The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Philadelphia Holmwood [Gates]
Generation No. 1
  1. Philadelphia Holmwood [Gates] She was born 3rd Feb 1771
2 iTrayton who was born 1801 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 25th Oct 1801 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex; died 7th Feb 1854 East Peckham, Kent
  She married William Holmwood on 25th May 1801 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex. He was born 1779 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 5th Dec 1779 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex; died Jan 1867 at West Malling, Kent; buried 31st Jan 1867 at East Peckham, Kent. They had the following children:
3 iMoses who was born 1803 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 13th Mar 1803 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
4 iiObed who was born 1805 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 19th May 1805 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  iiiIsaac who was born c 1808 at East Peckham, Kent
5 ivWilliam who was born 1814 at East Peckham, Kent; christened 29th May 1814 East Peckham, Kent
  vMark who was born 1816 at East Peckham, Kent
  viElias who was born 1818 at East Peckham, Kent; christened 24th Jan 1818 East Peckham, Kent
  viiMary who was born 1818 at East Peckham, Kent; christened 24th Jan 1818 East Peckham, Kent
6 viiiStephen who was born 1821 at East Peckham, Kent; christened 27th May 1821 East Peckham, Kent
  ixAmbrose who was born 1823 at East Peckham, Kent
  xGeorge who was born 1825 at Hadlow, Kent; christened 3rd Jul 1825 St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Trayton Holmwood was the son of William Holmwood and Philadelphia Holmwood [Gates]. He was born 1801 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 25th Oct 1801 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex; died 7th Feb 1854 at East Peckham, Kent
  He married Mary Ann White on 21st Mar 1825 at St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent. She was born 1803 at Dublin, Ireland; died 1st Jan 1876 at East Peckham, Kent. They had the following children:
7 iPhilis who was born 1826 at East Peckham, Kent
  iiMary who was born 1828 at East Peckham, Kent
  iiiAnn who was born 1829 at East Peckham, Kent
8 ivJane who was born 1831 at East Peckham, Kent; christened 20th Feb 1831 East Peckham, Kent; died 1880 to 1885
9 vWilliam who was born 1832 at East Peckham, Kent
  viMartha who was born 1835
  viiSarah who was born 1840
  viiiSusannah who was born c 1843 at East Peckham, Kent
   
  3. Moses Holmwood was the son of William Holmwood and Philadelphia Holmwood [Gates]. He was born 1803 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 13th Mar 1803 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  He married Ann on 1st Nov 1828 at Wateringbury, Kent. She was born c 1805
   
  4. Obed Holmwood was the son of William Holmwood and Philadelphia Holmwood [Gates]. He was born 1805 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 19th May 1805 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  He married Keziah Field on 7th Jan 1827 at St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent. She was born 29th Sep 1805 at Reams Farm, Hildenborough, Kent. They had the following children:
10 iEliza who was born c Nov 1827 at East Peckham, Kent; christened 23rd Dec 1827 St. Michael's Church, East Peckham, Kent
11 iiWilliam who was born 1829 at East Peckham, Kent; christened 10th May 1829 St. Michael's Church, East Peckham, Kent
  iiiJohn who was born 1830 at East Peckham, Kent; christened 31st Oct 1830 St. Michael's Church, East Peckham, Kent
12 ivThomas who was born 1832 at Hadlow, Kent; christened 26th Feb 1832 St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent; died July to Sep 1884 Camberwell, London
13 vGeorge who was born 1843 at Hadlow, Kent; christened 23rd Apr 1843 St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent
   
  5. William Holmwood was the son of William Holmwood and Philadelphia Holmwood [Gates]. He was born 1814 at East Peckham, Kent; christened 29th May 1814 at East Peckham, Kent
  He married Sarah on 1831. She was born 1810 at East Peckham, Kent. They had the following children:
  iRichard who was born 1840 at East Peckham, Kent
14 iiCharity Thomas who was born 1840 at Tonbridge, Kent
  iiiRose who was born 1841 at East Peckham, Kent; christened 25th Aug 1841 St. Michael's Church, East Peckham, Kent
15 ivFrank who was born 1845 at Little Mill, East Peckham, Kent; christened 13th Jan 1845 St. Michael's Church, East Peckham, Kent
  vPatience who was born 1847 at Little Mill, East Peckham, Kent; christened 15th Aug 1847 St. Michael's Church, East Peckham, Kent
  viGeorge Edward who was born 1849 at Little Mill, East Peckham, Kent; christened Jan 1849 St. Michael's Church, East Peckham, Kent
  viiCharlotte who was born 1851 at Little Mill, East Peckham, Kent; christened 9th Mar 1851 St. Michael's Church, East Peckham, Kent
  viiiEliza who was born c 1854 at East Peckham, Kent
  ixLewis who was born 1858 at East Peckham, Kent
   
  6. Stephen Holmwood was the son of William Holmwood and Philadelphia Holmwood [Gates]. He was born 1821 at East Peckham, Kent; christened 27th May 1821 at East Peckham, Kent
  He married Ann Holmwood on 9th Mar 1844 at East Peckham, Kent. She was born 1821 at East Peckham, Kent; christened 29th Dec 1821 at East Peckham, Kent; died 2nd Mar 1854 at East Peckham, Kent. They had the following children:
  iJohn Richard who was born c 1845
   
Generation No. 3
  7. Philis Reed [Holmwood] was the daughter of Trayton Holmwood and Mary Ann Holmwood [White]. She was born 1826 at East Peckham, Kent
  She married John Reed on 24th Nov 1852 at PK.StMich, East Peckham, Kent. He was born c 1803 at Cranbrook, Kent; died 12th Jun 1883 at Union Workhouse, West Malling, Kent. They had the following children:
16 iCaroline who was born 1853 at East Peckham, Kent
17 iiWilliam who was born 1856 at East Peckham, Kent
18 iiiTrayton who was born 1858 at East Peckham, Kent; died Feb 1936 Northfleet, Kent; buried 7th Feb 1936 Northfleet, Kent
  ivGeorge who was born 1860 at East Peckham, Kent
  vJohn who was born 1863 at East Peckham, Kent
  viJames who was born 1866; died c 1881
  viiFrederick A. who was born 1869 at West Malling, Kent
   
  8. Jane Longhurst [Holmwood] was the daughter of Trayton Holmwood and Mary Ann Holmwood [White]. She was born 1831 at East Peckham, Kent; christened 20th Feb 1831 at East Peckham, Kent; died 1880 to 1885
19 iJames John who was born 1850
  She married James Longhurst on 26th Apr 1851 at St. Michael's, East Peckham, Kent. He was born 1818 at East Peckham, Kent; died 18th Feb 1900 at Wateringbury, Kent. They had the following children:
20 iHenry Thomas who was born 6th Dec 1851 at East Peckham, Kent
21 iiGeorge William who was born 1853
22 iiiEmily Ann who was born 1855 at East Peckham, Kent
23 ivSarah Ann who was born 15th Aug 1857 at East Peckham, Kent
24 vCharles who was born 1859 at West Peckham, Kent
  viEdward who was born Aug 1861; died 1862; buried 16th Feb 1862 East Peckham, Kent
  viiThomas who was born 1862 at East Peckham, Kent
  viiiRosa who was born 1869 at West Malling, Kent
   
  9. William Holmwood was the son of Trayton Holmwood and Mary Ann Holmwood [White]. He was born 1832 at East Peckham, Kent
  He married (1) Elizabeth Divine on 24th Dec 1854 at East Peckham, Kent. She was born c 1833 at Yalding, Kent
  He married (2) Amelia Field on 30th Aug 1872 at St. Michael's, East Peckham, Kent. She was born 30th Aug 1831 at East Peckham, Kent. They had the following children:
  iAlfred who was born 1875 at East Peckham, Kent
  iiSarah M. who was born 1878 at East Peckham, Kent
   
  10. Eliza Warnett [Rabbitt] [Holmwood] was the daughter of Obed Holmwood and Keziah Holmwood [Field]. She was born c Nov 1827 at East Peckham, Kent; christened 23rd Dec 1827 at St. Michael's Church, East Peckham, Kent
  She married (1) George Rabbitt on 31st Oct 1846 at St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent. He was born 1823 at Hadlow, Kent; christened 27th Apr 1823 at St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent; died 21st Apr 1869 at Hadlow, Kent, registered at Tunbridge Wells District, Kent, ref: 1869 Q2 Vol 2A Page 307. They had the following children:
  iHenry who was born 1848 at Hadlow, Kent
  iiGeorge who was born 1858 at Hadlow, Kent
  iiiJohn who was born 1861 at Hadlow, Kent
  ivJesse who was born 1865 at Hadlow, Kent
  vJane who was born 1867 at Hadlow, Kent
  She married (2) Stephen Warnett, agricultural labourer on 22nd Nov 1879 at Christ Church, Lansdown Road, Tonbridge, Kent. He was born 1826 at Hadlow, Kent; christened 5th Feb 1826 at St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent
   
  11. William Holmwood was the son of Obed Holmwood and Keziah Holmwood [Field]. He was born 1829 at East Peckham, Kent; christened 10th May 1829 at St. Michael's Church, East Peckham, Kent
  He married Sarah Pucknell on 10th Aug 1850 at St. Johns Parish Church, Hildenborough, Kent. She was born 1831 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 9th Jan 1831 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent. They had the following children:
  iSarah who was born Jan 1851 at Opposite Cage Farm, Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1851 Q1 Vol 5 Page 591; buried 17th Jan 1852 Tonbridge, Kent, age 12 months
  iiJohn who was born Oct to Dec 1853 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tunbridge Wells District, Kent, ref: 1853 Q4 Vol 2A Page 356; christened 7th Mar 1854 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
  iiiFrederick who was born 1856 at Hadlow, Kent; christened 24th Feb 1856 St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent
  ivThomas who was born 1858 at Hadlow, Kent; christened 28th Nov 1858 St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent
   
  12. Thomas Homewood was the son of Obed Holmwood and Keziah Holmwood [Field]. He was born 1832 at Hadlow, Kent; christened 26th Feb 1832 at St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent; died July to Sep 1884 at Camberwell, London, registered at Camberwell District, London, ref: 1884 Q3 Vol 1D Page 561
  He married Johanna Hanley on 27th Oct 1855 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent. She was born 1839 at Castletown, Co Cork, Ireland
   
  13. George Homewood, farm labourer was the son of Obed Holmwood and Keziah Holmwood [Field]. He was born 1843 at Hadlow, Kent; christened 23rd Apr 1843 at St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent
  He married (1) Sarah Barton on 23rd Nov 1867 at St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent. She was born 1848 at Hadlow, Kent; christened 31st Mar 1848 at St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent, daughter of William Barton (labourer) and Harriet Barton; died July to Sep 1875 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tunbridge Wells District, Kent, ref: 1875 Q3 Vol 2A Page 323
  He married (2) Emma May on Jan to Mar 1881 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tunbridge Wells District, Kent, ref: 1881 Q1 Vol 2A Page 758. She was born 1836 at Hadlow, Kent; christened 10th Apr 1836 at St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent, daughter of William Barton and Harriet Barton
   
  14. Charity Thomas Stephens [Homewood] was the daughter of William Holmwood and Sarah Holmwood. She was born 1840 at Tonbridge, Kent
  She married Thomas Stephens on 20th May 1860 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent. He was born c 1840
   
  15. Frank Homewood was the son of William Holmwood and Sarah Holmwood. He was born 1845 at Little Mill, East Peckham, Kent; christened 13th Jan 1845 at St. Michael's Church, East Peckham, Kent
  He married Ann Owen on Oct to Dec 1867, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1867 Q4 Vol 2a Page 860. She was born 1838 at Leigh, Kent. They had the following children:
  iGeorge who was born 1868 at Tonbridge, Kent
  iiAlice who was born 1870 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 30th Jan 1870 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
  iiiAda who was born 1874 at Tonbridge, Kent
   
Generation No. 4
  16. Caroline Harryman [Reed] was the daughter of John Reed and Philis Reed [Holmwood]. She was born 1853 at East Peckham, Kent
  She married Alfred S. Harryman on c 1880. He was born c 1860 at Mereworth, Kent
   
  17. William Reed was the son of John Reed and Philis Reed [Holmwood]. He was born 1856 at East Peckham, Kent
  He married Elizabeth on c 1880. She was born c 1857 at Gravesend, Kent
   
  18. Trayton Reed was the son of John Reed and Philis Reed [Holmwood]. He was born 1858 at East Peckham, Kent; died Feb 1936 at Northfleet, Kent; buried 7th Feb 1936 at Northfleet cemetery, Northfleet, Kent
  He married Martha Askew on 25th Mar 1883 at Northfleet, Kent. She was born 1864 at Rosherville, Kent; died 9th Feb 1939 at Northfleet, Kent. They had the following children:
  iMartha Caroline who was born 1884; died 1973
  iiSarah who was born 1886
  iiiEdward William who was born 1887
  ivGeorge who was born 1889; died 1950
  vHenry who was born 1891
  viCelia who was born 1894; died 1965
  viiArthur Thomas who was born 1896
  viiiPhyllis Jane who was born 1899; died 1971
  ixJohn who was born 1901
  xViolet Mary who was born 1903
   
  19. James John Longhurst was the son of James Longhurst and Jane Longhurst [Holmwood]. He was born 1850
  He married Jane on c 1870. She was born 1851. They had the following children:
  iJames Henry who was born 1872
  iiErnest Joseph who was born 1873
  iiiWilliam who was born 1875
  ivTed who was born 1877
  vRose Ada who was born 1878
  viEmma who was born 1880
  viiAlbert who was born 1882
   
  20. Henry Thomas Longhurst was the son of James Longhurst and Jane Longhurst [Holmwood]. He was born 6th Dec 1851 at East Peckham, Kent
  iHenry William who was born 1873
  He married Emily Emma Reeves on 10th Jun 1873 at St. Laurence's Church, Mereworth, Kent. She was born 31st Mar 1853 at Duke's Place, West Peckham, Kent. They had the following children:
  iAda Elese who was born 1875; died 1876
  iiErnest Alfred who was born 1878
  iiiEmily Florence who was born 1881; died 1883
25 ivFrank Thomas who was born 1882; died 1963
  vAlbert Edward who was born 1885
  viJohn Richard who was born 1886; died 1887
   
  21. George William Longhurst was the son of James Longhurst and Jane Longhurst [Holmwood]. He was born 1853
  He married Mary on c 1875. She was born c 1853 at Aylesford, Kent. They had the following children:
  iGeorge who was born 1878
   
  22. Emily Ann Hollands [Longhurst] was the daughter of James Longhurst and Jane Longhurst [Holmwood]. She was born 1855 at East Peckham, Kent
  She married Frank Hollands on Nov 1872 at Maidstone, Kent. He was born 1855 at Headcorn, Kent. They had the following children:
  iEmily who was born 1873
  iiMinnie who was born 1875
  iiiFrank who was born 1878
  ivGeorge Henry who was born 1880
   
  23. Sarah Ann Simmons [Longhurst] was the daughter of James Longhurst and Jane Longhurst [Holmwood]. She was born 15th Aug 1857 at East Peckham, Kent
  She married Richard Simmons on c 1881. He was born c 1859 at Ashburnham, Sussex
   
  24. Charles Longhurst was the son of James Longhurst and Jane Longhurst [Holmwood]. He was born 1859 at West Peckham, Kent
  He married Matilda on c 1875. She was born c 1857 at Mereworth, Kent. They had the following children:
  iMary J. who was born 1877
  iiEliza J. who was born 1881
   
Generation No. 5
  25. Frank Thomas Longhurst was the son of Henry Thomas Longhurst and Emily Emma Longhurst [Reeves]. He was born 1882; died 1963
  He married Ethel Amelia Williams on c 1905. She was born c 1885. They had the following children:
26 iIrene Ethel who was born 10th Dec 1910; died 26th Sep 1989
   
Generation No. 6
  26. Irene Ethel Fearn [Longhurst] was the daughter of Frank Thomas Longhurst and Ethel Amelia Longhurst [Williams]. She was born 10th Dec 1910; died 26th Sep 1989
  She married Fred Fearn on 27th Mar 1937. He was born 21st Feb 1909; died 23rd Apr 1983. They had the following children:
  iMaureen Ann who was born 1952
   

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