The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Lucy Groombridge [Richardson]
Generation No. 1
  1. Lucy Groombridge [Richardson] She was born c 1780, daughter of … Richardson of Blackham and his wife … White
  She married John Groombridge on c 1802. He was born c 1780, son of John Groombridge of High Rocks, Tunbridge Wells. They had the following children:
2 iMaryanne who was born 1805 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 24th Feb 1805 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
  iiSarah who was born 1806 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 17th Aug 1806 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
3 iiiJohn who was born 1808 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 15th May 1808 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
  ivJames who was born 28th May 1810 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 19th Aug 1810 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  vLouisa who was born 17th Feb 1812 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 12th Apr 1812 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  viEliza who was born 1814 at Hadlow, Kent; christened 2nd Oct 1814 St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent
  viiWilliam who was born 1816 at Sevenoaks, Kent; christened 22nd Sep 1816 St. Nicholas Parish Church, Sevenoaks, Kent
  viiiHenry who was born 1820 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 3rd Nov 1820 Tunbridge Wells, Kent
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Maryanne Davis [Groombridge] was the daughter of John Groombridge and Lucy Groombridge [Richardson]. She was born 1805 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 24th Feb 1805 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex; emigrated 1839 to 1840, The SS Aurora departed London on 22nd September 1839 and arrived at Port Nicholson [Wellington], New Zealand on 22nd January 1840
  iMary Ann at London
  iiLucy at London
  iiiEliza at Wellington, New Zealand
  ivSusannah at Wellington, New Zealand
  vSarah Jessie at Wellington, New Zealand
  viLouisa at Wellington, New Zealand
  viiRichard at London
  viiiJohn William at Wellington, New Zealand
  She married Rowland Robert Teape Davis on 13th Oct 1829 at Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London. He was born c 1806 at Ireland, son of Richard Davis and Elizabeth Barry; emigrated 1839 to 1840, The SS Aurora departed London on 22nd September 1839 and arrived at Port Nicholson [Wellington], New Zealand on 22nd January 1840; died 27th Feb 1879 at Heathcote, Christchurch, New Zealand. They had the following children:
  iElizabeth Eliza who was born 12th Dec 1834 at London; christened 9th Aug 1835 St Andrew, Holborn, London
  iiRowland Richard who was born 1837 at London; christened 15th Feb 1837 Holy Trinity, Brompton, Kensington, London
   
  3. John Groombridge was the son of John Groombridge and Lucy Groombridge [Richardson]. He was born 1808 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 15th May 1808 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
  He married Ann Braisby on 19th Oct 1830 at St Mark, Kennington, Kent. She was born 1809 at Leicestershire. They had the following children:
  iMary Ann who was born 28th Feb 1833 at Holborn, London; christened 14th Apr 1833 St Andrew, Holborn, London
  iiAnn who was born 4th Feb 1835 at Shoreditch, London; christened 11th Mar 1835 St John The Baptist, Shoreditch, London
  iiiMary Amelia who was born 1st Aug 1837 at Shoreditch, London; christened 20th Aug 1837 St John The Baptist, Shoreditch, London
  ivEmma who was born 8th Oct 1840 at Holborn, London; christened 25th Oct 1840 St Andrew, Holborn, London
  vLucy who was born 1st Jul 1842 at Shoreditch, London; christened 24th Jul 1842 St John The Baptist, Shoreditch, London
  viEliza who was born 24th Jun 1845 at Shoreditch, London; christened 20th Jul 1845 St John The Baptist, Shoreditch, London
  viiAda Harriet who was born 19th Dec 1847 at Shoreditch, London; christened 9th Jan 1848 St John The Baptist, Shoreditch, London
  viiiChristina Phoebe who was born 23rd Feb 1852 at Shoreditch, London; christened 14th Mar 1852 St John The Baptist, Shoreditch, London
   

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