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Ellen Wickens [Best], daughter of Owen Best, farmer and Ann Best [Mills]
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Date
Type
Information
Source
 
13th July 1864
Born
In the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex
Rotherfield Parish Registers
 
2nd April 1871
Census
At Palesgate in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex; Ellen Best, F, Daughter, age 6, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
1871 Census
Rotherfield and Crowborough
 
8th June 1873
Christened
At St. Denys Church in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex
Rotherfield Parish Registers
 
3rd April 1881
Census
At 2 Pales Gate in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex; Ellen Best, F, Daughter, single, age 16, born Rotherfield; occupation: domestic servant
1881 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex
 
June 1891
Married
Samuel James Wickens, wheelwright
Chris and Kathy Wallwork
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11th August 1892
Birth of a son
Samuel Alfred at Argos Hill in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex
Rotherfield Parish Registers
Chris and Kathy Wallwork
 
8th August 1895
Birth of a daughter
Alice at Pilbeam Cottage in the Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
Rotherfield Parish Registers
Chris and Kathy Wallwork
 
c 1898
Birth of a son
Frederick James in the Parish of Buxted, Sussex
Chris and Kathy Wallwork
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The ancestral pedigree of Ellen Wickens [Best]
    
 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
            
Grandfather
record
   
   
   
 Owen Best
farmer
m: 9th May 1863 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, SussexAnn Mills 
 b: 8th Jan 1840 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 1st Mar 1840 St. Denys Church
  b: 1841 Lamberhurst, Kent and Sussex 
  
         
Ellen  Mary Ann Kate Owen Alfred Alice Eliza George
b: 13th Jul 1864 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 8th Jun 1873 St. Denys Church
  b: 25th Feb 1868 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 8th Jun 1873 St. Denys Church
 b: 3rd Mar 1870 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 8th Jun 1873 St. Denys Church
 b: 12th Mar 1872 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 8th Jun 1873 St. Denys Church
 b: 17th Dec 1873 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 10th May 1874 St. Denys Church
 b: 1876 Rotherfield, Sussex b: 1878 Rotherfield, Sussex b: Dec 1880 Rotherfield, Sussex
   Edwin       
   b: 10th May 1866 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 8th Jun 1873 St. Denys Church
       
                 
Parental
record
   
   
    
 Samuel James Wickens
wheelwright
m: Jun 1891Ellen Best 
 b: 26th Jul 1868 Town Row Green, Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 11th Oct 1868 St. Denys Church
  b: 13th Jul 1864 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 8th Jun 1873 St. Denys Church
 
  
   
 Samuel Alfred Alice Frederick James
 b: 11th Aug 1892 Argos Hill, Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 30th Oct 1892 St. Denys Church
 b: 8th Aug 1895 Pilbeam Cottage, Wadhurst, Sussex
ch: 29th Sep 1895 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
 b: c 1898 Buxted, Sussex
    
Family
record

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