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Pedigrees of the Families in the County of Kent by William Berry published 1830 - pp. 14; 382

Name

Date & Parish/Area

Father

Mother

Source

F

b: 1838 County of Lincolnshire

1881 Census
Tunbridge Wells, Kent

M

b: 1810 to 1815 County of Sussex

1841 Census
Framfield, Sussex

Edward Best, sawyer

M

b: 1829 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

William Best, bricklayer

Mary Ann Best [Walter]

1841 Census
Maresfield, Sussex

M

b: 1870 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

Edward Best, sawyer

Charlotte Best [Brown]

1881 Census
Maresfield, Sussex

Edwin Best, farmer

M

b: 1842 Parish of Horsted Keynes, Sussex

Joseph Best, farm labourer

Philadelphia Best [Ashby]

1851 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex

M

b: 10^th May 1866 Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

Owen Best, farmer

Ann Best [Mills]

Rotherfield Parish Registers

M

b: 28^th Oct 1868 Parish of Hadlow Down, Sussex

Edwin Best, farmer

Mary Best [Moon]

Eridge Parish Registers

M

b: 1890 Parish of Buxted, Sussex

1891 Census
Buxted, Sussex

Eleanor Jessie Best

F

b: 1889 Parish of Westerham, Kent

Forest Best, coachman

Penelope Shephard Best

1891 Census
Westerham, Kent

F

b: c 1785

Fletching Parish Registers

F

b: 1795 to 1800 County of Sussex

1841 Census
Maresfield, Sussex

F

b: 1816 Parish of Chiddingstone, Kent

1881 Census
Sundridge, Kent

F

b: 1828 Parish of Withyham, Sussex

Withyham Parish Registers

F

b: 1844 Parish of Tunbridge Wells, Kent

1881 Census
Wadhurst, Sussex

F

b: 1852 Parish of Lewes, Sussex

1881 Census
Fletching, Sussex

F

b: 1878 Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

Owen Best, farmer

Ann Best [Mills]

1881 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex

Eliza Best [Bannister]

F

b: 1827 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

John Bannister, blacksmith

Jane Bannister [Langridge]

Fletching Parish Registers

Eliza Best [Cooper]

F

b: 1842 Parish of Cuckfield, Sussex

1881 Census
Hadlow, Kent

Elizabeth Atheral [Best]

F

b: 1778 Parish of Penshurst, Kent
d: 27^th Jan 1867 Parish of Withyham, Sussex

Sarah Best [Weller]

IGI - Family Search

Elizabeth Baker [Best]

F

b: c 1675

IGI - Family Search
Batch M13155-1

F

b: 1709 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

Fletching Parish Registers

F

b: c 1730

Fletching Parish Registers

F

b: c 1735

Fletching Parish Registers

F

b: 1757 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

Fletching Parish Registers

F

b: 1772 Parish of Penshurst, Kent

Mary Best [Young]

IGI - Family Search

F

b: 1785 Parish of East Grinstead, Sussex

1851 Census
Fletching, Sussex

F

b: 1805 County of Gloucestershire

1881 Census
Tonbridge, Kent

F

b: c 1805

Withyham Parish Registers

F

b: 1810 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

Henry Best, farm bailiff

Fletching Parish Registers

F

b: 1818 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

John Best, labourer

Elizabeth Best [Ridley]

Maresfield Parish Registers

F

b: c 1865

Withyham Parish Registers

F

b: 1871 Parish of Hadlow, Kent

James Best, farm labourer

1881 Census
Hadlow, Kent

Elizabeth Best [Avis]

F

b: c 1810

Withyham Parish Registers

Elizabeth Best [Aynscomb]

F

b: c 1680

Hartfield Parish Registers

Elizabeth Best [Dadswell]

F

b: 10^th Apr 1839 Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex
d: Oct 1875 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

William Okill Dadswell, farmer

Harriet Holmes [Dadswell] [Walter]

1851 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex

Elizabeth Best [Ridley]

F

b: 1791
d: Dec 1841 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

Chailey Marriage Registers

Elizabeth Best [Uridge]

F

b: 1791 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

Henry Richard Uridge

Annesley Uridge [Killick]

Private Groombridge contribution

Elizabeth Best [Wilmshurst]

F

b: c 1835

IGI - Family Search
Batch M14835-3

Elizabeth Edwards [Best]

F

b: c 1815 Parish of Hartfield, Sussex

1851 Census
Hartfield, Sussex

Elizabeth Harriet Coulstock [Best]

F

b: c 1825

Elizabeth Jane Best [Grey]

F

b: 1799 County of Kent

1851 Census
Uckfield, Sussex

Elizabeth Jane Best [Knight]

F

b: 1807 Parish of Isfield, Sussex

1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex

Elizabeth Jefferey [Best]

F

b: c 1780

Speldhurst Parish Registers

Elizabeth Taylor [Best]

F

b: c 1675

IGI - Family Search
Batch C07056-2

F

b: 1865 Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

1891 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex

F

b: 1867 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

Henry Best, labourer

1881 Census
East Grinstead, Sussex

F

b: 1869 Parish of Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Thomas S. Best, carpenter

1881 Census
Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Ellen Wickens [Best]

F

b: 13^th Jul 1864 Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

Owen Best, farmer

Ann Best [Mills]

Rotherfield Parish Registers

F

b: 1836 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

Fletching Parish Registers

F

b: 1867 Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

1911 Census
Crowborough, Sussex

F

b: 1869 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

Henry Best, labourer

1881 Census
East Grinstead, Sussex

F

b: 1874 Parish of Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Lydia Best [Turner]

Melanie Beard's records

F

b: 1878 Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex

William Best, gardener and groom

1881 Census
Wadhurst, Sussex

F

b: 1890 Parish of Ringmer, Sussex

James Best, farmer

1891 Census
Buxted, Sussex

F

b: 1891 Parish of Ringmer, Sussex

1911 Census
Withyham, Sussex

Emily Jane Best

F

b: 1865 Parish of Withyham, Sussex

Withyham Parish Registers

Emily Jane Best

F

b: 1883 Parish of Uckfield, Sussex

George James Best, beerhouse keeper

Jane Best [Holmes]

Kathleen Hilborn's records

Emily Jenner [Best]

F

b: 1843 Parish of Withyham, Sussex
d: 1907 Parish of Withyham, Sussex

Obadiah Best, farm labourer

Elizabeth Jane Best [Knight]

Withyham Parish Registers

Emma Annie Best

F

b: 1852 County of Herefordshire

1881 Census
Cranbrook, Kent

F

b: 1858 County of Surrey

1891 Census
Tonbridge, Kent

F

b: 1859 Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

1891 Census
Buxted, Sussex

M

b: 1858 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

William Best, labourer

1881 Census
Maresfield, Sussex

F

b: 1821 Parish of Cowden, Kent

1881 Census
East Grinstead, Sussex

Esther Best [Burfoot]

F

b: 1820 Parish of Cowden, Kent

John Burfoot, farmer

Sarah Burfoot [Longley]

Arthur Turk's records

F

b: 1889 Parish of Tonbridge, Kent

Thomas Best, stationart engineer

1891 Census
Tonbridge, Kent

Ethel Margaret Best

F

b: 1879 Parish of Uckfield, Sussex

1881 Census
Uckfield, Sussex

F

b: c 1865

Mayfield Parish Registers

F

b: 1870 Parish of Buxted, Sussex

1891 Census
Buxted, Sussex

F

b: 1828 County of Sussex

William Best, bricklayer

Mary Ann Best [Walter]

1841 Census
Maresfield, Sussex

Florence Emma Best

F

b: 1880 County of Middlesex

Charles Best, coachman domestic servant

Emma Annie Best

1881 Census
Cranbrook, Kent

Forest Best, coachman

M

b: 1863 County of Dorset

1891 Census
Westerham, Kent

F

b: 1818 Parish of Buxted, Sussex

1891 Census
Westerham, Kent

F

b: 1838 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

Fletching Parish Registers

Frances Mary Ann Farnes [Bates] [Best]

F

b: Jan to Mar 1855 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

Edward Best, sawyer

Charlotte Best [Brown]

1861 Census

M

b: 1869 Parish of Pembury, Kent

James Best, farm labourer

1881 Census
Hadlow, Kent

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