The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Sarah Peerless [Butcher]
Generation No. 1
  1. Sarah Peerless [Butcher] She was born c 1780
2 iWilliam who was born 1801 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 6th Dec 1801 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  She married William Peerless on 9th Nov 1801 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex. He was born 1777 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 16th Feb 1777 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iJames who was born 1804 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 16th Sep 1804 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
3 iiAnn who was born 1805 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 25th Dec 1805 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 2
  2. William Peerless, farmer and carpenter was the son of William Peerless and Sarah Peerless [Butcher]. He was born 1801 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 6th Dec 1801 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  He married Elizabeth on c 1825. She was born 1803 at Surrey. They had the following children:
  iAnn who was born 1826 at Sussex
  iiSarah who was born 1829 at Sussex
4 iiiGeorge who was born 5th Jun 1831 at Crowborough, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 17th Jul 1831 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  ivBithia who was born 1833 at Crowborough, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 26th May 1833 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
5 vEdward who was born 1834 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  viEliza who was born 28th Feb 1838 at Crowborough, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 1st Apr 1838 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
6 viiEllen who was born 9th Aug 1840 at Crowborough, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 6th Sep 1840 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  viiiCharles who was born 26th Mar 1843 at Crowborough, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 10th Apr 1843 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  ixElizabeth who was born 20th Oct 1844 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 1st Dec 1844 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
   
  3. Ann Downard [Peerless] was the daughter of William Peerless and Sarah Peerless [Butcher]. She was born 1805 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 25th Dec 1805 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  She married George Downard on 25th Aug 1825 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex. He was born c 1800. They had the following children:
  iMary Anne who was born 1826 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 24th Sep 1826 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  iiSarah Ann who was born 1835 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 22nd Nov 1835 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  iiiEmma who was born 1838 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 18th Feb 1838 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 3
  4. George Peerless was the son of William Peerless, farmer and carpenter and Elizabeth Peerless. He was born 5th Jun 1831 at Crowborough, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 17th Jul 1831 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  He married Emily Wood on 17th Dec 1855 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex. She was born 1831
   
  5. Edward Peerless, farm labourer was the son of William Peerless, farmer and carpenter and Elizabeth Peerless. He was born 1834 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  He married Phillis on c 1854. She was born 1834 at Buxted, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iAnn who was born 1861 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  iiCatherine who was born 1868 at Withyham, Sussex
  iiiFrancis who was born 1876 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
   
  6. Ellen Wickens [Peerless] was the daughter of William Peerless, farmer and carpenter and Elizabeth Peerless. She was born 9th Aug 1840 at Crowborough, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 6th Sep 1840 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  iAlbert Burgess who was born 1859 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 11th Dec 1859 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  She married James Wickens, farm labourer on 7th Apr 1863 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex. He was born 23rd Apr 1838 at Boarshead, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 12th Aug 1838 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, son of John Wickens (labourer) and Sophia Wickens. They had the following children:
7 iFanny who was born c May 1863 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 10th May 1863 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of James Wickens (labourer) and Ellen Wickens
  iiJohn who was born 13th Apr 1869 at Trenches, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 9th May 1869 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, son of James Wickens (labourer) and Ellen Wickens
  iiiAlfred who was born 19th Mar 1871 at Trenches, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 14th May 1871 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, son of James Wickens (labourer) and Ellen Wickens
  ivWilliam James who was born 18th May 1872 at Steel Cross, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 13th Oct 1872 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, son of James Wickens (labourer) and Ellen Wickens
8 vSarah Ann who was born 10th Jun 1873 at Trenches, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 10th Aug 1873 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of James Wickens (labourer) and Ellen Wickens
9 viHarriett Lucy who was born 1877 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 1877 St Peter's Church, Stonegate, Sussex, daughter of James Wickens (labourer) and Ellen Wickens
  viiWalter who was born 1880 at Mark Cross, Sussex; christened 30th Mar 1880 St. Mark's Church, Mark Cross, Sussex, son of James Wickens (labourer) and Ellen Wickens
   
Generation No. 4
  7. Fanny Pollington [Wickens] was the daughter of James Wickens, farm labourer and Ellen Wickens [Peerless]. She was born c May 1863 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 10th May 1863 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of James Wickens (labourer) and Ellen Wickens
  She married Samuel Pollington, farm labourer on Oct to Dec 1890 at Uckfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1890 Q4 Vol 2B Page 249. He was born 1867 at Rotherfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iMary who was born Jan to Mar 1898 at Rotherfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1898 Q1 Vol 2B Page 117
   
  8. Sarah Ann Mepham [Wickens] was the daughter of James Wickens, farm labourer and Ellen Wickens [Peerless]. She was born 10th Jun 1873 at Trenches, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 10th Aug 1873 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of James Wickens (labourer) and Ellen Wickens
  She married Edward George Mepham, bricklayer's labourer on Apr to June 1893, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1893 Q2 Vol 2a Page 1171. He was born 1874 at Mark Cross, Sussex; christened 5th Jul 1874 at St. Mark's Church, Mark Cross, Sussex, son of Mary Ann Mepham. They had the following children:
  iAlice A. who was born 1894 at Speldhurst, Kent
  iiEdward G. who was born 1895 at Speldhurst, Kent
  iiiJames W. who was born 1897 at Speldhurst, Kent
  ivFrances E. who was born 1898 at Speldhurst, Kent
   
  9. Harriett Lucy Sales [Wickens] was the daughter of James Wickens, farm labourer and Ellen Wickens [Peerless]. She was born 1877 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 1877 at St Peter's Church, Stonegate, Sussex, daughter of James Wickens (labourer) and Ellen Wickens
  She married Henry Sales, labourer on Dec 1897 at Holy Cross Church, Uckfield, Sussex. He was born 1876 at Townrow Green, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 9th Apr 1876 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, son of Henry Sales (labourer) and Eliza Sales. They had the following children:
  iLucy Margaret who was born 26th Nov 1898 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 8th Jul 1899 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of Henry Sales (labourer) and Harriett lucy Sales
  iiEliza Ellen who was born 8th Mar 1900 at Queen's Road, Crowborough, Sussex; christened 13th May 1900 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of Henry Sales (labourer) and Harriett lucy Sales
  iiiHenry who was born 8th Oct 1901 at Queen's Road, Crowborough, Sussex; christened 15th Dec 1901 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  ivPhiladelphia who was born 24th Oct 1903 at Western Road, Jarvis Brook, Rotherfield, Sussex
  vMercy who was born 1908 at Barcombe, Sussex
  viDorothy who was born 1910 at Framfield, Sussex
   

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