The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Elizabeth Powell [Cheson]
Generation No. 1
  1. Elizabeth Powell [Cheson] She was born 1793 at Sussex
  She married James Powell, miller on 9th Apr 1809 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex. He was born 1770 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 16th Jan 1771 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iMiriam who was born 1822 at Sussex
  iiJames who was born 1825 at Sussex
2 iiiHannah who was born 1830 at Frant, Sussex; christened 31st Mar 1830 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex
  ivEsther who was born 1832 at Sussex
  vRuth who was born 1835 at Sussex
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Hannah Rogers [Powell] was the daughter of James Powell, miller and Elizabeth Powell [Cheson]. She was born 1830 at Frant, Sussex; christened 31st Mar 1830 at St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex
  She married John Rogers, farmer, aka John (Rogers) Martin on 7th Nov 1853 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent. He was born 1830 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 3rd Sep 1830 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex, mother Anne Martin bbs. They had the following children:
3 iJames who was born 1855 at Mountfield, Sussex
4 iiRuth who was born 1857 at Mountfield, Sussex; christened 2nd Aug 1857 St. Thomas-à-Becket Church, Brightling, Sussex
  iiiLouisa who was born 1861 at Leigh, Kent
  ivDavid who was born 1867 at Bidborough, Kent
   
Generation No. 3
  3. James Rogers, farmer was the son of John Rogers, farmer, aka John (Rogers) Martin and Hannah Rogers [Powell]. He was born 1855 at Mountfield, Sussex
  He married Alice Mary on c 1884. She was born 1866 at Wadhurst, Sussex
   
  4. Ruth Young [Rogers] was the daughter of John Rogers, farmer, aka John (Rogers) Martin and Hannah Rogers [Powell]. She was born 1857 at Mountfield, Sussex; christened 2nd Aug 1857 at St. Thomas-à-Becket Church, Brightling, Sussex
  She married Horace Young, miller on 14th Aug 1878 at St. Mary's Church, Leigh, Kent. He was born 1852 at West Peckham, Kent, registered at Malling District, Kent, ref: 1852 Q3 Vol 2A Page 217. They had the following children:
  iJohn who was born Jan to Mar 1880 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tunbridge Wells District, Kent, ref: 1880 Q1 Vol 2A Page 634
  iiEdith who was born Oct to Dec 1882 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tunbridge Wells District, Kent, ref: 1882 Q4 Vol 2A Page 640; died Jan to Mar 1941 Tonbridge, Kent
5 iiiFrederick Charles who was born 9th Oct 1883 at Prince Style [a.k.a. Printstile], Bidborough, Kent, registered at Tunbridge Wells District, Kent, ref: 1883 Q4 Vol 2A Page 649, mothers maiden name Rogers; christened 10th Apr 1904 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
6 ivHorace Walter Cyril who was born 5th Feb 1895 at Bidborough, Kent, registered at Tunbridge Wells District, Kent, ref: 1895 Q1 Vol 2A Page 723
   
Generation No. 4
  5. Frederick Charles Young was the son of Horace Young, miller and Ruth Young [Rogers]. He was born 9th Oct 1883 at Prince Style [a.k.a. Printstile], Bidborough, Kent, registered at Tunbridge Wells District, Kent, ref: 1883 Q4 Vol 2A Page 649, mothers maiden name Rogers; christened 10th Apr 1904 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  He married Hester Steed on 26th Mar 1910 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent. She was born 1885 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 28th Jun 1885 at St. Johns Parish Church, Hildenborough, Kent
   
  6. Horace Walter Cyril Young was the son of Horace Young, miller and Ruth Young [Rogers]. He was born 5th Feb 1895 at Bidborough, Kent, registered at Tunbridge Wells District, Kent, ref: 1895 Q1 Vol 2A Page 723
  He married Beryl Elsie Marshall on Oct to Dec 1921 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1921 Q4 Vol 2A Page 1921. She was born Oct to Dec 1896 at Southborough, Kent, registered at Tunbridge Wells District, Kent, ref: 1896 Q4 Vol 2A Page 715; christened 6th Jun 1897 at St. Peter's Church, Southborough, Kent, parents Charles & Charlotte Marshall
   

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