The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Thomas Eldridge, son of Richard Eldridge and Sarah Eldridge [Cramp]
Generation No. 1
  1. Thomas Eldridge was the son of Richard Eldridge and Sarah Eldridge [Cramp]. He was born 5th May 1811 at Ewhurst, Sussex; christened 5th May 1811 at St. James & St. Mark, Ewhurst, Sussex; died 1880
  He married Mary Forward on 14th Sep 1828 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex. She was born c 1811. They had the following children:
  iAnne who was born 14th Dec 1828 at Ewhurst, Sussex; christened 14th Dec 1828 St. James & St. Mark, Ewhurst, Sussex
  iiJane who was born 8th Aug 1830 at Ewhurst, Sussex; christened 8th Aug 1830 St. James & St. Mark, Ewhurst, Sussex; died 1907
  iiiAnn Maria who was born 15th Jul 1832 at Ewhurst, Sussex; christened 15th Jul 1832 St. James & St. Mark, Ewhurst, Sussex
  ivSarah who was born 1834; died 1924
2 vElijah who was born 1st Sep 1835 at Ewhurst, Sussex; christened 8th Oct 1835 Wesleyan, Sandhurst, Kent
  viJesse who was born 17th Sep 1837 at Ewhurst, Sussex; christened 17th Sep 1837 St. James & St. Mark, Ewhurst, Sussex
  viiThomas who was born 1839
  viiiJames who was born 1841; died 1914
3 ixHenry who was born 1845
  xEliza who was born 26th Oct 1845 at Ewhurst, Sussex; christened 26th Oct 1845 St. James & St. Mark, Ewhurst, Sussex
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Elijah Eldridge, carpenter was the son of Thomas Eldridge and Mary Eldridge [Forward]. He was born 1st Sep 1835 at Ewhurst, Sussex; christened 8th Oct 1835 at Wesleyan, Sandhurst, Kent
  He married Mary Jane Callaway on 19th Jan 1856 at Bodiam.Ch, Bodiam, Sussex, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1856 Q1 Vol 2b Page 93. She was born 1837 at Salehurst, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iJesse who was born 15th Feb 1856 at Bodiam, Sussex; christened 6th Jul 1856 Bodiam.Ch, Bodiam, Sussex; died 1859
  iiThomas who was born 1857
  iiiJames who was born 1861 at Robertsbridge, Sussex; christened 29th Sep 1861 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex; died 1944
  ivMary Ann who was born 1863 at Robertsbridge, Sussex; christened 25th Oct 1863 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex
  vAnn who was born 1866; christened 26th Apr 1874 St. Nicholas Parish Church, Sevenoaks, Kent
  viEliza who was born 20th Dec 1867 at Otford, Kent; christened 26th Apr 1874 St. Nicholas Parish Church, Sevenoaks, Kent
  viiEmily who was born 1869 at Otford, Kent; christened 26th Apr 1874 St. Nicholas Parish Church, Sevenoaks, Kent
  viiiJane who was born 1871 at Sevenoaks, Kent; christened 26th Apr 1874 St. Nicholas Parish Church, Sevenoaks, Kent
  ixRosina who was born 1874 at Sevenoaks, Kent; christened 26th Apr 1874 St. Nicholas Parish Church, Sevenoaks, Kent
  xFlora who was born 1875 at Sevenoaks, Kent
  xiEllen who was born 1877 at Sevenoaks, Kent
  xiiWilliam who was born 1879 at Sevenoaks, Kent
  xiiiElizabeth who was born 1880 at Sevenoaks, Kent
   
  3. Henry Eldridge was the son of Thomas Eldridge and Mary Eldridge [Forward]. He was born 1845
  He married Elizabeth Ann Bennett on Apr to June 1865, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1865 Q2 Vol 2a Page 698. She was born 1842 at Tiverton, Devon. They had the following children:
  iEmily who was born c 1870 at Rye, Sussex
  iiAlbert who was born c 1875 at Rye, Sussex
  iiiGeorge who was born c 1877 at Marden, Kent
  ivFrederick who was born c 1880 at Dover, Kent
  vJesse who was born c 1885 at New Cross, London
   

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