The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Thomas Hooke
Generation No. 1
  1. Thomas Hooke He was born 1716 at Lamberhurst, Kent and Sussex; died 1763 at Penshurst, Kent
  He married Elizabeth Day on 19th Oct 1746 at London. She was born c 1720 at Kent. They had the following children:
2 iMary who was born 27th Jun 1750 at Penshurst, Kent; died Dec 1820 ??
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Mary Bridger [Hooke] was the daughter of Thomas Hooke and Elizabeth Hooke [Day]. She was born 27th Jun 1750 at Penshurst, Kent; died Dec 1820 at ??
  She married John Bridger on 23rd Feb 1779 at St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent. He was born 1754 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 10th Feb 1754 at St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent; died Jul 1825 at Penshurst, Kent; buried 11th Jul 1825 at St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent. They had the following children:
  iEdward who was born Jun 1779 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 11th Jul 1779 St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent; died Jan 1851 Penshurst, Kent; buried 9th Jan 1851 Penshurst, Kent
3 iiElizabeth who was born 1780 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 7th Jan 1781 St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent; died c 1850 Westerham, Kent
  iiiJohn who was born 1782 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 27th Jan 1782 St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent
  ivThomas who was born 1783 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 14th Dec 1783 St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent
  vWilliam who was born 1784 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 1st May 1784 St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent
  viRobin who was born 1786 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 4th Mar 1786 St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent
  viiHenry who was born 1788 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 17th Aug 1788 St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent
  viiiRichard who was born 1790 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 15th Aug 1790 St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent
  ixMary who was born 1790 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 15th Aug 1790 St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent
  xWalter who was born 1792 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 25th Mar 1792 St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent
   
Generation No. 3
  3. Elizabeth Bridger was the daughter of John Bridger and Mary Bridger [Hooke]. She was born 1780 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 7th Jan 1781 at St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent; died c 1850 at Westerham, Kent
  She married unknown father on 1802. They had the following children:
4 iJohn who was born 5th Jan 1802 at Chiddingstone, Kent; died Apr 1886 Sevenoaks, Kent
   
Generation No. 4
  4. John Bridger, Head Gardener, Penshurst Place was the son of unknown father and Elizabeth Bridger. He was born 5th Jan 1802 at Chiddingstone, Kent; died Apr 1886 at Sevenoaks, Kent
  He married Martha Collins on 29th Jan 1832 at St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent. She was born 1813 at Heathfield, Sussex; died 1885 at Sevenoaks, Kent. They had the following children:
  iMartha who was born Feb 1832 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 26th Feb 1832 St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent
5 iiEliza who was born 1834 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 19th Jan 1834 St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent
6 iiiFrederick who was born 1836 at Leigh, Kent
  ivAnn who was born 1837 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 17th Dec 1837 St. Mary's Church, Leigh, Kent
  vFrances who was born 1839 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 15th Dec 1839 St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent
7 viGeorge who was born Jul 1841 at Penshurst, Kent; died Feb 1931 Middlesex
  viiSarah who was born 1843 at Penshurst, Kent
  viiiEdgar who was born 1844 at Penshurst, Kent
  ixLucy who was born 1847 at Penshurst, Kent
  xMary who was born 1847 at Penshurst, Kent
  xiHenry who was born 1849 at Penshurst, Kent
  xiiElizabeth who was born 1850 at Penshurst, Kent
  xiiiEmily who was born 1852 at Penshurst, Kent
  xivWilliam E. who was born 1854 at Penshurst, Kent
   
Generation No. 5
  5. Eliza Marlow [Bridger] was the daughter of John Bridger, Head Gardener, Penshurst Place and Martha Bridger [Collins]. She was born 1834 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 19th Jan 1834 at St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent
  She married Alfred Marlow on c 1855. He was born 1834
   
  6. Frederick Bridger, gardener was the son of John Bridger, Head Gardener, Penshurst Place and Martha Bridger [Collins]. He was born 1836 at Leigh, Kent
  He married Charlotte Hollamby on Oct to Dec 1873, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1873 Q4 Vol 2a Page 873. She was born 1841 at Chiddingstone, Kent. They had the following children:
  iMargaret A. who was born 1877 at Penshurst, Kent
  iiLouisa C. who was born 1878 at Penshurst, Kent
   
  7. George Bridger, Cricket bat maker was the son of John Bridger, Head Gardener, Penshurst Place and Martha Bridger [Collins]. He was born Jul 1841 at Penshurst, Kent; died Feb 1931 at Acton Hospital, Middlesex
  He married Catherine Ellen Wavell on 9th Sep 1869 at Church of St Barnabas, St Lukes, Middlesex, registered at Holborn District, London, ref: 1869 Q3 Vol 1b Page 1022. She was born 31st Dec 1852 at 7 Mount Row, Southwark, London; died Mar 1909 at Mortlake, Surrey. They had the following children:
  iMinnie C. who was born July to Sep 1870 at Tonbridge, Kent; died 1891
8 iiPercy Campbell who was born Sep 1871 at Tonbridge, Kent; died 16th Sep 1926 St. Leonards On Sea, Sussex
  iiiAlice R. who was born 1872 at Tonbridge, Kent; died 1891
  ivCharles G. who was born 1874 at Tonbridge, Kent
9 vAlbert E. who was born 1875 at Tonbridge, Kent
  viCatherine F. who was born 1876 at Tonbridge, Kent
  viiGeorge R. who was born 1880 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  viiiJohn who was born 1882
  ixOlive M. who was born 1886
  xMervyn H. who was born 1888
   
Generation No. 6
  8. Percy Campbell Bridger, Cricket bat maker was the son of George Bridger, Cricket bat maker and Catherine Ellen Bridger [Wavell]. He was born Sep 1871 at Tonbridge, Kent; died 16th Sep 1926 at St. Leonards On Sea, Sussex
  He married Mary Ann L. Nicolls on 22nd Sep 1903 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Salehurst, Sussex, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1903 Q3 Vol 2b Page 240. She was born Jan 1872 at Robertsbridge, Sussex; died 11th Jul 1920 at Robertsbridge, Sussex. They had the following children:
10 iDonovan Nicolls who was born 21st Jan 1905 at Robertsbridge, Sussex; died 12th Jul 1970 St. Leonards On Sea, Sussex
   
  9. Albert E. Bridger was the son of George Bridger, Cricket bat maker and Catherine Ellen Bridger [Wavell]. He was born 1875 at Tonbridge, Kent
  He married Betsy on 1899. She was born 1867 at Fife, Scotland. They had the following children:
  iJohn who was born 1900 at Enfield Lock, Middlesex
   
Generation No. 7
  10. Donovan Nicolls Bridger, Cricket bat maker was the son of Percy Campbell Bridger, Cricket bat maker and Mary Ann L. Bridger [Nicolls]. He was born 21st Jan 1905 at Robertsbridge, Sussex; died 12th Jul 1970 at St. Leonards On Sea, Sussex
  He married Marjorie G. Vivian on 16th May 1936 at St Jude's Church, Birmingham, Warwickshire. She was born 1st Oct 1912 at Deganwy, Conway, Caernarvon, Wales; died 2nd Apr 2009 at Ontario, Canada
   

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