The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Joseph Dier, farmer and veterinary surgeon
Generation No. 1
  1. Joseph Dier, farmer and veterinary surgeon He was born 1792 at Withyham, Sussex
  He married Annesley Moon on 23rd May 1831 at All Saints Church, Maidstone, Kent. She was born 1806 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 28th Dec 1806 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iMark who was born 1834 at Withyham, Sussex
2 iiJohn Spencer who was born 1835 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 4th Oct 1835 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
  iiiJane who was born 1838 at Withyham, Sussex
3 ivJoseph who was born 1840 at Withyham, Sussex
4 vWilliam who was born 1843 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 29th Jan 1843 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
  viEllen who was born 1845 at Withyham, Sussex
5 viiJames who was born 1847 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 13th Oct 1847 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex, parents Joseph & Ann Dier
6 viiiGeorge who was born 1848 at Withyham, Sussex
   
Generation No. 2
  2. John Spencer Dier, veterinary surgeon was the son of Joseph Dier, farmer and veterinary surgeon and Annesley Dier [Moon]. He was born 1835 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 4th Oct 1835 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
  He married Eliza Jane Ellis on 2nd Apr 1872 at St. John's Chapel, Withyham, Sussex, witnesses William Leath? & Elizabeth Esther Ellis. She was born 1851 at Brighton, Sussex; christened 28th Dec 1851 at St Peter's Church, Brighton, Sussex, parents Edwin & Jane Ellis. They had the following children:
7 iEdith Jane who was born 1873 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  iiWalter S. who was born 1874 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  iiiKate M. who was born 1877 at Rotherfield, Sussex
   
  3. Joseph Dier was the son of Joseph Dier, farmer and veterinary surgeon and Annesley Dier [Moon]. He was born 1840 at Withyham, Sussex
  He married Mercy A. on c 1860. She was born 1840 at Fletching, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iAbigail M.R. who was born 1862 at Fletching, Sussex
  iiJoseph B. who was born 1868 at Fletching, Sussex
  iiiMercy E.K. who was born 1870 at Fletching, Sussex
  ivElizabeth B. who was born 1872 at Fletching, Sussex
  vLillie A.E. who was born 1880 at Fletching, Sussex
   
  4. William Dyer was the son of Joseph Dier, farmer and veterinary surgeon and Annesley Dier [Moon]. He was born 1843 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 29th Jan 1843 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
  He married Charlotte Bickley Hardwick on 11th Oct 1868 at St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent. She was born 1848 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 10th Dec 1848 at St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent
   
  5. James Dier, veterinary surgeon was the son of Joseph Dier, farmer and veterinary surgeon and Annesley Dier [Moon]. He was born 1847 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 13th Oct 1847 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex, parents Joseph & Ann Dier
  iAda Alice who was born 1872 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 7th Jul 1872 St. John's Chapel, Withyham, Sussex; buried 10th Oct 1873 Withyham, Sussex, aged 17 months
  iiEthel Elizabeth who was born 1874 at Crowborough, Sussex; christened 18th Mar 1874 St. John's Chapel, Withyham, Sussex; died 10th Oct 1932 Heathfield, Sussex, probate to James Dier veterinary surgeon
  iiiGeorge Spencer who was born 1876 at Crowborough, Sussex; christened 25th Jun 1876 St. John's Chapel, Withyham, Sussex; died Jun 1889 Hailsham, Sussex
  ivMary who was born 1880 at Barcombe, Sussex
  He married Hannah Marchant on n/k at St. John's Chapel, Withyham, Sussex, witnesse John & Ellen Dier. She was born Oct to Dec 1849 at Rotherfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1849 Q4 Vol 7 Page 538
   
  6. George Dier was the son of Joseph Dier, farmer and veterinary surgeon and Annesley Dier [Moon]. He was born 1848 at Withyham, Sussex
  He married Emma Fielden on c 1868. She was born 1847 at Lancashire. They had the following children:
  iLilian M. who was born 1875 at Mayfield, Sussex
  iiGertrude A. T. who was born 1877 at Mayfield, Sussex
  iiiGeorge H. T. who was born 1880 at Mayfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 3
  7. Edith Jane Ashby [Dier] was the daughter of John Spencer Dier, veterinary surgeon and Eliza Jane Dier [Ellis], wine & spirit merchant. She was born 1873 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  She married Alfred Thomas Ashby on 31st Aug 1904 at Crowborough Chapel [a.k.a. All Saints Church], Crowborough, Sussex, witnesses Walter S & Kate May Dier. He was born 30th Sep 1881 at Frant, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iRoy Frederick who was born 1908 at Tenterden, Kent
  iiSidney Albert who was born 1909 at Tenterden, Kent
  iiiFreda Edith who was born 1910 at Tenterden, Kent
  ivRobert Spencer who was born 1911 at Tenterden, Kent
   

The Weald is at  Database version 14.05 which has ongoing updates to the 395,000 people; 9,000 places; 613 maps; 3,308 pictures, engravings and photographs; and 248 books loaded in the previous version

ODNB  
British Libarary  
High Weald  
Sussex Record Society  
Sussex Archaeological Society  
Kent Archaeological Society  
Mid Kent Marriages  
Ancestry  
Genes Reunited  
International Genealogical Index  
National Archives  

Top
of the
page