The Weald - Descendents Report

Generation No. 1
	1. William Russell, excise officer was the son of Arthur Russell, schoolmaster and Mary Russell [Kenyon]. He was born 1804 at Rye, Sussex; christened 1^st Apr 1804 at St Mary's Church, Rye, Sussex; died 1^st Mar 1893 at 45 Upper Richmond Road, Putney, London, probate to Elizabeth Russell widow and Mary Ann Court (wife of John Court) Effects £159 7s 5d
	He married (1) Mary Dewey on 5^th Jul 1828 at Somerby, Leicestershire, by licence, William of Melton Mowbray, tailor, witnesses Elizabeth Tebbs & J S Wright. She was born 1804 at Long Clawson, Leicestershire; christened 30^th Dec 1804 at Long Clawson, Leicestershire; died Oct to Dec 1839 at Maidstone, Kent, registered at Maidstone District, Kent, ref: 1839 Q4 Vol 5 Page 201, aged 35 years. They had the following children:
2	i	Arthur who was born c Aug 1828 at Somerby, Leicestershire; christened 29^th Sep 1828 Somerby, Leicestershire; died July to Sep 1866 Wandsworth, London, aged 38 years
	ii	Eliza who was born 16^th Dec 1833 at Cranbrook, Kent; christened Jan to Mar 1891 Wandsworth, London; died 4^th Feb 1891 Surrey, will proved by Frederick John Gillman of 13 Clarendon Road book keeper one of the executos; buried 7^th Feb 1891 Surrey
	iii	William who was born Oct 1837 at Stone, Maidstone, Kent; buried 7^th Apr 1838 Maidstone, Kent, aged 6 months
	He married (2) Elizabeth Middlemas on 3^rd Dec 1840 at St Margaret's Church, East Barming, Kent, witnesses Thomas Taylor & Thirza Russell. She was born 1813 at Hastings, Sussex; christened 15^th Oct 1813 at St. Clement's Church, Hastings, Sussex, parents Richard Sinnock & Ann Middlemus; died Oct to Dec 1902 at Blean, Kent, registered at Blean District, Kent, ref: 1902 Q4 Vol 2A Page 551, 89 years. They had the following children:
3	i	Emma who was born Oct to Dec 1842 at Lambeth, London, registered at Lambeth District, London, ref: 1842 Q4 Vol 4 Page 299; died 1^st Oct 1887 Surrey, probate to John Abel Ingpen of 14 Red Lion Square, Holborn, solicitor and Mary Ann Court (wife of John Court) of Argyle House, Whitstable the sister the executors
4	ii	Mary Ann who was born 12^th Oct 1843 at 6, New Road, St Pancras, London; christened 26^th Nov 1843 Wesleyan Chapel, Stanhope Street, Hampstead Road, St Pancras, London; died 28^th Jan 1921 Whitstable, Kent, probate to Edwin Russel Tidmarsh provision merchant and Maria Matilda Mitchell (wife of RIchard William Mitchell) Effects £1,424 9s 2d

Generation No. 2
	2. Arthur Russell was the son of William Russell, excise officer and Mary Russell [Dewey]. He was born c Aug 1828 at Somerby, Leicestershire; christened 29^th Sep 1828 at Somerby, Leicestershire; died July to Sep 1866 at Wandsworth, London, registered at Wandsworth District, London, ref: 1866 Q3 Vol 1D Page 345, aged 38 years
	He married Sarah Ellen Godfrey on 5^th Sep 1857 at St James Church, Shoreditch, London, witnesses George Walter & G S Godfrey. She was born 1835 at Whiters Wood, Shirley, Hampshire; christened 29^th Mar 1835 at Millbrook, Hampshire, parents George & Sarah Godfrey. They had the following children:
	i	Sarah Ellen who was born Apr to June 1860 at St Pancras, London, registered at St. Pancras District, London, ref: 1860 Q2 Vol 1B Page 8

	3. Emma Tidmarsh [Russell], Professor of music was the daughter of William Russell, excise officer and Elizabeth Russell [Middlemas]. She was born Oct to Dec 1842 at Lambeth, London, registered at Lambeth District, London, ref: 1842 Q4 Vol 4 Page 299; died 1^st Oct 1887 at 15 Putney Hill, Putney, Surrey, probate to John Abel Ingpen of 14 Red Lion Square, Holborn, solicitor and Mary Ann Court (wife of John Court) of Argyle House, Whitstable the sister the executors
	She married William Tidmarsh, principal of Putney schools on 17^th Aug 1869 at St Mary's Church, Putney, Surrey, witnesses William Russell & Joseph T Willard. He was born Jan to Mar 1845 at Clerkenwell, London, registered at Clerkenwell District, London, ref: 1845 Q1 Vol 3 Page , parents George & Mary Ann Tidmarsh [Trussler]; buried 1^st Nov 1883 at St Mary's Church, Putney, Surrey, aged 38 years

	4. Mary Ann Court [Russell] was the daughter of William Russell, excise officer and Elizabeth Russell [Middlemas]. She was born 12^th Oct 1843 at 6, New Road, St Pancras, London; christened 26^th Nov 1843 at Wesleyan Chapel, Stanhope Street, Hampstead Road, St Pancras, London; died 28^th Jan 1921 at Argyle House, Sea Wall, Whitstable, Kent, probate to Edwin Russel Tidmarsh provision merchant and Maria Matilda Mitchell (wife of RIchard William Mitchell) Effects £1,424 9s 2d
	She married John Court, silk merchant on 9^th Feb 1864 at St Mary's Church, Putney, Surrey, witnesses William, Eliza & Emma Russell, Edward Bornes, M M Armstrong & S Allwork. He was born Jan to Mar 1839 at Eastry, Kent, registered at Eastry District, Kent, ref: 1839 Q1 Vol 5 Page 142, parents John & Miriam Court [Prebble]; died Jun 1918 at Whitstable, Kent