The Weald - Descendents Report

Generation No. 1
	1. Stephen Selmes was the son of Stephen Selmes and Esther Selmes [Hubbard]. He was born 1783 at Mountfield, Sussex; christened 4^th Feb 1783 at All Saints Church, Mountfield, Sussex, parents Stephen & Esther Selmes
	He married (1) Mary Lock on 18^th Feb 1811 at St. Mary Magdalene, Whatlington, Sussex, witnesses Samuel Hesford & Robert Hiscock. She was born 1787 at Northiam, Sussex
	He married (2) Mary Beney on 1822. She was born 1789 at Mountfield, Sussex; christened 25^th Dec 1789 at All Saints Church, Mountfield, Sussex, parents Samuel & Mary Beney. They had the following children:
2	i	Mary who was born 1823 at Mountfield, Sussex; christened 7^th Dec 1823 All Saints Church, Mountfield, Sussex, parents Stephen Selmes & Mary Sellens, illegitimate; died Jul 1897 Heathfield, Sussex; buried 9^th Jul 1897 Burwash, Sussex, aged 73 years

Generation No. 2
	2. Mary Bourner [Beney] was the daughter of Stephen Selmes and Mary Blunden [Beney]. She was born 1823 at Mountfield, Sussex; christened 7^th Dec 1823 at All Saints Church, Mountfield, Sussex, parents Stephen Selmes & Mary Sellens, illegitimate; died Jul 1897 at Southbinns, Heathfield, Sussex; buried 9^th Jul 1897 at St. Philip's Church, Burwash, Sussex, aged 73 years
3	i	Matilda who was born 1845 at Mountfield, Sussex; christened 21^st Dec 1845 All Saints Church, Mountfield, Sussex
	She married Noel Bourner, farmer on 21^st Apr 1845 at All Saints Church, Mountfield, Sussex, witnesses Thomas Barns & Matilda Bourner. He was born 1821 at Battle, Sussex; christened 25^th Dec 1821 at St. Mary's Church, Battle, Sussex; died 6^th Nov 1906 at Constance Road Workhouse, Camberwell, Surrey; buried 12^th Nov 1906 at St. Philip's Church, Burwash, Sussex, aged 86 years. They had the following children:
	i	Charles who was born 1848 at Mountfield, Sussex; christened 19^th Mar 1848 All Saints Church, Mountfield, Sussex; buried 16^th Apr 1878 Burwash, Sussex, aged 31 years
4	ii	Edgar who was born Oct to Dec 1849 at Mountfield, Sussex, registered at Battle District, Sussex, ref: 1849 Q4 Vol 7 Page 285; died Jan to Mar 1930 Ticehurst, Sussex, aged 80 years
5	iii	Mary Ann who was born Jan to Mar 1852 at Burwash, Sussex, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1852 Q1 Vol 2B Page 73; died 20^th Oct 1929 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, probate to Ethel May Veals spinster
	iv	Harriett who was born 18^th Jan 1854 at Brightling, Sussex; christened 2^nd Apr 1854 St. Thomas-à-Becket Church, Brightling, Sussex; died Apr to June 1940 Tonbridge, Kent
	v	Peter who was born Jan to Mar 1856 at Burwash, Sussex, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1856 Q1 Vol 2B Page 73; buried 11^th Jan 1864 Burwash, Sussex, aged 7 years
6	vi	Charlotte who was born 1858 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 3^rd Oct 1858 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex; died 14^th Nov 1936 London, probate to John Frederick Smart civil servant
7	vii	Horace who was born 1860 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 20^th Apr 1860 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
8	viii	Maria who was born 1862 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 4^th May 1862 St. Giles Church, Dallington, Sussex
9	ix	Frances who was born 14^th Nov 1864 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 5^th Feb 1865 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex

Generation No. 3
	3. Matilda Thompson [Bourner] was the daughter of Noel Bourner, farmer and Mary Bourner [Beney]. She was born 1845 at Mountfield, Sussex; christened 21^st Dec 1845 at All Saints Church, Mountfield, Sussex
	She married William Howard Thompson, wood carver on 14^th May 1871 at St Barnabus Church, King Square, Finsbury, London, witnesses Louise Rayner & James Thompson. He was born July to Sep 1842 at Shoreditch, London, registered at Shoreditch District, London, ref: 1842 Q3 Vol 2 Page 354

	4. Edgar Bourner was the son of Noel Bourner, farmer and Mary Bourner [Beney]. He was born Oct to Dec 1849 at Mountfield, Sussex, registered at Battle District, Sussex, ref: 1849 Q4 Vol 7 Page 285; died Jan to Mar 1930 at Ticehurst, Sussex, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1930 Q1 Vol 2b Page 170, aged 80 years
	He married Sophia Hall on 31^st Jan 1871 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex, witnesses John Hall & Elizabeth McCowan. She was born Jan to Mar 1849 at Heathfield, Sussex, registered at Hailsham District, Sussex, ref: 1849 Q1 Vol 7 Page 426; died Jan to Mar 1921 at Ticehurst, Sussex, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1921 Q1 Vol 2B Page 160, aged 71 years. They had the following children:
	i	Frances who was born 1872 at Burwash, Sussex
	ii	Peter who was born 1874 at Burwash, Sussex
	iii	Charles who was born 1878 at Burwash, Sussex
	iv	Harry who was born Aug 1880 at Burwash, Sussex
	v	Ellen who was born 1883 at Burwash, Sussex
	vi	Edgar who was born 1886 at Burwash, Sussex
	vii	Albert V who was born 1889 at Burwash, Sussex

	5. Mary Ann Veals [Bourner] was the daughter of Noel Bourner, farmer and Mary Bourner [Beney]. She was born Jan to Mar 1852 at Burwash, Sussex, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1852 Q1 Vol 2B Page 73; died 20^th Oct 1929 at 6 Kent Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, probate to Ethel May Veals spinster
	She married George Veals on Apr to June 1876 at Kidderminster, Worcestershire, registered at Kidderminster District, Worcestershire, ref: 1876 Q2 Vol 6C Page 350. He was born July to Sep 1852 at Kidderminster, Worcestershire, registered at Kidderminster District, Worcestershire, ref: 1852 Q3 Vol 6C Page 195; died 28^th Nov 1891 at 63 Comberton Hill, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, administration to Mary Ann Veals widow

	6. Charlotte Smart [Bourner] was the daughter of Noel Bourner, farmer and Mary Bourner [Beney]. She was born 1858 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 3^rd Oct 1858 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex; died 14^th Nov 1936 at 3 Tintagel Crescent, East Dulwich, London, probate to John Frederick Smart civil servant
	She married William May Smart on 30^th May 1887 at St. Philip's Church, Burwash, Sussex, witnesses N Bourner & Frances Bourner. He was born 1852 at Graffham, Sussex; christened 29^th Feb 1852 at St Giles Church, Gravesend, Kent, parents William May & Sarah Smart; died Apr to June 1931 at Camberwell, London, registered at Camberwell District, London, ref: 1931 Q2 Vol 1D Page 627, aged 79 years

	7. Horace Bourner, farm labourer was the son of Noel Bourner, farmer and Mary Bourner [Beney]. He was born 1860 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 20^th Apr 1860 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
10	i	Winefred May Reed who was born 28^th May 1890 at Hastings, Sussex
	He married Esther Page Reed on 10^th Aug 1890 at St. Philip's Church, Burwash, Sussex, witnesses William Page Reed & Annie Reed. She was born July to Sep 1866 at Burwash, Sussex, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1866 Q3 Vol 2B Page 75. They had the following children:
11	i	Ruby Beatrice who was born 25^th Sep 1893 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 18^th Feb 1894 St. Philip's Church, Burwash, Sussex

	8. Maria Dann [Bourner] was the daughter of Noel Bourner, farmer and Mary Bourner [Beney]. She was born 1862 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 4^th May 1862 at St. Giles Church, Dallington, Sussex
	She married George Dann on Jan to Mar 1884 at Hailsham, Sussex, registered at Hailsham District, Sussex, ref: 1884 Q1 Vol 2b Page 146. He was born Oct to Dec 1861 at Burwash, Sussex, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1861 Q4 Vol 2B Page 70

	9. Frances Fairchild [Bourner] was the daughter of Noel Bourner, farmer and Mary Bourner [Beney]. She was born 14^th Nov 1864 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 5^th Feb 1865 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
	She married Frederick Fairchild on 1^st Jun 1889 at St Matthew's Church, Newington, Surrey, witnesses William May Smart & Harriet Bourner. He was born Oct to Dec 1865 at Tottenham, Middlesex, parents John & Mary Faurchild

Generation No. 4
	10. Winefred May Reed Bourner [Russell] was the daughter of Horace Bourner, farm labourer and Esther Page Bourner [Reed]. She was born 28^th May 1890 at Hastings, Sussex
	She married Harcourt Russell on 12^th Nov 1910 at St. Philip's Church, Burwash, Sussex, witnesses Charles H Russell & Ruby Bourner. He was born 20^th May 1883 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 20^th May 1883 at St. Philip's Church, Burwash, Sussex, son of Henry Russell and Eliza Russell

	11. Ruby Beatrice Carley [Bourner] was the daughter of Horace Bourner, farm labourer and Esther Page Bourner [Reed]. She was born 25^th Sep 1893 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 18^th Feb 1894 at St. Philip's Church, Burwash, Sussex
	She married Roland Frederick Carley on 25^th Aug 1920 at St. Philip's Church, Burwash, Sussex, witnesses Cyril Claude Harmer & Harcourt Russell. He was born 24^th Sep 1887 at Brightling, Sussex; christened 20^th Nov 1887 at St. Thomas-à-Becket Church, Brightling, Sussex, parents George & Emily Carley