The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for James Everest, farm labourer, son of Edward Everest and Lydia Everest [Berry]
Generation No. 1
  1. James Everest, farm labourer was the son of Edward Everest and Lydia Everest [Berry]. He was born 11th Oct 1800 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 26th Oct 1800 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of Edward Everest and Lydia Everest; died May 1882 at Quabrook, Forest Row, Sussex, aged 81 years; buried 30th May 1882 at Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex
  He married Philadelphia Jenner on 16th Jul 1826 at St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex, recorded as James Berry and Philadelphia Jenner. She was born 1808 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 27th Mar 1808 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex, daughter of Stephen Jenner & Jane Jenner; died Jul 1884 at Forest Row, Sussex, aged 76 years; buried 31st Jul 1884 at Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex. They had the following children:
2 iWilliam who was born 1828 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 27th Jan 1828 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of James Everest (labourer) and Philadelphia Everest
  iiJames who was born 1831 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 20th Feb 1831 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of James Everest (labourer) and Philadelphia Everest; died Apr 1835 Hartfield, Sussex, aged 4 years; buried 2nd Apr 1835 Hartfield, Sussex
3 iiiThomas who was born 1833 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 5th May 1833 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of James Everest (labourer) and Philadelphia Everest
4 ivHarriott Sarah who was born 1835 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 13th Dec 1835 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, daughter of James Everest (labourer) and Philadelphia Everest; died 14th Dec 1925 Tonbridge, Kent
5 vLydia who was born 1838 at Hartfield, Sussex, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1838 Q1 Vol 7 Page 300, as Lydia Berry; christened 18th Feb 1838 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, daughter of James Everest (labourer) and Philadelphia Everest
6 viAbel who was born 1840 at Hartfield, Sussex, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1840 Q1 Vol 7 Page 311, as Abel Berry; christened 15th Mar 1840 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of James Everest (labourer) and Philly Everest
  viiEmily who was born 1843 at East Grinstead, Sussex, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1843 Q1 Vol 7 Page 328, as Emily Everest; christened 26th Feb 1843 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex, daughter of James Everist (labourer) and Phillis Everist
   
Generation No. 2
  2. William Everest was the son of James Everest, farm labourer and Philadelphia Everest [Berry] [Jenner]. He was born 1828 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 27th Jan 1828 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of James Everest (labourer) and Philadelphia Everest
  iSarah who was born 1852 at Forest Row, Sussex; christened 19th Dec 1852 Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex
  He married Mary Ann Bond on 7th Jul 1852 at Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex. She was born 1831. They had the following children:
  iMary Ann who was born 1854 at Forest Row, Sussex; christened 26th Mar 1854 Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex
  iiElizabeth who was born 1857 at Forest Row, Sussex; christened 6th Dec 1857 Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex
  iiiAmelia who was born 1859 at Forest Row, Sussex; christened 7th Aug 1859 Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex
  ivWilliam who was born 1861 at Forest Row, Sussex; christened 19th May 1861 Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex
   
  3. Thomas Everest was the son of James Everest, farm labourer and Philadelphia Everest [Berry] [Jenner]. He was born 1833 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 5th May 1833 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of James Everest (labourer) and Philadelphia Everest
  He married Susanna Todman on 25th Feb 1854 at Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex. She was born 1834
   
  4. Harriott Sarah Coates [Everest] was the daughter of James Everest, farm labourer and Philadelphia Everest [Berry] [Jenner]. She was born 1835 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 13th Dec 1835 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, daughter of James Everest (labourer) and Philadelphia Everest; died 14th Dec 1925 at 62 High Street, Tonbridge, Kent
  She married Thomas Coates, glove and legging maker on 30th Oct 1853 at Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex. He was born 3rd Apr 1831 at Cowden, Kent; christened 24th Apr 1831 at St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent; died 2nd Apr 1916 at Tonbridge, Kent; buried after 2nd Apr 1916 at Tonbridge cemetery, Tonbridge, Kent, Plot 1420. They had the following children:
  iThomas Everest who was born Dec 1854 at Cowden, Kent; died 14th Apr 1906 London
  iiHerbert who was born 1856 at Cowden, Kent; christened 2nd Nov 1856 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent; died Nov 1857 Cowden, Kent; buried 8th Nov 1857 Cowden, Kent
  iiiStephen who was born 1856 at Cowden, Kent
  ivHorace who was born 1858 at Cowden, Kent; died 1879 India
  vRoland who was born 1859 at Cowden, Kent
  viSpencer who was born 1860 at Cowden, Kent; died 1941 British Columbia, Canada; buried 1941 British Columbia, Canada
  viiErnest who was born 1862 at Cowden, Kent; died 23rd Nov 1951 Somerset; buried after 23rd Nov 1851 Tonbridge, Kent
  viiiEdith who was born 1864 at Cowden, Kent
7 ixOrpah who was born 1866 at Cowden, Kent; died 9th Oct 1951 Middlesex
8 xAdin who was born 18th Dec 1868 at Cowden, Kent; died 7th Jan 1969 Buxted, Sussex
9 xiJabez who was born 17th Apr 1871 at Cowden, Kent; died 31st Oct 1954 Tonbridge, Kent
10 xiiPercy who was born 14th Oct 1875 at Cowden, Kent; died 14th Apr 1970 Tunbridge Wells, Kent
   
  5. Lydia Card [Everest] was the daughter of James Everest, farm labourer and Philadelphia Everest [Berry] [Jenner]. She was born 1838 at Hartfield, Sussex, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1838 Q1 Vol 7 Page 300, as Lydia Berry; christened 18th Feb 1838 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, daughter of James Everest (labourer) and Philadelphia Everest
  She married Richard Card, farm labourer on 11th Nov 1854 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. He was born 25th Nov 1826 at Hartfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
11 iKate who was born 1862 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 27th May 1866 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  iiMercy who was born 1866 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 27th May 1866 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
12 iiiJames who was born 1866 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 27th May 1866 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
13 ivRuth who was born 1867 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 28th Jul 1867 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
14 vTissie Martha T. who was born 1875 at East Grinstead, Sussex; died 1926
   
  6. Abel Everest, sawyer was the son of James Everest, farm labourer and Philadelphia Everest [Berry] [Jenner]. He was born 1840 at Hartfield, Sussex, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1840 Q1 Vol 7 Page 311, as Abel Berry; christened 15th Mar 1840 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of James Everest (labourer) and Philly Everest
  He married Harriet Divall on 18th Oct 1862 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. She was born 1841 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 29th Aug 1841 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
15 iMarianne who was born 1864 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 27th Mar 1864 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex; died Apr to June 1911, aged 47 years
16 iiHelen who was born 1865 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 26th Nov 1865 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex; died 12th Jul 1932 Dorset; buried 15th Jul 1932 Hartfield, Sussex
17 iiiJames who was born 1868 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 27th Dec 1868 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  ivJohn who was born 1872 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 25th Feb 1872 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  vSarah Anne who was born 1875 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 28th Feb 1875 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  viAbel who was born 1880 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 21st Mar 1880 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  viiCatherine Maud who was born 1883 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 26th Aug 1883 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 3
  7. Orpah Boosey [Coates] was the daughter of Thomas Coates, glove and legging maker and Harriott Sarah Coates [Everest]. She was born 1866 at Cowden, Kent; died 9th Oct 1951 at Hendon, Middlesex
  She married Frances Joseph Boosey, carpenter on 1888 at Tonbridge, Kent. He was born 1861 at Tonbridge, Kent. They had the following children:
  iEdith Nellie who was born 1889 at Tonbridge, Kent
  iiOrpah who was born 1890 at East Grinstead, Sussex
  iiiElsie Annie who was born 1901 at Hackney, London
   
  8. Adin Coates was the son of Thomas Coates, glove and legging maker and Harriott Sarah Coates [Everest]. He was born 18th Dec 1868 at Cowden, Kent; died 7th Jan 1969 at April Cottage, Buxted, Sussex
  He married Bertha Moon on 2nd Sep 1901 at St. Stephen's Church, Tonbridge, Kent. She was born 9th Dec 1872 at Town Row, Rotherfield, Sussex; died 2nd Oct 1938 at Yalding, Kent; buried 5th Oct 1938 at St. Peter and St Paul, Yalding, Kent. They had the following children:
18 iMadeline who was born 10th Jan 1904 at Yalding, Kent; died 12th Mar 1995 Tunbridge Wells, Kent
19 iiJames who was born 13th Feb 1906 at Yalding, Kent; died 21st Dec 1981 Edenbridge, Kent
20 iiiRichard who was born 4th Oct 1907 at Yalding, Kent; died 1977 Tenterden, Kent
21 ivSpencer who was born 29th Jun 1912 at Yalding, Kent; died July to Sep 2001
   
  9. Jabez Coates was the son of Thomas Coates, glove and legging maker and Harriott Sarah Coates [Everest]. He was born 17th Apr 1871 at Cowden, Kent; died 31st Oct 1954 at Tonbridge, Kent
  He married Alice Mockford on 21st Feb 1897. She was born 18th Feb 1871 at Tonbridge, Kent; died 5th Aug 1942 at Tonbridge, Kent. They had the following children:
  iNelson Victor who was born 1898; died 17th Dec 1983 Yorkshire
  iiCissy May who was born 29th May 1904 at Tonbridge, Kent; died 2nd Mar 1980 Deal, Kent
   
  10. Percy Coates was the son of Thomas Coates, glove and legging maker and Harriott Sarah Coates [Everest]. He was born 14th Oct 1875 at Cowden, Kent; died 14th Apr 1970 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  He married Florence Emily Roberts on Apr to June 1906, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1906 Q2 Vol 2a Page 16262. She was born 15th Aug 1879 at Paddock Wood, Kent; died 3rd Dec 1959 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent. They had the following children:
  iLavinia Florence who was born 3rd Aug 1908; died 3rd Oct 1989 Southborough, Kent
  iiThomas Hastings who was born 1915; died 5th Apr 1930 Tonbridge, Kent
   
  11. Kate Miles [Card] was the daughter of Richard Card, farm labourer and Lydia Card [Everest]. She was born 1862 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 27th May 1866 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  She married Frederic Miles, farm labourer on 25th Dec 1884 at Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex. He was born 1862 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 25th May 1862 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of John Miles (labourer) and Anne Miles. They had the following children:
  iHarold Frederick who was born 1885 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 1st May 1892 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of Frederick Miles (labourer) and Kate Miles
  iiGilbert who was born 1888 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 1st May 1892 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of Frederick Miles (labourer) and Kate Miles
  iiiOwen who was born 1890 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 1st May 1892 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of Frederick Miles (labourer) and Kate Miles
  ivKathleen who was born 1892 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 1st May 1892 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, daughter of Frederick Miles (labourer) and Kate Miles; died Jul 1892 Hartfield, Sussex, aged 4 months; buried 29th Jul 1892 Hartfield, Sussex
   
  12. James Card was the son of Richard Card, farm labourer and Lydia Card [Everest]. He was born 1866 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 27th May 1866 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  He married Emily on c 1890. She was born 1870 at Forest Row, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iRichard James who was born 1894 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 22nd Jul 1894 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  iiJack who was born 1898 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 29th May 1898 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
   
  13. Ruth Taylor [Card] was the daughter of Richard Card, farm labourer and Lydia Card [Everest]. She was born 1867 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 28th Jul 1867 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  She married Thomas Taylor, plasterer and bricklayer on Apr to June 1884, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1884 Q2 Vol 2b Page 245. He was born 1860 at West Hoathly, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iLaura who was born 1885 at Forest Row, Sussex
  iiReginald George who was born 1887 at Forest Row, Sussex; christened 1st May 1887 Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex
  iiiRoland homas who was born 1887 at Forest Row, Sussex; christened 12th Jun 1887 Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex
  ivGladys who was born 1889 at Forest Row, Sussex; christened 17th Mar 1889 Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex
   
  14. Tissie Martha T. Seymour [Card] was the daughter of Richard Card, farm labourer and Lydia Card [Everest]. She was born 1875 at East Grinstead, Sussex; died 1926, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1926 Vol 2b Page 145
  She married Luke William Seymour on 1893, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1893 Vol 2b Page 263. He was born c 1875
   
  15. Marianne Heasman [Everest] was the daughter of Abel Everest, sawyer and Harriet Everest [Divall]. She was born 1864 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 27th Mar 1864 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex; died Apr to June 1911, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1911 Q2 Vol 2b Page 85, aged 47 years
  She married Henry Heasman, coachman on July to Sep 1889, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1889 Q3 Vol 2b Page 223. He was born 1854 at Quabrook, Hartfield, Sussex; christened 5th Nov 1854 at Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex; died July to Sep 1905, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1905 Q3 Vol 2b Page 76, aged 50 years. They had the following children:
  iWilliam Henry who was born Jan to Mar 1891 at Forest Row, Sussex, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1891 Q1 Vol 2b Page 151; died Apr to June 1892, aged 1 year
   
  16. Helen Wheatley [Everest] was the daughter of Abel Everest, sawyer and Harriet Everest [Divall]. She was born 1865 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 26th Nov 1865 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex; died 12th Jul 1932 at Bournemouth, Dorset; buried 15th Jul 1932 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  She married George Wheatley, railway plate-layer on 24th Dec 1887 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. He was born 1857 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 31st May 1857 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of James Wheatley (labourer) & Hannah Whealey; died 2nd Feb 1929 at Culvers, Hartfield, Sussex; buried 9th Feb 1929 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iLance-Corporal George who was born 1888 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 19th Aug 1888 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of George Wheatley (labourer) & Ellen Wheatley; died 3rd May 1917 France, Killed in action
Memorial at Arras
  iiElizabeth who was born 1890 at Jackson's Place, Hartfield, Sussex; christened 31st Aug 1890 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, daughter of George Wheatley (labourer) & Ellen Wheatley
  iiiLance-Corporal William James who was born 1893 at Jackson's Place, Hartfield, Sussex; christened 2nd Apr 1893 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of George Wheatley (platelayer) & Ellen Wheatley; died 7th Apr 1915 France, Died from wounds on 19th March
Memorial at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
22 ivCaroline who was born 1895 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 10th Nov 1895 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, daughter of George Wheatley (platelayer) & Ellen Wheatley
   
  17. James Everest, general labourer was the son of Abel Everest, sawyer and Harriet Everest [Divall]. He was born 1868 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 27th Dec 1868 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  He married Fanny on c 1887. She was born 1867 at Woolwich, Kent. They had the following children:
  iHarriett who was born 1890 at Hartfield, Sussex
  iiEdith Maud who was born 1892 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 24th Apr 1892 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 4
  18. Madeline Price [Coates] was the daughter of Adin Coates and Bertha Coates [Moon]. She was born 10th Jan 1904 at Yalding, Kent; died 12th Mar 1995 at Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  She married Reginald Frank Price on 20th Jul 1927 at St. Peter and St Paul, Yalding, Kent. He was born 8th May 1901 at Tonbridge, Kent; died 23rd Mar 1987 at Eastbourne Hospital, Eastbourne, Sussex
   
  19. James Coates was the son of Adin Coates and Bertha Coates [Moon]. He was born 13th Feb 1906 at Yalding, Kent; died 21st Dec 1981 at Edenbridge, Kent
  He married Dorothy Brotherwood on 1933 at Tonbridge, Kent. She was born 1906 at Tonbridge, Kent
   
  20. Richard Coates was the son of Adin Coates and Bertha Coates [Moon]. He was born 4th Oct 1907 at Yalding, Kent; died 1977 at Tenterden, Kent
  He married Constance B. Southwell on 19th Oct 1932 at Aylesford, Kent. She was born 16th Feb 1910
   
  21. Spencer Coates was the son of Adin Coates and Bertha Coates [Moon]. He was born 29th Jun 1912 at Yalding, Kent; died July to Sep 2001, registered at Worthing District, Sussex, ref: 2001 Q3
  He married Margaret Mary Weaver on 11th Sep 1935 at St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent. She was born 1st Oct 1909; died 18th Jan 2001
   
  22. Caroline Williamson [Wheatley] was the daughter of George Wheatley, railway plate-layer and Helen Wheatley [Everest]. She was born 1895 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 10th Nov 1895 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, daughter of George Wheatley (platelayer) & Ellen Wheatley
  She married Alfred Thomas Williamson, heating engineer on 1st Apr 1918 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. He was born 1879 at Chelsea, London. They had the following children:
  iAlfred George who was born 8th Mar 1920 at Newton's Hill, Hartfield, Sussex; christened 4th Apr 1920 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
   

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