The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for William Hall, farmer, son of Joseph Hall, farmer and Elizabeth Hall [Groombridge]
Generation No. 1
  1. William Hall, farmer was the son of Joseph Hall, farmer and Elizabeth Hall [Groombridge]. He was born 1817 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 6th Apr 1817 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex, son of Joseph Hall & Elizabeth Hall; died 1850 at Withyham, Sussex
  He married Sophia Divall on 7th Nov 1842 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex. She was born 1819 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 28th Nov 1819 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
2 iElizabeth who was born 1843 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 17th Dec 1843 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, daughter of William Hall & Sophia Hall
  iiAnn who was born 1845 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 7th Dec 1845 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex, son of William Hall (labourer on hid father's farm) & Sophia Hall
  iiiSophia who was born 1848 at Birchden, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 12th Mar 1848 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of William Hall (farmer) & Sophia Hall
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Elizabeth Divall [Hall] was the daughter of William Hall, farmer and Sophia Card [Hall] [Divall]. She was born 1843 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 17th Dec 1843 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, daughter of William Hall & Sophia Hall
3 iWilliam Hall who was born 1865 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 30th Jul 1865 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, natural son of Elizabeth Hall; died 16th Mar 1948 Hartfield, Sussex
  She married John Divell, brick maker on 15th Jul 1865 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. He was born 1843 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 30th Jul 1843 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iJohn who was born 1867 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 24th Nov 1867 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
4 iiAlfred Arthur Edward who was born 1869 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 25th Apr 1869 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  iiiNelson who was born 1873 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 30th Nov 1873 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  ivSophia Elizabeth who was born 1877 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 21st Oct 1877 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  vMary Ellen who was born 1884 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 30th Mar 1884 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 3
  3. William Hall Divall was the son of unknown father and Elizabeth Divall [Hall]. He was born 1865 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 30th Jul 1865 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, natural son of Elizabeth Hall; died 16th Mar 1948 at Quaybrook, Coleman's Hatch, Hartfield, Sussex
  He married Eliza Steadman on 8th Feb 1890 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. She was born 1871 at East Grinstead, Sussex; christened 29th Oct 1871 at Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex; died 24th Mar 1958 at Uckfield Hospital, Uckfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iEmily who was born 1893 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 29th Jan 1893 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  iiWilliam who was born 1894 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 9th Sep 1894 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  iiiElizabeth who was born 1898 at Ridgewood, Uckfield, Sussex; christened 24th Jul 1898 Holy Cross Church, Uckfield, Sussex, daughter of William Divall (brickmaker) and Eliza Divall
  ivJohn who was born 11th Jul 1900 at Ridgewood, Uckfield, Sussex; christened 10th Aug 1900 Holy Cross Church, Uckfield, Sussex, son of William Divall (labourer) and Eliza Divall
   
  4. Alfred Arthur Edward Divall was the son of John Divell, brick maker and Elizabeth Divall [Hall]. He was born 1869 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 25th Apr 1869 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  He married Emily Shoesmith on c 1895. She was born 1875 at Hartfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iMary who was born 1900 at Crawley Down, Sussex
  iiFanny who was born 1901 at Crawley Down, Sussex
  iiiSissie who was born 1903 at Sussex
  ivJack who was born 1907 at Sussex
  vNellie who was born 1908 at Sussex
  viFlorence who was born 1909 at Worth, Sussex
  viiCharles who was born 1910 at Sussex
  viiiArchibald who was born 1911 at Sussex
   

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