The Weald - People history and genealogy

During The Ashdown Forest Dispute 1876-1882 commoners and land owners were interviewed by the solicitor William Raper. Their comments were recorded in a series of notebooks:

Tester, Luke. 59. Living at Crest Cottage near Duddleswell. Memory rather at fault. Born at Duddleswell and lived close to the spot all my life. My Father lived at Duddleswell all his life and used to cut litter and turf for anyone who wanted it and cut a great deal of timber on the Forest for the old Lord De La Warr. As soon as I was big enough I used to go out and help him and I took to cutting as soon as I could swing a scythe.
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3^rd April 1881

Census

At Little Warren in the Parish of Buxted, Sussex; Luke Tester, M, Head, married, age 59, born Buxted; occupation: farm labourer

1881 Census
Buxted, Sussex

Ancestor's report
Descendent's report
Tester, Testor, Teaster, Testa family records

The ancestral pedigree of Luke Tester, farm labourer

James Tester

m: 10^th Dec 1783 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex

Elizabeth Cheesman

b: 1752
d: May 1836 Maresfield, Sussex
bur: 12^th May 1836 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex

b: 1762 Sussex
d: Apr 1845 Maresfield, Sussex
bur: 3^rd Apr 1845 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex

b: 1784 Maresfield, Sussex
ch: 11^th Jul 1784 St Bartholomew Parish Church

b: 1788 Withyham, Sussex
ch: 28^th Aug 1788 St. Michael's Church
d: May 1875 High Hurst Wood, Buxted, Sussex
bur: 4^th May 1875 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex

b: 1791 Withyham, Sussex
ch: 2^nd Jan 1791 St. Michael's Church
d: Mar 1841 Hartfield, Sussex
bur: 14^th Mar 1841 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex

b: 1793 Withyham, Sussex
ch: 27^th Apr 1793 St. Michael's Church
d: Feb 1840 Maresfield, Sussex
bur: 13^th Feb 1840 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex

b: 1795 Maresfield, Sussex
ch: 20^th Sep 1795 St Bartholomew Parish Church
d: Dec 1875 Withyham, Sussex
bur: 20^th Dec 1875 St. John's Chapel, Withyham, Sussex

b: 1798 Maresfield, Sussex
ch: 24^th Jun 1798 St Bartholomew Parish Church
d: Jul 1875 East Grinstead Union
bur: 3^rd Jul 1875 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex

b: 1801 Maresfield, Sussex
ch: 1^st Jun 1801 St Bartholomew Parish Church
d: Dec 1861 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: 1^st Dec 1861 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex

b: 1801 Maresfield, Sussex
ch: 1^st Jun 1801 St Bartholomew Parish Church
d: Apr to Jun 1873

James

b: 1786 Withyham, Sussex
ch: 18^th Mar 1786 St. Michael's Church
d: May 1862 Buxted, Sussex
bur: 4^th May 1862 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex

Grandfather
record

James Tester
farm labourer

m: 11^th Feb 1809 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex

Mary Morris

b: 1786 Withyham, Sussex
ch: 18^th Mar 1786 St. Michael's Church
d: May 1862 Buxted, Sussex
bur: 4^th May 1862 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex

b: 1785 Buxted, Sussex
d: Mar 1869 Buxted, Sussex
bur: 1^st Mar 1869 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex

b: Oct 1809 Buxted, Sussex
ch: 8^th Oct 1809 St. Margaret's Church

b: 1815 Maresfield, Sussex
ch: 24^th Dec 1815 St Bartholomew Parish Church

b: 9^th Dec 1820 Maresfield, Sussex
ch: 11^th Jan 1821 Wesleyan Chapel

b: 4^th Apr 1823 Buxted, Sussex
ch: 15^th May 1823 Wesleyan Chapel, Maresfield, Sussex

b: 29^th Sep 1825 Buxted, Sussex
ch: 12^th Oct 1825 Wesleyan Chapel, Maresfield, Sussex

b: 13^th Jan 1828 Buxted, Sussex
ch: 13^th Mar 1828 Wesleyan Chapel, Maresfield, Sussex

b: 30^th Sep 1830 Buxted, Sussex
ch: 2^nd Dec 1830 Wesleyan Chapel, Maresfield, Sussex

b: 1832 Sussex

Elizabeth

Ann

b: 1813 Maresfield, Sussex
ch: 18^th Nov 1813 St Bartholomew Parish Church

b: 16^th Jul 1818 Buxted, Sussex
ch: 11^th Sep 1818 Dorset Gardens Weslayan Church, Brighton, Sussex

Parental
record

Luke Tester
farm labourer

m: 18^th Nov 1840 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex

Sarah Marchant

b: 9^th Dec 1820 Maresfield, Sussex
ch: 11^th Jan 1821 Wesleyan Chapel

b: Nov 1824 Buxted, Sussex
ch: 7^th Nov 1824 St. Margaret's Church

William Edward Ernest

Elizabeth Eliza

Walter James

b: 1841 Buxted, Sussex
ch: 21^st Oct 1844 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex

b: 1846 Buxted, Sussex
ch: 24^th May 1846 St. Margaret's Church
d: Aug 1868 Buxted, Sussex
bur: 16^th Aug 1868 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex

b: 1850 Buxted, Sussex
ch: 4^th Aug 1850 St. Margaret's Church
d: Oct 1857 Buxted, Sussex
bur: 15^th Oct 1857 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex

b: 1854 Buxted, Sussex
ch: 5^th Nov 1854 St. Margaret's Church
d: Mar 1857 Buxted, Sussex
bur: 1^st Mar 1857 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex

b: 1860 Buxted, Sussex
ch: 28^th Oct 1860 St. Margaret's Church

b: 1863 Buxted, Sussex
ch: 16^th Aug 1863 St. Margaret's Church

b: 1865 Buxted, Sussex
ch: 16^th Jul 1865 St. Margaret's Church

b: 1867 Buxted, Sussex
ch: 25^th Aug 1867 St. Margaret's Church

b: 1843 Buxted, Sussex
ch: 21^st Oct 1844 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex

b: 1848 Buxted, Sussex
ch: 9^th Apr 1848 St. Margaret's Church
d: Oct 1857 Buxted, Sussex
bur: 9^th Oct 1857 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex

b: 1851 Buxted, Sussex
ch: 21^st Sep 1851 St. Margaret's Church
d: Sep 1857 Buxted, Sussex
bur: 28^th Sep 1857 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex

b: 1857 Buxted, Sussex
ch: 12^th Apr 1857 St. Margaret's Church

Family
record