Generation No. 1 | |||
1. Obadiah Best, farm labourer was the son of Thomas Best and Sarah Best [Weller]. He was born 1799 at Withyham, Sussex | |||
He married Elizabeth Jane Knight on 5th Mar 1827 at St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex. She was born 1807 at Isfield, Sussex. They had the following children: | |||
i | George who was born 1828 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 19th Oct 1828 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex | ||
2 | ii | Thomas who was born 1831 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 28th Aug 1831 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex | |
iii | Mary who was born 1834 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 20th Apr 1834 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex | ||
3 | iv | William who was born 1836 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 2nd Apr 1843 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex | |
4 | v | James who was born 6th Jun 1839 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 14th Jul 1839 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex | |
5 | vi | Emily who was born 1843 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 2nd Apr 1843 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex; died 1907 Withyham, Sussex | |
vii | Ann who was born 1846 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 5th Apr 1847 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex | ||
Generation No. 2 | |||
2. Thomas Best was the son of Obadiah Best, farm labourer and Elizabeth Jane Best [Knight]. He was born 1831 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 28th Aug 1831 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex | |||
He married Elizabeth Wilmshurst on 22nd Oct 1853 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex. She was born c 1835. They had the following children: | |||
i | William Thomas who was born 1855 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 29th Apr 1855 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex | ||
ii | Nancy who was born 1856 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 24th Dec 1856 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex | ||
3. William Best was the son of Obadiah Best, farm labourer and Elizabeth Jane Best [Knight]. He was born 1836 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 2nd Apr 1843 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex | |||
He married Lydia Turner on 2nd Feb 1867 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex. She was born 1837 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 12th Mar 1837 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex. They had the following children: | |||
i | Mary who was born 1868 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 8th Mar 1868 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex | ||
ii | Harry who was born 1870 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 6th Mar 1870 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex | ||
iii | Emily who was born 1874 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent | ||
4. James Best was the son of Obadiah Best, farm labourer and Elizabeth Jane Best [Knight]. He was born 6th Jun 1839 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 14th Jul 1839 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex | |||
He married Mary on c 1860. She was born c 1840. They had the following children: | |||
i | George William who was born 1863 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 17th May 1863 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex | ||
ii | Emily Jane who was born 1865 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 24th Sep 1865 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex | ||
iii | Thomas Henry who was born 1872 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 14th Jul 1872 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex | ||
5. Emily Jenner [Best] was the daughter of Obadiah Best, farm labourer and Elizabeth Jane Best [Knight]. She was born 1843 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 2nd Apr 1843 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex; died 1907 at Withyham, Sussex | |||
She married George Jenner, carpenter on 6th Feb 1875 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. He was born 1850 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 27th Oct 1850 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of George Jenner (carpenter and parish clerk) & Eliza Jenner; died 11th Dec 1926 at Forest Row, Sussex. They had the following children: | |||
i | George Thomas who was born 1878 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 3rd Feb 1878 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex, son of George Jenner (carpenter) & Emily Jenner; died 2nd Mar 1917 | ||
ii | Kate Mary who was born 1881 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 4th Dec 1881 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex, daughter of George Jenner & Emily Jenner; died Mar 1888 Hartfield, Sussex, aged 6 years; buried 22nd Mar 1888 Hartfield, Sussex | ||
6 | iii | Annie Alice who was born 1885 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 27th Sep 1885 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex | |
Generation No. 3 | |||
6. Annie Alice Jenner was the daughter of George Jenner, carpenter and Emily Jenner [Best]. She was born 1885 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 27th Sep 1885 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex | |||
7 | i | George Edward Francis who was born 3rd May 1918 at Forest Row, Sussex; died Jul 1999 Shropshire | |
Generation No. 4 | |||
7. George Edward Francis Jenner was the son of unknown father and Annie Alice Jenner. He was born 3rd May 1918 at Forest Row, Sussex; died Jul 1999 at Telford, Shropshire, registered at Wrekin District, Shropshire, ref: 1999 Q3 Vol 27a Page 10 | |||
He married Annie Cox Rae on c 1945. She was born 22nd Sep 1916 at Falkirk, Scotland; died 2005 at Eastbourne, Sussex | |||
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