The Weald - Descendents Report

Generation No. 1
	1. Thomas Shoesmith He was born before 1781 at Lydd, Kent; christened 13^th Aug 1781 at All Saints Church, Lydd, Kent, parents John & Lydia Shoosmith
	He married Ann Terry on 29^th Jul 1799 at All Saints Church, Lydd, Kent, witnesses Thomas Terry & Dorothy Jenkin. She was born 1784 at Lydd, Kent; christened 8^th Oct 1784 at All Saints Church, Lydd, Kent, parents Thomas & Elizabeth Terry. They had the following children:
2	i	John who was born 1800 at Lydd, Kent; christened 21^st Jun 1800 All Saints Church, Lydd, Kent
	ii	Betsy who was born 1802 at Lydd, Kent; christened 25^th Jun 1802 All Saints Church, Lydd, Kent; buried 30^th Oct 1859 Lydd, Kent, died in New Romney Union Workhouse, aged 57 years
	iii	Stephen Terry who was born 1804 at Lydd, Kent; christened 26^th Jan 1804 All Saints Church, Lydd, Kent
	iv	Mary Harriet who was born 1807 at Lydd, Kent; christened 8^th Jan 1808 All Saints Church, Lydd, Kent; buried 1^st Aug 1869 Withyham, Sussex, died in St John's Crowborough, aged 61 years
3	v	Lydia Ann who was born 1811 at Lydd, Kent; christened 11^th Dec 1811 All Saints Church, Lydd, Kent
	vi	Henry Louis who was born 1815 at Lydd, Kent; christened 24^th Jul 1815 All Saints Church, Lydd, Kent; buried 1^st May 1830 Lydd, Kent
4	vii	Louisa who was born 1819 at Lydd, Kent; christened 1^st Mar 1819 All Saints Church, Lydd, Kent, parents Thomas & Ann Shoosmith; died Apr to June 1880 Sevenoaks, Kent, aged 60 years
5	viii	Matthew who was born 1821 at Lydd, Kent; christened 7^th Feb 1821 All Saints Church, Lydd, Kent
	ix	Robert who was born 1825 at Lydd, Kent; christened 30^th Nov 1825 All Saints Church, Lydd, Kent

Generation No. 2
	2. John Shoesmith was the son of Thomas Shoesmith and Ann Shoesmith [Terry]. He was born 1800 at Lydd, Kent; christened 21^st Jun 1800 at All Saints Church, Lydd, Kent
	He married Elizabeth Sivyer on 27^th Feb 1837 at St. Nicholas Church, Sandhurst, Kent, witnesses Thomas & Elizabeth Newman. She was born 21^st Apr 1818 at Sandhurst, Kent; christened 26^th May 1818 at St. Nicholas Church, Sandhurst, Kent, parents Francis & Sarah Sivyer

	3. Lydia Ann Russell [Shoesmith] was the daughter of Thomas Shoesmith and Ann Shoesmith [Terry]. She was born 1811 at Lydd, Kent; christened 11^th Dec 1811 at All Saints Church, Lydd, Kent
	She married John Russell on 5^th Nov 1831 at All Saints Church, Lydd, Kent. He was born 1809 at Lydd, Kent; christened 10^th Dec 1809 at All Saints Church, Lydd, Kent

	4. Louisa Avis [Gorringe] [Shoesmith] was the daughter of Thomas Shoesmith and Ann Shoesmith [Terry]. She was born 1819 at Lydd, Kent; christened 1^st Mar 1819 at All Saints Church, Lydd, Kent, parents Thomas & Ann Shoosmith; died Apr to June 1880 at Sevenoaks, Kent, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1880 Q2 Vol 2A Page 332, aged 60 years
	She married (1) John Gorringe on 10^th Oct 1841 at St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent, witnesses William & Ann Everest. He was born 1815 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 8^th Oct 1815 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex; buried 31^st Dec 1850 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex, aged 36 years. They had the following children:
	i	Robert who was born 1842 at Withyham, Sussex
	ii	Thomas William who was born 1845 at Withyham, Sussex
	iii	Louesia who was born 1849 at Withyham, Sussex
	She married (2) Thomas Avis, grocer on 1^st Jan 1853 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex. He was born 1832 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 19^th Feb 1832 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex; died Apr to June 1911 at Sevenoaks, Kent, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1911 Q2 Vol 2A Page 437, aged 79 years. They had the following children:
	i	Harriett who was born 1854 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 30^th Apr 1854 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
	ii	Henry Terry Shoesmith who was born 1856 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 20^th Jul 1856 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
	iii	Katherine Jane who was born 1858 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 11^th Jul 1858 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex

	5. Matthew Shoesmith was the son of Thomas Shoesmith and Ann Shoesmith [Terry]. He was born 1821 at Lydd, Kent; christened 7^th Feb 1821 at All Saints Church, Lydd, Kent
	He married Sarah Townsend on 20^th Apr 1843 at St Mary's Church, Upper Street, Islington, London, witnesses Samuel Mannering & Mary Harriet Shoesmith. She was born 5^th Mar 1812 at West Thurrock, Essex; christened 25^th Oct 1812 at West Thurrock, Essex, parents Jeremiah & Elizabeth Townsend