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Obediah Wickens, innkeeper and farmer, son of James Wickens, shopkeeper, beerhouse keeper and farmer and Frances Wickens [Turner]
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Date
Type
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23rd June 1847
Born
In the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex
Rotherfield Parish Registers
Monumental Inscriptions at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield
 
24th June 1847
Christened
At St. Denys Church in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex; son of James Wickens (beershop keeper) and Frances Wickens
Rotherfield Parish Registers
 
30th March 1851
Census
At The Village [Catts Inn] in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex; Son
1851 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex
 
7th April 1861
Census
At Catts, Village in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex; Obediah Wickens, M, Son, age 13, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer's son
1861 Census
Rotherfield and Crowborough
 
2nd April 1871
Census
At Village in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex; Obediah Wickens, M, Son, single, age 23, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer's son
1871 Census
Rotherfield and Crowborough
 
8th October 1873
Married
Jane Kember at St. Denys Church in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex
IGI - Family Search
Batch M14835-3
 
9th March 1874
Birth of a son
James at Village in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex
Rotherfield Parish Registers
 
3rd April 1881
Census
At Village Inn in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex; Obediah Wickens, M, Head, married, age 33, born Rotherfield, employs 4 men and 1 boy; occupation Innkeeper and Farmer
1881 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex
 
5th April 1891
Census
At High Street [Catts Inn] in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex; Obediah Wickens, M, Head, married, age 43, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Innkeeper and Farmer
1891 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex
 
2nd April 1911
Census
At Catts Inn, High Street, Rotherfield in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex; Obediah Wickens, M, Head, married, age 63, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: innkeeper and farmer
1911 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex
 
13th June 1920
Died
In the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex
Monumental Inscriptions at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield
 
After 13th June 1920
Buried
At St. Denys Church in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex
Monumental Inscriptions at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield
 
Headstone

In Beloved Memory
of
OBED WICKENS
Born June 23rd 1847
Died June 13th 1920
Come unto me ye weary,
And I will give you rest

Also of JANE his wife
who died January 8th 1923
Aged 73 years.
At Rest
 
9th July 1920
Probate
Probate Registry of England and Wales
 
Wickens Obadiah of the Catts Inn Rotherfield Sussex died 13 June 1920
Probate Lewes 9 July 1920 to Jane Wickens widow and James Wickens innkeeper
Effects £2549 13s 6d.

Ancestor's report
Descendent's report
Wickens, Wicken, Wecken, Wickan, Wickin, Wicking, Wickinge, Wickings, Wickins, Wickkin, Wykyn, Taylor Wickens family records
The ancestral pedigree of Obediah Wickens, innkeeper and farmer
   
 James Wickens
shopkeeper, beerhouse keeper and farmer
m: 18th Nov 1831 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, SussexFrances Turner 
 b: 1810 Rotherfield, Sussex
d: 18th Feb 1871 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: 24th Feb 1871 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  b: 1810 Withyham, Sussex
ch: 8th Apr 1810 St. Michael's Church
d: 27th Sep 1887 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: 30th Sep 1887 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
 
  
  
 James Obediah
 b: 21st Jun 1841 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 29th Jun 1841 St. Denys Church
d: 14th Apr 1894 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: 19th Apr 1894 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
 b: 23rd Jun 1847 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 24th Jun 1847 St. Denys Church
d: 13th Jun 1920 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: After 13th Jun 1920 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
     
Parental
record
   
   
   
 Obediah Wickens
innkeeper and farmer
m: 8th Oct 1873 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, SussexJane Kember 
 b: 23rd Jun 1847 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 24th Jun 1847 St. Denys Church
d: 13th Jun 1920 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: After 13th Jun 1920 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  b: 1850 Hartfield, Sussex
d: 8th Jan 1923 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: After 8th Jan 1923 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
 
  
  
 James 
 b: 9th Mar 1874 Village, Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 10th May 1874 St. Denys Church
 
   
Family
record

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