The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for James Fry, son of John Fry and Ann Fry [Harris]
Generation No. 1
  1. James Fry was the son of John Fry and Ann Fry [Harris]. He was born 1795 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 24th Apr 1795 at St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent
  iEliza who was born 1822 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 29th Dec 1822 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, daughter of James Fry and Elizabeth Fry
  He married (1) Elizabeth Shoebridge on 11th May 1822 at St. Anne, Lewes, Sussex, witnesses Jane Cahelden & William James Winter. She was born 21st Nov 1797 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 17th Dec 1797 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent. They had the following children:
2 iJames who was born 1824 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 4th Jul 1824 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, son of James Fry and Elizabeth Fry
  iiReuben who was born 1827 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 25th Feb 1827 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, son of James Fry and Elizabeth Fry; died Apr 1827 Speldhurst, Kent, aged 12 weeks; buried 30th Apr 1827 Speldhurst, Kent
3 iiiJesse who was born c Apr to June 1838 at Speldhurst, Kent
  He married (2) Bathsheba Haselden on 20th Jan 1838 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1838 Q1 Vol 5 Page 431, witnesses James & Susan Creasey. She was born 1802 at Speldhurst, Kent. They had the following children:
  iHarriett who was born 1839 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 8th Sep 1839 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, daughter of James Fry and Bathsheba Fry
  iiPhoebe who was born 1841 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 19th Sep 1841 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, daughter of James Fry and Bathsheba Fry
4 iiiStephen who was born 1843 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 11th Jun 1843 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, son of James Fry and Bathsheba Fry
  ivEmma who was born 1846 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 3rd May 1846 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, daughter of James Fry and Bathsheba Fry
  vElizabeth Jane who was born 1848 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 16th Jan 1848 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, daughter of James Fry and Barbara[sic] Fry
   
Generation No. 2
  2. James Fry was the son of James Fry and Elizabeth Fry [Shoebridge]. He was born 1824 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 4th Jul 1824 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, son of James Fry and Elizabeth Fry
  iMary Bessie who was born c Apr 1850 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 15th Apr 1850 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, daughter of James Fry and Rachel Fry
  He married Rachel Hopkins on 3rd Apr 1850 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1850 Q2 Vol 5 Page 631, witnesses George Shoebridge & Sarah Hopkins. She was born 1829 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 2nd Aug 1829 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent. They had the following children:
5 iCharlotte Elizabeth who was born 1853 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 20th Mar 1853 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, daughter of James Fry and Rachel Fry
  iiAlfred Edwin who was born 1855 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 22nd Apr 1855 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, son of James Fry and Rachel Fry
6 iiiArthur Henry James who was born 1859 at Southborough, Kent; christened 13th Nov 1859 St. Peter's Church, Southborough, Kent
7 ivGeorge Patrick E. who was born 1863 at Pembury, Kent
  vThomas E. who was born 1870 at Pembury, Kent
   
  3. Jesse Fry, brickmaker was the son of James Fry and Bathsheba Fry [Haselden] [Upton]. He was born c Apr to June 1838 at Speldhurst, Kent
  He married (1) Hannah on c 1858. She was born 1839 at Frant, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iJohn who was born 1859 at Brixton, Surrey
  iiJesse who was born 1861 at Brixton, Surrey
  iiiJames who was born 1863 at Frant, Sussex
  ivGeorge who was born 1865 at Groombridge, Kent and Sussex
  vMary Jane who was born 1867 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 21st Jul 1867 Holy Trinity Church, Eridge Green, Sussex
  viAmelia who was born 1870 at Groombridge, Kent and Sussex
  viiSarah who was born 1873 at Groombridge, Kent and Sussex
  viiiArthur who was born 1877 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  ixWilliam who was born 1879 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  He married (2) Mary Ann Wells on Oct to Dec 1879, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1879 Q4 Vol 2a Page 1879. She was born 1851 at Brenchley, Kent. They had the following children:
  iAlbert who was born May 1880 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
   
  4. Stephen Fry, milkman and cowkeeper was the son of James Fry and Bathsheba Fry [Haselden] [Upton]. He was born 1843 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 11th Jun 1843 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, son of James Fry and Bathsheba Fry
  He married Caroline Elizabeth Box on Oct to Dec 1868, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1868 Q4 Vol 2a Page 839. She was born 1848 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 13th Aug 1848 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex. They had the following children:
8 iGeorge William who was born Jan to Mar 1869 at Langton Green, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1869 Q1 Vol 2a Page 584; christened 4th Apr 1869 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
9 iiCharles Arthur who was born 1871 at St. Johns Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; died 18th Apr 1915 Belgium, killed in action and commemorated on the Menin Gate
10 iiiAlice who was born 1874 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  ivEdith who was born 1877 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  vEmily who was born 1879 at Tonbridge, Kent
  viAnnie who was born 1882 at Tonbridge, Kent
  viiMabel who was born 1886 at Tonbridge, Kent
  viiiEarl who was born 1889 at Tonbridge, Kent
   
Generation No. 3
  5. Charlotte Elizabeth Turner [Fry] was the daughter of James Fry and Rachel Fry [Hopkins]. She was born 1853 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 20th Mar 1853 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, daughter of James Fry and Rachel Fry
  She married Michael Turner, plumber on Apr to June 1874, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1874 Q2 Vol 2a Page 900. He was born 1848 at Southborough, Kent. They had the following children:
  iEdith Kate who was born 1875 at Southborough, Kent
  iiFrank Raymond who was born 1877 at Southborough, Kent
  iiiLily Florence who was born 1879 at Southborough, Kent
  ivSidney who was born Nov 1880 at Southborough, Kent
   
  6. Arthur Henry James Fry, butcher was the son of James Fry and Rachel Fry [Hopkins]. He was born 1859 at Southborough, Kent; christened 13th Nov 1859 at St. Peter's Church, Southborough, Kent
  He married Harriet Stoner on Oct to Dec 1881, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1881 Q4 Vol 2b Page 281. She was born 1863 at Lindfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iElizabeth who was born 1883 at East Grinstead, Sussex
  iiEdith K who was born 1885 at East Grinstead, Sussex
  iiiArthur S who was born 1888 at East Grinstead, Sussex
   
  7. George Patrick E. Fry, butcher was the son of James Fry and Rachel Fry [Hopkins]. He was born 1863 at Pembury, Kent
  He married Alice Dale on Apr to June 1886, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1886 Q2 Vol 2a Page 994a. She was born 1863 at Hartfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iNellie G who was born 1887 at Hartfield, Sussex
  iiFlorence M who was born 1889 at Hartfield, Sussex
  iiiPercy M who was born 1890 at Hartfield, Sussex
   
  8. George William Fry was the son of Stephen Fry, milkman and cowkeeper and Caroline Elizabeth Fry [Box]. He was born Jan to Mar 1869 at Langton Green, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1869 Q1 Vol 2a Page 584; christened 4th Apr 1869 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  He married Louisa Olive on c 1895. She was born 1877 at Tonbridge, Kent. They had the following children:
  iElizabeth Queenie who was born 1899 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 16th Apr 1899 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
   
  9. Charles Arthur Fry, roof tile moulder was the son of Stephen Fry, milkman and cowkeeper and Caroline Elizabeth Fry [Box]. He was born 1871 at St. Johns Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; died 18th Apr 1915 at Hill 60, near Ypres, Belgium, killed in action and commemorated on the Menin Gate
  He married Catherine Fanny Arnold on Jan to Mar 1898, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1898 Q1 Vol 2a Page 959. She was born 1878 at Langton Green, Kent; christened 10th Mar 1878 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent. They had the following children:
  iDorothy Kathleen who was born Jan to Mar 1898 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1898 Q4 Vol 2a Page 718
  iiArthur Charles who was born Oct to Dec 1900 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1900 Q4 Vol 2a Page 730
  iiiCharles Sydney who was born Oct to Dec 1902 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1902 Q4 Vol 2a Page 790
  ivAlbert Henry who was born Oct to Dec 1904 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1904 Q4 Vol 2a Page 837
  vAlfonso who was born Apr to June 1907 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1907 Q2 Vol 2a Page 892
  viDaisy who was born Oct to Dec 1908 at Pembury, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1908 Q4 Vol 2a Page 193
  viiCyril S. who was born Jan to Mar 1911 at Pembury, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1911 Q1 Vol 2a Page 836
   
  10. Alice Semark [Fry] was the daughter of Stephen Fry, milkman and cowkeeper and Caroline Elizabeth Fry [Box]. She was born 1874 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  She married Frederick Semark on c 1898. He was born July to Sep 1870 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1870 Q3 Vol 2A Page 529
   

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