The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Venerable James Croft, Archdeacon of Canterbury
Generation No. 1
  1. Venerable James Croft, Archdeacon of Canterbury He was born 2nd Jul 1784 at York, Yorkshire; died 9th May 1869 at Saltwood, Kent
  He married Charlotte Manners-Sutton on 5th Oct 1812. She was born 4th Dec 1786 at Nottinghamshire; christened 7th Dec 1786 at St. Michael & All Angels, Averham, Nottinghamshire; died 14th Feb 1825; buried after 14th Feb 1825 at Warriors Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent. They had the following children:
  iMary Elizabeth who was born 5th Sep 1813 at Saltwood, Kent; died 24th Mar 1836 Kent
  iiLieut. Robert Manners who was born 21st Oct 1814 at Saltwood, Kent; died 30th Jun 1860 Somerset
  iiiCharlotte who was born 29th May 1816 at Saltwood, Kent; died 1895 Croydon, Surrey
2 ivGeorgina who was born 3rd Jun 1817 at Saltwood, Kent; died 20th Mar 1898 Hampshire
  vAnnabella who was born 4th Oct 1818 at Saltwood, Kent; died 22nd May 1882 Kent; buried after 22nd May 1882 Saltwood, Kent
  viRev. Percy James who was born 11th Feb 1820 at Saltwood, Kent; died 11th Apr 1884 Kent; buried after 11th Apr 1884 Kent
  viiAnna Maria who was born 18th Mar 1821 at Saltwood, Kent; died 28th Sep 1859 Canterbury, Kent
  viiiCecilia Francis who was born 26th Sep 1823 at Rowley, Hull, Yorkshire; died 1880 Canterbury, Kent
  ixHenry Herbert Stephen who was born 22nd Feb 1828 at Canterbury, Kent
  xEmily who was born 1830 at Canterbury, Kent
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Georgina Sutton [Croft] was the daughter of Venerable James Croft, Archdeacon of Canterbury and Charlotte Croft [Manners-Sutton]. She was born 3rd Jun 1817 at Saltwood, Kent; died 20th Mar 1898 at Portsea, Hampshire
  She married Captain Frederick Sutton, 11th Hussars on 19th Oct 1847 at Eltham, London, registered at Elham District, Kent, ref: 1847 Q4 Vol 5 Page 291. He was born 26th Feb 1817 at Nottinghamshire; christened 16th Mar 1817 at St. Wilfrid's, Kelham, Nottinghamshire; died 2nd Jun 1900 at 15 Clarence Parade, Southsea, Hampshire; buried 7th Jun 1900 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iManners Henry who was born 5th Nov 1850 at Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk; christened 5th Nov 1850 St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk; died 19th Jul 1851 Saltwood, Kent; buried after 19th Jul 1851 Saltwood, Kent
3 iiAlgernon Charles who was born 6th Feb 1852 at Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk; christened 3rd Apr 1852 St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk; died 23rd Nov 1932 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, aged 80 years; buried 28th Nov 1932 Withyham, Sussex
4 iiiHerbert Arthur who was born 4th Apr 1853 at Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk; christened 20th May 1853 St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk; died 31st May 1924 Nottinghamshire
5 ivAmy Georgiana who was born 9th Jun 1854 at Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk; christened 13th Aug 1854 St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk; died 17th Apr 1923 Hampshire; buried after 17th Apr 1923 Hampshire
6 vEva Pulteney Marguerite who was born 13th Jul 1856 at Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk; christened 29th Sep 1856 St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk; died Sep 1903
  viMarguerite Alice Coare who was born 6th Dec 1857 at Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk; christened 14th Aug 1858 St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk; died 14th Aug 1861 Suffolk
7 viiReverend Charles Nassau who was born 9th Feb 1859 at Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk; died 23rd Nov 1916 East Grinstead, Sussex, aged 57 years; buried 28th Nov 1916 Withyham, Sussex
   
Generation No. 3
  3. Algernon Charles Sutton was the son of Captain Frederick Sutton, 11th Hussars and Georgina Sutton [Croft]. He was born 6th Feb 1852 at Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk; christened 3rd Apr 1852 at St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk; died 23rd Nov 1932 at Woodcroft, Sandhurst Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, aged 80 years; buried 28th Nov 1932 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
  He married Winifrid Alice (Annie Jane) Fell on 20th Oct 1886 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex. She was born 29th Jan 1863 at Lochrin House, Newington, Edinburgh, Scotland, recorded as Annie Jane Fell; died 23rd Oct 1956 at Seaton, Devon, aged 93 years; buried after 23rd Oct 1956 at Axmouth. They had the following children:
  iFrederick Nassau who was born 18th Apr 1888 at Westbourne, Sussex; died 26th Mar 1977 British Columbia, Canada
  iiCampbell Percy who was born 26th Jun 1890 at Westbourne, Sussex; died 27th Jun 1890 Westbourne, Sussex
  iiiLieut. Fergus Algernon who was born 26th Aug 1891 at Westbourne, Sussex; died 27th Feb 1915 France, K.I.A.
8 ivIrene Winifred who was born 18th Oct 1892 at Hampstead House, Chidham, Sussex; died 4th Aug 1978 Devon, aged 85 years; buried after 4th Aug 1978 Devon
  vCaptain Oliver Manners who was born 12th Mar 1896 at Westbourne, Sussex; died 16th Aug 1921
   
  4. Herbert Arthur Sutton was the son of Captain Frederick Sutton, 11th Hussars and Georgina Sutton [Croft]. He was born 4th Apr 1853 at Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk; christened 20th May 1853 at St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk; died 31st May 1924 at Southwell, Nottinghamshire
  He married Josephine Constance Stanley (Joey) Lace on 8th Sep 1893 at Chester, Cheshire. She was born 1863 at Great Boughton, Chester, Cheshire; died 1st Jun 1905 at Newark, Nottinghamshire
   
  5. Amy Georgiana Chapman [Sutton] was the daughter of Captain Frederick Sutton, 11th Hussars and Georgina Sutton [Croft]. She was born 9th Jun 1854 at Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk; christened 13th Aug 1854 at St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk; died 17th Apr 1923 at Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire; buried after 17th Apr 1923 at St. Mary's Church, Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire
  She married Commander Francis Hay Chapman, R.N. on 9th Jun 1875 at St. Jude's Church, Southsea, Hampshire. He was born 6th Apr 1844; died 12th Apr 1943 at Tonbridge, Kent; buried after 12th Apr 1943 at St. Mary's Church, Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire
   
  6. Eva Pulteney Marguerite Sill [Sutton] was the daughter of Captain Frederick Sutton, 11th Hussars and Georgina Sutton [Croft]. She was born 13th Jul 1856 at Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk; christened 29th Sep 1856 at St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk; died Sep 1903
  She married Col. John Warre Sill on 2nd Jun 1881 at Portsea, Hampshire. He was born 1852 at Westhorpe, Suffolk; died 1921 at Portsmouth, Hampshire
   
  7. Reverend Charles Nassau Sutton, Rector of Withyham was the son of Captain Frederick Sutton, 11th Hussars and Georgina Sutton [Croft]. He was born 9th Feb 1859 at Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk; died 23rd Nov 1916 at East Grinstead, Sussex, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1916 Q4 Vol 2b Page 191, aged 57 years; buried 28th Nov 1916 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
  He married Edith Mary Cafe on 27th Sep 1883 at Chichester, Sussex, registered at Chichester District, Sussex, ref: 1883 Q3 Vol 2b Page 623. She was born 1857 at Chatham, Kent, daughter of Haydon Lloyd CafĂ©; died 9th Feb 1918 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1918 Q1 Vol 2a Page 1180, aged 61 years. They had the following children:
  iCharles Lexington Manners who was born Apr to June 1891, registered at Chichester District, Sussex, ref: 1891 Q2 Vol 2b Page 390
   
Generation No. 4
  8. Irene Winifred Barkworth [Sutton] was the daughter of Algernon Charles Sutton and Winifrid Alice (Annie Jane) Sutton [Fell]. She was born 18th Oct 1892 at Hampstead House, Chidham, Sussex; died 4th Aug 1978 at Exeter, Devon, aged 85 years; buried after 4th Aug 1978 at Axmouth, Devon
  She married Major Henry Edmund Barkworth, R.A. on 28th Jul 1926 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent. He was born 23rd Dec 1892 at South House, Middle Tything, Piddletrenthide, Dorset; died 10th Feb 1940 at Active service, East Anglia, aged 47 years; buried after 10th Feb 1940 at Axmouth, Devon. They had the following children:
  iSusan Althea who was born 26th Jul 1927 at Hambledon, Hampshire
9 iiRosemary Anne who was born 15th Dec 1928 at Rudgwick, Sussex; died 10th Apr 1998 Devon, aged 69 years; buried 18th Apr 1998 Devon
  iiiVerbena Clarice who was born 9th Apr 1932 at Seaton, Devon
   
Generation No. 5
  9. Rosemary Anne Elverson [Barkworth] was the daughter of Major Henry Edmund Barkworth, R.A. and Irene Winifred Barkworth [Sutton]. She was born 15th Dec 1928 at Rudgwick, Sussex; died 10th Apr 1998 at Cotleigh, Devon, aged 69 years; buried 18th Apr 1998 at Stockland, Devon
  She married Major Charles Ronald Crocker Elverson, Queen's Royal Regiment on 23rd Oct 1948 at St. Gregory's, Seaton, Devon. He was born 26th Nov 1920 at The Lynch, Wimbledon, London, son of Charles Gordon Lee Elverson and Constance Evelyn Nancye Croker; died 15th Jun 2011 at Exeter, Devon, aged 90 years
   

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