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May, Mays, Maye family records sorted by marriage date 897 parish records
by type and year
Individuals by first name ►   A to F G to L M to Z    
Individuals by date of birth ►   Pre 1800 1800 to 1850 Post 1850 Date N/K  
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Published pedigrees ►Pedigrees of the Families in the County of Kent by William Berry published 1830 - pp. 50; 130
Pedigrees of the Families in the County of Sussex by William Berry published 1830 - pp. 21; 29; 36; 56
Frant - A Parish History by Henry S. Eeles published 1947 - pp. 165
   
 Elijah Croucherm: 12th Oct 1806 Hastingleigh, KentCharlotte May 
 b: 21st Mar 1784 Elmstead, Kent
d: Before 1857 Godmersham, Kent		  b: 1791 Crundale, Kent
d: Jan to Mar 1858 Godmersham, Kent		 
  
     
 John James Charlotte Mary Frances Thomas
 b: 1808 Elmstead, Kent b: 1812 Godmersham, Kent
d: Jul to Sep 1895 Elmstead, Kent		 b: Nov 1815 Waltham, Kent
d: Apr to Jun 1851 Waltham, Kent		 b: 1821 Hartley, Kent
d: 1897 Rainham, Kent		 b: 1825 Godmersham, Kent
d: Apr to Jun 1887 Canterbury, Kent
           
  
 James May
wheelwright		m: 23rd Aug 1809 Brighton, SussexHarriet Hammond 
 b: 1787 Catsfield, Sussex  b: 1789 Buxted, Sussex 
  
      
 John Harriet Caleb Frances William Thomas
 b: 1814 Buxted, Sussex
ch: 31st Jul 1814 St. Margaret's Church		 b: 1818 Buxted Wood, Buxted, Sussex
ch: 26th Apr 1818 St. Margaret's Church
d: Sep 1885 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: 12th Sep 1885 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex		 b: 1820 Buxted, Sussex
ch: 23rd Apr 1820 St. Margaret's Church		 b: 3rd Jul 1824 Buxted, Sussex
ch: 18th Aug 1824 Heathfield Chapel, Heathfield, Sussex
d: Feb 1878 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: 13th Feb 1878 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex		 b: 1829 Sussex b: 1833 Buxted, Sussex
         
  
 Thomas May
toll collector		m: c 1810Susan 
 b: 1785 to 1790 Sussex  b: 1785 to 1790 Sussex 
  
2nd marriageJohn Peerlessm: 23rd Mar 1812 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, SussexSophia May 
 b: c 1790  b: c 1790 
  
 Mr Maym: c 1815Sarah 
 b: c 1785  b: 1789 Leigh, Kent 
  
     
 Mary Richard Harriott Henrietta Charlotte
 b: 1822 Kent b: 1824 Tonbridge, Kent b: 1827 Kent b: 1829 Kent b: 1831 Tonbridge, Kent
        
  
 John Bakerm: 12th Oct 1817 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, KentElizabeth May 
 b: c 1795  b: c 1795 
  
  
 Ann 
 b: c Nov 1817 Leigh, Kent
ch: 16th Nov 1817 St. Mary's Church		 
 
  
 William May
farm labourer		m: c 1820Rosetta 
 b: 1797 Chiddingstone, Kent  b: 1797 Kent 
  
   
 William Maria Mary
 b: 1823 Kent b: 1826 b: 1829
    
  
 Mr Maym: c 1820Sarah 
 b: c 1795  b: 1798 Uckfield, Sussex 
  
   
 James Henry George
 b: 1820 to 1825 Sussex b: 1820 to 1825 Sussex b: 1831 Sussex
    
  
 William Typem: 1821 Whitestaunton, SomersetFrances May 
 b: 1798 Whitestaunton, Somerset
d: 1862 Whitestaunton, Somerset		  b: 1785
d: 1877 Pigsfoot Farm, Buxted, Sussex		 
  
    
 Ann Mary William Sarah
 b: 1822 Whitestaunton, Somerset
d: Mar 1891 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: 21st Mar 1891 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex		 b: 1824 Whitestaunton, Somerset
d: 1852 Bath, Somerset		 b: 1827 Whitestaunton, Somerset
d: 1886 Barton Regis, Somerset		 b: 1828 Whitestaunton, Somerset
d: 1900 Uckfield, Sussex
       
  
 James May
farm labourer		m: c 1821Sarah 
 b: 1797 Speldhurst, Kent  b: 1801 Speldhurst, Kent 
   
 Thomas Relfe
gamekeeper		m: 5th Feb 1822 St. Thomas-à-Becket Church, Brightling, SussexWinifred May 
 b: 1796 Brightling, Sussex
ch: 3rd Apr 1796 St. Thomas-à-Becket Church		  b: 1791 Catsfield, Sussex 
  
         
Fanny  Mary Harriett Jane Sophia Martha Hannah Joseph
b: 1822 Brightling, Sussex
ch: 26th May 1822 St. Thomas-à-Becket Church		  b: 1827 Brightling, Sussex
ch: 1st Apr 1827 St. Thomas-à-Becket Church		 b: 1832 Brightling, Sussex
ch: 8th Jul 1832 St. Thomas-à-Becket Church		 b: 1834 Brightling, Sussex
ch: 26th Oct 1834 St. Thomas-à-Becket Church		 b: 1837 Brightling, Sussex
ch: 25th Jun 1837 St. Thomas-à-Becket Church		 b: 1839 Brightling, Sussex
ch: 25th Aug 1839 St. Thomas-à-Becket Church		 b: 1841 Brightling, Sussex
ch: 21st Nov 1841 St. Thomas-à-Becket Church		 b: 1846 Brightling, Sussex
ch: 18th Jan 1846 St. Thomas-à-Becket Church
 James       
 b: 1824 Brightling, Sussex
ch: 14th Nov 1824 St. Thomas-à-Becket Church		       
                 
  
 Stephen May
farm labourer		m: c 1826Harriett 
 b: 1805 Hadlow, Kent  b: 1806 Brenchley, Kent 
  
 Thomas May
late vicar of Leigh church		m: c 1827Mrs May 
 b: 1798 Wignall, Hertfordshire    
  
   
 Isabella M. Frances Mary C.
 b: 1828 Penshurst, Kent b: 1841 Leigh, Kent b: 1846 Leigh, Kent
    
  
 Edward Jenner
botanist and commercial traveller to the printing house of Baxter of Lewes, publishers of the Sussex Express		m: 6th Aug 1827 St. John-the-Baptist, Southover, Lewes, SussexNancy May 
 b: 13th Mar 1803 South Heighton, Sussex
d: 13th Mar 1872 Lewes, Sussex
bur: After 13th Mar 1872 St. John-under-the-Castle, Lewes, Sussex		  b: 16th Sep 1802 Brighton, Sussex
ch: 2nd Jan 1803 St. Nicholas Church
d: 26th Feb 1869 Lewes, Sussex
bur: 1st Mar 1869 St. John-under-the-Castle, Lewes, Sussex		 
  
        
Ann Elisabeth Sarah May Edward Thomas James Fanny Amelia Richard Dawson Philip Walter Hubert
b: 1830 Russell Street, Brighton, Sussex
ch: 17th Jan 1830 St. Nicholas Church		 b: 1831 Brighton, Sussex
ch: 11th Sep 1831 St. Nicholas Church		 b: 1833 Kensington Gardens, Brighton, Sussex
ch: 26th May 1833 St. Nicholas Church		 b: 1835 Kensington Gardens, Brighton, Sussex
ch: 26th Jul 1835 St. Nicholas Church		 b: 1838 Brighton, Sussex
ch: 15th Jul 1838 St. Nicholas Church		 b: 1840 West Street, Brighton, Sussex
ch: 20th Sep 1840 St. Nicholas Church		 b: 1842 West Street, Lewes, Sussex
ch: 27th Nov 1842 St. John-the-Baptist, Southover
d: 13th Jun 1882 Lewes, Sussex
bur: After 13th Jun 1882 St. John-under-the-Castle, Lewes, Sussex		 b: 1845 West Street, Lewes, Sussex
ch: 24th Aug 1845 St. John-the-Baptist, Southover
        
  
 Henry Sands
farm labourer		m: 6th Oct 1828 St. John the Baptist, Wateringbury, KentMary May 
 b: 1802 East Peckham, Kent  b: 1805 Hadlow, Kent 
  
       
 William Henry Robert George Walter Elizabeth Alice
 b: 1829 Hadlow, Kent b: 1833 Hadlow, Kent b: 1836 Hadlow, Kent b: 1841 Hadlow, Kent b: 1843 Hadlow, Kent b: 1846 Hadlow, Kent b: 1849 Hadlow, Kent
         
  
 Richard Mays
farm labourer		m: c 1830Caroline 
 b: 1806 East Grinstead, Sussex  b: 1806 East Grinstead, Sussex 
  
       
 Caroline Richard Elizabeth John Charles George Henry
 b: 1832 Sussex b: 1834 East Grinstead, Sussex b: 1838 East Grinstead, Sussex b: 1841 East Grinstead, Sussex b: 1843 East Grinstead, Sussex b: 1846 East Grinstead, Sussex b: 1849 East Grinstead, Sussex
        
  
 William May
farm labourer		m: c 1832Mary 
 b: 1811 East Grinstead, Sussex  b: 1812 Hartfield, Sussex 
  
 William Mays
farm labourer		m: c 1832Mary 
 b: 1811 East Grinstead, Sussex  b: 1812 Hartfield, Sussex 
  
    
 William Mary John Sarah
 b: 1837 East Grinstead, Sussex b: 1841 East Grinstead, Sussex b: 1843 East Grinstead, Sussex b: 1847 East Grinstead, Sussex
     
  
 Mr Maym: c 1832Sarah May 
    b: 1814 Tudeley-cum-Capel, Kent 
  
  
 Henry Susanah
 b: 1842 Tonbridge, Kent b: 1850 Tonbridge, Kent
   
  
 Jesse Maym: 3rd Sep 1832 St. John the Baptist, Wateringbury, KentJane King 
 b: 1809 Hadlow, Kent
ch: 11th Nov 1809 St. Mary's Church		  b: 1811 Hadlow, Kent 
  
  
 Richard Robert
 b: 1834 Hadlow, Kent
ch: 31st Aug 1834 St. Mary's Church
d: Oct to Dec 1874 Tunbridge Wells, Kent		 b: 1845 Hadlow, Kent
     
   
 George Seale
farm labourer		m: 24th Sep 1833 St. Mary's Church, Edenbridge, KentSarah May 
 b: 1814 Chiddingstone, Kent
ch: 6th Mar 1814 St. Mary's Church		  b: 1816 Chiddingstone, Kent 
  
         
Emily  Sarah James John William Thomas Frederick Henry
b: c Oct 1833 Chiddingstone, Kent
ch: 22nd Oct 1833 St. Mary's Church
d: 24th Oct 1833 Chiddingstone, Kent		  b: 1840 Brasted, Kent
ch: 16th Feb 1840 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent		 b: 1842 Brasted, Kent
ch: 16th Jan 1842 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent		 b: 1845 Brasted, Kent
ch: 6th Apr 1845 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent		 b: 1848 Brasted, Kent
ch: 21st Jun 1848 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent		 b: 1850 Hever, Kent
ch: 1st Dec 1850 St. Peter's Church		 b: 1856 Chiddingstone, Kent
ch: 6th Jul 1856 St. Mary's Church		 b: 1861 Chiddingstone, Kent
ch: 3rd Mar 1861 St. Mary's Church
 Sophia         
 b: 1837 Chiddingstone, Kent
ch: 21st May 1837 St. Mary's Church		         
                  
  
 James May
retired farm bailiff		m: c 1834Liza 
 b: 1816 Tonbridge, Kent  b: 1806 Tonbridge, Kent 
  
 Thomas May
farm labourer		m: c 1836Sarah 
 b: 1805 to 1810 Sussex  b: 1800 to 1805 
  
  
 Thomas Sarah
 b: 1837 Sussex b: 1839 Sussex
   
   
 Obed Wickens
shoemaker		m: 15th Mar 1837 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, SussexSarah May 
 b: 7th Nov 1810 Rotherfield, Sussex
ch: 9th Dec 1810 St. Denys Church		  b: 1813 Sussex
d: Oct to Dec 1856		 
  
      
 Ann James Harriett Thomas Frances George
 b: 1837 Buxted, Sussex b: 1839 Burwash, Sussex
ch: 8th Sep 1839 St. Bartholomew's Church
d: Jun 1846 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: 28th Jun 1846 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex		 b: 1841 Rotherfield, Sussex b: 1843 Tonbridge, Kent b: 1846 Union House, Uckfield, Sussex
ch: 8th Apr 1846 Holy Cross Church		 b: 1848 Union House, Uckfield, Sussex
ch: 21st Jun 1848 Holy Cross Church
       
  
 William May
boot maker		m: c 1838Elizabeth 
 b: 1816 Speldhurst, Kent  b: 1818 Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire 
  
 William May
stockman		m: c 1838Ann 
 b: 1818 Chailey, Sussex  b: 1816 Surrey 
   
 David Novis
coppersmith		m: 6th Aug 1838 Trinity Church, Tunbridge Wells, KentJane May 
 b: 16th Dec 1818 Tunbridge Wells, Kent
d: Jul 1872		  b: 1818 Pembury, Kent 
  
  
 David James
 b: 1840 b: 1842 London
    
  
 Robert May
baker and grocer		m: c 1839Harriett 
 b: 1812 Hadlow, Kent  b: 1819 East Peckham, Kent 
  
   
 William James Emma Sophia
 b: 1852 Hadlow, Kent b: 1856 Hadlow, Kent b: 1859 Hadlow, Kent
    
   
 unknown father
Not marriedMercy Burfoot 
   b: 1811 Cowden, Kent
ch: 9th Jun 1811 St. Mary Magdalene		 
  
  
 Henry 
 b: 1841 Brighton, Sussex 
 
  
 John May
gamekeeper		m: c 1841Sophia 
 b: 1816 Chiddingstone, Kent  b: 1821 Chiddingstone, Kent 
  
  
 Walter Ada
 b: 1864 Penshurst, Kent b: 1874 Penshurst, Kent
   
  
 Mr Maym: c 1841Sarah May 
    b: 1815 Tudeley-cum-Capel, Kent 
  
  
 Henry 
 b: 1842 Tonbridge, Kent 
 
   
1st marriageJohn Tester
gardener		m: 7th Jul 1841 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, SussexElizabeth Mays 
 b: 1819 Ashdown Forest, East Grinstead, Sussex
ch: 14th Mar 1819 St Swithin Parish Church
d: Jan 1894 Forest Row, Sussex
bur: 6th Jan 1894 Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex		  b: 1821 East Grinstead, Sussex
d: Aug 1864 Forest Row, Sussex
bur: 1st Aug 1864 Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex		 
  
        
Louisa Ebenezer Joseph Fanny Mary Ann Frederick George Elizabeth Jane
b: 1843 East Grinstead, Sussex
ch: 27th Aug 1843 St Swithin Parish Church		 b: 1846 East Grinstead, Sussex b: 1848 East Grinstead, Sussex
ch: 12th Nov 1848 St Swithin Parish Church		 b: 1851 Stone Quarry, Forest Row, Sussex
ch: 1st Jun 1851 Holy Trinity Church		 b: 1853 Forest, Forest Row, Sussex
ch: 20th Mar 1853 Holy Trinity Church
d: Feb 1870 Forest Row, Sussex
bur: 5th Feb 1870 Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex		 b: 1855 Stone Quarry, Forest Row, Sussex
ch: 23rd Dec 1855 Holy Trinity Church
d: Apr 1858 Quarry Farm, Forest Row, Sussex
bur: 3rd Apr 1858 Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex		 b: 1858 Stone Quarry, Forest Row, Sussex
ch: 9th May 1858 Holy Trinity Church		 b: 1861 Kidbrooke, Forest Row, Sussex
ch: 4th Aug 1861 Holy Trinity Church
          
   
 George Mays
farm labourer		m: 8th Feb 1842 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, SussexPhillis Wickenden1st marriage
 b: 1819 East Grinstead, Sussex
d: 1858		  b: 1823 East Grinstead, Sussex
ch: 2nd Mar 1823 St Swithin Parish Church
d: 1908		 
  
      
 Joseph Miller Phillis Elizabeth Mary Sarah
 b: 1843 East Grinstead, Sussex b: 1845 East Grinstead, Sussex
ch: 6th Jul 1845 St Swithin Parish Church
d: 1850		 b: 1845 East Grinstead, Sussex
ch: 6th Jul 1845 St Swithin Parish Church
d: 1926		 b: 1848 East Grinstead, Sussex
ch: 19th Nov 1848 St Swithin Parish Church		 b: 1852 East Grinstead, Sussex
ch: 3rd Mar 1852 St Swithin Parish Church
d: 1852		 b: 1856 East Grinstead, Sussex
ch: 25th May 1856 St Swithin Parish Church
       
   
 William Maym: 4th Jun 1842 St Johns, Croydon, SurreyMercy Burfoot 
 b: 1816 Chiddingstone, Kent  b: 1811 Cowden, Kent
ch: 9th Jun 1811 St. Mary Magdalene		 
  
 Richard May
beerhouse keeper		m: c 1843Sarah 
 b: 1818 Chiddingstone, Kent  b: 1823 Limpsfield, Surrey 
  
   
 James Walter George
 b: 1857 Tonbridge, Kent b: 1865 Tonbridge, Kent b: 1868 Tonbridge, Kent
    
  
 William May
farm labourer		m: c 1844Letitia 
 b: 1824 Chiddingstone, Kent  b: 1823 Sevenoaks, Kent 
  
   
 Sarah Adeline Walter
 b: 1863 Sevenoaks, Kent b: 1867 Sevenoaks, Kent b: 1868 Sevenoaks, Kent
    
  
2nd marriageJames Maym: 30th Oct 1844 St. Alban's Church, Frant, SussexEliza Killick 
 b: c 1810  b: c 1815 
   
 Richard Maym: c 1845Eliza 
 b: 1824 Tonbridge, Kent  b: 1822 Farnham, Surrey 
  
 William Mays
pedlar		m: c 1845Dinah 
 b: 1825 Crawley, Sussex  b: 1822 Buckingham, Buckinghamshire 
  
  
 John 
 b: 1858 Salehurst, Sussex 
 
  
 James May
farm labourer		m: c 1845Eliza 
 b: 1816 Leigh, Kent  b: 1825 Leigh, Kent 
  
  
 Anne 
 b: 1868 Leigh, Kent 
 
   
 Benjamin Tester
farm labourer		m: Jul to Sep 1845Harriet May 
 b: 1817 Canterbury, Kent
d: Sep 1871 Buxted, Sussex
bur: 17th Sep 1871 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex		  b: 1818 Buxted Wood, Buxted, Sussex
ch: 26th Apr 1818 St. Margaret's Church
d: Sep 1885 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: 12th Sep 1885 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex		 
  
 James May
farm bailiff		m: c 1846Eliza 
 b: 1826 Tonbridge, Kent  b: 1809 Hadlow, Kent 
  
 William May
farm labourer		m: c 1846Eliza 
 b: 1826 Ashurst, Sussex  b: 1825 Withyham, Sussex 
  
  
 Edith 
 b: 1867 Speldhurst, Kent 
 
  
 William Page
brewer's abourer		m: Oct to Dec 1847Sarah May 
 b: 1822 Haywards Heath, Sussex  b: 1823 Lewes, Sussex 
  
     
 Joseph Mary Elizabeth Robert Sarah
 b: 1849 Lewes, Sussex
ch: 11th Mar 1849 All Saints		 b: 1851 Lewes, Sussex b: 1853 Lewes, Sussex b: 1855 Lewes, Sussex b: 1857 Lewes, Sussex
       
  
 Richard May
farmer		m: c 1849Mary 
 b: 1806 East Grinstead, Sussex  b: 1831 Maresfield, Sussex 
  
  
 William 
 b: 1870 East Grinstead, Sussex 
 
    
 Edward Tester
farm labourer		m: Jan to Mar 1849Frances May 
 b: 15th Feb 1824 Wadhurst, Sussex
ch: 19th Feb 1824 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church
d: Jan 1887 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: 7th Jan 1887 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex		  b: 3rd Jul 1824 Buxted, Sussex
ch: 18th Aug 1824 Heathfield Chapel, Heathfield, Sussex
d: Feb 1878 Rotherfield, Sussex
bur: 13th Feb 1878 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex		 
  
      
 Emma Samuel George Edward Edwin Jane Jabez James
 b: 20th May 1849 Steep, Rotherfield, Sussex b: 1851 Framfield, Sussex
d: Mar 1870 Hadlow Down, Sussex
bur: 31st Mar 1870 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex		 b: 1852 Framfield, Sussex b: 1856 Hadlow Down, Sussex
ch: 15th Nov 1857 St. Mark's Church
d: Before 19th Nov 1857 Hadlow Down, Sussex
bur: 19th Nov 1857 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex		 b: 1859 Buxted, Sussex b: 1862 Buxted, Sussex
        
    
 George Corke
grave digger		m: 4th Nov 1849 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, KentCharlotte May 
 b: 1828 Tonbridge, Kent
ch: 31st Oct 1828 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church		  b: 1831 Tonbridge, Kent 
  
     
 George Thomas May Harriott James Henrietta William
 b: 14th Jun 1848 Tonbridge, Kent b: 1850 Tonbridge, Kent b: Oct to Dec 1852 Tonbridge, Kent b: 1855 Tonbridge, Kent
ch: 7th Jan 1855 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church		 b: 1858 Tonbridge, Kent
        

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