The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Richard Pratt, grocer, miller and farmer, son of James Pratt, farmer and Kitty Pratt [Ashby]
Generation No. 1
  1. Richard Pratt, grocer, miller and farmer was the son of James Pratt, farmer and Kitty Pratt [Ashby]. He was born 7th Oct 1816 at Maynard Gate, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 10th Nov 1816 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of James Pratt (farmer) and Kitty Pratt; died 7th Sep 1895
  He married Hannah Callow on 14th Apr 1841 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex. She was born 27th Dec 1816 at Crowborough, Sussex; christened 16th Feb 1817 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of Samuel Callow (labourer) & Sarah Callow. They had the following children:
2 iEliza who was born 1842 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  iiJesse who was born 1844 at Rotherfield, Sussex; died 3rd Feb 1862, killed in an accident at Pratt’s Mill
3 iiiSamuel who was born 1846 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  ivHannah who was born 1848 at Rotherfield, Sussex; died 17th Dec 1852
4 vWilliam who was born Apr to June 1849 at Rotherfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1849 Q2 Vol 7 Page 548
5 viSarah who was born 1852 at Rotherfield, Sussex; died 16th Aug 1920
6 viiRichard who was born 1854 at Rotherfield, Sussex
7 viiiLeah who was born 1856 at Rotherfield, Sussex; died 9th Jan 1939 Crowborough, Sussex
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Eliza Wickens [Pratt] was the daughter of Richard Pratt, grocer, miller and farmer and Hannah Pratt [Callow]. She was born 1842 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  She married Thomas Wickens, farm labourer on 18th Feb 1862 at Christ Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. He was born 30th Nov 1812 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 31st Dec 1812 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, son of Joseph Wickens and Elizabeth Wickens. They had the following children:
  iEliza who was born 1864 at Withyham, Sussex
  iiHarriett Ada who was born 1867 at Withyham, Sussex
  iiiRhoda who was born 1870 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  ivSamuel who was born 1872 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  vLouisa L. who was born 1874 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  viEsther who was born 1876 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  viiCharles who was born 1879 at Ringmer, Sussex
   
  3. Samuel Pratt, master miller was the son of Richard Pratt, grocer, miller and farmer and Hannah Pratt [Callow]. He was born 1846 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  He married Lois Fenner Smith on Oct to Dec 1865, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1865 Q4 Vol 2b Page 201. She was born 7th Sep 1846 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 1st Nov 1846 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
8 iAnne who was born 1869 at Rotherfield, Sussex
9 iiEsther who was born 1871 at Rotherfield, Sussex
10 iiiJoseph who was born 1873 at Rotherfield, Sussex
11 ivBenjamin Thomas who was born 1875 at Rotherfield, Sussex
   
  4. William Pratt, master brickmaker was the son of Richard Pratt, grocer, miller and farmer and Hannah Pratt [Callow]. He was born Apr to June 1849 at Rotherfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1849 Q2 Vol 7 Page 548
  He married (1) Louisa Taylor on Oct to Dec 1869 at Uckfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1869 Q4 Vol 2b Page 213. She was born 1846 at Withyham, Sussex. They had the following children:
12 iJohn ErnestTaylor who was born Oct to Dec 1870 at Rotherfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1870 Q4 Vol 2B Page 98
13 iiCharlotte Louisa Taylor who was born July to Sep 1873 at Rotherfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1872 Q3 Vol 2B Page 106
14 iiiWilliam Thomas Hyder who was born 1879 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  He married (2) Mercy Midmore on Oct 1881 at Uckfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1881 Q4 Vol 2B Page 266. She was born July to Sep 1861 at Buxted, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1861 Q3 Vol 2B Page 98; died Oct to Dec 1890 at Uckfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1890 Q4 Vol 2B Page 72, aged 29 years
  He married (3) Hannah Midmore on 2nd Sep 1891 at St Philip's Church, Lambeth, London, witnesses ames Midmore & Rhoda Page. She was born Oct to Dec 1866 at Buxted, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1866 Q4 Vol 2B Page 117. They had the following children:
  iHannah who was born 1893 at Crowborough, Sussex
  iiBenjamin who was born 1896 at Crowborough, Sussex
  iiiElizabeth who was born 1899 at Crowborough, Sussex
  ivThomas who was born 1901 at Crowborough, Sussex
  vGrace who was born 1910 at Crowborough, Sussex
   
  5. Sarah Oliver [Pratt] was the daughter of Richard Pratt, grocer, miller and farmer and Hannah Pratt [Callow]. She was born 1852 at Rotherfield, Sussex; died 16th Aug 1920
  iRhoda who was born 1868 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  She married Charles Oliver, farmer on c 1870. He was born 1845 at Ticehurst, Sussex; christened 24th Aug 1845 at St. Augustine's Church, Flimwell, Sussex, twin, son of Frances Oliver (spinster); died 10th Feb 1907 at Leagues Farm, Rotherfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iWalter who was born 1871 at Crowborough, Sussex
  iiBertha S. who was born 1874 at Crowborough, Sussex
   
  6. Richard Pratt was the son of Richard Pratt, grocer, miller and farmer and Hannah Pratt [Callow]. He was born 1854 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  He married (1) Ann Hendley on 22nd Feb 1872 at Uckfield Register Office, Uckfield, Sussex. She was born 1854 at Crowborough Cross, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 6th Mar 1854 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of Benjamin Hendley (miller) and Phoebe Hendley; died 20th Apr 1921. They had the following children:
  iMercy who was born 15th Nov 1872 at Crowborough, Sussex
  iiJames who was born 9th Jun 1874 at Crowborough, Sussex
  iiiJesses who was born 24th Jan 1876 at Crowborough, Sussex
  ivGeorge Richard who was born 16th Dec 1878 at Ringmer, Sussex
  vPeter Samuel who was born 10th Aug 1880 at Ringmer, Sussex
  viAnnie Edith who was born 2nd Oct 1882 at Ringmer, Sussex
  viiMabel who was born 5th Oct 1884 at Ringmer, Sussex
  viiiEbenezer who was born 13th Feb 1887 at Ringmer, Sussex
  ixRuth Annie who was born 5th Jun 1889 at Ringmer, Sussex
  xKate who was born 10th May 1891 at Bentley Farm, Framfield, Sussex
  xiJoseph David who was born 29th Jun 1893 at Bentley Farm, Framfield, Sussex
  xiiFrank Thomas who was born 17th Jul 1896 at Bentley Farm, Framfield, Sussex
  xiiiGrace Lily who was born 28th Aug 1900 at Bentley Farm, Framfield, Sussex
  He married (2) Elizabeth Banks on 28th Feb 1923. She was born 1874 at Little Horsted, Sussex; died 1961
   
  7. Leah Burfoot [Pratt] was the daughter of Richard Pratt, grocer, miller and farmer and Hannah Pratt [Callow]. She was born 1856 at Rotherfield, Sussex; died 9th Jan 1939 at Crowborough, Sussex
  She married Joseph Charles Burfoot, farm bailiff on July to Sep 1874. He was born 1854 at Ash, Kent; died 1928. They had the following children:
  iFanny who was born 1876 at Withyham, Sussex
  iiJoseph who was born 1878 at Withyham, Sussex
  iiiGeorge who was born 1880 at Ringmer, Sussex
  ivAnne who was born 1882 at Ringmer, Sussex
  vLaura who was born 1884 at Ringmer, Sussex
  viJohn who was born 1886 at Withyham, Sussex
  viiErnest who was born 1888 at Withyham, Sussex
  viiiEdith who was born 1890 at Withyham, Sussex
  ixLilian who was born 1892 at Crowborough, Sussex
  xCharlotte who was born 1892 at Ashurst, Kent
  xiEbenezer who was born 1894 at Bexhill, Sussex
  xiiThomas who was born 1895 at Ashurst, Kent
  xiiiAlbert V. who was born 1897 at Penshurst, Kent
  xivDavid who was born 1900 at Chiddingstone, Kent
   
Generation No. 3
  8. Anne Colbran [Pratt] was the daughter of Samuel Pratt, master miller and Lois Fenner Pratt [Smith]. She was born 1869 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  She married Charles Albert Colbran, miller on Jan to Mar 1887, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1887 Q1 Vol 2b Page 156. He was born 1865 at Rotherfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iAnnie who was born July to Sep 1887 at Rotherfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1887 Q3 Vol 2b Page 125
  iiSamuel George who was born 1890 at Rotherfield, Sussex; died 14th Sep 1914 France, killed in action; buried after 14th Sep 1914 France
  iiiMary Lois who was born 1892 at Rotherfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1892 Q3 Vol 2b Page 128
  ivFrank who was born 1894 at Barcombe, Sussex
  vKate Mabel who was born 1896 at Barcombe, Sussex
   
  9. Esther Whatford [Pratt] was the daughter of Samuel Pratt, master miller and Lois Fenner Pratt [Smith]. She was born 1871 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  She married Benoni Benjamin Whatford, coachman on 1892. He was born Mar 1871 at Rotherfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iAlbert who was born 1893 at Crowborough, Sussex
   
  10. Joseph Pratt, corn milling, grinder was the son of Samuel Pratt, master miller and Lois Fenner Pratt [Smith]. He was born 1873 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  He married Mercy Leah Brown on July to Sep 1895, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1895 Q3 Vol 2b Page 224. She was born 1876 at Crowborough, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iLois who was born 1898 at Crowborough, Sussex
  iiThomas Samuel who was born 1899 at Crowborough, Sussex
  iiiRichard who was born 1902 at Crowborough, Sussex
  ivGladys Mary who was born 1904 at Crowborough, Sussex
  vMabel who was born 1906 at Crowborough, Sussex
   
  11. Benjamin Thomas Pratt, corn miller was the son of Samuel Pratt, master miller and Lois Fenner Pratt [Smith]. He was born 1875 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  He married Alice Valentina Fenner on Apr to June 1900, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1900 Q2 Vol 2b Page 277. She was born 14th Feb 1878 at Jarvis Brook, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 14th Apr 1878 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of James Fenner (labourer) & Ellen Fenner. They had the following children:
  iGraham Walter who was born 1902 at Crowborough, Sussex
  iiOlive Mercy who was born 1903 at Crowborough, Sussex
   
  12. John ErnestTaylor Pratt was the son of William Pratt, master brickmaker and Louisa Pratt [Taylor]. He was born Oct to Dec 1870 at Rotherfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1870 Q4 Vol 2B Page 98
  He married Mary Blackford on 16th Nov 1842 at All Saints Church, Crowborough, Sussex, witnesses Luke Blackford & Louisa Pratt. She was born Jan to Mar 1872 at Mayfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1872 Q1 Vol 2B Page 113
   
  13. Charlotte Louisa Taylor Paine [Pratt] was the daughter of William Pratt, master brickmaker and Louisa Pratt [Taylor]. She was born July to Sep 1873 at Rotherfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1872 Q3 Vol 2B Page 106
  She married Arthur James Paine on 11th Jan 1894 at Crowborough Chapel [a.k.a. All Saints Church], Crowborough, Sussex, witnesses L & R Paine. He was born July to Sep 1870 at Rotherfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1870 Q3 Vol 2B Page 97; christened 28th Aug 1870 at Crowborough Chapel [a.k.a. All Saints Church], Crowborough, Sussex
   
  14. William Thomas Hyder Pratt, cycle maker and dealer was the son of William Pratt, master brickmaker and Louisa Pratt [Taylor]. He was born 1879 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  He married Rhoda Potter on Oct to Dec 1900 at Uckfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1900 Q4 Vol 2b Page 303. She was born Oct to Dec 1874 at Brighton, Sussex, registered at Brighton District, Sussex, ref: 1874 Q4 Vol 2B Page 222. They had the following children:
  iJohn who was born 1902 at Crowborough, Sussex
  iiGeorge who was born 1906 at Crowborough, Sussex
  iiiRhoda who was born 1908 at Crowborough, Sussex
  ivMercy who was born 1910 at Crowborough, Sussex
   

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