The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for William Hepden, farmer
Generation No. 1
  1. William Hepden, farmer He was born 1777 at Ashburnham, Sussex; died May 1858 at Burwash, Sussex, aged 81 years; buried 24th May 1858 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  He married Hannah Shether on 7th Oct 1799 at The Assumption & St. Nicholas Church, Etchingham, Sussex. She was born 1783 at Etchingham, Sussex; died Apr 1855 at Burwash, Sussex, aged 73 years; buried 5th Apr 1855 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iHannah who was born 1800 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 16th Jun 1800 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
2 iiWilliam who was born 1802 at Heathfield, Sussex; died Nov 1855 Burwash, Sussex, aged 54 years; buried 19th Nov 1855 Burwash, Sussex
3 iiiJames who was born 1803 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 19th Jun 1803 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  ivSarah who was born 1805 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 24th Mar 1805 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  vMary Ann who was born 1806 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 10th Aug 1806 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  viJohn who was born 9th Jul 1808 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 31st Jul 1808 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  viiHenry who was born 8th Sep 1810 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 30th Sep 1810 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
4 viiiGeorge who was born 24th Nov 1812 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 27th Dec 1812 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
5 ixAllen who was born 1814 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 18th Dec 1814 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  xJane who was born 1817 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 23rd Mar 1817 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  xiEdward who was born 1819 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 10th Oct 1819 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex; died Mar 1846 Burwash, Sussex, aged 26 years; buried 31st Mar 1846 Burwash, Sussex
  xiiThomas who was born 1822 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 6th Jan 1822 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex; died Sep 1829 Burwash, Sussex, aged 7 years; buried 28th Sep 1829 Burwash, Sussex
  xiiiElizabeth who was born 1824 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 9th May 1824 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex; died Jan 1832 Burwash, Sussex, aged 7 years; buried 9th Jan 1832 Burwash, Sussex
6 xivWalter who was born 1826 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 9th Jul 1826 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
   
Generation No. 2
  2. William Hepden, farm labourer was the son of William Hepden, farmer and Hannah Hepden [Shether]. He was born 1802 at Heathfield, Sussex; died Nov 1855 at Burwash, Sussex, aged 54 years; buried 19th Nov 1855 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  He married Mary Ann Hawkins on 8th May 1826 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. She was born 1806 at Ticehurst, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iWilliam who was born 1827 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 25th Feb 1827 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex; died Jun 1829 Burwash, Sussex, infant; buried 28th Jun 1829 Burwash, Sussex
7 iiMary Anne who was born 1828 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 8th Jun 1828 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
8 iiiThomas who was born 1830 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 12th Nov 1830 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
9 ivAllen who was born 1833 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 19th May 1833 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  vElizabeth Jane who was born 1835 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 13th Sep 1835 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  viGeorge who was born 1839 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 27th Oct 1839 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  viiJohn who was born 1842 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 10th Apr 1842 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex; died Apr 1843 Burwash, Sussex, aged 13 months; buried 22nd Apr 1843 Burwash, Sussex
  viiiSarah who was born 1844 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 12th May 1844 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  ixHenry who was born 1852 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 11th Apr 1852 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex; died Apr 1859 Burwash, Sussex, aged 7 years; buried 6th Apr 1859 Burwash, Sussex
   
  3. James Hepten, labourer was the son of William Hepden, farmer and Hannah Hepden [Shether]. He was born 1803 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 19th Jun 1803 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
10 iMary Ann who was born 1821 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 21st Oct 1821 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  He married Rose Mepham on 8th Oct 1821 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex. She was born 1802 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 21st Nov 1802 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex, daughter of John Mepham and Hannah Mepham
   
  4. George Hepten was the son of William Hepden, farmer and Hannah Hepden [Shether]. He was born 24th Nov 1812 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 27th Dec 1812 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  iGeorge who was born 1837 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 24th Dec 1837 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  He married Maria Smith on 12th Jun 1837 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex. She was born c 1815
   
  5. Allen Hepten, cordwainer was the son of William Hepden, farmer and Hannah Hepden [Shether]. He was born 1814 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 18th Dec 1814 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  He married Eliza on c 1835. She was born 1820; died Sep 1845 at Burwash, Sussex, aged 25 years; buried 26th Sep 1845 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iAllen who was born 1837 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 4th Jun 1837 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  iiHarriett who was born 1839 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 8th Sep 1839 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  iiiWilliam who was born 1842 at Chatham, Kent
   
  6. Walter Hepden, labourer was the son of William Hepden, farmer and Hannah Hepden [Shether]. He was born 1826 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 9th Jul 1826 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  He married Elizabeth Robeson on 26th Feb 1848 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex. She was born 1828. They had the following children:
  iElizabeth who was born 1850 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 22nd Dec 1850 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
   
Generation No. 3
  7. Mary Anne Newick [Hepden] was the daughter of William Hepden, farm labourer and Mary Ann Hepden [Hawkins]. She was born 1828 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 8th Jun 1828 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  She married Thomas Newick on 17th Jan 1846 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex. He was born 1822
   
  8. Thomas Hepden, farm labourer was the son of William Hepden, farm labourer and Mary Ann Hepden [Hawkins]. He was born 1830 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 12th Nov 1830 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  He married Mary Ann Weston on 17th Apr 1852 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex. She was born 1834 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 5th Jan 1834 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, daughter of Thomas Weston (labourer) & Louisa Weston. They had the following children:
  iMary Ann who was born 1854 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 30th Apr 1854 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
   
  9. Allen Hepden, basket maker was the son of William Hepden, farm labourer and Mary Ann Hepden [Hawkins]. He was born 1833 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 19th May 1833 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  He married Mary Anne Goodwin on July to Sep 1854, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1854 Q3 Vol 2b Page 110. She was born 1837 at Flimwell, Sussex. They had the following children:
11 iWilliam who was born 1858 at Burwash, Sussex
12 iiHenry Charles who was born 1864 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 1st May 1864 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  iiiEmily who was born 1867 at Burwash, Sussex
   
  10. Mary Ann Woodhams [Hepten] was the daughter of James Hepten, labourer and Rose Hepten [Mepham]. She was born 1821 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 21st Oct 1821 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  She married Isaac Woodhams, carpenter on 3rd Jul 1842 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent. He was born 1821 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 8th Jul 1821 at St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent. They had the following children:
13 iBethnel who was born 1843 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 23rd Mar 1845 Tonbridge, Kent
  iiIsabella who was born 1845 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 30th Apr 1845 Tonbridge, Kent
   
Generation No. 4
  11. William Hepden, farm labourer was the son of Allen Hepden, basket maker and Mary Anne Hepden [Goodwin]. He was born 1858 at Burwash, Sussex
  He married Mary Jane Hope on July to Sep 1884, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1884 Q3 Vol 2b Page 183. She was born 1864 at Mayfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iAllen William who was born 12th Nov 1885 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 3rd Jan 1886 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  iiEmily Jane who was born 17th Apr 1887 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 5th Jun 1887 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  iiiAnne Hannah who was born 1889 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 7th Apr 1889 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  ivSarah who was born 25th Oct 1891 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 6th Dec 1891 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  vJames who was born 5th Jan 1893 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 4th Mar 1894 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  viAlbert Thomas who was born 6th Aug 1898 at Perrymans, Burwash, Sussex; christened 2nd Oct 1898 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
   
  12. Henry Charles Hepden, farm labourer was the son of Allen Hepden, basket maker and Mary Anne Hepden [Goodwin]. He was born 1864 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 1st May 1864 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  He married Elizabeth Jane Lulham on Oct to Dec 1886, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1886 Q4 Vol 2b Page 223. She was born 1869 at Burwash, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iAnnie Elizabeth who was born 31st Jul 1887 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 2nd Oct 1887 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex; died Nov 1887 Burwash, Sussex, aged 3 months; buried 30th Nov 1887 Burwash, Sussex
  iiAda who was born 1889 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 7th Apr 1889 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  iiiElizabeth Jane who was born 1891 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 8th Mar 1891 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  ivRose Ellen who was born 30th Aug 1892 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 16th Aug 1894 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  vAllen Charles who was born 1895 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 20th Apr 1895 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex; died before 24th Apr 1895 Burwash, Sussex, aged 28 days; buried 24th Apr 1895 Burwash, Sussex
  viCharles Frederick Edward who was born 13th Jul 1896 at Shrub Cottage, Burwash, Sussex; christened 11th Oct 1896 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
   
  13. Bethnel Woodhams was the son of Isaac Woodhams, carpenter and Mary Ann Woodhams [Hepten]. He was born 1843 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 23rd Mar 1845 at Tonbridge, Kent
  He married Avis on c 1864. She was born 1844 at Wrotham, Kent. They had the following children:
  iFrank Marmaduke who was born 1866 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 28th Apr 1867 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
  iiAlbert Edward who was born 1867 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 5th Apr 1867 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
  iiiIsabella Mary who was born 1869 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 31st Jan 1869 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
  ivAnnie Charlotte who was born 1870 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 1st Mar 1870 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
   

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