The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Mary Seale [Edwards], daughter of Joseph Edwards and Martha Edwards [Parrott]
Generation No. 1
  1. Mary Seale [Edwards] was the daughter of Joseph Edwards and Martha Edwards [Parrott]. She was born 1762 at Cowden, Kent; christened 1st Mar 1762 at St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent; buried 25th Jul 1800 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
  She married Robert Seale, labourer on 15th May 1788 at St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent, witnesses John Palmer & Thomas Clifton. He was born 25th Aug 1765 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 8th Sep 1765 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent, parents William & Ann Seale. They had the following children:
2 iRobert who was born 28th Apr 1790 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 16th May 1790 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
3 iiAnn who was born 21st Dec 1791 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 15th Jan 1792 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
4 iiiRichard who was born 16th Mar 1794 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 30th Mar 1794 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent; buried 4th Jun 1843 Edenbridge, Kent, aged 47 years
  ivMary who was born 13th Feb 1796 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 20th Mar 1796 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Robert Seal was the son of Robert Seale, labourer and Mary Seale [Edwards]. He was born 28th Apr 1790 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 16th May 1790 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
  He married Sophia Latter on 19th Feb 1810 at St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent, witnesses Hannah Reed & William Chapman. She was born 3rd May 1792 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 18th May 1792 at King Charles-the-Martyr Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, mother Sarah Latter, father James Wiggins. They had the following children:
  iMary Ann who was born 1812 at Westerham, Kent; christened 9th Feb 1812 St. Mary's Church, Westerham, Kent; buried 9th Aug 1848 Leigh, Kent, aged 36 years
  iiSophia who was born 1814 at Smarts Hill, Penshurst, Kent; christened 16th Oct 1814 St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent; buried 17th Mar 1891 West Hoathly, Sussex, aged 76 years
  iiiEleanor who was born 1818 at Smarts Hill, Penshurst, Kent; christened 1st Mar 1818 St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent; buried 28th Apr 1833 Lewisham, London, aged 15 years
   
  3. Ann May [Seal] was the daughter of Robert Seale, labourer and Mary Seale [Edwards]. She was born 21st Dec 1791 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 15th Jan 1792 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
  She married Robert May, carpenter on 4th Jun 1810 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent, witnesses Ann Hollamby & George Chapman. He was born 2nd Nov 1787 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 5th Nov 1787 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent, parents Jonathan & Sarah May. They had the following children:
  iThomas who was born 27th Aug 1810 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 23rd Sep 1810 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
5 iiWilliam who was born 11th Jun 1822 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 4th Aug 1822 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
   
  4. Richard Seale was the son of Robert Seale, labourer and Mary Seale [Edwards]. He was born 16th Mar 1794 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 30th Mar 1794 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent; buried 4th Jun 1843 at St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent, aged 47 years
  He married Ann Wicking on 20th Dec 1824 at St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent. She was born 1804 at Hever, Kent; christened 13th May 1804 at St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent, parents Thomas & Ann Wicking. They had the following children:
  iMary Ann who was born 1825 at Edenbridge, Kent; christened 6th Apr 1825 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent; buried 23rd Mar 1828 Edenbridge, Kent, aged 3 years
6 iiAnn who was born 12th Apr 1827 at Edenbridge, Kent; christened 9th Aug 1829 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent
  iiiThomas who was born 1831 at Edenbridge, Kent; christened 23rd Sep 1831 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent
   
Generation No. 3
  5. William May, farm labourer was the son of Robert May, carpenter and Ann May [Seal]. He was born 11th Jun 1822 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 4th Aug 1822 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
  He married Letitia Boakes on 10th Nov 1844 at St. Nicholas Parish Church, Sevenoaks, Kent, witnesses William West & Sarah Hazelden. She was born 1823 at Weald Liberty, Sevenoaks Weald, Kent. They had the following children:
  iAlice who was born 1855 at Sevenoaks Weald, Kent; christened 10th Jun 1855 St. Nicholas Parish Church, Sevenoaks, Kent
  iiSarah who was born 1863 at Sevenoaks Weald, Kent; christened 3rd Jan 1864 St George's Church, Sevenoaks Weald, Kent
  iiiAdeline who was born 8th Apr 1866 at Sevenoaks Weald, Kent; christened 27th May 1866 St George's Church, Sevenoaks Weald, Kent; died 19th Feb 1961 Sevenoaks Weald, Kent
7 ivWalter who was born 1868 at Sevenoaks Weald, Kent; christened 13th Dec 1868 St. Nicholas Parish Church, Sevenoaks, Kent
   
  6. Ann King [Seal] was the daughter of Richard Seale and Ann Hartnup [Seale] [Wicking]. She was born 12th Apr 1827 at Edenbridge, Kent; christened 9th Aug 1829 at St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent
  She married William King, greengrocer & dairyman on 21st Dec 1845 at St John's Church, Croydon, Surrey, witnesses James & Susan Hubble. He was born 1815 at Clapham, London; christened 20th Sep 1815 at Holy Trinity Church, Clapham, Sussex, parents Thomas King & Elizabeth Betts; died 5th Aug 1890 at 16 Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, Surrey, registered at Croydon District, Surrey, ref: 1890 Q3 Vol 2A Page 120, aged 74 years. They had the following children:
  iEliza Ann who was born 1846 at Croydon, Surrey; christened 20th Dec 1846 St John's Church, Croydon, Surrey
  iiThomas Charles who was born 1848 at Croydon, Surrey; christened 30th Jul 1848 St John's Church, Croydon, Surrey
  iiiWilliam Robert who was born 1850 at Croydon, Surrey; christened 24th Mar 1850 St John's Church, Crundale, Kent
  ivMaria who was born 1851 at Croydon, Surrey; christened 21st Dec 1851 St John's Church, Croydon, Surrey
  vHenry who was born 1853 at Croydon, Surrey; christened 11th Sep 1853 St John's Church, Croydon, Surrey
  viFanny who was born 1855 at Croydon, Surrey; christened 3rd Jun 1855 St John's Church, Croydon, Surrey
  viiArthur George who was born 1858 at Croydon, Surrey; christened 31st Jan 1858 St John's Church, Croydon, Surrey
  viiiEllen Rebecca who was born 1860 at Croydon, Surrey; christened 5th Feb 1860 St John's Church, Croydon, Surrey
  ixWalter James who was born 1868 at Croydon, Surrey; christened 13th Sep 1868 St John's Church, Croydon, Surrey
  xFrederick Ernest who was born 1871 at Croydon, Surrey; christened 14th May 1871 St John's Church, Croydon, Surrey; buried 26th May 1872 Croydon, Surrey
   
Generation No. 4
  7. Walter May was the son of William May, farm labourer and Letitia May [Boakes]. He was born 1868 at Sevenoaks Weald, Kent; christened 13th Dec 1868 at St. Nicholas Parish Church, Sevenoaks, Kent
  He married Amelia Agnes Bardoe on 21st Nov 1892 at St. Nicholas Parish Church, Sevenoaks, Kent, witnesses John Kemp & Sarah May. She was born July to Sep 1866 at Northfleet, Kent, registered at North Aylesford District, Kent, ref: 1866 Q3 Vol 2A Page 365, parents Job & Agnes Bardoe [Turner]
   

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