The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Elizabeth Wells [Burgess]
Generation No. 1
  1. Elizabeth Wells [Burgess] She was born 1781 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 1st Feb 1781 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, mother Mary Burgis, father ?? Adams, base born
  She married James Wells on 26th Dec 1803 at All Saints Church, Heathfield, Sussex. He was born 1776 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 31st Mar 1776 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex, parents James & Susan Wells. They had the following children:
  iMary who was born 1804 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 7th Apr 1804 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died Nov 1826 Wadhurst, Sussex; buried 19th Nov 1826 Mayfield, Sussex, aged 22 years
  iiJohn who was born 1806 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 25th Dec 1806 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
2 iiiAnnesley who was born 1807 at Mayfield, Sussex
3 ivJames who was born 1811 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 12th Apr 1811 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
4 vAlfred who was born 1820 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 23rd Jul 1820 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, parents James & Elizabeth Wells
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Annesley Hobbs [Wells] was the daughter of James Wells and Elizabeth Wells [Burgess]. She was born 1807 at Mayfield, Sussex
  She married Edward Hobbs, farm labourer on 23rd Oct 1832 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. He was born 1806 at Fletching, Sussex; christened 11th May 1806 at St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iEllen who was born 1833 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 18th Sep 1833 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  iiAbigail who was born 1837 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 2nd Jul 1837 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  iiiMartha who was born 1842 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 9th Jan 1842 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
5 ivMahala who was born 1843 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 19th Nov 1854 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  vAnn who was born 1845 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 19th Nov 1854 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  viNaomi who was born 1848 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 19th Nov 1854 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
   
  3. James Wells was the son of James Wells and Elizabeth Wells [Burgess]. He was born 1811 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 12th Apr 1811 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  iSarah who was born 1835 at Mayfield, Sussex
  He married Hannah on c 1835. She was born 1815 at Mayfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iJohn who was born 1836 at Wadhurst, Sussex
  iiMary who was born 1839 at Burwash, Sussex
  iiiJames who was born 1841 at Burwash, Sussex
  ivEliza who was born 1845 at Burwash, Sussex
  vWilliam who was born 1847 at Burwash, Sussex
  viGeorge who was born 1850 at Burwash, Sussex
   
  4. Alfred Wells was the son of James Wells and Elizabeth Wells [Burgess]. He was born 1820 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 23rd Jul 1820 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, parents James & Elizabeth Wells
  He married Hannah Blackford on 6th May 1843 at All Saints Church, Heathfield, Sussex, witnesses Reuben Wells & Naomi Gibb. She was born 1825 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 26th May 1825 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex, parents George & Ann Blackford; buried 14th Mar 1877 at St Peter's Church, Stonegate, Sussex, aged 52 years. They had the following children:
  iJohn who was born 1844 at Burwash, Sussex
  iiAlfred who was born 1846 at Burwash, Sussex
  iiiHannah who was born 1848 at Burwash, Sussex
  ivRubin who was born 1849 at Burwash, Sussex
  vHarriott who was born Jan 1851 at Burwash, Sussex
6 viEliza who was born 1856 at Burwash, Sussex
   
Generation No. 3
  5. Mahala Luckford [Hobbs] was the daughter of Edward Hobbs, farm labourer and Annesley Hobbs [Wells]. She was born 1843 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 19th Nov 1854 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  She married James Luckford on Apr to June 1881 at Tonbridge, Kent. He was born c 1840
   
  6. Eliza Oliver [Wells] was the daughter of Alfred Wells and Hannah Wells [Blackford]. She was born 1856 at Burwash, Sussex
  She married James Cromwell Oliver, dairyman on 4th Nov 1876 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, witnesses Alfred Wells & Eliza Stonestreet. He was born 1849 at High Ongar, Essex; christened 4th Nov 1849 at St Mary's Church, High Ongar, Essex, parents William & Sarah Oliver. They had the following children:
  iHannah who was born 1877 at Burwash, Sussex
  iiEsther who was born 1880 at Burwash, Sussex
7 iiiWilliam Owen who was born 1st Dec 1881 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 19th Feb 1882 St. Philip's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  ivMinnie who was born 1884 at Burwash, Sussex
  vFanny who was born 1886 at Burwash, Sussex
  viAlbert who was born 1889 at Burwash, Sussex
  viiEliza who was born 1890 at Burwash, Sussex
   
Generation No. 4
  7. William Owen Oliver was the son of James Cromwell Oliver, dairyman and Eliza Oliver [Wells]. He was born 1st Dec 1881 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 19th Feb 1882 at St. Philip's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  He married Mabel Nelly Parsons on 11th Dec 1920 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex, witnesses George Parsons & Daisy Kate Oliver. She was born 1894 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 20th Jun 1894 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex
   

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