*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.

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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.