The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Ann Wood [Babcock]
Generation No. 1
  1. Ann Wood [Babcock] She was born 1786 at Framfield, Sussex
  She married Stephen Wood on 20th Jun 1802 at St. Thomas à Becket's Church, Framfield, Sussex. He was born 1783 at Fletching, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iStephen who was born 1808 at Fletching, Sussex; christened 25th Sep 1808 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex
  iiLuke who was born 1811 at Fletching, Sussex; christened 10th Feb 1811 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex
  iiiMarianne who was born 1813 at Fletching, Sussex; christened 7th Feb 1813 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex
2 ivThomas who was born 16th Dec 1814 at Fletching, Sussex; christened 15th Jan 1815 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex
  vEdward who was born Apr 1819 at Fletching, Sussex; christened 23rd Nov 1823 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex
  viMartin who was born Mar 1821 at Fletching, Sussex; christened 23rd Nov 1823 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex
  viiRobert who was born Jan 1822 at Fletching, Sussex; christened 23rd Nov 1823 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex
3 viiiSarah who was born 1823 at Fletching, Sussex; christened 23rd Nov 1823 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex; died 1907 Fletching, Sussex
  ixMartha who was born 1829 at Fletching, Sussex; christened 20th Dec 1829 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex
  xSarah Elizabeth who was born 1829 at Fletching, Sussex; christened 20th Dec 1829 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Thomas Wood was the son of Stephen Wood and Ann Wood [Babcock]. He was born 16th Dec 1814 at Fletching, Sussex; christened 15th Jan 1815 at St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex
  He married Mary on c 1835. She was born 1814 at Lancashire. They had the following children:
  iWilliam James who was born 1840 at Lancashire
  iiStephen who was born 1845 at Woolwich, Kent
  iiiMartha who was born 1848 at Maresfield, Sussex
   
  3. Sarah Simmons [Wood] was the daughter of Stephen Wood and Ann Wood [Babcock]. She was born 1823 at Fletching, Sussex; christened 23rd Nov 1823 at St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex; died 1907 at Splaynes Green, Fletching, Sussex
4 iMaryanne who was born 1842 at Fletching, Sussex; died 1930
  She married Thomas Simmons on Oct to Dec 1844 at St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex, registered at Lewes District, Sussex, ref: 1844 Q4 Vol 7 Page 651. He was born 1824 at Fletching, Sussex; christened 4th Jul 1824 at St Andrew & St Mary Church, Maresfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
5 iJames who was born 1845 at Fletching, Sussex; died 1926
6 iiThomas who was born 1846 at Fletching, Sussex
7 iiiWilliam who was born 1850 at Fletching, Sussex
8 ivJohn who was born 1852 at Fletching, Sussex
  vSamuel who was born 1855 at Fletching, Sussex
  viRichard who was born 1857 at Fletching, Sussex
9 viiAlice who was born 1858 at Fletching, Sussex; died 1879
10 viiiHarriett who was born 1862 at Fletching, Sussex; died 20th Jun 1889; buried after 20th Jun 1889 Nutley, Sussex
11 ixLouisa Jane who was born 1870 at Fletching, Sussex; died 1949
   
Generation No. 3
  4. Maryanne Wood was the daughter of unknown father and Sarah Simmons [Wood]. She was born 1842 at Fletching, Sussex; died 1930
  iCharles Alfred who was born 1862 at Fletching, Sussex; christened 6th Apr 1862 St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex
   
  5. James Simmons was the son of Thomas Simmons and Sarah Simmons [Wood]. He was born 1845 at Fletching, Sussex; died 1926
  He married Jane Downer on c 1865. She was born 1844 at London. They had the following children:
12 iAda who was born 1867 at Fletching, Sussex
  iiWilliam James who was born 1869 at Fletching, Sussex
  iiiEliza who was born 1871 at Fletching, Sussex
  ivKate who was born 1873 at Fletching, Sussex
  vSamuel who was born 1875 at Fletching, Sussex
  viCharles who was born 1878 at Fletching, Sussex
  viiLouisa who was born 1880 at Fletching, Sussex
   
  6. Thomas Simmons was the son of Thomas Simmons and Sarah Simmons [Wood]. He was born 1846 at Fletching, Sussex
  He married Elizabeth on c 1867. She was born 1843 at Uckfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iJames who was born 1870 at Maresfield, Sussex
  iiFrederick who was born 1871 at Maresfield, Sussex
  iiiEzra who was born 1873 at Maresfield, Sussex
  ivHorace who was born 1875 at Maresfield, Sussex
  vEmily who was born 1878 at Maresfield, Sussex
  viBertha who was born 1879 at Fletching, Sussex
   
  7. William Simmons was the son of Thomas Simmons and Sarah Simmons [Wood]. He was born 1850 at Fletching, Sussex
  He married Lydia on c 1869. She was born 1847 at Maresfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iGeorge E. who was born 1870 at Maresfield, Sussex
  iiMercy who was born 1874 at Maresfield, Sussex
  iiiCharity who was born Nov 1880 at Hartfield, Sussex
   
  8. John Simmons was the son of Thomas Simmons and Sarah Simmons [Wood]. He was born 1852 at Fletching, Sussex
  He married Jemima on c 1875. She was born 1855 at Maresfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iWalter who was born 1880 at Maresfield, Sussex
   
  9. Alice Reed [Simmons] was the daughter of Thomas Simmons and Sarah Simmons [Wood]. She was born 1858 at Fletching, Sussex; died 1879
  iEllen Emily who was born 31st Jan 1875 at Fletching, Sussex
  She married Henry Reed on 12th Jun 1876 at St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex. He was born 1850 at Maresfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iAnnie who was born 1878 at Fletching, Sussex
   
  10. Harriett Reed [Simmons] was the daughter of Thomas Simmons and Sarah Simmons [Wood]. She was born 1862 at Fletching, Sussex; died 20th Jun 1889; buried after 20th Jun 1889 at Ma.StJsCh, Nutley, Sussex
  She married Jesse Reuben Reed on 22nd Apr 1880 at National School Room, Fletching, Sussex. He was born 14th Jun 1858 at Dodds Bottom, Maresfield, Sussex; died 17th Nov 1935 at Pouchlands House, East Chiltington, Sussex; buried after 17th Nov 1935 at St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iAlfred Jesse who was born 1881 at Nutley, Sussex
  iiAlice Mary who was born 1882 at Nutley, Sussex
  iiiBertha Louisa who was born 1884 at Nutley, Sussex
13 ivMargaret Ellen who was born 5th Mar 1886 at Nutley, Sussex; died 21st Apr 1971 Middlesex; buried after 21st Apr 1971 Middlesex
  vAda Mahala who was born 13th May 1888 at Nutley, Sussex
  viThomas Frank who was born 7th Jul 1889 at Nutley, Sussex
   
  11. Louisa Jane Walter [Simmons] was the daughter of Thomas Simmons and Sarah Simmons [Wood]. She was born 1870 at Fletching, Sussex; died 1949
  She married William Henry Walter on Oct to Dec 1892, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1892 Q4 Vol 2b Page 285. He was born 1872 at Maresfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iHenry who was born 1893 at Maresfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 4
  12. Ada Taylor [Simmons] was the daughter of James Simmons and Jane Simmons [Downer]. She was born 1867 at Fletching, Sussex
  She married Alfred Henry Taylor, gardener on July to Sep 1890, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1890 Q3 Vol 2a Page 1063. He was born 12th Jul 1867 at Crowborough, Sussex; christened 13th Oct 1867 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, son of Henry Taylor (labourer) and Frances Taylor. They had the following children:
  iLillian who was born 1891 at Chiddingstone, Kent
  iiMary who was born 1893 at Hartfield, Sussex
  iiiDaisy Violet who was born 1894 at Forest Row, Sussex; christened 11th Mar 1894 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
   
  13. Margaret Ellen Collins [Robinson] [Reed] was the daughter of Jesse Reuben Reed and Harriett Reed [Simmons]. She was born 5th Mar 1886 at Nutley, Sussex; died 21st Apr 1971 at Ashford Hospital, Middlesex; buried after 21st Apr 1971 at Shepperton Cemetery, Middlesex
  She married (1) Spencer Harry Robinson on 1906. He was born 1883 at Brighton, Sussex; died 1945 at Ashford Hospital, Middlesex; buried 1945 at Shepperton Cemetery, Middlesex. They had the following children:
14 iBertha Sophia Phyllis who was born 7th Oct 1906 at Brighton, Sussex; died 8th Jan 1980 Middlesex
  iiSpencer Harry who was born 1908 at Brighton, Sussex
  iiiMargaret Ellen who was born 3rd Sep 1912 at Brighton, Sussex
  ivJesse Thomas (Jim) who was born c 1915 at Brighton, Sussex
15 vErnest William who was born 16th Jun 1921 at Brighton, Sussex; died Mar 1993 Somerset; buried c Mar 1993 Somerset, Grave space number 1037 section D
  viArther who was born c 1925 at Brighton, Sussex
  viiDoris (Doll) who was born c 1925 at Brighton, Sussex
  viiiJean who was born c 1925 at Brighton, Sussex
  She married (2) Donald Victor Collins on 1968. He was born c 1885
   
Generation No. 5
  14. Bertha Sophia Phyllis Williams [Robinson] was the daughter of Spencer Harry Robinson and Margaret Ellen Collins [Robinson] [Reed]. She was born 7th Oct 1906 at Brighton, Sussex; died 8th Jan 1980 at Shepperton, Middlesex
  She married Alfred Williams on c 1925. He was born 17th Jan 1909 at Brighton, Sussex; died 20th Nov 1996 at Australia. They had the following children:
  iTerry Leon who was born 26th Jun 1926 at Brighton, Sussex
  iiPhyllis who was born 21st Sep 1930 at Brighton, Sussex
  iiiSally who was born 20th Nov 1931 at Brighton, Sussex
  ivChris who was born 21st Oct 1933 at Brighton, Sussex
  vJessie who was born 18th Nov 1935 at Brighton, Sussex
  viAlfres who was born 8th May 1939 at Brighton, Sussex
   
  15. Ernest William Robinson was the son of Spencer Harry Robinson and Margaret Ellen Collins [Robinson] [Reed]. He was born 16th Jun 1921 at Brighton, Sussex; died Mar 1993 at Bridgwater, Somerset; buried c Mar 1993 at Quantock Road Cemetery, Bridgwater, Somerset, Grave space number 1037 section D
  He married Lilian Rose Tyne on 14th Jan 1942 at St Nicholas Church, Shepperton, Middlesex. She was born 6th Jul 1923 at Fulham, London. They had the following children:
  iGloria Patricia who was born 31st Aug 1946
  iiJohn Ernest who was born 1st Sep 1947
   

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