The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Josiah Hider, farm labourer, son of Abraham Hider and Sarah Hider [Bowra]
Generation No. 1
  1. Josiah Hider, farm labourer was the son of Abraham Hider and Sarah Hider [Bowra]. He was born 1791 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 23rd Dec 1791 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
  He married Lucy Farmer on 25th Feb 1821 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent. She was born 1800 at Penshurst, Kent. They had the following children:
  iJohn who was born 1823 at Ashurst, Kent
2 iiMary who was born 24th Oct 1826 at Ashurst, Kent; christened 5th Nov 1826 St. Martin of Tours, Ashurst, Kent
  iiiPhoebe who was born 2nd Dec 1828 at Ashurst, Kent; christened 5th Apr 1829 St. Martin of Tours, Ashurst, Kent
  ivHarriet who was born 30th Sep 1831 at Ashurst, Kent; christened 4th Dec 1831 St. Martin of Tours, Ashurst, Kent
  vHenry who was born 1833 at Ashurst, Kent
  viSophia who was born 1836 at Kent
  viiJosiah who was born 1839 at Ashurst, Kent
  viiiAbraham who was born 1841 at Ashurst, Kent
  ixHarris who was born 1844 at Ashurst, Kent
  xSarah Anne who was born 1845 at Ashurst, Kent; christened 16th Nov 1845 St. Martin of Tours, Ashurst, Kent
3 xiAmos who was born 1849 at Ashurst, Kent; died Apr to June 1885, aged 36 years
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Mary Frost [Hider] was the daughter of Josiah Hider, farm labourer and Lucy Hider [Farmer]. She was born 24th Oct 1826 at Ashurst, Kent; christened 5th Nov 1826 at St. Martin of Tours, Ashurst, Kent
  iWilliam who was born 1848 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 18th Jun 1848 St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent; died July to Sep 1885 Sevenoaks, Kent
  She married William Frost, farm labourer on 5th Mar 1848 at St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent, witnesses Jesse Card & Hester Frost. He was born 1828 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 30th Mar 1828 at St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent. They had the following children:
  iJames who was born Oct to Dec 1850 at Penshurst, Kent, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1850 Q4 Vol 5 Page 463; died Apr to June 1879 Sevenoaks, Kent
4 iiMary who was born Oct to Dec 1852 at Fordcombe, Kent, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1852 Q4 Vol 2A Page 335; christened 24th Oct 1852 St. Peter's Church, Fordcombe, Kent
5 iiiAlma Harriet who was born 1855 at Fordcombe, Kent; christened 28th Jan 1855 St. Peter's Church, Fordcombe, Kent
  ivRichard who was born 1862 at Penshurst, Kent
   
  3. Amos Hider, gardener was the son of Josiah Hider, farm labourer and Lucy Hider [Farmer]. He was born 1849 at Ashurst, Kent; died Apr to June 1885, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1885 Q2 Vol 2a page 409, aged 36 years
  He married Frances Allcorn on Jan to Mar 1875, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1875 Q1 Vol 2a Page 70. She was born 1854 at Mottins Hill, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 5th Feb 1854 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex; died Apr to June 1885, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1885 Q2 Vol 2a page 423, aged 32 years. They had the following children:
  iJoseph Amos who was born c Jul 1875 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 4th Jul 1875 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
  iiAlfred who was born 1876 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 1st Oct 1876 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
   
Generation No. 3
  4. Mary Sales [Frost] was the daughter of William Frost, farm labourer and Mary Frost [Hider]. She was born Oct to Dec 1852 at Fordcombe, Kent, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1852 Q4 Vol 2A Page 335; christened 24th Oct 1852 at St. Peter's Church, Fordcombe, Kent
  She married Thomas Fry Sales on 9th Jan 1876 at St James the Great Church, Bethnal Green, London, witnesses Harry Masters & Emma Burfield. He was born Apr to June 1851 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1851 Q2 Vol 5 Page 539
   
  5. Alma Harriet Mercer [Frost], aka Alicia was the daughter of William Frost, farm labourer and Mary Frost [Hider]. She was born 1855 at Fordcombe, Kent; christened 28th Jan 1855 at St. Peter's Church, Fordcombe, Kent
  She married George Mercer, aka Robert on 14th Jul 1873 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex, witnesses John Mercer & Ellen Bateman. He was born July to Sep 1850 at Withyham, Sussex, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1850 Q3 Vol 7 Page 384. They had the following children:
  iRichard who was born 1887 at Ashurst, Kent
  iiEsther who was born 1891 at Ashurst, Kent
   

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