The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Thomas Goldsmith
Generation No. 1
  1. Thomas Goldsmith He was born c 1745
  He married Ann Stone on 23rd Oct 1768 at All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex. She was born c 1745. They had the following children:
  iMary who was born 1769 at Waldron, Sussex; christened 3rd Nov 1769 All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex
2 iiNanny who was born 1772 at Waldron, Sussex; christened 31st Jul 1772 All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex
  iiiEleanora who was born 1775 at Waldron, Sussex; christened 28th Dec 1775 All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Nanny Waters [Goldsmith] was the daughter of Thomas Goldsmith and Ann Goldsmith [Stone]. She was born 1772 at Waldron, Sussex; christened 31st Jul 1772 at All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex
  She married John Waters on 16th Feb 1799 at All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex. He was born 1775 at Waldron, Sussex; christened 5th May 1775 at All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex. They had the following children:
3 iAnn who was born 19th Jul 1801 at Waldron, Sussex; christened 23rd Sep 1827 All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex, w William Russell
4 iiJohn who was born 7th Jan 1804 at Waldron, Sussex; christened 23rd Sep 1827 All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex
5 iiiBenjamin Henry who was born 20th Oct 1808 at Waldron, Sussex; christened 9th Sep 1827 All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex
6 ivMary who was born 11th Jun 1811 at Waldron, Sussex; christened 9th Sep 1827 All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex
  vElizabeth who was born 1814 at Sussex
  viStephen Gunner who was born 3rd Nov 1816 at Waldron, Sussex; christened 23rd Sep 1827 All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex; died 28th Nov 1872 Mayfield, Sussex, probate to John Waters of Waldron, farmer, brother
  viiStephen who was born 1817 at Sussex
   
Generation No. 3
  3. Ann Russell [Waters] was the daughter of John Waters and Nanny Waters [Goldsmith]. She was born 19th Jul 1801 at Waldron, Sussex; christened 23rd Sep 1827 at All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex, w William Russell
  She married William Russell, farmer on 21st Feb 1827 at All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex. He was born 1802 at Waldron, Sussex; christened 12th May 1802 at All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex, parenst John & Elizabeth Russell. They had the following children:
  iMartha who was born 1832 at Hellingly, Sussex
  iiJohn who was born 1835 at Hellingly, Sussex
  iiiGeorge who was born 1840 at Hellingly, Sussex
  ivSarah A. who was born 1843 at Hellingly, Sussex
   
  4. John Waters was the son of John Waters and Nanny Waters [Goldsmith]. He was born 7th Jan 1804 at Waldron, Sussex; christened 23rd Sep 1827 at All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex
  He married Harriot on c 1828. She was born 1808 at Chiddingly, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iAnn who was born 1837 at Mayfield, Sussex
  iiCaroline who was born 1840 at Mayfield, Sussex
  iiiLois who was born 1843 at Waldron, Sussex
7 ivRhoda who was born 1846 at Waldron, Sussex
   
  5. Benjamin Henry Waters was the son of John Waters and Nanny Waters [Goldsmith]. He was born 20th Oct 1808 at Waldron, Sussex; christened 9th Sep 1827 at All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex
  He married Elizabeth Haffenden on 29th Jun 1834 at All Saints Church, Heathfield, Sussex. She was born 29th Mar 1813 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 8th May 1813 at Heathfield Chapel, Heathfield, Sussex, ceremony performed by Rev. John Press. They had the following children:
  iJoel who was born 1835 at Waldron, Sussex
8 iiOwen who was born 1838 at Waldron, Sussex
  iiiElizabeth who was born 1841 at Waldron, Sussex
  ivDorcas who was born 1845 at Waldron, Sussex
9 vJohn who was born 1848 at Waldron, Sussex
  viEllen who was born 1850 at Waldron, Sussex
   
  6. Mary Townshend [Waters] was the daughter of John Waters and Nanny Waters [Goldsmith]. She was born 11th Jun 1811 at Waldron, Sussex; christened 9th Sep 1827 at All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex
  She married Francis Townshend on 7th May 1833 at St. Nicholas Church, Brightling, Sussex. He was born 18th Sep 1807 at Lewes, Sussex; christened 18th Oct 1807 at St. Michael, Lewes, Sussex, parents Samuel & Susannah Townsend. They had the following children:
10 iMary Ann who was born July to Sep 1848 at Lewes, Sussex, registered at Lewes District, Sussex, ref: 1848 Q3 Vol 7 Page 417
   
Generation No. 4
  7. Rhoda Smith [Waters] was the daughter of John Waters and Harriot Waters. She was born 1846 at Waldron, Sussex
  She married Trayton Smith, coal dealer on c 1870. He was born 1847 at Waldron, Sussex
   
  8. Owen Waters was the son of Benjamin Henry Waters and Elizabeth Waters [Haffenden]. He was born 1838 at Waldron, Sussex
  He married Martha Blackford on c 1870. She was born 1848 at Mayfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iGeorge who was born 1873 at Waldron, Sussex
11 iiMatilda Jane who was born 1875 at Waldron, Sussex
  iiiFred who was born 1876 at Waldron, Sussex
  ivEmily who was born 1877 at Waldron, Sussex
  vEdna who was born 1878 at Waldron, Sussex
  viHarry who was born 1880 at Waldron, Sussex
   
  9. John Waters was the son of Benjamin Henry Waters and Elizabeth Waters [Haffenden]. He was born 1848 at Waldron, Sussex
  He married Sarah Avery on 27th Oct 1875 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. She was born 1846 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 5th Apr 1846 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iJohn who was born 1879 at Mayfield, Sussex
  iiLouise who was born Aug 1880 at Mayfield, Sussex
   
  10. Mary Ann Waters [Townshend] was the daughter of Francis Townshend and Mary Townshend [Waters]. She was born July to Sep 1848 at Lewes, Sussex, registered at Lewes District, Sussex, ref: 1848 Q3 Vol 7 Page 417
  She married Alfred Waters, grocer on 15th May 1876 at St George's Church, Bloomsbury, London, witnesses Benjamin ??, Jane Townshend & Dorcas Waters. He was born Jan to Mar 1855 at Uckfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1855 Q1 Vol 2B Page 95
   
Generation No. 5
  11. Matilda Jane Turner [Waters] was the daughter of Owen Waters and Martha Waters [Blackford]. She was born 1875 at Waldron, Sussex
  She married Fredrick James Turner, woodman and farm labourer on Jan to Mar 1897, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1897 Q1 Vol 2b Page 179. He was born 1870 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 30th Oct 1870 at St. John's Chapel, Withyham, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iEdith who was born 1900 at Crowborough, Sussex
  iiMary who was born 1901 at Crowborough, Sussex
  iiiRosey who was born 1903 at Crowborough, Sussex
  ivDaisy who was born 1904 at Crowborough, Sussex
  vThomas who was born 1906 at Crowborough, Sussex
  viWilliam who was born 1907 at Crowborough, Sussex
  viiPercy who was born 1911 at Crowborough, Sussex
   

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