The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for John Corke
Generation No. 1
  1. John Corke He was born c 1715
  He married Mary Stedman on 6th Jun 1734 at All Saints, Lewes, Sussex. She was born c 1715. They had the following children:
2 iJohn who was born 1739 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 13th May 1739 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  iiWilliam who was born 1741 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 17th Mar 1741 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  iiiMary who was born 1745 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 9th Jun 1745 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
3 ivThomas who was born 1748 at Cowden, Kent; christened 21st Aug 1748 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
  vSarah who was born 1752 at Cowden, Kent; christened 25th Jun 1752 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
4 viBenjamin who was born 1755 at Cowden, Kent; christened 28th Apr 1755 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
   
Generation No. 2
  2. John Corke was the son of John Corke and Mary Corke [Stedman]. He was born 1739 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 13th May 1739 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  iThomas who was born 1761 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 11th Oct 1761 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  He married Mary Elliott on 13th Jul 1761 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. She was born c 1740. They had the following children:
  iWilliam who was born 1762 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 12th Dec 1762 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  iiAugustus Arthur who was born 1764 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 13th May 1764 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  iiiAnn who was born 1765 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 7th Jul 1765 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  ivJonathan who was born 1769 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 29th Jan 1769 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
5 vDavid who was born 1770 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 15th Jun 1770 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
   
  3. Thomas Cork was the son of John Corke and Mary Corke [Stedman]. He was born 1748 at Cowden, Kent; christened 21st Aug 1748 at St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
  iThomas who was born 1769 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 23rd Oct 1769 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  iiElizabeth Turly who was born 1771 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 14th Jun 1772 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
  iiiMary who was born 10th Jul 1780 at Ashurst, Kent; christened 23rd Jul 1780 St. Martin of Tours, Ashurst, Kent
6 ivAlice who was born 1787 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 18th Mar 1787 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex; died Jun 1825 Withyham, Sussex, aged 37 years; buried 2nd Jun 1825 Withyham, Sussex
   
  4. Benjamin Cork was the son of John Corke and Mary Corke [Stedman]. He was born 1755 at Cowden, Kent; christened 28th Apr 1755 at St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
  He married Elizabeth Killick on 2nd Oct 1779 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. She was born c 1755. They had the following children:
  iBenjamin who was born 1780 at Cowden, Kent; christened 30th Apr 1780 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
  iiJesse who was born 1782 at Cowden, Kent; christened 6th Jan 1782 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
  iiiElizabeth who was born 1785 at Cowden, Kent; christened 20th Feb 1785 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
  ivMary who was born 1787 at Cowden, Kent; christened 22nd Apr 1787 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
  vWilliam who was born 1789 at Cowden, Kent; christened 23rd Aug 1789 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
  viSarah who was born 1792 at Cowden, Kent; christened 23rd Oct 1792 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
  viiJames who was born 1794 at Cowden, Kent; christened 8th Jun 1794 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
   
Generation No. 3
  5. David Corke was the son of John Corke and Mary Corke [Elliott]. He was born 1770 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 15th Jun 1770 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  He married Amex on c 1790. She was born c 1770. They had the following children:
  iThomas Miles who was born 1794 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 30th May 1794 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
   
  6. Alice Hook [Cork] was the daughter of Thomas Cork and Ann Cork [Turley]. She was born 1787 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 18th Mar 1787 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex; died Jun 1825 at Withyham, Sussex, aged 37 years; buried 2nd Jun 1825 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
  She married William Hook on 19th Dec 1808 at St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent. He was born 1768. They had the following children:
7 iWilliam who was born 1811 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 1st Sep 1811 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
8 iiThomas who was born 1813 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 18th Jul 1813 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
  iiiSarah who was born 1815 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 29th Jan 1815 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
  ivFrances who was born 1818 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 7th Jun 1818 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
  vMary who was born 1820 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 3rd Dec 1820 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
9 viJohn who was born 1823 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 12th Oct 1823 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
   
Generation No. 4
  7. William Hook, farm labourer was the son of William Hook and Alice Hook [Cork]. He was born 1811 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 1st Sep 1811 at St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
  He married Elizabeth Groves on 16th May 1835 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex. She was born 1807 at Hartfield, Sussex; died Jan 1884 at Withyham, Sussex, aged 76 years; buried 29th Jan 1884 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
   
  8. Thomas Hook, farm labourer was the son of William Hook and Alice Hook [Cork]. He was born 1813 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 18th Jul 1813 at St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
  He married Elizabeth Edwards on 22nd Oct 1836 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex. She was born 1809 at Hartfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iThomas who was born 1838 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 4th Feb 1838 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of Thomas (labourer) & Elizabeth Hook
  iiFrances who was born 1840 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 26th Jul 1840 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, daughter of Thomas (labourer) & Elizabeth Hook
10 iiiWilliam who was born 1843 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 3rd Dec 1843 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex, son of Thomas (labourer) & Elizabeth Hook; died Sep 1889 Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 44 years; buried 25th Sep 1889 Rotherfield, Sussex
  ivGeorge who was born 1846 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 3rd May 1846 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex, son of Thomas (labourer) & Elizabeth Hook
  vJohn who was born 1848 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 3rd Dec 1848 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex, son of Thomas (labourer) & Elizabeth Hook
  viHarriet who was born 1853 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 6th Nov 1853 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex, daughter of Thomas (labourer) & Elizabeth Hook
   
  9. John Hook, farm labourer was the son of William Hook and Alice Hook [Cork]. He was born 1823 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 12th Oct 1823 at St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
  He married Hagar Bradford on 23rd Jan 1847 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. She was born 1811 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 3rd Mar 1811 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iWilliam who was born 1848 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 28th Jan 1848 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of John (labourer) & Agar Hook
   
Generation No. 5
  10. William Hook, farm labourer was the son of Thomas Hook, farm labourer and Elizabeth Hook [Edwards]. He was born 1843 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 3rd Dec 1843 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex, son of Thomas (labourer) & Elizabeth Hook; died Sep 1889 at Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 44 years; buried 25th Sep 1889 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  He married Martha Paul on Jan to Mar 1870, registered at Hailsham District, Sussex, ref: 1870 Q1 Vol 2b Page 87. She was born 1846 at Hadlow Down, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iCaroline who was born 2nd Nov 1877 at Town Row, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 10th Feb 1878 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of William (labourer) & Martha Hook
   

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