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Joseph Best, farm labourer, son of George Best, farmer and Ann Best [Pearless]
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Date
Type
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Source
 
14th January 1798
Born
In the Parish of Hadlow, Kent
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10th February 1799
Christened
At St. Mary's Church in the Parish of Speldhurst, Kent
Speldhurst Parish Registers
 
24th September 1825
Married
Philadelphia Ashby at St. Denys Church in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex
Rotherfield Parish Registers
 
1826
Birth of a son
George in the Parish of Withyham, Sussex
Withyham Parish Registers
 
1830
Birth of a daughter
Sarah Anne in the Parish of Withyham, Sussex
Withyham Parish Registers
 
1835
Birth of a son
Alfred in the Parish of Speldhurst, Kent
Judith Parr's research
 
3rd July 1837
Birth of a daughter
Mary Ann in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex
Rotherfield Parish Registers
 
8th January 1840
Birth of a son
Owen in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex
Rotherfield Parish Registers
 
1842
Birth of a son
Edwin in the Parish of Horsted Keynes, Sussex
1881 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex
 
1844
Birth of a daughter
Cicely in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex
1851 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex
 
30th March 1851
Census
At Pales Gate in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex; Head; occupation: farm labourer
1851 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex
 
7th April 1861
Census
At Pales Gate in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex; Joseph Best, M, Head, married, age 62, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
1861 Census
Rotherfield and Crowborough
 
2nd April 1871
Census
At Palesgate in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex; Joseph Best, M, Head, married, age 72, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
1871 Census
Rotherfield and Crowborough
 
3rd April 1881
Census
At 7 Pales Gate in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex; Joseph Best, M, Head, widowed, age 82, born Rotherfield; occupation Retired Farmer
1881 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex
 
5th April 1891
Census
At Pales Gate in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex; Joseph Best, M, Head, widowed, age 92, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Retired Farmer
1891 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex
 
15th May 1892
Died
In the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex
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Descendent's report
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The ancestral pedigree of Joseph Best, farm labourer
  
 George Best
farmer
m: 21st Oct 1798 St. Mary's Church, Leigh, KentAnn Pearless 
 b: 1774 East Grinstead, Sussex
ch: 18th Sep 1774 St Swithin Parish Church
d: 11th Dec 1866 Eridge Green, Sussex
  b: 1779 Speldhurst, Kent
ch: 26th Sep 1779 St. Mary's Church
d: 4th Feb 1860 Eridge Green, Sussex
 
  
   
 Joseph George Ann
 b: 14th Jan 1798 Hadlow, Kent
ch: 10th Feb 1799 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
d: 15th May 1892 Rotherfield, Sussex
 b: 14th Jan 1799 Speldhurst, Kent
ch: 10th Feb 1799 St. Mary's Church
bur: 30th Jan 1803 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
 b: 1800 Speldhurst, Kent
ch: 12th Oct 1800 St. Mary's Church
      
Parental
record
   
   
    
 Joseph Best
farm labourer
m: 24th Sep 1825 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, SussexPhiladelphia Ashby 
 b: 14th Jan 1798 Hadlow, Kent
ch: 10th Feb 1799 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
d: 15th May 1892 Rotherfield, Sussex
  b: 1800 Rotherfield, Sussex 
  
       
 George Sarah Anne Alfred Mary Ann Owen Edwin Cicely
 b: 1826 Withyham, Sussex
ch: 10th Sep 1826 St. Michael's Church
 b: 1830 Withyham, Sussex
ch: 11th Apr 1830 St. Michael's Church
 b: 1835 Speldhurst, Kent b: 3rd Jul 1837 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 13th Aug 1837 St. Denys Church
 b: 8th Jan 1840 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 1st Mar 1840 St. Denys Church
 b: 1842 Horsted Keynes, Sussex b: 1844 Rotherfield, Sussex
            
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record

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