The Weald - Descendents Report

Generation No. 1
	1. Elizabeth Collins [Bennet] She was born c 1736 at ??
	She married John Collins on 22^nd Oct 1759 at St. Laurence, Guestling, Sussex. He was born 1735 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 30^th Nov 1735 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex. They had the following children:
2	i	Thomas who was born 1762 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 4^th Jul 1762 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex

Generation No. 2
	2. Thomas Collins was the son of John Collins and Elizabeth Collins [Bennet]. He was born 1762 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 4^th Jul 1762 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
	He married Martha Stone on 10^th Apr 1787 at All Saints Church, Heathfield, Sussex. She was born 1770 at Framfield, Sussex; christened 5^th Apr 1770 at St. Thomas à Becket's Church, Framfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
3	i	David who was born 1789 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 31^st May 1789 All Saints Church, Heathfield, Sussex; died 30^th Dec 1855 Penshurst, Kent

Generation No. 3
	3. David Collins, Master carpenter was the son of Thomas Collins and Martha Collins [Stone]. He was born 1789 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 31^st May 1789 at All Saints Church, Heathfield, Sussex; died 30^th Dec 1855 at Penshurst, Kent
	He married Sarah Eldridge on 15^th Apr 1812 at All Saints Church, Heathfield, Sussex. She was born 1786 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 31^st Dec 1786 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died Jan 1867 at Sevenoaks, Kent. They had the following children:
4	i	Martha who was born 1813 at Heathfield, Sussex; died 1885 Sevenoaks, Kent

Generation No. 4
	4. Martha Bridger [Collins] was the daughter of David Collins, Master carpenter and Sarah Collins [Eldridge]. She was born 1813 at Heathfield, Sussex; died 1885 at Sevenoaks, Kent
	She married John Bridger, Head Gardener, Penshurst Place on 29^th Jan 1832 at St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent. He was born 5^th Jan 1802 at Chiddingstone, Kent; died Apr 1886 at Sevenoaks, Kent. They had the following children:
	i	Martha who was born Feb 1832 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 26^th Feb 1832 St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent
5	ii	Eliza who was born 1834 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 19^th Jan 1834 St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent
6	iii	Frederick who was born 1836 at Leigh, Kent
	iv	Ann who was born 1837 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 17^th Dec 1837 St. Mary's Church, Leigh, Kent
	v	Frances who was born 1839 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 15^th Dec 1839 St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent
7	vi	George who was born Jul 1841 at Penshurst, Kent; died Feb 1931 Middlesex
	vii	Sarah who was born 1843 at Penshurst, Kent
	viii	Edgar who was born 1844 at Penshurst, Kent
	ix	Lucy who was born 1847 at Penshurst, Kent
	x	Mary who was born 1847 at Penshurst, Kent
	xi	Henry who was born 1849 at Penshurst, Kent
	xii	Elizabeth who was born 1850 at Penshurst, Kent
	xiii	Emily who was born 1852 at Penshurst, Kent
	xiv	William 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 19^th 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:
	i	Margaret A. who was born 1877 at Penshurst, Kent
	ii	Louisa 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 9^th 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 31^st Dec 1852 at 7 Mount Row, Southwark, London; died Mar 1909 at Mortlake, Surrey. They had the following children:
	i	Minnie C. who was born July to Sep 1870 at Tonbridge, Kent; died 1891
8	ii	Percy Campbell who was born Sep 1871 at Tonbridge, Kent; died 16^th Sep 1926 St. Leonards On Sea, Sussex
	iii	Alice R. who was born 1872 at Tonbridge, Kent; died 1891
	iv	Charles G. who was born 1874 at Tonbridge, Kent
9	v	Albert E. who was born 1875 at Tonbridge, Kent
	vi	Catherine F. who was born 1876 at Tonbridge, Kent
	vii	George R. who was born 1880 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
	viii	John who was born 1882
	ix	Olive M. who was born 1886
	x	Mervyn 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 16^th Sep 1926 at St. Leonards On Sea, Sussex
	He married Mary Ann L. Nicolls on 22^nd 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 11^th Jul 1920 at Robertsbridge, Sussex. They had the following children:
10	i	Donovan Nicolls who was born 21^st Jan 1905 at Robertsbridge, Sussex; died 12^th 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:
	i	John 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 21^st Jan 1905 at Robertsbridge, Sussex; died 12^th Jul 1970 at St. Leonards On Sea, Sussex
	He married Marjorie G. Vivian on 16^th May 1936 at St Jude's Church, Birmingham, Warwickshire. She was born 1^st Oct 1912 at Deganwy, Conway, Caernarvon, Wales; died 2^nd Apr 2009 at Ontario, Canada