The Weald - Descendents Report

Generation No. 1
	1. George Edwards, carpenter was the son of William Edwards and Ann Edwards [Mepham]. He was born 1777 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 23^rd Nov 1777 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex, son of William Edwards and Ann Edwards
	He married Lydia Young on 12^th Oct 1797 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex. She was born c 1780; died 1837 at Withyham, Sussex. They had the following children:
	i	Elias who was born 1799 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 29^th Dec 1799 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex, son of George Edwards and Lydia Edwards
	ii	Etho who was born 1802 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 10^th Jan 1802 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex, daughter of George Edwards and Lydia Edwards
	iii	Mary who was born 1804 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 18^th Mar 1804 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex, daughter of George Edwards and Lydia Edwards
	iv	Robert who was born 1806 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 27^th Feb 1806 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
	v	Harriet who was born 1807 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 1^st Mar 1807 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
	vi	William who was born 1816 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 24^th Mar 1816 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
2	vii	Matilda who was born 1818 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 19^th Jul 1818 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
	viii	Lydia who was born 1821 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 29^th Apr 1821 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex

Generation No. 2
	2. Matilda Burfoot [Edwards] was the daughter of George Edwards, carpenter and Lydia Edwards [Young]. She was born 1818 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 19^th Jul 1818 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
	She married John Burfoot, farm labourer on 1^st May 1839 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1839 Q2 Vol 7 Page 429. He was born 1816 at Hever, Kent; christened 20^th Oct 1816 at St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent; died Apr to June 1906, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1906 Q2 Vol 2b Page 82. They had the following children:
	i	George who was born 15^th Jul 1839 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 11^th Aug 1839 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
3	ii	Anne who was born 5^th Nov 1842 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 1^st Jan 1843 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
	iii	John who was born 1845 at Withyham, Sussex
	iv	Elisha who was born 1849 at Withyham, Sussex
	v	William who was born 1850 at Withyham, Sussex

Generation No. 3
	3. Anne Pollington [Burfoot] was the daughter of John Burfoot, farm labourer and Matilda Burfoot [Edwards]. She was born 5^th Nov 1842 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 1^st Jan 1843 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
	She married James Pollington, farm labourer on 5^th Nov 1866 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex. He was born 20^th Jun 1842 at Pinehurst, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 17^th Jul 1842 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
	i	Jesse who was born 1867 at Withyham, Sussex
	ii	Joseph who was born 1870 at Rotherfield, Sussex
	iii	Martha who was born 1871 at Withyham, Sussex
4	iv	Harriett who was born 1873 at Withyham, Sussex
5	v	Mary Ann who was born 1876 at Withyham, Sussex
	vi	James who was born 1880 at Rotherfield, Sussex
	vii	Daniel who was born Jan 1881 at Rotherfield, Sussex
	viii	Matilda who was born 1886 at Rotherfield, Sussex

Generation No. 4
	4. Harriett Russell [Pollington] was the daughter of James Pollington, farm labourer and Anne Pollington [Burfoot]. She was born 1873 at Withyham, Sussex
	She married Isaac Russell on Oct 1909. He was born 1863 at Mayfield, Sussex; died 1943 at Groombridge, Kent and Sussex. They had the following children:
6	i	Edwin who was born 2^nd Apr 1910 at Groombridge, Kent and Sussex; died 1984 France
	ii	Hilda who was born 24^th Sep 1912 at Groombridge, Kent and Sussex; died Dec 1999 Crowborough, Sussex
	iii	Wallace who was born 10^th Apr 1915 at Groombridge, Kent and Sussex; died Dec 1994 Groombridge, Kent and Sussex

	5. Mary Ann Turner [Pollington] was the daughter of James Pollington, farm labourer and Anne Pollington [Burfoot]. She was born 1876 at Withyham, Sussex
	She married Charles Turner, groom on Apr to June 1898, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1898 Q2 Vol 2b Page 323. He was born 1873 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 19^th Oct 1873 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex, son of Thomas Turner (labourer) and Eliza Turner. They had the following children:
	i	Annie Hephezibah who was born 1900 at Withyham, Sussex
	ii	Mabel who was born 1902 at Withyham, Sussex

Generation No. 5
	6. Edwin Russell was the son of Isaac Russell and Harriett Russell [Pollington]. He was born 2^nd Apr 1910 at Groombridge, Kent and Sussex; died 1984 at Nice, France
	He married Doris Florence Hughes on 8^th Jun 1935 at Southborough, Kent. She was born 12^th Sep 1914 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; died 1980