The Weald - People history and genealogy

Date	Type	Information	Source

1832	Born	In the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex	Rotherfield Parish Registers

16^th Dec 1832	Christened	At St. Denys Church in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex	Rotherfield Parish Registers

1838	Census	At Ragsworth Green Farm in the Parish of Crowborough, Sussex; Daughter	1838 Census Crowborough Warren and Lye Green, Sussex

6^th Jun 1841	Census	At Wallis Cottage in the Parish of Withyham, Sussex; Louisia Mepham, F, [Daughter], age 8, born Sussex	1841 Census Withyham, Sussex

30^th Mar 1851	Census	At Ashdown Forest in the Parish of Withyham, Sussex; Daughter	1851 Census Withyham, Sussex

28^th Aug 1853	Married	Frederick Avis at St. Michael's Church in the Parish of Withyham, Sussex	Withyham Parish Registers

1855	Birth of a daughter	Ellin in the Parish of Withyham, Sussex	1881 Census Withyham, Sussex

1857	Birth of a son	Obadiah in the Parish of Withyham, Sussex	1881 Census Withyham, Sussex

1859	Birth of a daughter	Margaret in the Parish of Withyham, Sussex	Withyham Parish Registers

1861	Birth of a daughter	Louisa in the Parish of Withyham, Sussex	1881 Census Withyham, Sussex

1864	Birth of a daughter	Mary Jane in the Parish of Withyham, Sussex	1881 Census Withyham, Sussex

1866	Birth of a son	Frederick in the Parish of Withyham, Sussex	1881 Census Withyham, Sussex

1870	Birth of a daughter	Edith in the Parish of Withyham, Sussex	IGI - Family Search Batch C15206-1

1872	Birth of a daughter	Alice in the Parish of Withyham, Sussex	Withyham Parish Registers

1873	Birth of a daughter	Emily in the Parish of Withyham, Sussex	IGI - Family Search Batch C15206-1

3^rd Apr 1881	Census	At Hays Lane Lye Green in the Parish of Withyham, Sussex; Louisa Avis, F, Wife, married, age 47, born Withyham	1881 Census Withyham, Sussex

5^th Apr 1891	Census	At Lewes Road in the Parish of Withyham, Sussex; Lousia Avis, F, Mother, widowed, age 56, born Withyham, Sussex	1891 Census Withyham, Sussex

The ancestral pedigree of Louisa Avis [Mepham]

Thomas Mepham

m: 30^th Apr 1700 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

b: c 1680

b: 1701 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 3^rd Aug 1701 St. Denys Church

b: 1702 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 24^th Jan 1702 St. Denys Church

b: 1704 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 5^th Jun 1704 St. Denys Church

b: 1705 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 1^st Jan 1705 St. Denys Church

b: 1707 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 20^th Apr 1707 St. Denys Church

b: 1710 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 18^th Feb 1710 St. Denys Church

b: 1712 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 1^st Mar 1712 St. Denys Church

Great-
Great-Great-
Grandfather record

Stephen Mepham

m: 1^st Apr 1733 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

Sarah Richards

b: 1707 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 20^th Apr 1707 St. Denys Church

b: c 1710

b: 1734 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 15^th Apr 1734 St. Denys Church

b: 1737 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 5^th Feb 1737 St. Denys Church

b: 1740 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 22^nd Feb 1740 St. Denys Church

b: 1743 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 18^th Sep 1743 St. Denys Church

b: 1746 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 23^rd Nov 1746 St. Denys Church

b: 1749 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 7^th May 1749 St. Denys Church

b: 1753 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 16^th Sep 1753 St. Denys Church

Great-Great-
Grandfather record

Thomas Mepham

m: 1^st Jun 1762 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

Sarah Richardson

b: 1734 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 15^th Apr 1734 St. Denys Church

b: c 1740

b: 1763 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 9^th Oct 1763 St. Denys Church

b: 1765 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 2^nd Jun 1765 St. Denys Church

b: 1767 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 10^th May 1767 St. Denys Church

b: 1769 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 12^th Nov 1769 St. Denys Church

b: 1771 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 25^th Aug 1771 St. Denys Church

b: 1774 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 6^th Feb 1774 St. Denys Church

b: 1776 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 21^st Apr 1776 St. Denys Church

b: 1781 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 21^st Jan 1781 St. Denys Church

Great-
Grandfather record

Stephen Meopham

m: 30^th Apr 1804 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex

Charity Vinall

b: 1776 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 21^st Apr 1776 St. Denys Church

b: 1783 Fletching, Sussex

b: 1806 Fletching, Sussex
ch: 11^th May 1806 St Andrew & St Mary Church

b: 1809 Fletching, Sussex
ch: 25^th Dec 1809 St Andrew & St Mary Church

b: 1813 Fletching, Sussex
ch: 30^th May 1813 St Andrew & St Mary Church

b: 1^st Nov 1816 Fletching, Sussex
ch: 26^th Oct 1817 St Andrew & St Mary Church

b: c 1820 Sussex

b: 1826 Withyham, Sussex
ch: 26^th Nov 1826 St. Michael's Church

b: 1827 Withyham, Sussex
ch: 25^th Nov 1827 St. Michael's Church

b: 13^th Jul 1828 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 7^th Jun 1829 St. Denys Church

James

Harriett

William

b: 1808 Fletching, Sussex
ch: 29^th May 1808 St Andrew & St Mary Church

b: 1811 Fletching, Sussex
ch: 6^th Oct 1811 St Andrew & St Mary Church

b: 6^th Sep 1814 Fletching, Sussex
ch: 23^rd Oct 1814 St Andrew & St Mary Church

Grandfather record

Stephen Mepham

m: 13^th Dec 1830 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex

Jane Farmer

b: 1806 Fletching, Sussex
ch: 11^th May 1806 St Andrew & St Mary Church

b: 1813 Rotherfield, Sussex

b: 10^th Apr 1831 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 8^th May 1831 St. Denys Church

b: 1832 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 16^th Dec 1832 St. Denys Church

b: 1834 Withyham, Sussex
ch: 13^th Jul 1834 St. Michael's Church

b: 1839 Withyham, Sussex
ch: 17^th Nov 1839 St. Michael's Church

b: 1843 Withyham, Sussex
ch: 28^th May 1843 St. Michael's Church

b: 1845 Withyham, Sussex
ch: 31^st Aug 1845 St. Michael's Church

b: 1851 Withyham, Sussex
ch: 30^th Mar 1851 St. Michael's Church

b: 1855 Withyham, Sussex
ch: 28^th Jan 1855 St. Michael's Church

Parental record

Frederick Avis

m: 28^th Aug 1853 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex

Louisa Mepham

b: 1829 Brighton, Sussex
ch: 10^th Apr 1829

b: 1832 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 16^th Dec 1832 St. Denys Church

b: 1855 Withyham, Sussex
ch: 8^th Apr 1855 St. Michael's Church

b: 1859 Withyham, Sussex
ch: 30^th Oct 1859 St. Michael's Church

b: 1861 Withyham, Sussex
ch: 12^th Oct 1862 St. Michael's Church

b: 1864 Withyham, Sussex
ch: 12^th Feb 1865 St. Michael's Church

b: 1866 Withyham, Sussex
ch: 14^th Oct 1866 St. Michael's Church

b: 1870 Withyham, Sussex
ch: 27^th Nov 1870 St. John's Chapel

b: 1872 Withyham, Sussex
ch: 7^th Apr 1872 St. Michael's Church

b: 1873 Withyham, Sussex
ch: 28^th Dec 1873 St. John's Chapel
d: 15^th Nov 1964

Obadiah

b: 1857 Withyham, Sussex
ch: 1^st Nov 1857 St. Michael's Church

Family record