The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Robert Frost, farm labourer, son of Isaac Frost and Mary Frost [Cripps]
Generation No. 1
  1. Robert Frost, farm labourer was the son of Isaac Frost and Mary Frost [Cripps]. He was born 1754 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 4th Jul 1754 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex; died Sep 1844 at Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 91 years; buried 8th Sep 1844 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  He married (1) Sarah Upton on 17th Apr 1775 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. She was born 1750; died Jun 1816 at Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 66 years, wife of Robert; buried 23rd Jun 1816 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iMary who was born May 1775 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 28th May 1775 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
2 iiSarah who was born 1776 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 27th Oct 1776 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  iiiFanney who was born 1778 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 8th Feb 1778 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  ivHetty who was born 1779 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 4th Jul 1779 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
3 vRobert who was born 1780 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 17th Dec 1780 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex; died Jul 1849 Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 70 years; buried 22nd Jul 1849 Rotherfield, Sussex
  viHannah who was born 1783 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 23rd Mar 1783 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  He married (2) Martha Killick on 13th Apr 1817 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex. She was born 1769; died Apr 1828 at Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 59 years, wife of Robert; buried 10th Apr 1828 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Sarah Duplock [Frost] was the daughter of Robert Frost, farm labourer and Sarah Frost [Upton]. She was born 1776 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 27th Oct 1776 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  She married Thomas Duplock on 1st Apr 1798 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex. He was born c 1780
   
  3. Robert Frost, farm labourer was the son of Robert Frost, farm labourer and Sarah Frost [Upton]. He was born 1780 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 17th Dec 1780 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex; died Jul 1849 at Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 70 years; buried 22nd Jul 1849 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  He married Lydia Brizenden on 8th Jun 1807 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. She was born 1774 at Sussex; died Nov 1848 at Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 74 years; buried 19th Nov 1848 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
4 iSophia who was born 8th Feb 1808 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 28th Dec 1847 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex; died Jul 1876 Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 68 years; buried 4th Jul 1876 Rotherfield, Sussex
5 iiLois who was born 8th Feb 1808 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 21st Dec 1847 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex; died May 1891 Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 82 years; buried 13th May 1891 Rotherfield, Sussex
6 iiiRobert who was born 9th Apr 1816 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 4th May 1817 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 3
  4. Sophia Norman [Frost] was the daughter of Robert Frost, farm labourer and Lydia Frost [Brizenden]. She was born 8th Feb 1808 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 28th Dec 1847 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex; died Jul 1876 at Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 68 years; buried 4th Jul 1876 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  She married James Norman, master shoemaker and sexton on 25th Dec 1832 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex. He was born 1808 at Rotherfield, Sussex; died Jan 1884 at Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 76 years; buried 28th Jan 1884 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iEbenezer who was born 1836 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  iiEdward who was born 1839 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  iiiRhoda Ann who was born 1845 at Rotherfield, Sussex
   
  5. Lois Ovenden [Frost] was the daughter of Robert Frost, farm labourer and Lydia Frost [Brizenden]. She was born 8th Feb 1808 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 21st Dec 1847 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex; died May 1891 at Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 82 years; buried 13th May 1891 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  She married Thomas Ovenden, farm labourer on 17th Mar 1832 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex. He was born 1805; died May 1842 at Stone lodge, Mayfield, Sussex, aged 37 years; buried 22nd May 1842 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iLois who was born 1833 at Sussex; died Aug 1849 Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 19 years, daughter of Thomas and Lois; buried 17th Aug 1849 Rotherfield, Sussex
7 iiThomas who was born 1841 at Mayfield, Sussex
   
  6. Robert Frost, farm labourer was the son of Robert Frost, farm labourer and Lydia Frost [Brizenden]. He was born 9th Apr 1816 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 4th May 1817 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex; emigrated 1861 to USA
  He married (1) Dinah Cornwall on Apr to June 1849, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1849 Q2 Vol 7 Page 727. She was born 3rd Aug 1821 at Waldron, Sussex; christened 9th Sep 1821 at Heathfield Chapel, Heathfield, Sussex, ceremony performed by Rev. John Press; died 21st Oct 1850, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1850 Q4 Vol 7 Page 355. They had the following children:
  iIsaac who was born Oct to Dec 1849 at Waldron, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1849 Q4 Vol 7 Page 527
  He married (2) Mary Ann Jones on 3rd Mar 1853 at All Saints Church, Laughton, Sussex. She was born 1817 at Frant, Sussex; emigrated 1861 to USA
   
Generation No. 4
  7. Thomas Ovenden, bricklayer was the son of Thomas Ovenden, farm labourer and Lois Ovenden [Frost]. He was born 1841 at Mayfield, Sussex
  He married Eliza Hoath on Apr to June 1878, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1878 Q2 Vol 2b Page 224. She was born 1846 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 15th Mar 1846 at St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex, daughter of Elias Woodgate (labourer) and Sophia Woodgate; died Apr to June 1909, registered at Camberwell District, London, ref: 1909 Q2 Vol 1d Page 447, aged 64 years. They had the following children:
8 iMercy Lois who was born Dec 1878 at The Village, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 8th Dec 1878 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of Thomas Ovenden (bricklayer) and Eliza Ovenden; died Sep 1946, aged 67 years
  iiThomas Robert who was born 11th Apr 1882 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 14th May 1883 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, son of Thomas Ovenden (bricklayer) and Eliza Ovenden; died Jun 1883 Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 1 year; buried 29th Jun 1883 Rotherfield, Sussex
9 iiiWilliam James who was born 13th Feb 1884 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 13th Apr 1884 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, son of Thomas Ovenden (bricklayer) and Eliza Ovenden
   
Generation No. 5
  8. Mercy Lois Crocker [Ovenden] was the daughter of Thomas Ovenden, bricklayer and Eliza Ovenden [Hoath] [Woodgate]. She was born Dec 1878 at The Village, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 8th Dec 1878 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of Thomas Ovenden (bricklayer) and Eliza Ovenden; died Sep 1946, registered at Leicester District, Leicestershire, ref: 1946 Sept Vol 3a Page 522, aged 67 years
  She married John Crocker, chaffeur on July to Sep 1900, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1900 Q3 Vol 2b Page 272. He was born 1869 at Bishops Nympton, Devon. They had the following children:
  iRose Evelyn who was born 1902 at Westbourne Park, London, registered at Kensington District, London, ref: 1902 Q3 Vol 1a Page 111
  iiArthur George who was born 1905 at Forest Gate, London
  iiiIvy Lois who was born 1907 at Forest Gate, London
   
  9. William James Ovenden, builder's bricklayer was the son of Thomas Ovenden, bricklayer and Eliza Ovenden [Hoath] [Woodgate]. He was born 13th Feb 1884 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 13th Apr 1884 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, son of Thomas Ovenden (bricklayer) and Eliza Ovenden
  He married Harriett Janet Pagden on July to Sep 1906, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1906 Q3 Vol 2b Page 275. She was born 1886 at Jarvis Brook, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iErnest who was born 1907 at Jarvis Brook, Sussex
   

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