The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Sarah Divall [Ounstead], daughter of Thomas Hounstead, farm labourer and Jane (Jenny) Hounstead [Jenner]
Generation No. 1
  1. Sarah Divall [Ounstead] was the daughter of Thomas Hounstead, farm labourer and Jane (Jenny) Hounstead [Jenner]. She was born 1822 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 24th Feb 1822 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, recorded as Sarah Hounstead
  She married Thomas Divall, labourer on 11th Jul 1840 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. He was born 1814 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 24th Jul 1814 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
2 iHarriet who was born 1841 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 29th Aug 1841 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  iiJames who was born 1845 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 7th Sep 1845 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  iiiEdward who was born 1848 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 1848 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  ivCaroline who was born 1848 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 25th Jan 1848 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
3 vThomas who was born 1851 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 9th Feb 1851 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  viWilliam who was born 1854 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 13th Aug 1854 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  viiMary who was born 1858 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 5th Sep 1858 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  viiiEdward who was born 1860 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 30th Sep 1860 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  ixHenry who was born 1864 at Hartfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Harriet Everest [Divall] was the daughter of Thomas Divall, labourer and Sarah Divall [Ounstead]. She was born 1841 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 29th Aug 1841 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  She married Abel Everest, sawyer on 18th Oct 1862 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. He was born 1840 at Hartfield, Sussex, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1840 Q1 Vol 7 Page 311, as Abel Berry; christened 15th Mar 1840 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of James Everest (labourer) and Philly Everest. They had the following children:
4 iMarianne who was born 1864 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 27th Mar 1864 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex; died Apr to June 1911, aged 47 years
5 iiHelen who was born 1865 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 26th Nov 1865 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex; died 12th Jul 1932 Dorset; buried 15th Jul 1932 Hartfield, Sussex
6 iiiJames who was born 1868 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 27th Dec 1868 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  ivJohn who was born 1872 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 25th Feb 1872 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  vSarah Anne who was born 1875 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 28th Feb 1875 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  viAbel who was born 1880 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 21st Mar 1880 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  viiCatherine Maud who was born 1883 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 26th Aug 1883 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
   
  3. Thomas Divall, road man was the son of Thomas Divall, labourer and Sarah Divall [Ounstead]. He was born 1851 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 9th Feb 1851 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  He married Hannah Davies on 19th Oct 1872 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. She was born 1847 at Newport, Monmouth, Wales. They had the following children:
  iCaroline who was born 1873 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 25th May 1873 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  iiSarah Anne who was born 1874 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 18th Oct 1874 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  iiiEdward who was born 1876 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 28th May 1876 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  ivThomas William who was born 1879 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 4th May 1879 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
7 vSophia Jane who was born 1884 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 7th Jan 1884 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex; died 15th Sep 1963 East Grinstead, Sussex
   
Generation No. 3
  4. Marianne Heasman [Everest] was the daughter of Abel Everest, sawyer and Harriet Everest [Divall]. She was born 1864 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 27th Mar 1864 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex; died Apr to June 1911, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1911 Q2 Vol 2b Page 85, aged 47 years
  She married Henry Heasman, coachman on July to Sep 1889, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1889 Q3 Vol 2b Page 223. He was born 1854 at Quabrook, Hartfield, Sussex; christened 5th Nov 1854 at Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex; died July to Sep 1905, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1905 Q3 Vol 2b Page 76, aged 50 years. They had the following children:
  iWilliam Henry who was born Jan to Mar 1891 at Forest Row, Sussex, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1891 Q1 Vol 2b Page 151; died Apr to June 1892, aged 1 year
   
  5. Helen Wheatley [Everest] was the daughter of Abel Everest, sawyer and Harriet Everest [Divall]. She was born 1865 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 26th Nov 1865 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex; died 12th Jul 1932 at Bournemouth, Dorset; buried 15th Jul 1932 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  She married George Wheatley, railway plate-layer on 24th Dec 1887 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. He was born 1857 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 31st May 1857 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of James Wheatley (labourer) & Hannah Whealey; died 2nd Feb 1929 at Culvers, Hartfield, Sussex; buried 9th Feb 1929 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iLance-Corporal George who was born 1888 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 19th Aug 1888 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of George Wheatley (labourer) & Ellen Wheatley; died 3rd May 1917 France, Killed in action
Memorial at Arras
  iiElizabeth who was born 1890 at Jackson's Place, Hartfield, Sussex; christened 31st Aug 1890 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, daughter of George Wheatley (labourer) & Ellen Wheatley
  iiiLance-Corporal William James who was born 1893 at Jackson's Place, Hartfield, Sussex; christened 2nd Apr 1893 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of George Wheatley (platelayer) & Ellen Wheatley; died 7th Apr 1915 France, Died from wounds on 19th March
Memorial at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
8 ivCaroline who was born 1895 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 10th Nov 1895 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, daughter of George Wheatley (platelayer) & Ellen Wheatley
   
  6. James Everest, general labourer was the son of Abel Everest, sawyer and Harriet Everest [Divall]. He was born 1868 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 27th Dec 1868 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  He married Fanny on c 1887. She was born 1867 at Woolwich, Kent. They had the following children:
  iHarriett who was born 1890 at Hartfield, Sussex
  iiEdith Maud who was born 1892 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 24th Apr 1892 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
   
  7. Sophia Jane Chesson [Divall] was the daughter of Thomas Divall, road man and Hannah Divall [Davies]. She was born 1884 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 7th Jan 1884 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex; died 15th Sep 1963 at Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, Sussex
  She married Sidney William Chesson, bricklayer on Oct to Dec 1904, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1904 Q4. He was born 1877 at East Grinstead, Sussex; christened 25th Nov 1877 at St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex; died Jan to Mar 1961, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1961 Q1
   
Generation No. 4
  8. Caroline Williamson [Wheatley] was the daughter of George Wheatley, railway plate-layer and Helen Wheatley [Everest]. She was born 1895 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 10th Nov 1895 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, daughter of George Wheatley (platelayer) & Ellen Wheatley
  She married Alfred Thomas Williamson, heating engineer on 1st Apr 1918 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. He was born 1879 at Chelsea, London. They had the following children:
  iAlfred George who was born 8th Mar 1920 at Newton's Hill, Hartfield, Sussex; christened 4th Apr 1920 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
   

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