The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for John Smith, farm labourer
Generation No. 1
  1. John Smith, farm labourer He was born 1798 at Buxted, Sussex
  He married Mary Thorp on 29th Nov 1830 at St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex. She was born c 1808. They had the following children:
  iLucy who was born 1831 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 12th Jun 1831 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex
2 iiAnn who was born 1833 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 6th Oct 1833 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex
3 iiiWilliam who was born 1835 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 11th Oct 1835 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex
4 ivMary who was born 1838 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 22nd Apr 1838 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Ann Frost [Smith] was the daughter of John Smith, farm labourer and Mary Smith [Thorp]. She was born 1833 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 6th Oct 1833 at St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex
  She married Thomas Frost, farmer on 17th Apr 1858 at St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex, witnesses Thomas & Mary Turk. He was born 1824 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 29th Feb 1824 at St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex
   
  3. William Smith, farm labourer was the son of John Smith, farm labourer and Mary Smith [Thorp]. He was born 1835 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 11th Oct 1835 at St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex
  He married Harriet Leonard on 31st Aug 1861 at St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex. She was born 1845 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 19th Jan 1845 at St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iAnne who was born 1863 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 6th Sep 1863 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex
  iiEmily who was born 1863 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 6th Sep 1863 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex
  iiiGeorge who was born 1868 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 29th Mar 1868 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex
   
  4. Mary Turk [Smith] was the daughter of John Smith, farm labourer and Mary Smith [Thorp]. She was born 1838 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 22nd Apr 1838 at St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex
  She married Thomas Turk, farm labourer on 17th Oct 1857 at St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex. He was born 1834 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 24th Aug 1834 at St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex, son of Thomas (labourer) and Hannah Turk. They had the following children:
  iJohn who was born 1858 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 5th Dec 1858 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex, son of Thomas (labourer) and Mary Turk
5 iiGeorge who was born 1862 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 16th Feb 1862 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex, son of Thomas (labourer) and Mary Turk
6 iiiSpencer who was born 1864 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 16th Oct 1864 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex, son of Thomas (labourer) and Mary Turk
  ivMary Ann who was born 1867 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 8th Sep 1867 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex, daughter of Thomas (labourer) and Mary Turk
  vFanny who was born 1870 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 5th Jun 1870 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex, daughter of Thomas (labourer) and Mary Turk
7 viHenry who was born 1873 at High Hurst Wood, Buxted, Sussex; christened 13th Oct 1872 Holy Trinity Church, High Hurstwood, Buxted, Sussex, son of Thomas (labourer) and Mary Turk
  viiKate who was born 1875 at High Hurst Wood, Buxted, Sussex; christened 11th Oct 1874 Holy Trinity Church, High Hurstwood, Buxted, Sussex, daughter of Thomas (labourer) and Mary Turk
  viiiElizabeth who was born 25th Oct 1876 at Mayfield Cottage, High Hurst Wood, Buxted, Sussex; christened 11th Feb 1877 Holy Trinity Church, High Hurstwood, Buxted, Sussex, daughter of Thomas (labourer) and Mary Turk
   
Generation No. 3
  5. George Turk, general labourer was the son of Thomas Turk, farm labourer and Mary Turk [Smith]. He was born 1862 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 16th Feb 1862 at St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex, son of Thomas (labourer) and Mary Turk
  He married Mary Ellen Bonds on Apr to June 1891, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1891 Q2 Vol 2b Page 225. She was born 1863 at Mayfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iHilda who was born 1893 at Jarvis Brook, Sussex
  iiMontague who was born 1894 at Jarvis Brook, Sussex
  iiiDorothy who was born 1897 at Jarvis Brook, Sussex
  ivStanley who was born 1899 at Jarvis Brook, Sussex
  vEthel who was born 1900 at Jarvis Brook, Sussex
  viMuriel who was born 1903 at Jarvis Brook, Sussex
   
  6. Spencer Turk was the son of Thomas Turk, farm labourer and Mary Turk [Smith]. He was born 1864 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 16th Oct 1864 at St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex, son of Thomas (labourer) and Mary Turk
  He married Mary Anne Baker on 4th Jun 1887 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex. She was born 1870 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 9th Jan 1870 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iFrederick Charlie who was born 1888 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 25th Mar 1888 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex, son of Spencer (labourer) and Maryann Turk
  iiAlice Gertrude who was born 1889 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 1st Dec 1889 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex, daughter of Spencer (labourer) and Mary Ann Turk
   
  7. Henry Turk, farm labourer was the son of Thomas Turk, farm labourer and Mary Turk [Smith]. He was born 1873 at High Hurst Wood, Buxted, Sussex
  He married Eliza Styles on Oct to Dec 1901, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1901 Q4 Vol 2b Page 321. She was born 1876 at Mayfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iHorace who was born 1903 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  iiGladys who was born 1905 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  iiiThomas who was born 1907 at Rotherfield, Sussex
   

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