The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Sophia Manser [Whitehead]
Generation No. 1
  1. Sophia Manser [Whitehead] She was born 1784 at Knockholt, Kent; christened 12th Sep 1784 at St Katherine's Church, Knockholt, Kent, parents edward & Elizabeth Whitehead
  She married Valentine Manser on 25th Jun 1815 at St John's Church, West Wickham, Kent. He was born 1788 at Hadlow, Kent; christened 2nd Mar 1788 at St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent, mother Mary Manser, base born. They had the following children:
2 iMary who was born 1816 at St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent; christened 19th Apr 1816 St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent
3 iiGeorge who was born 1821 at Hadlow, Kent; christened 22nd Jul 1821 St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent
  iiiHenry who was born 1823 at Hadlow, Kent; christened 20th Apr 1823 St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent
  ivSophia who was born 1824 at Hadlow, Kent; christened 12th Dec 1824 St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent
4 vWilliam who was born 1826 at Hadlow, Kent; christened 27th Dec 1826 St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Mary Chapman [Manser] was the daughter of Valentine Manser and Sophia Manser [Whitehead]. She was born 1816 at St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent; christened 19th Apr 1816 at St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent
  She married George Jackson Chapman, house painter on Jan to Mar 1846 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1846 Q1 Vol 5 Page 567. He was born 31st Jan 1820 at Cranbrook, Kent; christened 20th Dec 1825 at Chapel on the Hill, Cranbrook, Kent, parents William Jackson & Onar Chapman [Curl]. They had the following children:
5 iWilliam Jackson who was born 1850 at Hadlow, Kent; christened 30th Jan 1850 St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent
  iiGeorge Jackson who was born 1851 at Hadlow, Kent; christened 25th May 1851 St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent
  iiiLucy who was born 1856 at Hadlow, Kent
   
  3. George Manser was the son of Valentine Manser and Sophia Manser [Whitehead]. He was born 1821 at Hadlow, Kent; christened 22nd Jul 1821 at St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent
  He married Celia Beale on 21st Oct 1846 at St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent, witnesses William Manser & Mary Beale. She was born 1826 at Hadlow, Kent; christened 21st Jan 1827 at St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent, parents William & Sarah Beale
   
  4. William Manser, drayman was the son of Valentine Manser and Sophia Manser [Whitehead]. He was born 1826 at Hadlow, Kent; christened 27th Dec 1826 at St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent
  iFrederick who was born 1855 at Hadlow, Kent
  He married Caroline on July to Sep 1856, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1856 Q3 Vol 2a Page 581. She was born 1841 at Hadlow, Kent. They had the following children:
6 iAlbert who was born 1857 at Hadlow, Kent
  iiHenry who was born 1860 at Hadlow, Kent; christened 25th Nov 1860 St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent
  iiiWilliam who was born 1863 at Hadlow, Kent
  ivGeorge who was born 1865 at Hadlow, Kent
  vRosetta who was born 1872 at Hadlow, Kent
   
Generation No. 3
  5. William Jackson Chapman was the son of George Jackson Chapman, house painter and Mary Chapman [Manser]. He was born 1850 at Hadlow, Kent; christened 30th Jan 1850 at St. Mary's Church, Hadlow, Kent
  He married (1) Sarah Ann Allpress on Apr to June 1873 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1873 Q2 Vol 2a Page 881. She was born July to Sep 1849 at Houghton, Huntingdonshire; christened 18th Nov 1849 at Houghton, Huntingdonshire, parents Thomas & Sarah Allpress; died July to Sep 1878, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1878 Q3 Vol 2a Page 361, aged 28 years. They had the following children:
  iKate who was born July to Sep 1875 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1875 Q3 Vol 2a Page 580
  iiWilliam Jackson who was born Oct to Dec 1876, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1876 Q4 Vol 2a Page 615; died Oct to Dec 1878, aged 2 years
7 iiiNellie who was born Jan to Mar 1878 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1878 Q1 Vol 2a Page 622
  ivAlfred Jackson who was born Oct to Dec 1878, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1878 Q4 Vol 2a Page 603; died Jan to Mar 1879
  He married (2) Catherine Allpress on Jan to Mar 1879, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1879 Q1 Vol 2a Page 691. She was born Apr to June 1857 at Houghton, Huntingdonshire. They had the following children:
  iMinnie who was born July to Sep 1879 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1879 Q3 Vol 2a Page 635
  iiEdward Thomas who was born Jan 1881 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1881 Q1 Vol 2a Page 668
  iiiArthur William who was born Apr to June 1882 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1882 Q2 Vol 2a Page 660
  ivMary who was born July to Sep 1883 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1883 Q3 Vol 2a Page 649
  vRobert who was born Oct to Dec 1884 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1884 Q4 Vol 2a Page 684
  viBenjamin who was born Oct to Dec 1885 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1885 Q4 Vol 2a Page 6?2
  viiGeorge Jackson who was born Apr to June 1887 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1887 Q2 Vol 2a Page 695
  viiiColin who was born Oct to Dec 1888 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1888 Q4 Vol 2a Page 679
  ixGrace Miriam who was born Oct to Dec 1889 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1889 Q4 Vol 2a Page 702
  xHilda Sophia who was born Jan to Mar 1891 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1891 Q1 Vol 2a Page 729
  xiEthel who was born Jan to Mar 1892 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1892 Q1 Vol 2a Page 701
  xiiAlbert who was born Apr to June 1893 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1893 Q2 Vol 2a Page 695
  xiiiEdith May who was born July to Sep 1894 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1894 Q3 Vol 2a Page 680
  xivNora Lucy who was born Oct to Dec 1895 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1895 Q4 Page 681
   
  6. Albert Manser, baker journeyman was the son of William Manser, drayman and Caroline Manser. He was born 1857 at Hadlow, Kent
  He married Adelaide Tutchener on Jan to Mar 1880, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1880 Q1 Vol 2a Page 729. She was born 1858 at Southborough, Kent. They had the following children:
  iAdelaide L. who was born before Feb 1881 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  iiAlbert E who was born 1884 at Southborough, Kent
  iiiThomas W who was born 1887 at Hadlow, Kent
  ivFrederick who was born 1890 at Tonbridge, Kent
  vGeorge H who was born 1891 at Tonbridge, Kent
   
Generation No. 4
  7. Nellie Richardson [Chapman] was the daughter of William Jackson Chapman and Sarah Ann Chapman [Allpress]. She was born Jan to Mar 1878 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1878 Q1 Vol 2a Page 622
  She married Arthur George Richardson on 4th Aug 1906 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent. He was born Oct to Dec 1873 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1873 Q4 Vol 2A Page 555; christened 11th Jan 1874 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
   

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