The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for William Bishop, farm labourer, son of William Bishop and Mary Bishop [Bishop]
Generation No. 1
  1. William Bishop, farm labourer was the son of William Bishop and Mary Bishop [Bishop]. He was born 1814 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 14th Aug 1814 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  iWilliam who was born 1835 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 27th Dec 1835 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  He married Mary on c 1835. She was born 1817 at Rotherfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iMary who was born 1840 at Mayfield, Sussex
  iiEdward who was born 1842 at Waldron, Sussex
  iiiPeter who was born 1844 at Mayfield, Sussex
  ivBarbara who was born 1845 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 6th Jul 1845 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
2 vSilas who was born 1849 at Horsted Keynes, Sussex
  viCaroline who was born 1851 at Buxted, Sussex
3 viiDinah who was born 1853 at Framfield, Sussex; christened 3rd Apr 1853 St. Thomas à Becket's Church, Framfield, Sussex, daughter of William Bishop (labourer) and Mary Bishop; died 15th May 1927 Hadlow Down, Sussex; buried 19th May 1927 Heathfield, Sussex
4 viiiEdwin who was born 1855 at Framfield, Sussex; christened 2nd Sep 1855 St. Thomas à Becket's Church, Framfield, Sussex, son of William Bishop (labourer) and Mary Bishop
5 ixGeorge who was born 1858 at Framfield, Sussex; christened 5th Dec 1858 St. Thomas à Becket's Church, Framfield, Sussex, son of William Bishop (labourer) and Mary Bishop
  xAlfred who was born 1861 at Framfield, Sussex; christened 5th May 1861 St. Thomas à Becket's Church, Framfield, Sussex, son of William Bishop (labourer) and Mary Bishop
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Silas Bishop, butcher was the son of William Bishop, farm labourer and Mary Bishop. He was born 1849 at Horsted Keynes, Sussex
  He married Agnes on c 1870. She was born 1855 at Hellingly, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iSilas who was born 1873 at East Hoathly, Sussex
  iiGeorge who was born 1875 at Framfield, Sussex
  iiiAgnes K. who was born 1878
   
  3. Dinah Cornford [Holden] [Bishop] was the daughter of William Bishop, farm labourer and Mary Bishop. She was born 1853 at Framfield, Sussex; christened 3rd Apr 1853 at St. Thomas à Becket's Church, Framfield, Sussex, daughter of William Bishop (labourer) and Mary Bishop; died 15th May 1927 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; buried 19th May 1927 at Ebenezer, Heathfield, Sussex
  She married (1) James Holden, farm labourer on 7th Nov 1874 at St. Thomas à Becket's Church, Framfield, Sussex. He was born 1827 at Hellingly, Sussex; christened 19th Aug 1827 at St. Peter & St. Paul Church, Hellingly, Sussex, son of John Holden (labourer) and Anne Holden; died July to Sep 1907, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1907 Q3 Vol 2b Page 67. They had the following children:
  iAlfred who was born 1878 at Framfield, Sussex
  She married (2) Peter Cornford, cordwainer on Oct to Dec 1909, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1909 Q4 Vol 2b Page 287. He was born 1847 at Hailsham, Sussex; died Oct to Dec 1937, registered at Hastings District, Sussex, ref: 1937 Q4 Vol 2b Page 48
   
  4. Edwin Bishop, farm labourer was the son of William Bishop, farm labourer and Mary Bishop. He was born 1855 at Framfield, Sussex; christened 2nd Sep 1855 at St. Thomas à Becket's Church, Framfield, Sussex, son of William Bishop (labourer) and Mary Bishop
  He married Ellen Driver on c 1875. She was born Jan to Mar 1857 at Framfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1857 Q1 Vol 2b Page 101. They had the following children:
  iMary who was born 1876 at Framfield, Sussex
  iiGeorge who was born 1877 at Framfield, Sussex
   
  5. George Bishop, chicken fatter was the son of William Bishop, farm labourer and Mary Bishop. He was born 1858 at Framfield, Sussex; christened 5th Dec 1858 at St. Thomas à Becket's Church, Framfield, Sussex, son of William Bishop (labourer) and Mary Bishop
  He married Ellen on c 1884. She was born 1866 at Buxted, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iAnnie who was born 1887 at Framfield, Sussex
  iiMary who was born 1889 at Framfield, Sussex
   

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