The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for John Dray, farm labourer
Generation No. 1
  1. John Dray, farm labourer He was born 1789 at Hartfield, Sussex
  He married Elizabeth on c 1825. She was born 1801 at Bristol. They had the following children:
2 iObediah who was born 1830 at Crowborough, Sussex
3 iiHarriett who was born 1834 at Southborough, Kent; died Jan to Mar 1881, aged 45 years
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Obediah Dray was the son of John Dray, farm labourer and Elizabeth Dray. He was born 1830 at Crowborough, Sussex
  He married Elizabeth on c 1858. She was born 1838 at Ireland. They had the following children:
  iElizabeth who was born 1864 at Scotland
  iiRebecca who was born 1868 at London
  iiiObadiah F. who was born 1870 at East Indies
  ivArthur J. S. who was born 1872 at East Indies
   
  3. Harriett Penfold [Frost] [Dray] was the daughter of John Dray, farm labourer and Elizabeth Dray. She was born 1834 at Southborough, Kent; died Jan to Mar 1881, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1881 Q1 Vol 2a Page 368, aged 45 years
  She married (1) Thomas Frost, farm labourer on Jan to Mar 1853, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1853 Q1 Vol 2a page 486. He was born 1821 at Penshurst, Kent. They had the following children:
4 iStephen who was born 1859 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 9th Oct 1859 St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent
  iiNaomi who was born 1863 at Penshurst, Kent
  iiiEmily who was born 1865 at Penshurst, Kent
  ivAnn who was born 1866 at Penshurst, Kent
  vThomas who was born 1867 at Penshurst, Kent
  viRose who was born 1870 at Penshurst, Kent
  viiGeorge who was born 1872 at Penshurst, Kent
  viiiCaroline who was born 1874 at Penshurst, Kent
  She married (2) Henry Penfold, farm labourer on Oct to Dec 1880, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1880 Q4 Vol 2a page 931. He was born 1833 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 10th Feb 1833 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 3
  4. Stephen Frost, farm labourer was the son of Thomas Frost, farm labourer and Harriett Penfold [Frost] [Dray]. He was born 1859 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 9th Oct 1859 at St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent
  He married Sophia Sears on Apr to June 1881 at Sevenoaks, Kent, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1881 Q2 Vol 2A Page 899. She was born 1863 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 5th Apr 1863 at St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent. They had the following children:
5 iWilliam Edward who was born Jan to Mar 1886 at Penshurst, Kent, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1886 Q1 Vol 2A Page 683
   
Generation No. 4
  5. William Edward Frost was the son of Stephen Frost, farm labourer and Sophia Frost [Sears]. He was born Jan to Mar 1886 at Penshurst, Kent, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1886 Q1 Vol 2A Page 683
  He married Ellen Nye on 14th Aug 1909 at All Saints Church, Langton Green, Kent, witnesses Edward Payne & Ernest Earl Frost. She was born 1887 at Manor House, Langton Green, Kent; christened 17th Apr 1887 at All Saints Church, Langton Green, Kent
   

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