The Weald - Descendents Report

Generation No. 1
	1. Sarah Ashby She was born c 1740
	She married Richard Ashby on c 1760. He was born 1734 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 6^th Nov 1734 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, son of Reuben Ashby and Anne Ashby. They had the following children:
	i	Mary who was born 1763 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 6^th Apr 1763 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, daughter of Richard Ashby and Sarah Ashby; died Aug 1763 Mayfield, Sussex, daughter of Richard and Sarah; buried 27^th Aug 1763 Mayfield, Sussex
2	ii	Benjamin who was born 1765 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 4^th May 1765 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, son of Richard Ashby and Sarah Ashby; died May 1790 Rotherfield, Sussex; buried 25^th May 1790 Rotherfield, Sussex
	iii	Catherine who was born 1766 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 20^th Jul 1766 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, daughter of Richard Ashby and Sarah Ashby
	iv	William who was born 1770 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 10^th Jan 1770 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, son of Richard Ashby and Sarah Ashby
	v	Thomas who was born 1772 at Frant, Sussex; christened 2^nd Apr 1772 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex, son of Richard Ashby and Sarah Ashby
3	vi	Samuel who was born 1774 at Frant, Sussex; christened 19^th Jun 1774 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex, son of Richard Asby and Sarah Asby

Generation No. 2
	2. Benjamin Ashby was the son of Richard Ashby and Sarah Ashby. He was born 1765 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 4^th May 1765 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, son of Richard Ashby and Sarah Ashby; died May 1790 at Rotherfield, Sussex; buried 25^th May 1790 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
	He married Lydia Christian on 5^th Jan 1788 at Westham, Sussex. She was born c 1765. They had the following children:
	i	Kitty who was born 25^th Dec 1788 at Westham, Sussex; christened 25^th Jan 1789 Westham, Sussex

	3. Samuel Ashby was the son of Richard Ashby and Sarah Ashby. He was born 1774 at Frant, Sussex; christened 19^th Jun 1774 at St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex, son of Richard Asby and Sarah Asby
	He married Harriott Ashdown on 14^th Jul 1806 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex. She was born Sep 1787 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 18^th Sep 1787 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex; died Jan 1830 at Frant, Sussex, aged 42 years; buried 28^th Jan 1830 at St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex. They had the following children:
4	i	James who was born 1808 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 14^th Feb 1808 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex, son of Samuel Ashby and Harriet Ashby
	ii	Frances who was born 1809 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 26^th Dec 1809 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex, daughter of Samuel Ashby and Harriet Ashby; died Apr 1810 Frant, Sussex, aged 5 months; buried 22^nd Apr 1810 Frant, Sussex

Generation No. 3
	4. James Ashby, baker was the son of Samuel Ashby and Harriott Ashby [Ashdown]. He was born 1808 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 14^th Feb 1808 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex, son of Samuel Ashby and Harriet Ashby
	He married Eliza Avis on 5^th Nov 1834 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent. She was born 1812 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent. They had the following children:
5	i	James who was born 22^nd Feb 1835 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 10^th Mar 1835 Lady Huntingdons Chapel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, son of James Ashby and Eliza Ashby, ceremony performed by John Finley
6	ii	Henry who was born 1837 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	iii	Ann who was born 1840 at Kent
7	iv	William who was born 1844 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	v	Susan who was born 1847 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Generation No. 4
	5. James Ashby, grocer was the son of James Ashby, baker and Eliza Ashby [Avis]. He was born 22^nd Feb 1835 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 10^th Mar 1835 at Lady Huntingdons Chapel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, son of James Ashby and Eliza Ashby, ceremony performed by John Finley
	He married Esther Powell on July to Sep 1855, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1855 Q3 Vol 2a Page 609. She was born 1833 at Frant, Sussex. They had the following children:
	i	Esther Ruth who was born 1857 at Battersea, London
	ii	Priscilla who was born 1860 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	iii	George who was born 1862 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	iv	James who was born 1863 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	v	Alice Elizabeth who was born 1865 at Bidborough, Kent; christened 24^th Sep 1865 St. Lawrence's Church, Bidborough, Kent
	vi	Frederick who was born 1868 at Bidborough, Kent
	vii	John William who was born 1871 at Bidborough, Kent

	6. Henry Ashby, railway signalman was the son of James Ashby, baker and Eliza Ashby [Avis]. He was born 1837 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	He married Phoebe Carr on 25^th Dec 1862 at St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex. She was born 1841 at Frant, Sussex. They had the following children:
	i	Harry who was born 1868 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	ii	James E who was born 1872 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	iii	Alfred who was born 1880 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent

	7. William Ashby, painter was the son of James Ashby, baker and Eliza Ashby [Avis]. He was born 1844 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	He married Elizabeth Taylor on Apr to June 1872, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1872 Q2 Vol 2a Page 833. She was born 1847 at Pembury, Kent; christened 30^th May 1847 at St. Peter's Church, Pembury, Kent, daughter of Thomas Taylor and Jane Taylor. They had the following children:
	i	Florence who was born 1873 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	ii	Edith who was born 1875 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
8	iii	Edwin James who was born 1876 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 29^th Oct 1876 St. Peter's Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	iv	Gertrude A. who was born 1878 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Generation No. 5
	8. Edwin James Ashby was the son of William Ashby, painter and Elizabeth Ashby [Taylor]. He was born 1876 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 29^th Oct 1876 at St. Peter's Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	He married Sarah Ann Southerton on 2^nd Jun 1900 at Trinity Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, witnesses William Ashby & John Brooks. She was born 29^th Jun 1870 at Brighton, Sussex; christened 5^th Nov 1891 at St. Thomas' Church, Groombridge, Kent and Sussex