The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Samuel Brooker, rat catcher
Generation No. 1
  1. Samuel Brooker, rat catcher He was born 1799 at Mayfield, Sussex
  He married Mary on c 1820. She was born 1803 at Mayfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iEliza who was born 1820 to 1825 at Sussex
  iiDaniel who was born 1831 at Sussex
  iiiGeorge who was born 1831 at Sussex
  ivHenry who was born 1833 at Sussex
  vMary who was born 1835 at Sussex
  viPhebe who was born 1836 at Mayfield, Sussex
2 viiJohn who was born 1838 at Mayfield, Sussex
3 viiiAnn who was born 1840 at Mayfield, Sussex
4 ixThomas who was born 1842 at Mayfield, Sussex
  xSarah who was born 1844 at Mayfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 2
  2. John Brooker, gamekeeper was the son of Samuel Brooker, rat catcher and Mary Brooker. He was born 1838 at Mayfield, Sussex
  He married Esther Arnold on Apr to June 1865, registered at Pancras District, London, ref: 1865 Q2 Vol 1b Page 62. She was born 1841 at Mayfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iHenry George who was born 1866 at Frant, Sussex; christened 8th Feb 1866 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex
  iiEliza Annie who was born 1867 at Frant, Sussex; christened 3rd Mar 1867 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex
  iiiEdward who was born 1869 at Gillingham, Norfolk
  ivMary who was born 1870 at Gillingham, Norfolk
   
  3. Ann Harman [Brooker] was the daughter of Samuel Brooker, rat catcher and Mary Brooker. She was born 1840 at Mayfield, Sussex
  She married Frederick Harman, bricklayer journeyman on 30th Apr 1870 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex. He was born 4th Dec 1846 at Village, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 7th Feb 1847 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, son of Thomas (labourer) & Ann Harman. They had the following children:
  iEmily Jane who was born 1st Mar 1874 at Village, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 2nd Mar 1874 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of Frederick (labourer) & Ann Harman; died Apr 1874 Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 6 weeks; buried 16th Apr 1874 Rotherfield, Sussex
5 iiSarah Annie who was born 1875 at Brixton, Surrey; christened 16th May 1875 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of Frederick (bricklayer) & Ann Harman
   
  4. Thomas Brooker, farmer was the son of Samuel Brooker, rat catcher and Mary Brooker. He was born 1842 at Mayfield, Sussex
  He married Julietta Bishop on 15th Apr 1869 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex. She was born 1835 at Lamberhurst, Kent and Sussex. They had the following children:
  iRuth Elizabeth who was born 26th Jul 1870 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 26th Dec 1889 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  iiGeorge Frank who was born 1875 at Rotherfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 3
  5. Sarah Annie Smith [Harman] was the daughter of Frederick Harman, bricklayer journeyman and Ann Harman [Brooker]. She was born 1875 at Brixton, Surrey; christened 16th May 1875 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of Frederick (bricklayer) & Ann Harman
  She married James Smith on 30th Nov 1907. He was born 1865
   

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