The Weald - Descendents Report

Generation No. 1
	1. John Davey, labourer was the son of David Davey and Elizabeth Wells Davey. He was born 1779 at Nuthurst, Sussex; christened 24^th Jan 1779 at Nuthurst, Sussex; died Feb 1857 at Hartfield, Sussex; buried 3^rd Feb 1857 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
	He married Elizabeth Miles on 20^th Jan 1806 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. She was born 1783 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 16^th Jun 1783 at St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent, daughter of John Miles and Elizabeth Miles; died May 1844 at Hartfield, Sussex; buried 9^th May 1844 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
2	i	John who was born c May 1806 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 11^th May 1806 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
3	ii	William who was born 1808 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 27^th Mar 1808 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
4	iii	Richard who was born 1810 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 20^th May 1810 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
5	iv	Elizabeth who was born 1812 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 12^th Jul 1812 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent

Generation No. 2
	2. John Davey, labourer was the son of John Davey, labourer and Elizabeth Davey [Miles]. He was born c May 1806 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 11^th May 1806 at St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
	He married (1) Jane Mepham on 22^nd May 1828 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. She was born c 1805; died Aug 1830; buried 29^th Aug 1830 at St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent. They had the following children:
6	i	John who was born 1830 at Holtye, Hartfield, Sussex; christened 2^nd May 1830 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
	He married (2) Harriett on c 1830. She was born 1809 at East Grinstead, Sussex. They had the following children:
	i	Richard who was born 1831 at Sussex
7	ii	Elizabeth who was born 1834 at Sussex; christened May 1834 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
	iii	Harriett who was born 1836 at Sussex; christened 18^th Dec 1836 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
	iv	William who was born 1841 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 11^th Jun 1843 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, 3 years old
	v	Philidelphia who was born 1843 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 11^th Jun 1843 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
	vi	Catherine who was born 1845 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 27^th Jul 1845 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
	vii	Jane who was born 1849 at Cowden, Kent

	3. William Davey, labourer was the son of John Davey, labourer and Elizabeth Davey [Miles]. He was born 1808 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 27^th Mar 1808 at St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
	He married Mary Avis on 10^th Nov 1827 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. She was born 1808 at Withyham, Sussex. They had the following children:
	i	Mary who was born 1828; christened 13^th Apr 1828 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
	ii	William who was born 1829; christened 4^th Oct 1829 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
	iii	Jane who was born 1831 at Sussex; christened 23^rd Oct 1831 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
	iv	Avis who was born 1833 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 18^th Nov 1833 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
	v	Maria who was born 1835 at Sussex; christened Nov 1835 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
	vi	Ellen who was born 1838 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 4^th Feb 1838 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
	vii	Emily who was born 1839 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 15^th Sep 1839 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
	viii	Metilda who was born 1841 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 3^rd Oct 1841 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
	ix	George who was born 1844 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 16^th Jun 1844 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
	x	Fanny who was born 1846 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 23^rd Aug 1846 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
	xi	Esther who was born 1848 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 27^th Aug 1848 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex

	4. Richard Davey, labourer was the son of John Davey, labourer and Elizabeth Davey [Miles]. He was born 1810 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 20^th May 1810 at St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
	He married Martha Ann Nye on 16^th Nov 1835 at All Saints (als St. John-the.Baptist), Lindfield, Sussex. She was born 1811 at Cuckfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
	i	David who was born 1836; christened 7^th Aug 1836 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
	ii	Edmund who was born 1838 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 30^th Dec 1838 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
8	iii	John Dane who was born 2^nd Dec 1844 at Lindfield, Sussex

	5. Elizabeth Mepham [Davey] was the daughter of John Davey, labourer and Elizabeth Davey [Miles]. She was born 1812 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 12^th Jul 1812 at St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
	She married John Mepham, farm labourer on 20^th Oct 1831 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. He was born 1810 at Sussex; died May 1850 at Hartfield, Sussex, aged 40 years; buried 30^th May 1850 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
9	i	Jane who was born 1832 at Sussex
	ii	Philladelphia who was born 1833 at Cowden, Kent; christened 28^th Jul 1833 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
10	iii	George who was born 1835 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 11^th Oct 1835 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
	iv	Eliza who was born 1838 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 10^th Jun 1838 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
11	v	James who was born 1841 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 7^th Mar 1841 St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
12	vi	Caroline who was born 1844 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 20^th Oct 1844 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, daughter of John Mepham (labourer) and Elizabeth Mepham
	vii	Ann who was born 1847 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 7^th Feb 1847 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, daughter of John Mepham (labourer) and Elizabeth Mepham
13	viii	Selina who was born 1849 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 4^th Mar 1849 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, daughter of John Mepham (labourer) and Elizabeth Mepham

Generation No. 3
	6. John Davey was the son of John Davey, labourer and Jane Davey [Mepham]. He was born 1830 at Holtye, Hartfield, Sussex; christened 2^nd May 1830 at St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
	He married Eliza Pratt on 17^th Oct 1849 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex, witnesses George & Ann Pratt. She was born 3^rd Sep 1830 at Crowborough Cross, Crowborough, Sussex; christened 12^th Dec 1830 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of David Pratt (farmer) and Cordelia Caroline Pratt. They had the following children:
14	i	John who was born 1850 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 1^st Dec 1850 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
	ii	Harriet who was born 1852 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 12^th Mar 1852 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex; buried 17^th Mar 1852 Withyham, Sussex, aged 1 month
	iii	George who was born 1853 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 5^th Jun 1853 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
15	iv	Elizabeth (Bessy) who was born 1855 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 4^th Mar 1855 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
	v	Georgiana who was born 1867 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 29^th Sep 1867 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex

	7. Elizabeth Brown [Davey] was the daughter of John Davey, labourer and Harriett Davey. She was born 1834 at Sussex; christened May 1834 at St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
	She married Joseph Brown on 26^th Nov 1853 at Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex. He was born 1823 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 10^th Sep 1823 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
	i	Richard George who was born 1854 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 29^th Sep 1854 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
	ii	Arthur who was born 1856 at Forest Row, Sussex; christened 27^th Jan 1856 Forest Row, Sussex

	8. John Dane Davey was the son of Richard Davey, labourer and Martha Ann Davey [Nye]. He was born 2^nd Dec 1844 at Lindfield, Sussex
	He married Mahala Cripps on 14^th Apr 1867 at St. Nicholas Church, Brighton, Sussex. She was born 27^th Jun 1845 at Cuckfield, Sussex

	9. Jane Mepham was the daughter of John Mepham, farm labourer and Elizabeth Mepham [Davey]. She was born 1832 at Sussex
	i	Alice Eliazabeth who was born 1849 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 14^th Oct 1849 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, illegitimate daughter of Jane Mepham
16	ii	Richard Clement who was born 1855 at Holtye, Sussex; christened 4^th Mar 1855 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, illegitimate son of Jane Mepham
	iii	Elizabeth Jane who was born 1858 at Holtye, Sussex; christened 28^th Feb 1858 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, illegitimate daughter of Jane Mepham

	10. George Mepham, farm labourer was the son of John Mepham, farm labourer and Elizabeth Mepham [Davey]. He was born 1835 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 11^th Oct 1835 at St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
	He married Jane Maynard on 12^th Dec 1857 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex. She was born 1835 at Chiddingstone, Kent. They had the following children:
17	i	Arthur E. who was born 1858 at Cowden, Kent
	ii	Charles who was born 1859 at Cowden, Kent
	iii	John who was born 1861 at Holtye, Sussex; christened 1^st Sep 1861 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of George Mepham (labourer) and Jane Mepham
	iv	Clara who was born 1863 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 6^th Sep 1863 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, daughter of George Mepham (labourer) and Jane Mepham
	v	Minnie who was born 1868 at Holtye, Sussex; christened 5^th Apr 1868 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, daughter of George Mepham (labourer) and Jane Mepham
	vi	Frederick who was born 1871 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 24^th May 1874 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of George Meopham (labourer) and Jane Meopham
	vii	Lewis who was born 1874 at Holtye, Sussex; christened 24^th May 1874 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of George Meopham (labourer) and Jane Meopham
	viii	Horace who was born 1876 at Holtye, Sussex; christened 7^th May 1876 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of George Meopham (labourer) and Jane Meopham
	ix	Ada Emily who was born 1878 at Holtye, Sussex; christened 1^st Sep 1878 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, daughter of George Meopham (labourer) and Jane Meopham

	11. James Mepham, labourer was the son of John Mepham, farm labourer and Elizabeth Mepham [Davey]. He was born 1841 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 7^th Mar 1841 at St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
	He married Susan Hartfield on 4^th Jun 1863 at St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex. She was born 1845 at East Grinstead, Sussex; christened 30^th Mar 1845 at St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex. They had the following children:
	i	Mary who was born 1864 at East Grinstead, Sussex
	ii	Elizabeth who was born 1868 at East Grinstead, Sussex; christened 27^th Dec 1868 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex, daughter of James Mepham (labourer) and Susan Mepham
	iii	James who was born 1870 at East Grinstead, Sussex; christened 30^th Oct 1870 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex, son of James Mepham (labourer) and Susan Mepham
	iv	John who was born 1876 at East Grinstead, Sussex
	v	Eliza who was born 1885 at Hammerwood, Sussex

	12. Caroline Taylor [Mepham] was the daughter of John Mepham, farm labourer and Elizabeth Mepham [Davey]. She was born 1844 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 20^th Oct 1844 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, daughter of John Mepham (labourer) and Elizabeth Mepham
	She married George Taylor, labourer on 1^st Aug 1859 at St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1859 Q3 Vol 2b Page 158. He was born 1836 at West Hoathly, Sussex; christened 19^th Jun 1836 at St. Margaret's Church, West Hoathly, Sussex, son of Thomas Taylor (labourer) and Sarah Taylor. They had the following children:
	i	Elizabeth who was born 1861 at West Hoathly, Sussex

	13. Selina Mepham was the daughter of John Mepham, farm labourer and Elizabeth Mepham [Davey]. She was born 1849 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 4^th Mar 1849 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, daughter of John Mepham (labourer) and Elizabeth Mepham
	i	Frank who was born 1869 at Holtye, Sussex; christened 5^th Sep 1869 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, 5 weeks old, son of Selina Meopham

Generation No. 4
	14. John Davey was the son of John Davey and Eliza Davey [Pratt]. He was born 1850 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 1^st Dec 1850 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
	He married Ellen Wren on 10^th Apr 1875 at St Peter's Church, Limpsfield, Surrey, witnesses Trayton & Sarah Wren. She was born 1855 at East Hoathly, Sussex; christened 1^st Jul 1855 at East Hoathly Parish Church, East Hoathly, Sussex

	15. Elizabeth (Bessy) Wren [Davey] was the daughter of John Davey and Eliza Davey [Pratt]. She was born 1855 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 4^th Mar 1855 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
	She married Harry Wren on 12^th Dec 1875 at St John's Church, Horsley Down, Surrey, witnesses John Davey & Annie Barrand. He was born 1852 at East Hoathly, Sussex; christened 27^th Jun 1852 at East Hoathly Parish Church, East Hoathly, Sussex

	16. Richard Clement Mepham, farm labourer was the son of unknown father and Jane Mepham. He was born 1855 at Holtye, Sussex; christened 4^th Mar 1855 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, illegitimate son of Jane Mepham
	He married Esther Parker on Oct to Dec 1879, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1879 Q4 Vol 2b Page 259. She was born 1861 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 18^th Aug 1861 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex. They had the following children:
	i	Bessie who was born 1894 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 22^nd Jan 1894 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, daughter of Richard Clement Mepham (labourer) and Esther Mepham

	17. Arthur E. Mepham, farm labourer was the son of George Mepham, farm labourer and Jane Mepham [Maynard]. He was born 1858 at Cowden, Kent
	He married Charlotte Heward on Oct to Dec 1881, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1881 Q4 Vol 2b Page 283. She was born 1851 at Hartfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
	i	Albert who was born 1882 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 24^th Sep 1882 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of Arthur Meopham (labourer) and Charlotte Meopham
	ii	Edwin who was born 1885 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened Jan 1885 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of Arthur Meopham (labourer) and Charlotte Meopham
	iii	Mary who was born 1887 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 29^th May 1887 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, daughter of Arthur Mepham (labourer) and Charlotte Mepham
	iv	Mary who was born 1887 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 29^th May 1887 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, daughter of Arthur Mepham (labourer) and Charlotte Mepham
	v	Kate who was born 1889 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 26^th May 1889 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, daughter of Arthur Mepham (labourer) and Charlotte Mepham
	vi	Harry who was born 1891 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 4^th Oct 1891 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of Arthur Mepham (labourer) and Charlotte Mepham