The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Benedicta Wood [Rummery]
Generation No. 1
  1. Benedicta Wood [Rummery] She was born 1786 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 25th Feb 1793 at All Saints Church, Heathfield, Sussex, aged 8 years, parents Richard & Ann Rummery
  She married Thomas Wood on 27th Mar 1815 at All Saints Church, Herstmonceux, Sussex. He was born 1787 at Herstmonceux, Sussex; christened 8th Jul 1787 at All Saints Church, Herstmonceux, Sussex, parents Thomas & Anne Wood. They had the following children:
2 iRichard who was born 1818 at Cowbeech, Herstmonceux, Sussex; christened 29th Nov 1818 All Saints Church, Herstmonceux, Sussex
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Richard Wood, farm labourer was the son of Thomas Wood and Benedicta Wood [Rummery]. He was born 1818 at Cowbeech, Herstmonceux, Sussex; christened 29th Nov 1818 at All Saints Church, Herstmonceux, Sussex
  He married Eliza Honeyset on 9th Sep 1843 at All Saints Church, Herstmonceux, Sussex, witnesses David & Hannah Honeyset. She was born 21st Apr 1822 at Warbleton, Sussex; christened 19th May 1822 at Heathfield Chapel, Heathfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
3 iCharlotte who was born 1844 at Warbleton, Sussex; christened 7th Apr 1844 St. Mary's Church, Warbleton, Sussex
  iiHarriott who was born 10th Jan 1846 at Warbleton, Sussex; christened 15th Mar 1846 St. Mary's Church, Warbleton, Sussex; died Jan to Mar 1940 Hailsham, Sussex, aged 94 years
  iiiThomas who was born 1848 at Herstmonceux, Sussex; christened 2nd Apr 1848 All Saints Church, Herstmonceux, Sussex; buried 14th Nov 1867 Bodle Street Green, Sussex, age 19 years
  ivElizabeth who was born 1849 at Herstmonceux, Sussex
4 vWilliam who was born 1854 at Herstmonceux, Sussex; christened 19th Mar 1854 All Saints Church, Herstmonceux, Sussex
5 viCaroline who was born 2nd Jul 1865 at Bodle Street Green, Sussex; christened 6th Aug 1865 St John's Church, Bodle Street Green, Sussex; died 10th Jan 1954 Warbleton, Sussex, administration to John Barton farm labourer
   
Generation No. 3
  3. Charlotte Bourner [Wood] was the daughter of Richard Wood, farm labourer and Eliza Wood [Honeyset]. She was born 1844 at Warbleton, Sussex; christened 7th Apr 1844 at St. Mary's Church, Warbleton, Sussex
6 iKate who was born 1863 at Redpale Road, Dallington, Sussex; christened 30th Aug 1863 St John's Church, Bodle Street Green, Sussex
  She married Peter Bourner on 4th May 1863 at St John's Church, Bodle Street Green, Sussex, witnesses Benjamin & Charlotte Bourner. He was born 1843 at Dallington, Sussex; christened 12th Mar 1843 at St. Giles Church, Dallington, Sussex
   
  4. William Wood, farm labourer was the son of Richard Wood, farm labourer and Eliza Wood [Honeyset]. He was born 1854 at Herstmonceux, Sussex; christened 19th Mar 1854 at All Saints Church, Herstmonceux, Sussex
  He married Mary Daw on 7th Apr 1877 at St John's Church, Bodle Street Green, Sussex, witnesses Mercy Guy & James Dawe. She was born Apr to June 1859 at Herstmonceux, Sussex, registered at Hailsham District, Sussex, ref: 1859 Q2 Vol 2B Page 56. They had the following children:
  iJabez who was born 1878 at Warbleton, Sussex
  iiElizabeth who was born 1879 at Heathfield, Sussex
  iiiArthur who was born Jan 1881 at Warbleton, Sussex
   
  5. Caroline Barton [Wood] was the daughter of Richard Wood, farm labourer and Eliza Wood [Honeyset]. She was born 2nd Jul 1865 at Bodle Street Green, Sussex; christened 6th Aug 1865 at St John's Church, Bodle Street Green, Sussex; died 10th Jan 1954 at Cherry Tree Cottage, Rushlake Green, Warbleton, Sussex, administration to John Barton farm labourer
  She married John Henry Barton on 9th May 1887 at St John's Church, Bodle Street Green, Sussex, witnesses Harriet Wood & Charles Edmund Stollory Pankhurst. He was born Jan to Mar 1864 at Warbleton, Sussex, registered at Hailsham District, Sussex, ref: 1864 Q1 Vol 2B Page 75; died 8th May 1933 at St Mary's Hospital, Eastbourne, Sussex
   
Generation No. 4
  6. Kate Mepham [Bourner] was the daughter of Peter Bourner and Charlotte Bourner [Wood]. She was born 1863 at Redpale Road, Dallington, Sussex; christened 30th Aug 1863 at St John's Church, Bodle Street Green, Sussex
  She married William Mepham on 1st Jan 1885 at St. Giles Church, Dallington, Sussex, witnesses Peter & Jane Augusta Bourner. He was born 1863 at Herstmonceux, Sussex; christened 22nd Feb 1863 at All Saints Church, Herstmonceux, Sussex
   

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