The Weald - Descendents Report

Generation No. 1
	1. Hannah Groombridge [Young] She was born 1761 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 19^th Apr 1761 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	She married George Groombridge on 11^th Aug 1792 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent. He was born 1767 at Yalding, Kent; christened 22^nd Nov 1767 at St. Peter and St Paul, Yalding, Kent. They had the following children:
2	i	Charlotte who was born 31^st Oct 1793 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 15^th Dec 1793 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, parents George & Hannah Groombridge
	ii	Thomas who was born 7^th Dec 1795 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 26^th Jan 1796 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	iii	Hannah who was born 25^th Sep 1797 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 12^th Nov 1797 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
3	iv	George who was born 1800 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 19^th Jan 1800 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent

Generation No. 2
	2. Charlotte Avis [Groombridge] was the daughter of George Groombridge and Hannah Groombridge [Young]. She was born 31^st Oct 1793 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 15^th Dec 1793 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, parents George & Hannah Groombridge
	She married Richard Avis on 15^th Oct 1810 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex. He was born 1789 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 19^th May 1789 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex, parents John & Elizabeth Avis; died May 1845 at Ashurst, Kent; buried 25^th May 1845 at St. Martin of Tours, Ashurst, Kent. They had the following children:
	i	Richard who was born 1816 at Hunton, Kent; christened 24^th Sep 1816 St. Mary's Church, Hunton, Kent
4	ii	John who was born 1819 at Hunton, Kent; christened 5^th Dec 1819 St. Mary's Church, Hunton, Kent
	iii	Thomas who was born 21^st Dec 1822 at Ashurst, Kent; christened 24^th Dec 1822 St. Martin of Tours, Ashurst, Kent
5	iv	George who was born 25^th Mar 1824 at Ashurst, Kent; christened 18^th Apr 1824 St. Martin of Tours, Ashurst, Kent; buried 25^th Sep 1881 Mayfield, Sussex
6	v	James who was born 1^st Jul 1827 at Ashurst, Kent; christened 22^nd Jul 1827 St. Martin of Tours, Ashurst, Kent

	3. George Groombridge was the son of George Groombridge and Hannah Groombridge [Young]. He was born 1800 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 19^th Jan 1800 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	He married Mary on 25^th Dec 1821 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent. She was born 25^th Aug 1796 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 20^th Oct 1796 at St. Thomas' Church, Groombridge, Kent and Sussex. They had the following children:
7	i	Hannah who was born 1822 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 27^th Oct 1822 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	ii	George who was born 1825 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 23^rd Oct 1825 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	iii	John who was born 3^rd Oct 1828 at Ashurst, Kent; christened 2^nd Nov 1828 St. Martin of Tours, Ashurst, Kent
	iv	Thomas who was born 13^th Sep 1832 at Ashurst, Kent; christened 7^th Oct 1832 St. Martin of Tours, Ashurst, Kent
	v	Jane who was born 1837 at Ashurst, Kent

Generation No. 3
	4. John Avis, farm labourer was the son of Richard Avis and Charlotte Avis [Groombridge]. He was born 1819 at Hunton, Kent; christened 5^th Dec 1819 at St. Mary's Church, Hunton, Kent
	He married Hannah Pollington Puttock on 1^st Jul 1843 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent. She was born 1821 at Horsted Keynes, Sussex; christened 27^th Jan 1822 at St. Giles Parish Church, Horsted Keynes, Sussex, parnets James & Susannah Puttock

	5. George Avis, stone mason was the son of Richard Avis and Charlotte Avis [Groombridge]. He was born 25^th Mar 1824 at Ashurst, Kent; christened 18^th Apr 1824 at St. Martin of Tours, Ashurst, Kent; buried 25^th Sep 1881 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
	He married (1) Elizabeth Bryant on 29^th Sep 1849 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1849 Q3 Vol 5 Page 575. She was born 13^th Dec 1822 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 23^rd Feb 1823 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex; died Aug 1854 at Ashurst, Kent, registered at Tunbridge Wells District, Kent, ref: 1854 Q3 Vol 2A Page 299; buried 6^th Aug 1854 at St. Martin of Tours, Ashurst, Kent, buried on the same day as her son Isaac. They had the following children:
8	i	George James who was born 1850 at Ashurst, Kent; christened 7^th Apr 1850 St. Martin of Tours, Ashurst, Kent; died Oct to Dec 1921 Ticehurst, Sussex
	ii	Thomas who was born 1852 at Ashurst, Kent; christened 7^th Nov 1852 St. Martin of Tours, Ashurst, Kent; buried 22^nd Jul 1854 Ashurst, Kent
	iii	Levi who was born 1854 at Ashurst, Kent, twin of Isaac; christened 2^nd Aug 1854 St. Martin of Tours, Ashurst, Kent; buried 27^th Aug 1854 Ashurst, Kent
	iv	Isaac who was born 1854 at Ashurst, Kent, twin of Levi; christened 2^nd Aug 1854 St. Martin of Tours, Ashurst, Kent; buried 6^th Aug 1854 Ashurst, Kent, buried on the same day as his mother
	He married (2) Eliza Dann on c 1855. She was born 1837 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 16^th Apr 1837 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex, daughter of Robert (labourer) & Sarah Dann; buried 30^th Mar 1864 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex. They had the following children:
9	i	Charlotte who was born 1857 at Frant, Sussex; christened 25^th Oct 1857 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex, daughter of George (stone sawyer) & Eliza Avis
	ii	William Henry who was born 1859 at Frant, Sussex; christened 27^th Nov 1859 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex, son of George (sawyer) & Eliza Avis; buried 23^rd Aug 1860 Wadhurst, Sussex
10	iii	Robert James who was born 1861 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 18^th Aug 1861 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex, son of George (mason) & Eliza Avis
	He married (3) Ann Dann on 30^th Jul 1871 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. She was born 1846 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 6^th Jan 1846 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex, daughter of Robert (labourer) & Sarah Dann; buried 27^th Sep 1888 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
11	i	James Albert who was born 18^th Sep 1873 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 2^nd Nov 1873 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, son of George (labourer) & Ann Avis; died Jan to Mar 1964 Tonbridge, Kent
12	ii	Elizabeth Ellen who was born 1876 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 3^rd Sep 1876 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, daughter of George (stone mason) & Ann Avis; died July to Sep 1911 Bromley, Kent
13	iii	Rose Amelia who was born 13^th Sep 1878 at Mayfield, Sussex, 1939 register year of 1876 assumed incorrect; christened 3^rd Nov 1878 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, daughter of George (labourer) & Ann Avis; died Oct to Dec 1965 Surrey
14	iv	William Peter who was born 31^st Jan 1881 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 24^th Aug 1888 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died 30^th Mar 1963 Southwick, Sussex

	6. James Avis, farm labourer was the son of Richard Avis and Charlotte Avis [Groombridge]. He was born 1^st Jul 1827 at Ashurst, Kent; christened 22^nd Jul 1827 at St. Martin of Tours, Ashurst, Kent
	i	William James who was born July to Sep 1860 at Cowden, Kent, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1860 Q3 Vol 2A Page 387
	He married Sarah Ann Turner on 2^nd Aug 1860 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent. She was born 1835 at Cowden, Kent; christened 28^th Jun 1835 at St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent. They had the following children:
	i	Richard who was born Jan to Mar 1865 at Wadhurst, Sussex, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1865 Q1 Vol 2B Page 87; died Oct to Dec 1941 Uckfield, Sussex

	7. Hannah Groombridge was the daughter of George Groombridge and Mary Groombridge. She was born 1822 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 27^th Oct 1822 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
15	i	Richard who was born 1845 at Ashurst, Kent; christened 3^rd Aug 1845 St. Martin of Tours, Ashurst, Kent

Generation No. 4
	8. George James Avis, gardener was the son of George Avis, stone mason and Elizabeth Avis [Bryant]. He was born 1850 at Ashurst, Kent; christened 7^th Apr 1850 at St. Martin of Tours, Ashurst, Kent; died Oct to Dec 1921 at Ticehurst, Sussex, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1921 Q4 Col 2B Page 159
	He married Susan Groves on 23^rd Nov 1873 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1873 Q4 Vol 2b Page 190. She was born 1854 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 26^th Feb 1854 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex; died Aug 1900 at Wadhurst, Sussex; buried 25^th Aug 1900 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex. They had the following children:
	i	Elizabeth Annie who was born 1875 at Wadhurst, Sussex
	ii	George Thomas who was born 1876 at Wadhurst, Sussex
	iii	Susan Jane who was born 1878 at Wadhurst, Sussex
	iv	Percy John who was born 1880 at Wadhurst, Sussex

	9. Charlotte Avis was the daughter of George Avis, stone mason and Eliza Avis [Dann]. She was born 1857 at Frant, Sussex; christened 25^th Oct 1857 at St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex, daughter of George (stone sawyer) & Eliza Avis
	She married Thomas Thompson on 22^nd Apr 1880 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. He was born 1851

	10. Robert James Avis was the son of George Avis, stone mason and Eliza Avis [Dann]. He was born 1861 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 18^th Aug 1861 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex, son of George (mason) & Eliza Avis
	He married Harriett Russell on Apr to June 1885 at Eastbourne, Sussex, registered at Eastbourne District, Sussex, ref: 1885 Q2 Vol 2B Page 125. She was born 1864 at Waldron, Sussex; christened 14^th Feb 1864 at All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex

	11. James Albert Avis, gardener was the son of George Avis, stone mason and Ann Avis [Dann]. He was born 18^th Sep 1873 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 2^nd Nov 1873 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, son of George (labourer) & Ann Avis; died Jan to Mar 1964 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1964 Q1 Vol 5B Page 1180
	He married (1) Rosie May Watson on Apr to June 1921 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1921 Q2 Vol 2A Page 1833. She was born 1874 at Ockham Farm, Salehurst, Sussex; christened 28^th Jun 1874 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex; died Apr to June 1923 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1923 Q2 Vol 2A Page 826
	He married (2) Florence Martha Roberts on Apr to June 1935 at Bristol, Gloucester, registered at Bristol District, Gloucestershire, ref: 1935 Q2 Vol 6A Page 493. She was born 14^th Oct 1891 at Bristol, Gloucester

	12. Elizabeth Ellen Guilder [Avis] was the daughter of George Avis, stone mason and Ann Avis [Dann]. She was born 1876 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 3^rd Sep 1876 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, daughter of George (stone mason) & Ann Avis; died July to Sep 1911 at 64 Albert Road, Bromley, Kent, registered at Bromley District, Kent, ref: 1911 Q2 Vol 2B Page 652
	She married Charles Guilder, bricklayers labourer on Apr to June 1900 at Uckfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1900 Q2 Vol 2B Page 261. He was born 1877 at Greenwich, Kent, parents Robert Guilder & Emma Guilder [Masey]; died July to Sep 1902 at Bromley, Kent, registered at Bromley District, Kent, ref: 1902 Q3 Vol 2B Page 253

	13. Rose Amelia Jordan [Avis] was the daughter of George Avis, stone mason and Ann Avis [Dann]. She was born 13^th Sep 1878 at Mayfield, Sussex, 1939 register year of 1876 assumed incorrect; christened 3^rd Nov 1878 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, daughter of George (labourer) & Ann Avis; died Oct to Dec 1965 at Surrey, registered at Surrey South East District, ref: 1965 Q4 Vol 5G Page 404
	She married Frederick Newton Jordan, gardener on 29^th Sep 1900 at St Nicholas' Church, Charlwood, Surrey. He was born 30^th Jun 1874 at Charlwood, Surrey, registered at Reigate District, Surrey, ref: 1874 Q3 Vol 2A page 166; christened 6^th Dec 1874 at St Michael's Church, Lowfield Heath, Surrey, parents Hugh Jordan & Sarah Jordan [Killick}; died July to Sep 1955 at Surrey, registered at Surrey South East District, ref: 1955 Q3 Vol 5G Page 607

	14. William Peter Avis, aka Peter Joseph was the son of George Avis, stone mason and Ann Avis [Dann]. He was born 31^st Jan 1881 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 24^th Aug 1888 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died 30^th Mar 1963 at 127 Old Shoreham Road, Southwick, Sussex
	He married Hetty Street on Apr to June 1907 at Uckfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1907 Q2 Vol 2B Page 261. She was born 3^rd Nov 1880 at Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, registered at Chipping Norton District, Oxfordshire, ref: 1880 Q4 Vol 3A Page 759; died Jan to Mar 1976 at Worthing, Sussex, registered at Worthing District, Sussex, ref: 1976 Q1 Vol 18 Page 3189

	15. Richard Groombridge, farm servant was the son of unknown father and Hannah Groombridge. He was born 1845 at Ashurst, Kent; christened 3^rd Aug 1845 at St. Martin of Tours, Ashurst, Kent
	He married Mary on c 1867. She was born 1847 at Edenbridge, Kent. They had the following children:
16	i	John Frederick who was born 1868 at Southborough, Kent; christened 29^th Mar 1868 St. Thomas' Church, Southborough, Kent
	ii	Mary Ann who was born 1870 at Tonbridge, Kent
17	iii	George who was born 1872 at Ashurst, Kent; christened 5^th May 1872 St. Martin of Tours, Ashurst, Kent
18	iv	Kate who was born 1877 at Southborough, Kent; christened 11^th Feb 1877 St. Peter's Church, Southborough, Kent
	v	Albert who was born 1879 at Southborough, Kent; christened 11^th May 1879 St. Peter's Church, Southborough, Kent

Generation No. 5
	16. John Frederick Groombridge was the son of Richard Groombridge, farm servant and Mary Groombridge. He was born 1868 at Southborough, Kent; christened 29^th Mar 1868 at St. Thomas' Church, Southborough, Kent
	He married Kate on c 1895. She was born 1868 at Tonbridge, Kent. They had the following children:
	i	Lillian who was born 1899 at Tonbridge, Kent

	17. George Groombridge was the son of Richard Groombridge, farm servant and Mary Groombridge. He was born 1872 at Ashurst, Kent; christened 5^th May 1872 at St. Martin of Tours, Ashurst, Kent
	He married Florence Louisa on c 1895. She was born 1872 at Westminster, London. They had the following children:
	i	George who was born 1896 at Southborough, Kent; christened 9^th Aug 1896 St. Peter's Church, Southborough, Kent

	18. Kate Parker [Groombridge] was the daughter of Richard Groombridge, farm servant and Mary Groombridge. She was born 1877 at Southborough, Kent; christened 11^th Feb 1877 at St. Peter's Church, Southborough, Kent
	She married Alfred Parker, labourer on July to Sep 1896, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1896 Q3 Vol 2a Page 1345. He was born 1872 at Southborough, Kent. They had the following children:
	i	Annie Alice who was born Oct 1896 at Southborough, Kent; christened 18^th Oct 1896 St. Peter's Church, Southborough, Kent
	ii	William Alfred who was born 1903 at Southborough, Kent; christened 8^th Mar 1903 St. Peter's Church, Southborough, Kent