The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Richard Ashdown
Generation No. 1
  1. Richard Ashdown He was born c 1765
  He married Frances Botten on 23rd Aug 1789 at St. Nicholas Parish Church, Sevenoaks, Kent. She was born c 1765. They had the following children:
  iJohn who was born 1790 at Otford, Kent; christened 14th Mar 1790 St. Bartholomew's Church, Otford, Kent
  iiAvis who was born 1791 at Sevenoaks, Kent; christened 30th Oct 1791 St. Nicholas Parish Church, Sevenoaks, Kent
2 iiiWilliam who was born 1793 at Sevenoaks, Kent; christened 22nd Dec 1793 St. Nicholas Parish Church, Sevenoaks, Kent; died 3rd Jun 1850 Brasted, Kent, aged 57 years; buried 9th Jun 1850 Brasted, Kent
  ivHenry who was born 1796 at Sevenoaks, Kent; christened 12th Jun 1796 St. Nicholas Parish Church, Sevenoaks, Kent
  vElizabeth who was born 1799 at Sevenoaks, Kent; christened 1st Sep 1799 St. Nicholas Parish Church, Sevenoaks, Kent
  viHannah who was born 1801 at Sevenoaks, Kent; christened 8th Feb 1801 St. Nicholas Parish Church, Sevenoaks, Kent
  viiJames who was born 1803 at Sevenoaks, Kent; christened 30th Oct 1803 St. Nicholas Parish Church, Sevenoaks, Kent
  viiiGeorge who was born 1806 at Sevenoaks, Kent; christened 10th May 1807 St. Nicholas Parish Church, Sevenoaks, Kent
   
Generation No. 2
  2. William Ashdown, farmer was the son of Richard Ashdown and Frances Ashdown [Botten]. He was born 1793 at Sevenoaks, Kent; christened 22nd Dec 1793 at St. Nicholas Parish Church, Sevenoaks, Kent; died 3rd Jun 1850 at Toys Hill, Brasted, Kent, aged 57 years; buried 9th Jun 1850 at St. Martin's Church, Brasted, Kent
  He married Susanna Smith on 10th May 1814 at St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent. She was born 1793 at Brasted, Kent. They had the following children:
  iMaria who was born Sep 1814 at Hever, Kent; christened 25th Sep 1814 St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent
  iiSusanna Ann who was born 1816 at Brasted, Kent; christened 15th Sep 1816 St. Martin's Church, Brasted, Kent
  iiiEleanor who was born 1818 at Brasted, Kent; christened 27th Sep 1818 St. Martin's Church, Brasted, Kent
3 ivJohn who was born 1826 at Brasted, Kent
4 vDavid who was born 1840 at Brasted, Kent; christened 24th Feb 1840 St. Martin's Church, Brasted, Kent; died Apr to June 1868, aged 28 years
   
Generation No. 3
  3. John Ashdown, farm labourer was the son of William Ashdown, farmer and Susanna Ashdown [Smith]. He was born 1826 at Brasted, Kent
  He married Fanny Wickenden on 9th Apr 1859 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1859 Q2 Vol 2a Page 515, witnesses James & Martha Wickenden. She was born 1838 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 18th Mar 1838 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent. They had the following children:
5 iGeorge who was born 11th Sep 1859 at Bow HIll, Ide Hill, Kent; christened 16th Oct 1859 St Mary's Church, Ide Hill, Kent
  iiWilliam who was born 1862 at Otford, Kent; christened 2nd Feb 1862 St. Bartholomew's Church, Otford, Kent
  iiiElizabeth who was born 1864 at Otford, Kent; christened 11th May 1864 St. Bartholomew's Church, Otford, Kent
  ivJoseph Herbert who was born 1867 at Otford, Kent; christened 2nd Jun 1867 St. Bartholomew's Church, Otford, Kent
  vDavid who was born 1869 at Sundridge, Kent
  viAlice who was born 1871 at Chevening, Kent
  viiRose who was born 1872 at Sundridge, Kent
  viiiCharles who was born 1875 at Sundridge, Kent
  ixSarah who was born 1879 at Sundridge, Kent
   
  4. David Ashdown was the son of William Ashdown, farmer and Susanna Ashdown [Smith]. He was born 1840 at Brasted, Kent; christened 24th Feb 1840 at St. Martin's Church, Brasted, Kent; died Apr to June 1868, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1868 Q2 Vol 2a page 275, aged 28 years
  He married Emma Stone on Jan to Mar 1868, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1868 Q1 Vol 2a Page 585. She was born 1836 at Westerham, Kent. They had the following children:
  iDavid who was born July to Sep 1868 at Westerham, Kent, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1868 Q3 Vol 2a Page 503
   
Generation No. 4
  5. George Ashdown, farm labourer was the son of John Ashdown, farm labourer and Fanny Ashdown [Wickenden]. He was born 11th Sep 1859 at Bow HIll, Ide Hill, Kent; christened 16th Oct 1859 at St Mary's Church, Ide Hill, Kent
  He married Lydia Alice Kingswood on 12th Mar 1887 at St. James' Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, witnesses William Potter & Mary Ann Kingswood. She was born 1863 at Sevenoaks Weald, Kent; christened 20th Dec 1863 at St George's Church, Sevenoaks Weald, Kent
   

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