The Weald - People history and genealogy

Date	Type	Information	Source

1788	Born	In the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex	Rotherfield Parish Registers

16^th Mar 1788	Christened	At St. Denys Church in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex	Rotherfield Parish Registers

11^th Feb 1808	Married	James Harman at St. Denys Church in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex	Rotherfield Marriage Registers

1809	Birth of a daughter	Leah in the Parish of Mereworth, Kent	Fred Harman

1811	Birth of a daughter	Sarah in the Parish of Mereworth, Kent	Fred Harman

1814	Birth of a daughter	Caroline in the Parish of Mereworth, Kent	Fred Harman

4^th Feb 1816	Birth of a son	James in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex	Rotherfield Parish Registers

18^th Nov 1818	Birth of a son	William in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex	Rotherfield Parish Registers

14^th Feb 1821	Birth of a son	Thomas in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex	Rotherfield Parish Registers

29^th Jun 1823	Birth of a daughter	Harriet Rebecca in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex	Rotherfield Parish Registers

16^th Apr 1826	Birth of a son	Charles in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex	Rotherfield Parish Registers

14^th Jan 1829	Birth of a son	John in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex	Rotherfield Parish Registers

6^th Sep 1834	Birth of a son	Obediah in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex	Fred Harman

6^th Jun 1841	Census	At Village in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex; Lydia Harman, F, [Wife], age 54, born Sussex	1841 Census Rotherfield, Sussex

November 1848	Died	In the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex; aged 61 years	Rotherfield Burial Registers

11^th Nov 1848	Buried	At St. Denys Church in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex	Rotherfield Burial Registers

November 2003	Contributed by	Fred Harman	Fred Harman
	James Harman was named after his father's twin brother and my next inline of descent. James married Mariah Lennard on the 11th February 1808 at St. Denys church, Rotherfield. James at this time was aged 22. Like his father Thomas he also was a stonemason and bricklayer and probably served his time with his father, as did his older brother Thomas. For some unknown reason James and Mariah moved to Mereworth in Kent about 50 miles from Rotherfield. It is here that their first three children who were all girls were born and baptisms were recorded...................
	Biography of Maria Harman [Leonard]

Date

Type

Information

Source

1788

Born

In the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

Rotherfield Parish Registers

16^th Mar 1788

Christened

At St. Denys Church in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

Rotherfield Parish Registers

11^th Feb 1808

Married

James Harman at St. Denys Church in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

Rotherfield Marriage Registers

1809

Birth of a daughter

Leah in the Parish of Mereworth, Kent

Fred Harman

1811

Birth of a daughter

Sarah in the Parish of Mereworth, Kent

Fred Harman

1814

Birth of a daughter

Caroline in the Parish of Mereworth, Kent

Fred Harman

4^th Feb 1816

Birth of a son

James in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

Rotherfield Parish Registers

18^th Nov 1818

Birth of a son

William in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

Rotherfield Parish Registers

14^th Feb 1821

Birth of a son

Thomas in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

Rotherfield Parish Registers

29^th Jun 1823

Birth of a daughter

Harriet Rebecca in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

Rotherfield Parish Registers

16^th Apr 1826

Birth of a son

Charles in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

Rotherfield Parish Registers

14^th Jan 1829

Birth of a son

John in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

Rotherfield Parish Registers

6^th Sep 1834

Birth of a son

Obediah in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

Fred Harman

6^th Jun 1841

Census

At Village in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex; Lydia Harman, F, [Wife], age 54, born Sussex

1841 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex

November 1848

Died

In the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex; aged 61 years

Rotherfield Burial Registers

11^th Nov 1848

Buried

At St. Denys Church in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

Rotherfield Burial Registers

November 2003

Contributed by

Fred Harman

James Harman was named after his father's twin brother and my next inline of descent. James married Mariah Lennard on the 11th February 1808 at St. Denys church, Rotherfield. James at this time was aged 22. Like his father Thomas he also was a stonemason and bricklayer and probably served his time with his father, as did his older brother Thomas. For some unknown reason James and Mariah moved to Mereworth in Kent about 50 miles from Rotherfield. It is here that their first three children who were all girls were born and baptisms were recorded...................

Biography of Maria Harman [Leonard]

The ancestral pedigree of Maria Harman [Leonard]

John Leonard

m: 31^st Oct 1723 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent

b: c 1700

b: 1724 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 16^th Feb 1724 St. Denys Church

b: 1726 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 20^th Apr 1726 St. Denys Church

b: 1734 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 14^th Mar 1734 St. Denys Church

b: 1739 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 15^th May 1739 St. Denys Church

b: 1742 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 6^th Mar 1742 St. Denys Church

b: 1747 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 1^st Nov 1747 St. Denys Church
d: April 1821 Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 73 years
bur: 20^th Apr 1821 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

Grandfather record

Abraham Leonard

m: 21^st Apr 1772 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent

Sarah Botten

b: 1747 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 1^st Nov 1747 St. Denys Church
d: April 1821 Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 73 years
bur: 20^th Apr 1821 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

b: 1750
d: April 1816 Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 66 years
bur: 5^th Apr 1816 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

b: 23^rd Apr 1772 Speldhurst, Kent
ch: 23^rd Apr 1772 St. John's Church, Groombridge, Kent and Sussex

b: 1775 Speldhurst, Kent
ch: 5^th Mar 1775 St. John's Church, Groombridge, Kent and Sussex
d: May 1846 Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 72 years
bur: 13^th May 1846 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

b: 1779 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 18^th Apr 1779 St. Denys Church

b: 1781 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 25^th Nov 1781 St. Denys Church

b: 1784 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 2^nd May 1784 St. Denys Church

b: 1786 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 29^th Jan 1786 St. Denys Church
d: September 1838 Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 54 years
bur: 23^rd Sep 1838 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

b: 1788 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 16^th Mar 1788 St. Denys Church
d: November 1848 Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 61 years
bur: 11^th Nov 1848 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

b: 1791 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 12^th Jun 1791 St. Denys Church

Elizabeth

Mary

b: 1773 Speldhurst, Kent
ch: 18^th Jul 1773 St. John's Church, Groombridge, Kent and Sussex

b: 1777 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 23^rd Feb 1777 St. Denys Church

Parental record

1st marriage

James Harman
bricklayer

m: 11^th Feb 1808 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

Maria Leonard

b: 1788 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 27^th Jul 1788 St. Denys Church
d: 10^th Jan 1868 Rotherfield, Sussex

b: 1788 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 16^th Mar 1788 St. Denys Church
d: November 1848 Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 61 years
bur: 11^th Nov 1848 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

b: 1809 Mereworth, Kent
ch: 25^th May 1809
d: 19^th Jan 1837 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: after 19^th Jan 1837 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

b: 1814 Mereworth, Kent
ch: 7^th Apr 1814

b: 18^th Nov 1818 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 3^rd Jan 1819 St. Denys Church
d: 7^th Jul 1900 Alderbrook [als Elder Brook] Farm, Crowborough, Sussex
bur: after 7^th Jul 1900 All Saints Church, Crowborough, Sussex

b: 14^th Feb 1821 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 3^rd Jun 1821 St. Denys Church
d: September 1866 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: 30^th Sep 1866 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

b: 29^th Jun 1823 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 17^th Aug 1823 St. Denys Church

b: 16^th Apr 1826 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 25^th Jun 1826 St. Denys Church
d: 9^th Jan 1876

b: 14^th Jan 1829 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 1^st Mar 1829 St. Denys Church
d: 27^th Jun 1917 Cottage Hill, No 2, Rotherfield, Sussex

b: 6^th Sep 1834 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 6^th Sep 1834 St. Denys Church
d: 1^st Jan 1835 Rotherfield, Sussex

Sarah

James

b: 1811 Mereworth, Kent
ch: 10^th Nov 1811
d: 28^th Dec 1904 Rotherfield, Sussex

b: 4^th Feb 1816 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 3^rd Mar 1816 St. Denys Church
d: 1^st May 1891 Jarvis Brook, Sussex

Family record