prince Dinton, £50 between the children of Elizabeth Martin and £100 between the (future) children of Ann Buley. A message with land orchards, outhouse etc in Tunbridge Wells to John Buley and Thomas Buley in trust with them to pay the profits of them to the bringing up of the children of Prince Dinton and Sarah White. After the two women died the property was to be conveyed jointly to those children. Testator also mentioned a brother William Neale deceased who had a daughter Sarah and an Ann Monckton daughter of Susanna Monckton deceased who was also a daughter of Prince and Thomas Buley. Thomas Buley was the will's executor and received the remainder of Elizabeth's goods, chattels and money. A maidservant was one of the will's witnesses. The will was proved 1760.

John Moon and Elizabeth nee Stephens (parents of Sarah Moon)

John was born in Rotherfield Sussex in 1693 to John Moon and Sarah née Ward. He married Elizabeth in Frant Sussex in 1724 by licence. John was a farmer who had High Steep Farm in Rotherfield, Sussex as well as other farmland. Elizabeth was from Brenchley in Kent. She was born in 1700 to Richard Stephens and Mary née Stone.

Edward Brisley and Ann Box (parents of Edward Brisley)

Edward was born in Stalisfield Kent in 1707 to William Brisley and Mary née Godden. He married Ann at Burnham in 1733 when he was described as "of Challock" Kent. Ann died just a few years after their marriage and I believe Edward remarried.

Ann was born in Wrotham Kent in 1707 to John and Mary Box.

Sarah Studham (parent of Mark Studham)

Sarah was an unmarried mother. She was born in the Canterbury Kent parish of St Northgate in 1698. Her parents were William Studham and Elizabeth nee Hougham.

James Skinner and Ann Smith (parents of Elizabeth Skinner)

This couple married by license in Teynham Kent in 1708. Both parties were then of Hartlip Kent. James was a husbandman (small scale farmer). The origin of James is unknown. Ann was baptised at Lynstead Kent in 1694 to Stephen Smith and Elizabeth nee Franklin.

James Hubbard and Elizabeth née Beane ( parents of James Hubbard)

This couple married at Gillingham Kent in 1705. James was either born in 1676 Gillingham Kent to Nicholas Hubbard and Ursula née Lott or in 1686 Mereworth Kent to Alice who was Nicholas and Ursulas's daughter so as you can see either way round we descend directly from Nicholas and Ursula.
Elizabeth Beane was baptised at Lynsted Kent in 1681 to William Beane and Mary née Munnes

Thomas Rolphe and Mary (parents of Elizabeth Rolphe) 

This couple's name can also be rendered as Relphe, Rolf, Relfe etc. They settled in Fletching Sussex. Thomas was born in Buxted Sussex [Familysearch England Baptisms by the LDS] in 1655 to William Rolphe and Elizabeth née Parker.

William Britt and Bridget formerly Denman (parents of Mary Britt).

This couple married in Ashurst Sussex in 1710 by License. William provided the financial sureties for the marriage along with John Horley of Ashurst. The baptism of the bride cannot be found. Bridget was possibly in fact the widow Bridget Denman née Horley rather than a spinster.

William Britt was born in Horsham Sussex in 1684 to William Britt and Elizabeth.[Source Familysearch England Marriages by the LDS]

Joseph Silsby and Sarah Tiltman (parents of Joseph Silsby).

Joseph was born in Shermanbury in 1671 to William Silsby / Selby and Elizabeth. His parents died within a week of each other when Joseph was 8 years old. It isn't known who cared for him after that but his older brother William was an adult and apparently married by then so could probably step in. Sarah Tiltman was born in 1671 Cuckfield Sussex to Thomas Tiltman and Frances. Joseph and Sarah lived initially in Cuckfield. A local diarist recorded that Joseph with three others helped cut down the "wallet oak" there.

John Britter and Mary nee Lamb (parents of William Britter). 

This couple married in Maidstone in 1718. John was born in Maidstone in 1693 to John Britter and Mary nee Hosmer 

Edward Fuller (parents of Ann Fuller)

Edward was a husbandman (small scale farmer) in Hever Kent who owned lands bordering on Westerham and under the control of Westerham manor. He was born in Hever in 1674 to Edward Fuller. He served as a Constable of Westerham Manor but was fined more than once for failing as an ordinary Manor subject to do his duty and appear at the Manor Court. Why did they think he would make a good constable??

Richard Rye and Anne Baker (parents of John Rye)

This couple married in Withyham in 1728. Richard was baptised at Withyham in 1705 to Henry Rye and Grace née Harris.
Anne was baptised at Withyham in 1701 to John Baker and Anne.

George and Elizabeth Knight (parents of Elizabeth Knight)

Nothing known of Elizabeth yet. George was born in Leigh Kent in 1685 to Thomas Knight

Richard Bennett and Frances Wood (parents of Thomas Bennett) 

Richard was the son of Richard Bennett and Elizabeth nee Wooden. He married Frances in Brenchley Kent in 1732. I have not yet researched the origins of Frances.

Ralph and Anne Halley (parents of Sarah Halley)

Nothing yet known about them except that Ralph was born in Ightham Kent in 1693 to Samuel Halley and Sarah. 

John Mills and Elizabeth Fane
This couple married in Aylesford Kent in 1715. John was born there to Abdy Mills and Anne nee Morland. Elizabeth was the daughter of Thomas Fane and was born in Aylesford Kent in 1693. More to follow on this couple.

James Taylor and Martha Fryland
This couple married in 1718. Both were born in Aylesford.
James was in 1686 and was the son of Augustine Taylor and Mary née Tomlyn. Martha was born in 1697 and was the daughter of Richard Fryland and Martha née Flower. 

Thomas Mashman / Marshman and Mary Smith (parents of Anne Mashman)

Thomas was a fisherman, presumably on the River Test. When he married Mary in 1744 at Upper Clatford Hampshire he was said to be from nearby Wherwell. Wherwell area records lack both a baptism for him and any mention of others of his last name other than his wife and children suggesting that he had had come there from elsewhere. He died in 1762 in Upper Clatford. 

Mary Smith was described as of upper Clatford at marriage. She probably died there in 1772. There are a lot of Smiths about in the area and I can't narrow down her parentage because of that.

Next generation back: (part one) here

More generations coming...

Lynsted baptism and Ightham records from Find my Past Kent collection. Gillingham parish records from Medway Archives. Other Kent registers Kent Archives at Library and History Archives. Rotherfield and Frant registers viewed from ESRO and Rotherfield manorial records. Will Sarah Cayley, National Archives. Property records, Kent Archives.

Mums x5 Grandparents- UPDATED

 Mark Studham and Sarah Williams (parents of Sarah Studham).

Mark and Sarah married in Newenden Kent in 1756 [Familysearch English marriages from the LDS]. At one of his children's baptisms he is noted as a traveller and at another he and his wife are "vagrants". The family moved around a lot in Kent. He was born in 1728 in Canterbury Kent to Sarah Studham. He died in the Workhouse at Milton near Sittingbourne Kent in 1767 and his wife Sarah later remarried. The year 1767 was a terrible one for her. In the space of less than three months she lost her husband and two children. Her origins are as yet unknown.

Richard and Mary Moses (parents of Sarah Moses)

Richard’s marriage to Mary has not yet been found. It was his third marriage. In his will he asked for gentleman farmer Nicholas Messenger to be guardian to his daughter Sarah. He was of Upchurch Kent at death and died in 1769. At the time of his first marriage he was of Lenham Kent. Richard is believed to have owned barges for a living.

James Hubbard and Elizabeth Skinner (parents of James Hubbard)

This couple married in Hartlip Kent in 1730. Elizabeth was born in Hartlip in 1709 to James Skinner and Ann née Smith. James Hubbard was baptised at Boxley Kent in 1706 to James Hubbard and Elizabeth née Beane .

Edward Henty and Elizabeth Rolphe (parents of Anthony Henty)

Edward was born around 1684 if his age at death is accurate. He died in 1769 in Chiddingly Sussex. The burial register notes that he was a long serving parish clerk. He married Elizabeth in Chiddingly in 1708. Elizabeth was born in Fletching Sussex in 1687 to Thomas Rolphe and Mary.

William Geale and Ann Fuller (parents of William Geale)

William married Ann in Westerham Kent in 1745 but they settled in Hever. Ann was born in Westerham in 1718 to Edward Fuller, though her family also had land in Hever. William was described as of Hever at the time of his marriage but was not baptised there. He died in 1796. His last name like other Geales can be rendered Jeal, Cheale and more. It was a common name in parts of Sussex and Surrey. He is not the William born Edenbridge in 1711 and prob not the 1725 Farnborough birth either.

John Rye and Elizabeth Lee (parents of Sarah Rye)

John and Elizabeth married in Withyham in 1751. I have yet to seek the baptism of Elizabeth. John was baptised at Withyham 1730 to Richard Rye and Anne née Baker.

Francis Buley and Sarah Moon (parents of Sarah Buley)

Francis was born in 1725 in Brenchley Kent to Thomas Buley and Prince nee Bradgate (yes her first name was Prince!) He was described as both a yeoman and a salesman (which at the time usually meant an animal dealer) and married Sarah in Tonbridge Kent in 1752. The couple lived in a house in Brenchley owned by his wife's relative Sarah Cayley. This she eventually left to Francis as well as a half share in another property there and land in both Brenchley and Lamberhurst. Francis already owned another property in Brenchley which he rented out.

Sarah was born in Rotherfield Sussex in 1725 to John Moon and Elizabeth nee Stephens. 

The couple have a memorial within the churchyard in Brenchley which features cherubs holding a looking glass.

Joseph Silsby and Mary Britt (parents of Sarah Silsby)

Joseph was born in Shermanbury Sussex in 1701 to Joseph Silsby and Sarah nee Tiltman.

Mary was born in 1711 Shermanbury to William Britt and Bridget formerly Denman. The couple married in Shermanbury in 1729.

William and Elizabeth Britter (parents of Hannah Britter)

William was born in Maidstone Kent in 1726 to John Britter and Mary nee Lamb. His marriage to Elizabeth has not been found so her origins are difficult to ascertain.

Edward Brisley and Ann Burgess (parents of Thomas Brisley)

Edward was born in Burnham Kent in 1735 to Edward Brisley and Ann née Box. He married Ann in 1761. She was then "of Maidstone". He was the tenant in lands to Robert Salmon in Burham in 1798.

George Mills and Mary Taylor (parents of Mary Mills)

This couple married in Rodmersham Kent in 1754 George was the son of John Mills and Elizabeth nee Fann /Fane. Mary was the child of James Taylor and Martha nee Fryland. George was born in 1730 in Aylesford and Mary was born there in 1734.

Edward Kidney and Mary Bennett (parents of John Kidney)

This couple married in Sutton Valence Kent in 1748. Mary was born there in 1723 to John Bennett and Mary née Groombridge. Edward was the son of John Kidney and Jane widow Kerby and was born also in Sutton Valence in 1723.

Edward Tooth and Elizabeth nee Knight (parents of Margaret Tooth) 

This couple married in Chiddingstone Kent in 1738. The origins of Edward are uncertain. He may have been a widower. Elizabeth was born in Leigh Kent in 1714 to George Knight and Elizabeth.

Thomas Bennett and Sarah Halley (parents of James Bennett)

Sarah and Thomas married in Ightham Kent in 1757. Thomas died there in 1814. He was born Tonbridge Kent to Richard and Frances née Wood. Sarah was born in Ightham in 1734 to Ralph Halley and Anne. The last name Halley is very prone to variant spelling and forms. 

Anne Mashman to come

Next generation back for these lines here

* Mum's 4x Great Grandparents -updated

 John Bush and Sarah Studham /Studdome (parents of William Samuel Bush)

John was born in around 1738 if his age at death is to believed. This was not in Minster, Sheppey where he married Sarah in 1783, nor is he the John Bush born in Chatham Kent 1737/38. At his children's marriages he is described as a labourer.
Sarah was born in Hawkhurst Kent in 1758 to Mark Studham and Sarah nee Williams. At that time her parents were described as vagrants. She first married John Richardson in Minster in 1778 (name written Studdome). The couple had three children but in 1782 Sarah lost two of them and her husband whose death was described as a sudden literal dropping dead. She fairly swiftly remarried John Bush who was much older than her. She died in 1816,as did he.

James Hubbard and Sarah Moses (parents of Hannah Hubbard)
James and Sarah married in Hartlip Kent by licence in 1776. Sarah was born in Lower Halstow Kent in 1758 to Richard Moses and Mary. Following the death of her parents, local gentleman farmer Nicholas Messenger became her guardian. He gave consent to her marriage as required by her father before death. Nicholas was a friend of her father (and also it seems possibly a distant relative through marriage - both men had complex marital histories).  Sarah was one of the beneficiaries of Mr Messenger's will.
James was a resident of Hartlip at his marriage to Sarah. His birth was 1736 Hartlip to James Hubbard (written as Hubbert but would have been spoken as Hubbard as the letter t on the end of a word or syllable was usually spoken as a d historically) and Elizabeth nee Skinner (who was born to James Skinner and Ann in Hartlip in 1709. Ann was nee Smith.)

Sarah remarried George Sellings in Halstow not long after the death of James.

Anthony Henty and Sarah Silsby (parents of Martha Henty)

Anthony was born in Chiddingly Sussex to Edward Henty and Elizabeth nee Rolphe in circa 1716. He and Sarah settled in Shermanbury where they married in 1752 and where Sarah was born in 1733 to Joseph Silsby and Mary nee Britt.

William Geale and Sarah Rye (parents of Mary Geale)

William was born in Hever Kent in 1751 to William Geale and Ann nee Fuller. The Weald genealogy website details payments made to him by Hever Parish for the maintenance of a Mary Best. Hever sent many elderly, ill or juvenile paupers to live with other families who were paid to look after them.

William married Sarah in Penshurst in 1777. She is described on the said Weald site as numerous times receiving parish funds to nurse parishioners, including at one point her son James. Both Sarah and William could sign the marriage register. The marriage was witnessed by a John Rye. The second witness is too faded to read. William died in 1797.
Sarah was born in Withyham Sussex in 1752 to John Rye and Elizabeth née Lee.

John Card and Sarah Elphick

This couple married in Maresfield Sussex in 1748 and then settled in nearby Rotherfield. John was born in the latter village in 1720. Two couples had a son named John Card baptised that year so it is not possible to know which are his parents. As it was traditional to marry in the bride's parish Sarah may well have been born in Maresfield. Online records are not available as concerns baptisms in Maresfield. When I can look at them I will do so.

John Ovenden and Mary Hoadley (parents of Elizabeth Ovenden)
This couple married in Rotherfield in 1749. They should not be confused with another Rotherfield dwelling couple also called John and Mary Ovenden, with the wife's maiden name also Hoadley (which is locally very very common). The other couple married in Withyham in 1747. The other Mary Hoadley, not mine, was the daughter of clockmaker William Hoadley, as wills prove. The origins of my John and Mary are unknown.

THOMAS PULLINGER and SARAH BULEY (parents of Jane Pullinger)
Thomas was a wheelwright who lived in Ticehurst Sussex where he paid 10 shillings of land tax in 1798 and 1799 and 8 shillings in 1801. He was not born in the immediate vicinity. He may have served his apprenticeship in Elstead Surrey to John Ockley but this is not proven. He took in at least one apprentice himself later. His age at death suggests a birth of 1745. When the couple married in Brenchley Kent Thomas could sign his name but his wife could not. Thomas owned his home, premises and some land in Ticehurst.

Thomas died leaving a will in 1824. In that he asked for his property to be auctioned off for the benefit of his wife, son Thomas and daughter Lucy. 

Sarah is described in his will as his beloved wife. She was born in Brenchley Kent in 1755 and died not long after her husband in 1825. Her parents were Francis Buley and Sarah nee Moon who both died before her maturity. Her sibling was Francis 1760.

John Warren and Hannah Britter (parents of William Warren)
John and Hannah married in West Peckham Kent in 1779. His origins are unknown but his age at burial suggests a 1755 birth date. Hannah was born in Maidstone Kent in 1756 to William Britter and Elizabeth. John was a husbandman (small scale farmer). Two years prior to his marriage he was prosecuted for fathering an illegitimate child with another woman Ruth Diprose. He died in 1835 and Hannah in 1828, both in Shipborne Kent where they had raised their family.

Thomas Brisley and Mary Mills

Thomas was born 1764 Maidstone to Edward Brisley and Ann née Burgess. The married Mary Mills in Burham Kent in 1787. During their marriage they also lived in Wouldham Kent but they died in Burham, Mary in 1806 and Thomas in 1840 (of dropsy). They must have been wealthier than labouring class as they could afford a stone headstone. This was still not something for the average family at that time. The stone is still extant and suggests a birth date of 1766 for Mary. At the time of her marriage Mary was recorded in one set of banns as a widow from Aylesford Kent however extensive research suggests that she was mistakenly recorded in that record and was in fact unmarried previously. She was born in 1765 in Aylesford to George Mills and Mary nee Taylor. 

John Kidney and Elizabeth (parents of Fanny Kidney)

John was born in Detling Kent in 1752 to Edward Kidney and Mary nee Tooth.

James Bennett and Margaret Tooth (parents of Charlotte Bennett)

These two married in Tonbridge Kent in 1783. James was born in Ightham Kent to Thomas Bennett and Sarah new Halley. Margaret Tooth was much older than her husband, being born in Leigh Kent in 1750 to Edward Tooth and Elizabeth nee Knight. At the time of her marriage she was already the mother of two illegitimate sons aged 9 and 5 respectively by an unknown father/fathers. [Her sister? Sarah also had an illegitimate son]. Note: Kathryn, if you are getting confused at this point- mum also descends from a separate line of Bennetts and dad from separate lines of both Tooths and Knights.

Anne Mashman / Marshman (parent of Mary Mashman)

Anne was born in Upper Clatford Hampshire in 1752 and baptised there two years later. She lived in Wherwell nearby but was for some reason was buried in Andover with the vicar noting that she was a Wherwell resident. Her parents were Thomas Mashman / Marshman and Mary née Smith.

Next generation back for all these lines here

Parish registers at Kent Archives or Medway Archives except West Peckham and Shermanbury which were accessed via Familysearch England Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths collection by the LDS and Detling which were from Find My Past Kent Baptisms. Apprenticeship records from Ancestry. Other research National Archives.

*Mum's 3x Great Grandparents- updated

Charles Peacock and Martha Henty (parents of Mary Peacock)

Charles was born in around 1775. His parents are unknown. He was not the man of the same name baptised in Thakeham Sussex- that man continued to live there. At the time of his marriage our Charles was a resident of Cowfold but was not baptised there. He was an agricultural labourer. Martha was born in Shermanbury Sussex in 1776 to Anthony Henty and Sarah nee Silsby. She married her husband in Shermanbury in 1797. At the birth of her last child she was nearly 49 years old! The couple live at Troy Town Edenbridge Kent in 1841. Charles died in 1848. Martha lived in 1851 in Edenbridge High Street. She died in 1858.

Mary Geale (mother of Mercy Geale)
She was born in Chiddingstone Kent in 1782 to William Geale and Sarah nee Rye. She was an unmarried 20 year old when she had her daughter Mercy in Edenbridge Kent. She went on to marry James Jones, a shoemaker, in the same town and have further children. Although not wealthy James was able to offer Mary a comparatively comfortable life. It is unlikely that he is the father of Mary's child as that child is not remembered in his will.

John Card and Elizabeth Ovenden (parents of James Card)

John and Elizabeth married in Rotherfield Sussex in 1774. They lived first there then in Speldhurst before returning to Rotherfield. John was born in Rotherfield in 1753 to John Card and Sarah nee Elphick. Elizabeth was born in Rotherfield Sussex in 1756 to John and Mary née Hoadley.

Cornelius Stratten and Mary Mashman or Marshman (parents of Charlotte Stratten)
Cornelius was born in around 1767 in Vernham Dean Hampshire according to his census entries [My transcription from census page images on microfilm viewed back then at an LDS History centre] Baptismal records for this period in Vernham Dean have been lost so his parents may never be known. His family looks like they had origin in the Clifton area of Gloucestershire however. He worked as both a farmer and an agricultural labourer.
Mary grew up in Andover and Wherwell both in Hampshire. She was the daughter of unmarried mother Anne Marshman / Mashman.
Mary and Cornelius couple lived in Eltham Kent in the High Street 1841 and in Queen Elizabeth Cottages, Greenwich Kent in 1851. They lived in Eltham from at least 1798 when Cornelius was recorded in Land Tax records [National Archives]. They also lived in Woolwich.

William Sherwood and Jane Pullinger (parents of William Sherwood)
William and Jane married in Tonbridge Kent in 1801. William was not born in the town and his origins are unknown. His stated age at death in 1836 Tonbridge suggests a birth date of 1773. As both his sons became carpenters it is reasonable to guess that he may also have been one. Jane was born in 1774 Ticehurst Sussex to Thomas Pullinger, who left her children money in his will, and Sarah nee Buley. Jane died by 1824.

William Warren and Charlotte Bennett (parents of Ann Warren)
William was born in Shipborne Kent in 1779 to John Warren and Hannah nee Britter. He married Charlotte in Stansted Kent in 1800. Charlotte was born in Ightham Kent to James Bennett and Margaret new Tooth. The name also occurs as Burnett, Bonet and Barnett locally. William's siblings were Mary 1782, Jane 1785 and James 1790 who both died as infants, Thomas 1787 who had twins confirming the prevalence of such in this segment of my tree, Anne 1793, and Sarah 1796. William is known to have worked for a Mr T Jervis in Shipborne for at least part of his working life.

George Plumpton and Ann Barber (parents of Esther Plumpton)
George was born around 1783-1786 (records differ). He lived only long enough to fill in the 1841 census and on that he answers the question  "Were you born in the county in which you reside?" The most likely baptism for him is in Berwick upon Tweed. Mum was told by her mum that the Plumpton family came from Scotland. According to one source George had the middle name Alexander which would be very unusual outside of Scotland and the borders in the 1700s. George married Ann in Rochester in 1807.[source parish records microfilm at Medway Archives] He worked as a waterman and a Special Constable at different times before his death in 1847 but he came to Kent as a member of the Royal Navy. He joined as a teenager. After the death of Ann he married Catherine Church and had further children. Together they lived at Ryarsh Lane West Malling on the 1841 census. George received a pension as an out pensioner from the Chelsea Hospital due to his naval service. In his pension records he is noted as having a crippled hand but the cause is not given. Catherine outlived him, working as a laundress as a widow.
Ann Barber was born around 1789 according to her age at burial in 1820 of just 31. She was unable to sign the marriage register though her husband could. I have searched high and low for her baptism, so far without success. It is possible that she was not born in Kent but joined George there having been engaged to him somewhere he previously was living.

Thomas Brisley and Fanny Kidney (parents of James Brisley)
Thomas,a labourer, was baptised in Wouldham Kent in 1796 to Thomas Brisley and Mary nee Mills. It was a so called private baptism which means that he was thought likely to die and thus was baptised in the family home rather than the parents waiting to take the child to church. Thomas was a labourer and married Fanny in Strood Kent in 1819. His brother James committed suicide by hanging himself in an outbuilding of Chatham Brewery where he worked. Fanny was born in Detling Kent in 1798 to John Kidney and Elizabeth. [Source Familysearch online England baptisms] Her occupation prior to marriage is unknown. She probably died in 1851.
On the 1841 and 1851 census the couple lived in Daws Alley Chatham Kent. They had a servant Sarah Hodges living with them in 1851.

William Samuel Bush and Hannah Hubbard or Hubbert (parents of Rose Hannah Bush)

William was born in 1793 to John Bush and Sarah nee  Studdome / Studham. From at least 1834 to 1851 William was a Convict Keeper on the hulks there. At other times he worked as an agricultural labourer. A recorded instance of him being a "cordwainer" seems to have been a misshearing of " convict keeper". By coincidence he would have been a convict keeper on the hulks while one of my dad's ancestors was imprisoned there awaiting transportation for killing his best friend!
He married Hannah at Sittingbourne Kent in 1813. The couple married in a Church Of England ceremony but raised their family as Bethel Wesleyans. They lived in Mile Town Sheppey (there in 1831 and 1833). In 1841 their address was Rope Walk Chatham. After Hannah's death in 1842 William married Amelia Todd. In 1851 they live at 55 Coleman Street Chatham. This address no longer exists.
Hannah was born in Hartlip Kent in 1793 to James Hubbard and Sarah nee Moses. Her sister Rosamond (known as Rose) witnessed her marriage.

Next generation back:

Mum's 4x Great Grandparents

Parish records from Kent Archives except those of Ightham which are from Find My Part Kent records and Ticehurst records which were accessed via the ESRO.