The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for William Apps, wheelwright
Generation No. 1
  1. William Apps, wheelwright He was born 1785 at Waldron, Sussex; christened 6th Feb 1785 at All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex, parents James & Ann Apps
  He married (1) Tryphena Hayward on 19th Jul 1806 at All Saints Church, Heathfield, Sussex, witnesses Thomas & Abigail Ellis. She was born 1788 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 20th Apr 1788 at All Saints Church, Heathfield, Sussex; buried 28th Oct 1824 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, wife of William, aged 37 years. They had the following children:
2 iWilliam who was born 8th Sep 1808 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 9th Oct 1808 Heathfield Chapel, Heathfield, Sussex
3 iiAbigail who was born 14th Aug 1810 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 9th Sep 1810 Heathfield Chapel, Heathfield, Sussex; died Apr to June 1859 Tonbridge, Kent
4 iiiGeorge who was born 8th May 1812 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 7th Jun 1812 Heathfield Chapel, Heathfield, Sussex
  ivElizabeth who was born 5th Mar 1814 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 10th Apr 1814 Heathfield Chapel, Heathfield, Sussex
  vRuth who was born 14th Aug 1817 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 14th Sep 1817 Heathfield Chapel, Heathfield, Sussex
5 viPhoebe who was born 20th Feb 1819 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 21st Mar 1819 Heathfield Chapel, Heathfield, Sussex
  viiThomas who was born 5th Jul 1820 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 29th Oct 1820 Heathfield Chapel, Heathfield, Sussex
  He married (2) Charlotte Rebbeck on 28th Mar 1825 at St Mary's Church, Gillingham, Kent, witnesses Ann & George Piper. She was born 1782 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 15th Jul 1782 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; buried 23rd Feb 1843 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, aged 60 years
   
Generation No. 2
  2. William Apps, wheelwright was the son of William Apps, wheelwright and Tryphena Apps [Hayward]. He was born 8th Sep 1808 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 9th Oct 1808 at Heathfield Chapel, Heathfield, Sussex
  He married Rebecca Rebbeck on 29th Nov 1828 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. She was born 22nd Feb 1810 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 21st Mar 1810 at Independent Non-conformist, Heathfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iLevi who was born 1829 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 29th Mar 1829 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
6 iiGeorge William who was born 1831 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 20th Feb 1831 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  iiiRhoda who was born 1833 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 14th Jul 1833 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  ivJabez who was born 1835 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 18th Oct 1835 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  vEdgar who was born 1838 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 10th Jun 1838 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  viRuth who was born 1839 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 30th May 1839 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  viiElam who was born 1842 at Mayfield, Sussex
  viiiAmos who was born 1846 at Mayfield, Sussex
   
  3. Abigail Hobbs [Apps] was the daughter of William Apps, wheelwright and Tryphena Apps [Hayward]. She was born 14th Aug 1810 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 9th Sep 1810 at Heathfield Chapel, Heathfield, Sussex; died Apr to June 1859 at Tonbridge, Kent
  She married John Hobbs, farm labourer on 15th Apr 1827 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. He was born 1801 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 18th Oct 1801 at St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex; died Jan to Mar 1882 at Tonbridge, Kent. They had the following children:
7 iLouisa who was born 2nd Aug 1829 at Lewes, Sussex; christened 11th Sep 1831 St. Thomas à Becket at Cliffe, Lewes, Sussex; died Oct 1876 Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 48 years; buried 14th Oct 1876 Rotherfield, Sussex
  iiJohn who was born 1831 at Lewes, Sussex; christened 11th Sep 1831 St. Thomas à Becket at Cliffe, Lewes, Sussex; died Oct to Dec 1852 Uckfield, Sussex
  iiiAmos who was born 7th Aug 1833 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 20th Sep 1835 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died Jan to Mar 1853 Uckfield, Sussex
  ivSarah who was born 1835 at Lewes, Sussex; christened 20th Sep 1835 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died Oct to Dec 1873 Tonbridge, Kent
  vNancy who was born 1837 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 2nd Jul 1837 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  viMargaret who was born 1839 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 11th Aug 1839 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  viiEdgar who was born 1841 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 17th Oct 1841 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  viiiCorinna who was born 28th Apr 1842 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 21st Jul 1844 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  ixAlice who was born 1844 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 21st Jul 1844 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  xJane who was born 1845 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 9th Jun 1845 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  xiGeorge who was born 1847 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 8th Mar 1847 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  xiiFrank who was born 1851 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 3rd Feb 1851 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died Jun 1851 Mayfield, Sussex; buried 29th Jun 1851 Mayfield, Sussex
   
  4. George Apps, hawker was the son of William Apps, wheelwright and Tryphena Apps [Hayward]. He was born 8th May 1812 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 7th Jun 1812 at Heathfield Chapel, Heathfield, Sussex
  He married Mary Martin on 7th Jul 1861 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, witnesses Israel & Lucy Grover. She was born 1820 at Rotherfield, Sussex
   
  5. Phoebe Bishop [Apps] was the daughter of William Apps, wheelwright and Tryphena Apps [Hayward]. She was born 20th Feb 1819 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 21st Mar 1819 at Heathfield Chapel, Heathfield, Sussex
8 iMary Ann who was born 1838 at Mayfield, Sussex
  She married Henry Bishop, farm labourer on 10th Apr 1838 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. He was born 1817 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 25th May 1817 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
9 iBenjamin who was born 1840 at Waldron, Sussex
10 iiGeorge who was born 1842 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 2nd Jan 1842 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
  iiiEliza who was born 1844 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 7th Apr 1844 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
11 ivAlexander who was born 1846 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 1st Mar 1846 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
12 vOwen who was born 1848 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 3rd Sep 1848 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex; died May 1925 Waldron, Sussex; buried 20th May 1925 Waldron, Sussex
13 viEmily who was born 1849 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 6th Oct 1850 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
14 viiPhoebe who was born 1853 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 6th Feb 1853 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
15 viiiRuth who was born 1854 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 11th Jun 1854 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
  ixWilliam who was born 1855 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 2nd Oct 1855 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
16 xThomas who was born 1857 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 2nd Aug 1857 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
  xiUnnamed male who was born 1860 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened Feb 1860 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
  xiiFredrick who was born 1861 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 9th Jun 1861 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
   
Generation No. 3
  6. George William Apps was the son of William Apps, wheelwright and Rebecca Apps [Rebbeck]. He was born 1831 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 20th Feb 1831 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  He married (1) Sarah Stephenson on c 1860. She was born 1833; died 29th Oct 1866 at Ely Lane, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Aged 33 years; buried after 29th Oct 1866 at Woodbury Park Cemetery, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. They had the following children:
  iRhoda who was born 1st Feb 1864 at Workhouse, West Malling, Kent
  He married (2) Mary Ann Wells on July to Sep 1870, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1870 Q3 Vol 2a Page 770. She was born 1836 at Knockholt, Kent
   
  7. Louisa Bassett [Hobbs] was the daughter of John Hobbs, farm labourer and Abigail Hobbs [Apps]. She was born 2nd Aug 1829 at Lewes, Sussex; christened 11th Sep 1831 at St. Thomas à Becket at Cliffe, Lewes, Sussex; died Oct 1876 at Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 48 years; buried 14th Oct 1876 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
17 iEliza Bassett who was born 30th Jan 1849 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 1st Apr 1849 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  iiWilliam who was born 1853 at Rotherfield, Sussex
18 iiiGeorge who was born 1855 at Reynard Farm, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 2nd Dec 1855 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, son of William Basset (labourer) and Louisa Basset
19 ivLouisa who was born 27th Sep 1857 at Reynolds, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 8th Nov 1857 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of William Basset (labourer) and Louise Basset
  vKate who was born 1862 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 14th Dec 1862 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of William Bassett (labourer) and Louisa Bassett
  viFlora who was born 1865 at Stone Hill, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 13th Aug 1865 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of William Bassett (labourer) and Louisa Bassett
  viiBenjamin who was born 14th Mar 1869 at Stone Mill, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 9th May 1869 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, son of William Basset (labourer) and Louisa Basset
  viiiHerbert (Albert) who was born 21st Jul 1872 at Stone Mill, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 8th Sep 1872 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, son of William Basset (labourer) and Louisa Basset
   
  8. Mary Ann Bishop was the daughter of Henry Bishop, farm labourer and Phoebe Bishop [Apps]. She was born 1838 at Mayfield, Sussex
  iJoseph W. who was born 1859 at Mayfield, Sussex
   
  9. Benjamin Bishop, farm labourer was the son of Henry Bishop, farm labourer and Phoebe Bishop [Apps]. He was born 1840 at Waldron, Sussex
  He married (1) Lois Reed on 30th May 1863 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex. She was born 1842 at Waldron, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iJohn who was born 1865 at Mark Cross, Sussex; christened 26th Feb 1865 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
  iiLois who was born 1868 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 11th Oct 1868 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
  iiiMary Jane who was born 6th Apr 1872 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 11th Aug 1872 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  ivEmily who was born 1877 at Wadhurst, Sussex
  He married (2) Jemima A Medhurst on c 1885. She was born 1849 at Ticehurst, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iJemima who was born 1888 at Ticehurst, Sussex
   
  10. George Bishop, farm labourer was the son of Henry Bishop, farm labourer and Phoebe Bishop [Apps]. He was born 1842 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 2nd Jan 1842 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
  He married Hephzibah Frost on 9th Jan 1864 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. She was born 1842 at Buxted, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iFrances Anne who was born 1865 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 2nd Apr 1865 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
  iiGeorge Albert who was born 1867 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 3rd Nov 1867 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
  iiiHenry John who was born 1869 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 11th Jul 1869 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
  ivDavid who was born 1871 at Mayfield, Sussex
  vRuth who was born 1873 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 6th Apr 1873 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  viCharles who was born 1875 at Mayfield, Sussex
  viiJoseph who was born 1878 at Mayfield, Sussex
  viiiMercy who was born 1879 at Mayfield, Sussex
  ixHepzibah who was born Aug 1880 at Mayfield, Sussex
   
  11. Alexander Bishop, farmer was the son of Henry Bishop, farm labourer and Phoebe Bishop [Apps]. He was born 1846 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 1st Mar 1846 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
  He married Ruth on c 1870. She was born 1845 at Lamberhurst, Kent and Sussex
   
  12. Owen Bishop, carrier was the son of Henry Bishop, farm labourer and Phoebe Bishop [Apps]. He was born 1848 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 3rd Sep 1848 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex; died May 1925 at Waldron, Sussex; buried 20th May 1925 at All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex
  He married Mary Akehurst on 26th Feb 1870 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. She was born 10th May 1850 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 1st Jul 1850 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex; died Dec 1896 at Waldron, Sussex; buried 21st Dec 1896 at All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iAnn who was born 1871 at Mayfield, Sussex
  iiMary who was born 1872 at Waldron, Sussex
  iiiOwen who was born 1877 at Waldron, Sussex
  ivRosetta who was born May 1880 at Waldron, Sussex
   
  13. Emily Ellis [Bishop] was the daughter of Henry Bishop, farm labourer and Phoebe Bishop [Apps]. She was born 1849 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 6th Oct 1850 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
  She married John Ellis, farm labourer on 14th Oct 1871 at Holy Trinity Church, Eridge Green, Sussex. He was born 1852 at Burwash, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iRosina who was born 1874 at Rotherfield, Sussex
   
  14. Phoebe Knapp [Bishop] was the daughter of Henry Bishop, farm labourer and Phoebe Bishop [Apps]. She was born 1853 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 6th Feb 1853 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
  She married Henry Knapp on 27th Dec 1869 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. He was born 11th Mar 1843 at Heathfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
20 iEmily Phoebe who was born 14th Jan 1871 at Mayfield, Sussex
  iiRosana who was born 1872 at Frant, Sussex; christened 13th Oct 1872 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex
  iiiHenry Jas. who was born 1874 at Wadhurst, Sussex
  ivGeorge who was born 1877 at Lamberhurst, Kent and Sussex; christened 11th Mar 1877 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex
   
  15. Ruth Knapp [Bishop] was the daughter of Henry Bishop, farm labourer and Phoebe Bishop [Apps]. She was born 1854 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 11th Jun 1854 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
  She married Joseph Napp on 13th Mar 1871 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex. He was born 1847 at Heathfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iThomas Edward who was born 9th Aug 1872 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 29th Sep 1872 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  iiJoseph who was born 1876 at Heathfield, Sussex
  iiiMercy who was born 1877 at Mayfield, Sussex
  ivJames who was born 1879 at Mayfield, Sussex
   
  16. Thomas Bishop, farm labourer was the son of Henry Bishop, farm labourer and Phoebe Bishop [Apps]. He was born 1857 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 2nd Aug 1857 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
  He married Hannah on c 1882. She was born 1864 at Burwash, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iCharles T who was born 1886 at Ticehurst, Sussex
  iiGeorge H who was born 1888 at Ticehurst, Sussex
  iiiAlexander who was born 1890 at Ticehurst, Sussex
   
Generation No. 4
  17. Eliza Bassett Frost [Hobbs] was the daughter of William Bassett [Simmons] and Louisa Bassett [Hobbs]. She was born 30th Jan 1849 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 1st Apr 1849 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
21 iAnnie Elizabeth who was born 3rd Oct 1865 at West Firle, Sussex; christened 14th Jun 1868 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of Eliza Basset, single woman
  iiGeorge Albert who was born Oct to Dec 1880 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  She married Charles Frost, general labourer on July to Sep 1882, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1882 Q3 Vol 2b Page 188. He was born 1854 at Framfield, Sussex; christened 5th Nov 1854 at St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iPercy who was born 1883 at Framfield, Sussex
  iiCharles who was born 1885 at Herstmonceux, Sussex
  iiiAlice Eliza who was born 1886 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 29th Apr 1888 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
  ivMaud Louisa who was born 1888 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 29th Apr 1888 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
  vWilliam who was born 1891 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 12th Jul 1891 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
   
  18. George Bassett was the son of William Bassett [Simmons] and Louisa Bassett [Hobbs]. He was born 1855 at Reynard Farm, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 2nd Dec 1855 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, son of William Basset (labourer) and Louisa Basset
  He married Jane Coppings on 7th Sep 1882 at Frant, Sussex. She was born c 1860
   
  19. Louisa Ashdown [Bassett] was the daughter of William Bassett [Simmons] and Louisa Bassett [Hobbs]. She was born 27th Sep 1857 at Reynolds, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 8th Nov 1857 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of William Basset (labourer) and Louise Basset
  She married John Ashdown, farm labourer on Oct to Dec 1880, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1880 Q4 Vol 2b Page 245. He was born 1860 at Waldron, Sussex
   
  20. Emily Phoebe Hall [Knapp] was the daughter of Henry Knapp and Phoebe Knapp [Bishop]. She was born 14th Jan 1871 at Mayfield, Sussex
  She married Henry Samuel Hall on 20th Nov 1894 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, witnesses Henry James & ROsanna Knapp. He was born 1867 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 7th Jul 1867 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, son of Henry Hall (labourer) & Eliza Hall
   
Generation No. 5
  21. Annie Elizabeth Bassett was the daughter of unknown father and Eliza Bassett Frost [Hobbs]. She was born 3rd Oct 1865 at West Firle, Sussex; christened 14th Jun 1868 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of Eliza Basset, single woman
  iViolet Annie S. who was born 9th Sep 1890 at Eastbourne, Sussex; died Oct to Dec 1985 Leicestershire
   

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