Katharine Anne RAYNER

	Father: Michael RAYNER, "2002"

1 Katharine Anne RAYNER [1].

2 Michael RAYNER (1934-2005) [2]. Born 9 Jan 1934, London. Died 1 Oct 2005, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. 11 St Lukes Road, Cheltenham.

4 Simeon RYNER (1891-1964) [14]. Born 16 Oct 1891, Whitechapel, London. ¹ 67 Cambridge Road, Bethnal Green. Father's name Lipmner RYNER

Mother's name Hannah RYNER formerly SPERREBUR. Marr Jessamine Lydia LILLY 31 Aug 1929, West Ham, London. Register Office, West Ham. As Samuel Charles RAYNER, Salesman Fancy Drapery, of 117 Shepperton Road, Islington

and Jessamine Lydia LILLY of 39 Ramsay Road, Forest Gate

Groom's father Leopold RAYNER, formerly a Draper

Bride's father George Ernest LILLY, Builder, deceased

Winesses A.Fisher and R.G.E. Lilly (probably Jessie's brothers Augustus Fisher and Ronald Lilly). Died 25 Dec 1964, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Delancy Hospital. Cause: Cerebral Thrombosis.

8 Leopold RYNER (1860?-aft1929) [34]. Born 1860 (cal), Warsaw, Poland. Marr Hannah SZPERBER. Died aft 1929.

On the 1891 census he is Leopold Righner, six months later when Simeon was born he was calling himself Lipmner Ryner.

When Minnie was born in 1896 he was Lipman Ryner and on the 1901 census he was Lipman Rayner.

On Simeons marriage certificate in 1929 he was recorded as Leopold Rayner.

9 Hannah SZPERBER (1856?- ) [36]. Born 1856 (cal), Warsaw, Poland.

On the 1891 census she was Hannah Righner, when Simeon was born 6 months later she was Hannah Ryner.

Was calling herself Adelaide Ryner by the time Minnie was born in 1896 and by the 1901 census she was Adelaide Rayner.

5 Jessamine Lydia LILLY (1897-1964) [15]. Born 14 Nov 1897, Woolwich, London. ^2,3 25 Eleanor Road, Woolwich. Died 12 Mar 1964, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. ⁴ Delancy Hospital. Cause: Breast Cancer. 1. Multiple Metastasis 2. Cancer of Breast 3. Arteriosclerosis 4. Chronic Bronchitis with Emphysema.

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10 George Ernest LILLY (1874-1924?) [37]. Born Q2 1874, Victoria Park, London. ^5,6 Marr Fanny Jessamine SAWYER Jun 1897, West Ham, London. ⁷ Died 1924 (app).

George Ernest Lilly 'went to Australia' (according to Uncle Lionel (Georges son)) however other branches of the family report that he 'went to America' , either way he certainly disappeared from the scene. It is possible that George and Fanny divorced, however Fanny and Augustus Fisher did not marry until 1924 - 15 years after they started living together - so it is possible that George died 1923/24 thus releasing Fanny to remarry.

On Jessamine Lilly's marriage certificate (1929) George (as father of the bride) is noted as 'Deceased'.

20 William Henry LILLY (1842-1896) [200]. Born 1 Apr 1842, Bethnal Green. ⁸ 21 Gibraltar Walk. Christened 22 May 1842, Bethnal Green, London. St Matthew. From IGI. Marr Elizabeth Way BRADLEY Q4 1861, East London. ⁹ Died 21 Jun 1896, Forest Gate, London. ^10,11 107 Slenparke Road. Cause: Bronchitis Asthma. Buried 25 Jun 1896, Forest Gate, London. Woodgrange Park Cemetary, 570 Romford Road. Common grave with no headstone, grave number 1493, square 18. Undertaker - Mr Willmott, Wanstead.

40 William Henry LILLY (1808-1873) [659]. Born 22 Apr 1808, Bethnal Green, London. IGI. Christened 30 Nov 1808, Shoreditch, Middlesex. St Leonards, Shoreditch. f: William LILLY, m: Rachel. Marr Mary Ann WINE 20 Feb 1837, Shoreditch, Middlesex. St Leonards. From IGI. Died Q4 1873, Bethnal Green, London. ¹²

80 William LILLY (1774?- ) [856]. Born 1774 (app). Marr Rachel MARSILO 30 Mar 1795, Whitechapel, London. St Mary's. IGI.

There is a christening record for a William Lilley born on 06 MAR 1768, christened 10 APR 1768 at Saint Leonards, Shoreditch, London, England. Parents William Lilley & Elisabeth which could fit. However there is also one for a William Lilley b 23 April 1774 christened 24 Mat 1774 at the same church with the same parents which suggests that the 1768 child died in infancy.

81 Rachel MARSILO ( - ) [857].

41 Mary Ann WINE (1819- ) [660]. Born 15 Nov 1819, Shoreditch, Middlesex. Christened 25 Dec 1819, Shoreditch, Middlesex. St Leonards.

Mary is alive in 1861 but there is a death record for a Mary Ann LILLY in Q2 1857 Shoreditch 1c 122 which could be her daughter who only appears on 1851 census. No age recorded.

Neither Mary nor William can be found in the 1871 census. The closest match is an entry transcribed as Mary TILLY. On the original return it looks more lke LILLY (with a curly L). Mary TILLY is a widow born Spitalfields living at 6 Essex Street East, Bethnal Green a greengrocer aged 51 which is spot on. Also in the house is her son Samuel (?? who is he) -aged 19, also born Spitalfields and also listed as a Greengrocer.

82 William WINE (1782- ) [693]. Born 13 Oct 1782, Bethnal Green, London. Christened 8 Dec 1782, Bethnal Green, London. St Matthew. Marr Sarah UNKNOWN [MAR. WINE].

164 William WINE (1761- ) [695]. Born 9 Apr 1761, Shoreditch, Middlesex. Christened 28 Apr 1765, Shoreditch, Middlesex. St Leonards. Marr Martha VENNER 25 Dec 1781, Stepney. St Dunstan.

328 Henry WINE (chr.1737) [701]. Born Stepney. Christened 20 Nov 1737, Stepney. St Mary Whitechapel. IGI. Marr Mary SMITH 30 Apr 1763, Old Street. St Luke. The date of the marriage is 2 years after the bitrh of their son William but 2 years prior to his 1765 christening. Possibly this is the reason for the delayed christening?

656 John WINE ( - ) [706]. Marr Elizabeth UNKNOWN [MAR. WINE)].

657 Elizabeth UNKNOWN [MAR. WINE)] ( - ) [707].

329 Mary SMITH ( - ) [702].

165 Martha VENNER (1760- ) [696]. Born 27 Jul 1760, Shoreditch, Middlesex. Christened 17 Aug 1760, Shoreditch, Middlesex. St Leonards. IGI (as VANNER).

330 Charles VENNER (1740?- ) [1116]. Born 1740 (app).

660 Charles VENNER (1715?- ) [708]. Born 1715 (app). Christened 14 Jun 1715, London. St Stephen, Coleman Street. IGI. Transcribed as VENNOR. Marr.

1320 Jasper VENNER (1669?- ) [712]. Born 1669 (app). Christened 11 Jun 1669, London. St Giles Cripplegate. F: Allexander VENNER

M: Eliz. Marr Mary UNKNOWN [MAR. VENNER].

2640 Allexander VENNER (1640?- ) [716]. Born 1640 (app), London. Christened 28 Oct 1640, City of London. St Dunstan in the East. F: Alexander VENNER

M: Elizabeth. Marr Eliz CHADWICK 23 Apr 1660, London. St Gregory by St Paul.

5280 Alexander VENNER (1615?- ) [1103]. Born 1615 (app).

5281 Elizabeth UNKNOWN [MAR. VENNER] ( - ) [1104].

2641 Eliz CHADWICK ( - ) [717].

1321 Mary UNKNOWN [MAR. VENNER] ( - ) [713].

331 Martha UNKNOWN [MAR. VENNER] ( - ) [709].

83 Sarah UNKNOWN [MAR. WINE] ( - ) [694].

21 Elizabeth Way BRADLEY (1840-1911) [201]. Born 6 Nov 1840, Shoreditch, Middlesex. ^13,14 Christened 4 Jun 1843, Shoreditch, Middlesex. Church of St John the Baptist. Died 22 Jan 1911, West Ham, London. ^15,16,17 98 Lansdown Road. Cause: Senile Decay. Death registered in South Leyton on 25th January 1911. Buried 26 Jan 1911, Forest Gate, London. Woodgrange Park Cemetery, 570 Romford Road. Common burial with no headstone in Grave no 10026, Square no 10. Undertaker Selby & Sons, Plaistow.

42 Richard BRADLEY (1786-1856) [816]. Born 23 Apr 1786, Hackney, Middlesex. ¹⁸ Marr Elisabeth BRADFIELD 20 Oct 1806, London. ¹⁹ St Katherine Coleman. IGI. Marr Elizabeth WAY 3 Sep 1839, London. ²⁰ Old Church, St Pancras. It is presumed that Richard and Catherine are children of this union as although they were born several years before the marriage there is documentary evidence of their middle names being 'Way' which predeates the marriage by five years. "The Bradley Family History" puts the marriage at c1833 presumeably in order to predate the birth of the first child. Died 7 Dec 1856, Finsbury, Middlesex. ^19,21

84 Thomas BRADLEY (1760?-1828) [868]. Born 1760 (app). Died Aug 1828, St George, Hanover Square.

"He was short and very sturdy man, proud of his unusual strength, which he demonstrated by lifting heavy pieces of lead".

43 Elizabeth WAY (1812-1858) [817]. Born 22 Feb 1812, Portsmouth, Hampshire. ²² Christened 8 Mar 1812, Portsea, Hants. ²² St John. Died 10 Jul 1858, Finsbury, Middlesex. ¹⁹

Note on Marriage to Richard BRADLEY: St Pancras Old Church, which was known simply as St Pancras Church until St Pancras New Church was built a little over half a mile away, is believed to be one of the oldest sites of Christian worship in London and in England.

Documentary evidence for the early history of the church is scanty, but it is believed to have existed since A.D. 313 or 314. It was the parish church of the parish of St Pancras, which stretched from close to Oxford Street almost to Highgate. However in the 14th century the population abandoned the site and moved to Kentish Town. The reasons for this were probably the propensity of the plain around the church to flooding (the River Fleet, which is now underground, runs through it) and the availability of better wells at Kentish Town, where there is less clay in the soil. The old settlement was abandoned and the church fell into disrepair. It lost its status as the central church of the parish when St Pancras New Church was consecrated in 1822, and became a chapel of ease. Throughout the 19th century additional churches opened within the bounds of the original St Pancras parish at regular intervals, and by 1890 it had been divided into 33 ecclesiastical parishes.

By 1847 the Old Church was derelict, but as the local population grew it was decided to restore it. There are still traces of Norman masonry, but the building seen today is basically Victorian. A replacement tower was built and the building was lengthened, though it remained quite small. There have been further restorations since, particularly in 1948 following Second World War bomb damage. The building is a grade II* listed building.

The architect Sir John Soane designed a tomb for his wife and himself in the churchyard, which is now Grade I listed. Other people buried here include Johann Christian Bach and John Flaxman. In the mid 19th century the writer Thomas Hardy was involved in the controversial clearance of the part of the churchyard to make way for railway tracks to St Pancras station, while he was a young trainee architect. The churchyard is the largest green space in the locality. It has some fine mature trees, and was restored in the first few years of the 21st century.

86 Isaac WAY (1786-1864) [864]. Born 18 Oct 1786, Newchurch, Isle Of Wight, Hampshire. Christened 22 Oct 1786, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire. Marr Elizabeth MILLS 1807, Aldersgate, London. ²³ St Anne & St Agnes. Issac WAY Batchelor

Elizabeth MILLS Spinster. Died 21 Oct 1864.

Occupation Butcher on marr cert of James in 1840

Death Isaac Way 1853 age 66, Newport Death also recorded as 21 oct 1864.

172 John WAY (1753-1820) [880]. Born 7 Jul 1753. Marr Frances WHITE 18 May 1775, Binstead, Isle of Wight. Died 24 Feb 1820.

344 Thomas WAY (1733-1792) [906]. Christened 16 Mar 1733, Isle of Wight. Born 18 Mar 1733, Isle of Wight. Marr Grace CHEVERTON 28 Sep 1752, Newchurch, Isle Of Wight, Hampshire. Died 21 Jan 1792.

688 Arthur WAY (1700?-1750) [908]. Born 1700 (app), Binstead, Isle of Wight. Marr Mabel RAWKINS. Died 5 Feb 1750.

1376 James WAY (1658?- ) [910]. Born 1658 (app), Isle of Wight. Marr Mary UNKNOWN [MAR. WAY].

2752 James WAY (1630?- ) [912]. Born 1630 (app), Quarr, Isle of Wight. Marr Ann JOLLIFE 4 Oct 1655, Newport, Hampshire.

5504 James WAY (1600?- ) [914]. Born 1600 (app), Isle of Wight. Marr Mary HOBBS 7 Oct 1624.

11008 Germayne WAY (1556?- ) [916]. Born 1556 (app), Isle of Wight. Marr Ann FRANCIS 10 Sep 1581, Brading, Isle of Wight.

22016 Richard WAY (1520?- ) [918]. Born 1520 (app), Isle of Wight. Marr Joan MARSHAL.

44032 William WAY (1500?- ) [920]. Born 1500 (app), Isle of Wight. Marr Joan UNKNOWN [MAR. WAY].

44033 Joan UNKNOWN [MAR. WAY] (1500?- ) [921]. Born 1500 (app), Isle of Wight.

22017 Joan MARSHAL (1520?- ) [919]. Born 1520 (app), Isle of Wight.

11009 Ann FRANCIS (1561?- ) [917]. Born 1561 (app), Brading, Isle of Wight.

5505 Mary HOBBS (1602?- ) [915]. Born 1602 (app), Brading, Isle of Wight.

2753 Ann JOLLIFE (1630?- ) [913]. Born 1630 (app), Newchurch, Isle Of Wight, Hampshire.

1377 Mary UNKNOWN [MAR. WAY] (1660?- ) [911]. Born 1660 (app), Isle of Wight.

689 Mabel RAWKINS (1712- ) [909]. Born 18 Jul 1712, Binstead, Isle of Wight.

1378 Henry RAWKINS ( - ) [922].

345 Grace CHEVERTON (1730-1812) [907]. Born 7 Aug 1730. Died 20 Jul 1812.

173 Frances WHITE (1754-1806) [881]. Born 23 Jun 1754. Died 1806.

87 Elizabeth MILLS (1779-1852?) [865]. Born 17 Mar 1779, Walford, Herefordshire. Christened 25 Apr 1779, Walford by Ross, Herefordshire. ²⁴ Died 1852 (app), Isle of Wight.

174 Philip MILLS ²⁴ ( -1809) [928]. Marr Mary COLLAR 5 Oct 1769, Ashleworth, Gloucestershire. Died 1809, Walford by Ross, Herefordshire.

175 Mary COLLAR ²⁴ ( - ) [929].

11 Fanny Jessamine SAWYER (1876- ) [38]. Born 3 Jan 1876, Stratford, Essex. ^25,26 Marr Augustus Frederick Richard FISHER Q2 1924, West Ham, London. ²⁷ They had been living together for a approx 15 years prior to the marriage. Suggests that George Lilly died around this time thus enabling Fanny to remarry.

Before WWII Fanny was living at 39 Ramsey Road but moved out during the war to live with daughter Iris and son-in-law Bert in Eastcote near Pinner. She never returned to the East End. Lionel stayed in Ramsey Road through the war with Ethel and kept the house on - they stayed there though to the 1990s.

22 Ephraim SAWYER (1847-1875) [211]. Born 24 Dec 1847, Mount Bures, Essex. ²⁸ Born 24th December 1847 Mount Bures. Male, no name recorded.

Father - James Sawyer, Blacksmith

Mother - Ann Sawyer, formerly Clarryvince

Informant - James Sawyer, father of Mount Bures on 31st December 1847

[Where has Clarryvince come from???]. Marr Hannah Amelia LOVELL 4 Aug 1872, Stratford, Essex. ²⁹ St Paul's Church, Stratford, Essex. Grooms Address: 48 Angel Place

Brides Address: 6 Angel Lane

Witnesses: Henry BEDWELL and Mary-Ann Francis BULLEN (also known as LOVELL - Hannah's younger sister). Died 19 Sep 1875, Cambridge. ³⁰ Addenbrookes Hosptial. Cause: injuries sustained in a railway accident. Inquest held by Charles Frederick Jarrold, Deputy Coroner for the Borough of Cambridge on 20 Sep 1875. Returned verdict of accIdental death.

44 James Henry SAWYER (1802-1882) [608]. Born 24 Nov 1802, East Mersea, Essex. ³¹ Marr Elizabeth BLAND 5 Jun 1829, Mount Bures, Essex. ³² St John the Baptist. Marr Ann PILGRIM 30 Jan 1845, Mount Bures, Essex. ^33,34 Mount Bures Church. James SAWYER, blacksmith widower and Ann BAKER widow, both of full age. Witnessed by William Sawyer and Elijah Ladbrook. Died 14 Mar 1882, Mount Bures, Essex. ^35,36 Buried Mar 1882, Mount Bures, Essex. Mount Bures Parish Church.

James was a widower for the second time by the time of the 1861 census.

88 James SAWYER (1771- ) [924]. Born 19 May 1771, Mersea, Essex. ³⁶ Marr Mary UNKNOWN [MAR. SAWYER].

176 John SAWYER (1748?- ) [926]. Born 1748 (app). ³¹ Marr Mary LILLEY 19 Jan 1768, West Mersea, Essex. ³¹

177 Mary LILLEY (1748?- ) [927]. Born 1748 (app). ³⁶

89 Mary UNKNOWN [MAR. SAWYER] (1762?-1853) [925]. Born 1762 (app), Mersea, Essex. ³¹ Died Mar 1853. Buried 9 Mar 1853, Marks Tey, Essex. ³¹

45 Ann PILGRIM (1806?-1852) [663]. Born 1806 (cal), Dunmow, Essex. Marr Unknown BAKER bef 1845. Died Jul 1852. Buried Jul 1852, Mount Bures, Essex. Mount Bures Parish Church. Anne SAWYER aged 46.

Ann was a widow at the time of her marriage to James. In 1845 on her marriage certificate she is recorded as Ann Baker with her father's name as Pilgrim. Three years later on Ephraim's birth certificate she is Ann Sawyer, formerly Clarryvince. A search for Clarryvinces (or similar) in Essex, and indeed in England, has proved fruitless throwing up only widower Rev John Clarryvince, incumbent of Chap[p]el from 1810 until his death aged 80 in 1866. Although it is difficult to see a connection, that Chap[p]el and Mount Bures are only 2 miles apart seems a large coincidence and the Rev John does have Pilgrims as neighbours in Chap[p]el.

Must have died before 7 Apr 1861 as James is listed as a widower in the census of that night.

90 Peter PILGRIM ( - ) [934].

23 Hannah Amelia LOVELL (1848-aft1934) [307]. Born 5 Jun 1848, Hackney, Middlesex. Christened 25 Jun 1848, Aldgate. ³⁷ St Botolph Without Aldgate. From IGI. Marr George HOUSAM 13 Feb 1881, Aldgate, London. ³⁸ What is the source for this date??? Died aft 1934.

46 Thomas LOVELL ( -1854) [605]. Marr Susannah SMITH 5 Apr 1844, East London. ^39,40 Thomas was a widower at the time of this marriage, Susannah was recorded as a minor (ie under 21) whic is correct as she was actually only 15 or 16! Died 7 Feb 1854. ⁴¹

92 Thomas LOVELL ( - ) [784].

47 Susannah SMITH (1828?-bef1881) [652]. Born 1828 (cal), South Weald, Brentwood, Essex. Marr William Shadrach BULLEN Q2 1854, Southwark. ⁴² Died bef 3 Apr 1881.

Susannah can't found in 1881 but William Shadrach Bullen is on the 1881 census with a 42 year old wife, Emma. Presume Susannah must have died before 1881 & probably before Q3 1874 as marriage record for William Shadrach Bullen, Strand, on same page as Emma Macdonald.

94 Edward SMITH ( - ) [869].

3 Margaret Rosaleen Felicity PHILLIPS [5].

6 James Milner PHILLIPS (1905-1974) [9]. Born 1 Jul 1905, Chelmsford. ⁴³ Marr Gladys Florence STEPHENS Q4 1929, Headington, Oxford. ⁴⁴ Died Dec 1974, Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire. ⁴⁵ Otto Antiques, Sheep Street.

By 1919 the family had moved to Strood as James' bible is inscribed: "J M Phillips. 41 Jersey Road, Strood, Kent. 1919".

Went to school in Beccles and in Rochester. Did his apprenticeship at the Chatham Institute - photos of him in the sports teams.

Later was Managing Director of Motor Panels in Coventry. Most notably he oversaw the building of Donald Campbell's CN7 Bluebird and was present at the land-speed record attempts atBonneville Salt Flats, Utah in 1960 and Lake Eyre, Australia in 1963 and 1964.

12 James William PHILLIPS (1879- ) [128]. Born Q2 1879, Strood, Kent. ⁴⁶ Christened 4 Jan 1880, Strood, Kent. St Mary's. Son of Richard Edward & Charlotte PHILLIPS of Friary Place. Ceremony performed by J.H.Drew, Vicar. Marr Florence Ada MILNER 23 Aug 1904, Sheerness, Kent. ⁴⁷ Bethel Chapel. The same Congregational Church where her late father Mark Samuel, taught at Sunday School. Witnesses to the marriage: George Milner, Richard Ed Phillips, H.E. Phillips.

24 Richard Edward PHILLIPS (1852-1912) [148]. Born 3 Dec 1852, Strood, Kent. ⁴⁸ High Street. Birth registered by Eliza Susanna PHILLIPS formerly PAGE on 13 January 1853. Marr Charlotte FRATER 18 Oct 1875, Rochester, Kent. ⁴⁹ The Parish Church of St Peter's. Both living in King Street

Witnessed by Edward FRATER and Ellen VENUS. Died Q4 1912, Medway, Kent. ⁵⁰

48 Henry PHILLIPS (1813?-bef1881) [606]. Born 1813 (app), Gillingham, Kent. Marr Eliza Susannah PAGE. Died bef 1881. Eliza is recorded as a widow in 1881 census.

49 Eliza Susannah PAGE (1816?-1883) [607]. Born 1816 (app), Strood, Kent. Christened 25 Feb 1816, Strood, Kent. ⁵¹ Died Jul 1883, Strood, Kent. ⁵² Age is slightly out but is consistent with entry in 1881 census - either she had gone abit senile ort may be Henry though she was younger than she was! Buried 18 Jul 1883, Strood, Kent. St Nicholas. Eliza Susannah PHILLIPS of High Street. Ceremony performed by E.B. Brooks.

Note on Marriage to Henry PHILLIPS: Strood in 1851 from the POst Office Directory

The city of Rochester consists of the city of Rochester Proper (containing the cathedral Precinct, population162, St Margaret, 4,908, St Nicholas, 3,331), the borough of Chatham, the town of Brompton, and the town of Gillingham, on the right bank of the Medway, and the town of Strood, and the parich of Frindsbury, on the left bank of the Medway. The town of Brompton forms part of the borough of Chatham, and that of Strood part of the city of Rochester. The united populationis 41,422, including 6,528 in the barracks and hospitals. The Property Tax, in 1842, was £130,420 (St Margaret's £18,810; St Nicholas, £24,888; Chatham, £44,465; Gillingham, £20,330; Strood, £10,198; Frindsbury, £11, 729). This large population is seated on the right or east bank of the river Medway, at the head of its ship navigation with the exception of Strood and Frindsbury which are on the left or wet bank. The towns are well lighted with gas, paved, and contain many good buildings. In the neighbourhood are some handsome villas. These districts form a Poor Law Union. Rochester is 29 miles from London by Watling Street, the Great Dover road, 29 by North Kent Railway, the terminus of which is at Strood, 8 miles form Gravesend south-east, and 8 miles from Maidstone due north. The city is straggling, extending for a considerable distance along the river shore. Rochester is the See of a Bishop, who has jurisdiction over the surrounding deanery and over Essex, formerly over West Kent, until the recent Ecclesiastical Boundaries Bill. Rochester is a city returning two members to Parliament, and Chatham, a borough under the Reform Act, returning one member. They are in the west division of Kent. Rochester jas a corporation, consisting of a mayor, aldermen and town councillors. Quarter sessions are held here. There is also a Commission of the Peace for the city if Rochester, and a County Court for 25 parishes. The markets are Rochester, Fridays; Chatham, Saturdays; Rochesters, corn, Tuesday; and Rochester monthly cattle market on the fourth Tuesday in each month. The fairs at Chatham are 15th May and 19th September each of three days; at Strood 26th, 27th and 28th of August/ Rochester and Chatham enjoy teir principal advantages from being the seat of a grand naval and military station, but the have also considerable trade and fisheries. The town is well fortified since the attack of the Dutch in Charles II time, who sailed up the Medway and burnt several vessels. Rochester is the seat of a customs' port of entry, the receipts of which are abut £60,000 per annum. The excise district, or collection, has also its headquarters here, and a considerable revenue is collected. Being on the road to Dover, there is much traffic through the city. Rochester was an ancient British town as its Romanized name proves. The Romans held it as an important station on the grand road to London under the name of Durobrivae

Strood is an ancient place. The manor was given by Henry II to the Knights Templars, who has a preceptor at Strood, of which some ruins still remain; there are also the remains of a hospital, founded in the time of Richard I. The benefice is a perpetual curacy, valued P.R. 1834 at £288 per annum, in the presentation of the Dean and Chapter of Rochester. The Bishop of Rochester is impropriator of the great tithes. The church, dedicated to St Nicholas, was rebuilt, with the exception og the tower in 1812. It contains stone sedilia. There are many old monuments and brasses one of 1444. Upnor Castle lies down on the Medway, near Strood; it is an oblong building, now used as a powder magazine. The North Aylesford Union workhouse is in Strood, and comprises 15 parishes. Strood and Frindsbury are within the jurisdiction of the Union.

98 William PAGE ( - ) [854]. Marr Mary UNKNOWN [MAR. PAGE].

99 Mary UNKNOWN [MAR. PAGE] ( - ) [855].

25 Charlotte FRATER ⁵³ (1848-1911) [149]. Born 4 Sep 1848, Rochester, Kent. ⁵⁴ King Street, St Margaret. Died Q1 1911, Medway, Kent. ⁵⁵

50 Edward Thomas FRATER (1804?-1881) [609]. Born 1804 (app), Rochester, Kent. Marr Rebecca JACOB 5 May 1828, Frindsbury, Kent. ²⁴ From IGI. Died Q2 1881, Rochester, Kent. ⁵⁶

51 Rebecca JACOB (1802?-1873) [610]. Born 1802 (app), Faversham, Kent. Christened 2 Sep 1804, Faversham, Kent. ²⁴ Died Q2 1873, Rochester, Kent. ⁵⁷

Possible reference to illegitimate child Rebecca would have been 23 years old, two years before she married Edward.

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Records transferred by the Museum Curator, Guildhall Museum, High Street, Rochester, Libraries, Information and Museums Service, Leisure Division, Education and Leisure Directorate, Medway Council, comprising in general manuscripts, or manuscript portions of combined printed matter, artefacts and MSS deposits, originally mainly either donated to the museum or stemming from the former occupancy by the Town Clerk of Rochester of the Guildhall prior to 1974, unless otherwise stated.

Warrant for arrest of Thomas Prickett of Chatham, labourer, reputed father of a female bastard child by Rebecca JACOBs of Selling, singlewoman, on information of Frederick Neame, assistant overseer of Selling, issued by Gerard Gosselin Esq JP

[Accession MTC/MR/89 (part)]

Date: 5 July 1825

Quantity: 1 item, paper.

102 James JACOB ²⁴ ( - ) [972].

103 Mercy UNKNOWN [MAR. JACOB] ²⁴ ( - ) [973].

13 Florence Ada MILNER (1879-bef1945) [191]. Born 11 Jun 1879, Sheerness, Kent. ⁵⁸ 45 Victory Street. Birth registered 21st July. Died bef May 1945.

Mummy remembers "Grandma Phillips". Story about the Doll's House and the Christmas Tree, Mummy was about 4 so Florence probably died in the early 1940s which would put her in her 60s. She doesn't sound very nice! Mummy is sure that both Grandmas were definitely dead by the time Aunty Frankie was born in 1944.

There is an entry in the GRO indices for the birth of a Florence Ada Milliner in Jul/Aug/Sep 1879 in Sheppey (volume 2a, page 847).

Aged 1 at the time of the 1881 census, hir birthplace was recorded as Sheerness, Kent. Here her name is entered as "Florence A. Milner", so her surname is spelt Milner rather than Milliner.

Aged 11 at the time of the 1891 census, she is to be found living with her mother. Here her name is entered as "Florence Ada Milner".

Aged 21 at the time of the 1901 census, again her birthplace is recorded as Sheerness. At this time she is still living with her mother, and her occupation is recorded as draper's assistant. Again her surname is spelt Milner rather than Milliner. ⁵⁹

26 Mark Samuel MILNER ⁵⁹ (1840-1879) [130]. Born 2 Nov 1840, Chatham, Kent. Ordnance Place. Name on certificate is Samuel but by the time of his baptism a month later was recorded as Mark Samuel

Father: Samuel MILNER, Labourer.

Mother Lydia MILNER, fomerly BAKER

Birth registered by Lydia MILNER, mother. Bap 6 Dec 1840, Chatham, Kent. ⁶⁰ St Mary's Church. Mark Samuel MILNER. Parents Samuel (Labourer) & Lydia. Marr Sarah RICKWOOD 20 Feb 1860, Bromley by Bow. ⁶¹ Parish Church of St Leonards Bromley. Grooms father - Samuel MILLINER Deceased

Brides father - James RICKWOOD, Labourer

Witnesses William RICKWOOD & James EDWARDS

Bride & groom both residing in Bromley by Bow. Died Sep 1879, Sheppey, Kent. ⁶² Buried 25 Sep 1879, Sheerness, Kent. Halfway Cemetary.

52 Samuel MILNER (1793-1842) [640]. Born 1793, Leeds, Kent. Christened 11 Dec 1793, Leeds, Kent. Marr Lydia BAKER 28 Nov 1830, Gillingham, Kent. Lydia and Samuel are first cousins. Died 30 Mar 1842, Chatham, Kent. ⁶³ Ordnance Place. Cause: Consumption. Death reported by Keturah Town, of Ordnance Place, present at death.

1851 census records a Kelllurah Town, a 71 year old widow, living at John Street with her 42 year old widowed son John, a Bricklayer's Labourer.

Ordnance Place is also the address recorded on (Mark) Samuel MILNER's birth certificate in 1840. Buried 3 Apr 1842, Chatham, Kent. ⁶⁴ St Mary's Church. Ceremony performed by GS MARSH, curate.

104 William MILNER (1753?-1805) [939]. Born 1753 (app), Leeds, Kent. Christened 29 Dec 1753, Hollingbourne, Kent. Marr Patience Ann BAKER 2 Sep 1773, Hollingbourne, Kent. Died Jun 1805. Buried 19 Jun 1805, Leeds, Kent.

208 William MILNER (1727?- ) [951]. Born 1727 (app), Leeds, Kent. Marr Mary HOWCRAFT 3 Dec 1752, Hollingbourne, Kent.

209 Mary HOWCRAFT (1731?- ) [952]. Born 1731 (app), Hollingbourne, Kent.

105 Patience Ann BAKER (1752?-1829) [940]. Born 1752 (app), Maidstone, Kent. Christened 5 Apr 1752, Maidstone, Kent. Died Jan 1829. Buried 1 Feb 1829, Leeds, Kent.

210 Samuel BAKER (1724?-1811) [956]. Born 1724 (app), Chatham, Kent. Marr Catherine APPLETON 26 Aug 1751, Chatham, Kent. Died Oct 1811. Buried 1 Nov 1811, Hollingbourne, Kent.

211 Catherine APPLETON (1726?-1798) [957]. Born 1726 (app), Chatham, Kent. Christened 18 May 1731, Thurnham, Kent. Died Nov 1798. Buried 3 Nov 1798, Hollingbourne, Kent.

422 William APPLETON (1705- ) [970]. Born 1705, Thurnham, Kent. Marr Susanna CHART 1730, Thurnham, Kent.

423 Susanna CHART (1709- ) [971]. Born 1709, Thurnham, Kent.

53 Lydia BAKER (1808?-1865) [752]. Born 1808 (app), Sydenham, Kent. Marr Richard MORRIS 8 Feb 1843, Chatham, Kent. ⁶⁵ Parish Church. Lydia MILNER, widow & Richard MORRIS, widower both of Ordnance Place, Chatham. Brides father, Thomas Baker, Labourer, grooms father John Morris, Shipwright. Witnessed by H.F. Morris & Elizabeth Morris. Died Q2 1865, Poplar, London. ⁶⁶

Later (1861) census gives birthplace as Hurn (Herne) Hill (3 miles from Sydenham) but there is also a Hernhill in East Kent near Faversham.

Note on Marriage to Samuel MILNER: Ordnance Place is an elegant row of Georgian houses, on Ordnance Terrace, Chatham. A white plaque on the wall of one of the houses identifies it as the home of the young Charles Dickens, who lived there 1817-21 while his father was employed in Chatham by the Royal Navy. Presume it became run down over the next 20 years and that by the time the Milners were living there the houses were split and rented out by room or floor. See picture attached to this record.

Samuel fought and was wounded at the Battle of Waterloo. (information kindly supplied by Roy Milner).

106 Thomas BAKER (1759- ) [963]. Born 1759. Christened Apr 1759.

212 Samuel BAKER (1724?-1811) [956]. Born 1724 (app), Chatham, Kent. Marr Catherine APPLETON 26 Aug 1751, Chatham, Kent. Died Oct 1811. Buried 1 Nov 1811, Hollingbourne, Kent.

213 Catherine APPLETON (1726?-1798) [957]. Born 1726 (app), Chatham, Kent. Christened 18 May 1731, Thurnham, Kent. Died Nov 1798. Buried 3 Nov 1798, Hollingbourne, Kent.

426 William APPLETON (1705- ) [970]. Born 1705, Thurnham, Kent. Marr Susanna CHART 1730, Thurnham, Kent.

427 Susanna CHART (1709- ) [971]. Born 1709, Thurnham, Kent.

27 Sarah RICKWOOD ⁵⁹ (1839-1922) [131]. Born 24 Nov 1839, Sheerness, Kent. ⁶⁷ South Street, Mile Town. Father: James RICKWOOD, Labourer

Mother: Sarah RICKWOOD, formerly KITNEY. Died 12 Apr 1922, Sheerness, Kent. 12 Strode Crescent.

Aged 31 at the time of the 1871 census. Her birthplace is recorded as Sheerness, Kent.

Aged 41 at the time of the 1881 census, where she is entered as head of the household, her birthplace is recorded as Sheerness Kent.

Aged 51 at the time of the 1891 census, where she is again entered as head of the household, and her birthplace is again entered as Sheerness. Her occupation reads something like "mangling wash". Here her marital status is entered as Widow.

Aged 61 at the time of the 1901 census, once more her birthplace is recorded as Sheerness. At this time she is living at 53 Berridge Rd with her daughter Florence and a boarder named James Phillips.

The following page:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~penney/cemetary/bm.htm

Listing people buried at Halfway Cemetery (presumably in or near Sheerness), has an entry which is very likely to match Sarah. Here the date of death is given as 12/04/1922, and her age is entered as 83. This fits perfectly with the year Sarah was born in. The page also gives an adress - 1 Strode Crescent - presumably the last address Sarah lived at. ⁵⁹

54 James RICKWOOD (1807?-1887) [639]. Born 1807 (app), Milton Regis, Kent. Christened 27 Sep 1807, Milton Regis, Kent. Holy Trinity. Marr Sarah KITNEY 12 Apr 1829, Gillingham, Kent. Died 1887, Sheerness, Kent. ⁶⁸ 75 Alma Road. Buried 22 Oct 1887, Sheerness, Kent. Halfway Cemetary. James RICKWOOD aged 80 of 75 Alma Road.

108 Philip RICKWOOD ( - ) [1269].

109 Elizabeth UNKNOWN [MAR. RICKWOOD] ( - ) [1270].

55 Sarah KITNEY (1809-1887) [641]. Born Nov 1809, Newington, Kent. Bap 19 Nov 1809, Newington, Kent. Died 1887, Sheerness, Kent. 75 Alma Road. Buried 30 Apr 1887, Sheerness, Kent. Halfway Cemetary. Sarah RICKWOOD, aged 77 of 75 Alma Road.

Newington is midway between Isle of Sheppey & Medway Towns

The surname Kitney is an English locational name but of uncertain origin. Most sources suggest that it must be a derivative of Gedney a Lincolnshire community or even that it derives from an English translation of the Irish Gaelic Dlubhan "Kidney".

However virtually every instance of the name in past centuries was in a localised area of Kent in the abutting parishes of Stockbury, Rainham and Detling. The parish of Rainham contains several marsh islands including one named Chitney. A hardening of the initial consonant would yield Kitney, and it is most probable that this place which derives from the Old English Ceattan-eg "Ceatta’s Island" is the origin of the name Kitney, which would then mean "Dweller on Chitney".

In many families the name softened to Kidney and the two forms became interchangeable. It was one David Kidney, a merchant in London who was granted a coat of in 1765 which may be described heraldically as "Azure, on a chevron Or between in chief two lambs and in a base a ram Argent three lambs kidneys Gules".

110 Jeremiah KITNEY (1781-1844) [760]. Born 1781. Bap 25 Mar 1781, Stockbury, Kent. Stockbury Parish Church. Son of John & Mary Kitney. Marr Elizabeth D HART 7 Jan 1804, Rochester, Kent. Died 7 Feb 1844, Stockbury, Kent.

220 John KITNEY (1753-1797) [767]. Born 14 Jan 1753, Bredhurst, Kent. Marr Mary BURMAN 1 Jan 1772, Hartlip, Kent. Died Mar 1797, Detling, Kent. Buried 12 Mar 1797, Detling, Kent.

440 William KITNEY ( - ) [778]. Marr Susannah UNKNOWN [MAR. KITNEY] 1752 (app), Bredhurst, Kent.

441 Susannah UNKNOWN [MAR. KITNEY] ( - ) [779].

221 Mary BURMAN (1753-1822) [768]. Born 1753, Detling, Kent. Died Mar 1822, Stockbury, Kent. Buried 22 Mar 1822, Stockbury, Kent.

442 John BURMAN ( - ) [780]. Marr Rachael UNKNOWN [MAR. BURMAN].

443 Rachael UNKNOWN [MAR. BURMAN] ( - ) [781].

111 Elizabeth D HART (1784-1873) [759]. Born 1784, Newington, Kent. Christened 15 Mar 1784, Newington, Kent. With twin William. Died 1873, Milton, Kent. ⁶⁹

Only Kitney in 1851 census in Newington.

222 William HART ( - ) [1276].

223 Elizabeth UNKNOWN [MAR.HART] ( - ) [1277].

7 Gladys Florence STEPHENS (1906-1991) [10]. Born 12 May 1906, Headington, Oxford. ⁷⁰ Died May 1991, Leamington, Warwickshire. ⁷¹ The Coach House.

14 Henry STEPHENS (1875- ) [132]. Born 17 Feb 1875, Portsmouth, Hampshire. ⁷² Cambridge Barracks. Father: Henry STEPHENS, Sergeant, 52nd Regiment.

Mother: Amelia STEPHENS, formerly FORMOSA. Christened 14 Mar 1875, Portsmouth, Hampshire. St Thomas. Son of Henry and Amelia Stephens of Cambridge Barracks. Fathers occupation: Seargeant 52nd Regiment. Marr Fanny ROLFE Q3 1905, Braintree, Essex. ⁷³ Died.

28 Henry STEPHENS (1850?-aft1915) [160]. Born 1850 (app), Rosscrea, County Tipperary. Marr Amelia FORMOSA 14 Apr 1873, Valletta, Malta. ^74,75 Under the law of Malta marriages had to be performed by a Roman Catholic priest. With the arrival of the British soldiers and sailors from 1800, followed shortly afterwards by civilians, and other European nationals, the problem of ‘mixed’ marriages soon arose.

By ‘mixed’ it indicated that one, or sometimes both, parties were non-Roman Catholic, or one party was non-Maltese.

There was some concern that these ‘mixed’ marriages were not legal, and for almost one hundred years the matter remained unresolved. However, after Sir John Lintorn Simmons, a former Governor of Malta from 1884 – 1888, held discussions with the Vatican in 1892 ‘mixed’ marriages were decreed as valid.

Many couples held two ceremonies, one Anglican and one Roman Catholic.

Henry and Amelia's anglican marriage was recorded by the Army but they also had a Catholic ceremony. Died aft 1915.

Postings of 52nd (the Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) from 1866 when Henry would have been 16 years old.

1866 - June, England

1867 - Portsmouth

1868 - Aldershot

1869 - Jersey

1870 - Ireland - Dublin

1871 - Ireland - Fermoy

1872 - Madras - Ireland, Kinsale, Cork

1873 - Malabar

1875 - India - Cannanore

1876-78 - India - Bellary

1879 Ireland, India and Burma

1880 - Manchester

1880-81 - Burma - Thayet-Myo

1881 - while in Burma linked with 52nd and became 1st Battalion The Oxfordshire Light Infantry.

56 Joseph STEPHENS ( - ) [360].

57 Deborah UNKNOWN [MAR. STEPHENS] ( - ) [1199].

Possibly McGennis - sister of Henry.

29 Amelia FORMOSA (1855-aft1915) [347]. Born 1855, Valletta, Malta. Died aft 1915.

Naturalised British citizen.

58 George FORMOSA ( - ) [671].

59 Mary UNKNOWN [MAR. FORMOSA] ⁷⁶ ( - ) [1200].

15 Fanny ROLFE (1874-bef1945) [133]. Born Q3 1874, Wickham Bishops, Essex. ⁷⁷ Died bef May 1945.

At some point after her marriage Fanny started calling herself MAUD.

30 Henry George ROLFE (1848-1902) [216]. Born Q1 1848, Hatfield Peverel, Essex. ⁷⁸ Marr Christiana COKER 28 Oct 1871, Hatfield Peverel, Essex. ⁷⁹ Died Q1 1902, Essex. ⁸⁰

60 Isaac ROLFE (1816-1873) [615]. Born 1816, Hatfield Peverel, Essex. Marr Hannah WARWICKER 10 Oct 1844, Witham, Essex. ⁸¹ Parish Church of Hatfield Peverel. Grooms father: Isaac ROLFE

Brides father Isaac WARRICKER

Witnesses: William WARRICKER, Sarah FEWEL/JEWEL, James LUMSDEN (part obscured). Died Q3 1873, Witham, Essex. ⁸²

120 Isaac ROLFE (1784-aft1851) [644]. Born 1784, Faulkborne, Essex. Bap 2 May 1784, Faulkborne, Essex. ⁸³ Marr Ann UNKNOWN [MAR. ROLFE]. Died aft 30 Mar 1851.

241 Hannah ROLFE ⁸⁴ ( - ) [1182].

121 Ann UNKNOWN [MAR. ROLFE] (1786-1858) [740]. Born 1786, Bures, Essex. Died Q2 1858, Hatfield Peverel, Essex. Q2 1858 Witham, Essex 4a 186 Ann ROLF.

61 Hannah WARWICKER (1823-1901) [616]. Born 8 Jun 1823, Faulkborne, Essex. ²⁴ Bap 18 Feb 1824, Witham, Essex. ²⁴ Newland Street Independent Church. As 'Anna'. Died Q2 1901, Twickenham, Middlesex. ⁸⁵

122 Isaac WARWICKER (1786-1852) [645]. Born Jun 1786, Terling, Essex. From Terling parish records. Bap 29 Jun 1786, Terling, Essex. Non Conformist Church. Marr Sarah HARWOOD 1806 (app). Marr Anna HARWOOD 11 Jan 1818, London. ²⁴ St Antholin, Budge Row, Watling Street. Church demolished 1874-6. Wren's spire top now at Sydenham. Died Q1 1852, Witham, Essex. ⁸⁶

Hatfield Peverell in 1851 - from the Post Office Directory

Hatfield Peverell, the Heathfield of Peverell, is an ancient place given by King William, the Norman, to Ralph Peverell, a Normal soldier, who married Ingelrica, an English lady, concubine to the King, by whom she has a son. Ingelrica founded here a College for Secular canons, afterwards a Benedictine Priory, the revenues of which, at the dissolution, were valued at £83 19S. 7D. This place is on the high road from Chelmsford to Colchester, 2 miles south-west of Witham, 5 miles north-west of Maldon, 6 miles north-east of Chelmsford, in the Hundred and Union of Witham, and near the river Ter. The area of the parish is 4,728 acres, and its population in 1841 was 1,383. The assessment, in 1843, of real property to the Property Tax was £6,073 1s. 4d.; it is now higher.

The church, dedicated to St Andrew, is a small structure, in the Norman style of architecture, with a turret tower. The living is a vicarage, value £88, with 9 acres of glebe, in the patronage of the lord of the manor, Peter Wright, Esq., and incumbency of Rev, Stratford Leigh. The Eastern Counties Railway passes through. A National school partly defrayed by subscription. A small Wesleyan chapel, erected 1826. A pleasure fair is held on Whit Tuesday.

Hatfield Green is a hamlet of Hatfield Peverell, close to the Colchester road, and 1 mile north of Hatfield Church.

Post Office - Charles Todd, postmaster. Letters received 10am and despatched half past 5pm.

244 Isaac WARWICKER ( - ) [650]. Marr Mary BARNES 12 Nov 1779, Witham, Essex.

Note about the origins of the surname Warwicker

Recorded in many spelling forms including the dialectals and possibly French forms of Varicke, Verryck, Verrick, Vereckee, Vereycke, Vereker, and the medieval English Warrack, Warick, Warrick and Warwicker. As a surname it can be locational, as shown below, or it may be occupational. There are many medieval occupations which gave rise to hereditary surnames, but perhaps none so strange as 'warrocking'. This was a system of scaffolding by which wedges called 'warrocks' were driven into the lashings to tighten up the scaffold. Although the 'warrock' formed only a small part of the scaffold, it is now generally accepted that the surname was a metonymic which applied to the whole structure. The accounts of Westminster Abbey for 1324 refer to the purchase of 'six pieces of timber for warrokis for binding the scaffolds'. The origin is the Norman-French 'waroqueau' introduced into England after the 1066 Invasion. When of locational origins the name may originate from the city of Warwick, however there is also a village called Warwick in Cumberland which has provided nameholders, particularly in Southern Scotland. Examples of the surname recording include Robert Warrack in the Assize Rolls of Essex in 1285, Hubert Waricer at the French Huguenot church, Threadneedle Street, London, on June 3rd 1604, Isaac Warwicker was recorded at the church of St Nicholas, Colchester, Essex, on July 31st 1727, and Frances Vereckee at St Boltolphs church, Bishopgate, in the city of Lonfon, on September 26th 1731. In so far as the name has an epicentre, East Anglia would seem to be the region. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Walter Warrock, which was dated 1271, in the Pleas relating to the forest of Epping, during the reign of King Henry 111, known as 'The Frenchman' 1216 - 1272. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop", often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

245 Mary BARNES ( - ) [651].

123 Anna HARWOOD (1794-1842) [782]. Born 5 Sep 1794. Christened 1797, Witham, Essex. Died Q4 1842, Witham, Essex. ⁸⁷

246 Jonathan HARWOOD (1753?- ) [1051]. Born 1753 (app), Braxted. Christened 25 Jun 1753, Witham, Essex. Marr Sarah NASH 1781, Braintree, Essex. Witnessed by Jno CONSTABLE and John NASH.

492 Jonathan HARWOOD (1719?- ) [1053]. Born 1719 (app), Great Braxted, Essex. Christened. Marr Susannah PARMINTER 12 Mar 1746, Sudbury, Suffolk. All Saints.

493 Susannah PARMINTER (1722?- ) [1054]. Born 1722 (app), Sudbury, Suffolk.

247 Sarah NASH (1761- ) [1052]. Born 23 Aug 1761, Halstead, Essex.

494 John NASH ( - ) [1088]. Marr Mary DOUDING 23 May 1755, Halstead, Essex.

495 Mary DOUDING ( - ) [1089].

31 Christiana COKER (1842-1911) [217]. Born Q4 1842, Tiptree, Essex. ⁸⁸ Died Q3 1911, Essex. ⁸⁹

62 William COKER (1814?-1893) [562]. Born 1814 (cal), Kelvedon, Essex. Marr Susan MANNING 30 Oct 1836, Tolleshunt Knights, Essex. White's Directory of Essex 1848

TOLLESHUNT KNIGHTS is a parish of scattered houses mostly on high ground, 7 miles North East of Maldon, and 11 miles South South West of Colchester. It includes part of Tiptree Heath, and contains 313 souls, and 1921 acres of land, in two manors. The soil is chiefly a tenacious red clay and partly a gravelly loam. Barnwalden, now called Barn Hall manor, belonged to Ralph Baynard, at the Domesday Survey, and afterwards passed to the Fitzgilbert, Pattteshall, Lee, Morley, and Parker families, and was sold about 1680, by Thomas Parker, the last Lord Morley, to an ancestor of its present owner, Thomas N. Abdy, Esq. Barn Hall is a large farm house commanding extensive prospects over Mersey Island and the sea. A fabulous legend, current among the people of the neigbbourhood. says, one of the early lords of this manor attempted to build the original hall upon a moated site of two acres, which is still surrounded by water and covered with brushwood. the tradition says his satanic majesty interfered, and taking up a beam of timber, threw it a distance of a mile, to the spot where the present hall "stands, saying,- "Where this beam fall, shall stand Barn Hall." Huntley Bacon, Esq., is lord of the manor of Brook Hall, which was held by St. Osyth Priory, and afterwards by the Cromwell, Cleve, Spencer, Compton, Fox, and Osborne families. The present hall is a large farm house. built in 1826, near the brook, from which it has its name. C.J. Wilkin, Robert Keys, W. Harrington, Richard Seabrook. and several smaller owners have estates here, mostly free and partly copyhold. The parish appears to lie in the line of a Roman Road which passed from Colchester to Maldon, and in it several ancient pavements have been dug up.

The Church (All Saints,)is a small antique fabric, with a wooden belfry and two bells. In the chancel is the dilapidated effigy of a knight templar, and some defaced monuments of the Patteshull family, whose arms appear in the east window. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £16.13s.5d., and in 1831 at £493, is in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor, and incumbency of the Rev. C.W. Carwardine, M.A., who has a good residence and 63A.1R.9P. of glebe. The tithes were commuted in 1841, for £540 per annum. In 1635, Anthony Abdy gave 12A.lR.39P. of land, in Tollesbury, in trust, to distribute two-thirds of the rent among eight poor people of this parish, and one-third among four of Virley parish. This land is now let for £15 a year. The £10 belonging to eight poor persons of this parish is distributed by the churchwardens in weekly doles of bread. Died 1893, Maldon, Essex. ⁹⁰

124 William COKER (1787?-1870) [1187]. Born 1787 (cal), Kelvedon, Essex. Died Q4 1870, Maldon, Essex. Maldon Union Workhouse.

125 Susannah UNKNOWN [MAR. COKER] (1801?- ) [1189]. Born 1801 (cal), Wigbrough.

63 Susan MANNING (1815-1882) [563]. Born 1815, Tolleshunt Knights, Essex. Died 1882, Maldon, Essex. ⁹¹

Note on Marriage to William COKER: GREAT WIGBOROUGH from the Post Office Directory 1851

"Great Wigborough is in Winstree Hundred and Lexden Union. It is 7 miles south-west of Colchester, 8 miles south of Marks Tey station, 9 miles south-east of Kelvedon, and ( miles north-east of Maldon. The area of the parish is 2,700 acres, and its population, in 1841, was 479. The return of real property to the Property Tax was, in 1843, £2,259 19s, 10d. Anciently the parish belonged to the Abbess of Barking, and is so recorded in the "Domesday Survey". The church is dedicated to St Stephen, and is situated on the top of a hill, with a good prospect towards the sea and the mouth of the Blackwater; it is seen from a considerable distance, and has a nave, chancel, and stone tower. The living is a rectory, value £591, in the incumbency of the Rev. Godfrey Bird, M.A. Here is an independent chapel. Near the church is a curious tumulus.

Letters are received through the Kelvedon office.".

126 Richard MANNING (1775?-1855) [1183]. Born 1775 (app), Colne Engaine. Marr Sarah HOME 29 Apr 1802, Tolleshunt Knights, Essex. by Banns

Witnesses to marriage - Abraham Harris and William Wood. Died Feb 1855. Buried 22 Feb 1855.

127 Sarah HOME (1780-1854) [1184]. Born 1780, Layer Marney. Died Jul 1854. Buried 19 Jul 1854, Tolleshunt Knights, Essex.

Sources

1	"General Record Office Birth Index". Bethnal Green, London, 268. Cit. Date: 23 November 1891. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: Simeon Ryner 16 Oct 1891

2	"Census Returns of England and Wales 1901" (National Archives, Kew, Surrey, TW9 4DU). Text From Source: Essex Forest Gate

3	"General Record Office Birth Index". Woolwich, Kent 1d 1275. Cit. Date: Q1 1898. Assessment: Primary evidence.

4	"General Record Office Death Index". Cheltenham South 320. Cit. Date: 2 March 1964. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: Jessamine Lydia RAYNER 2 Mar 1964 Delancy Hospital

5	"Census Returns of England and Wales 1901" (National Archives, Kew, Surrey, TW9 4DU). Text From Source: Victora Park

6	"General Record Office Birth Index". Hackney, Middx 1b 516. Cit. Date: Q2 1874. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: George Ernest LILLY

7	"General Record Office Marriage Index". West Ham Vol 4a page 519. Cit. Date: June 1897. Assessment: Primary evidence.

8	"General Record Office Birth Index". Bethnal Green 2 39. Cit. Date: June 1842. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: William Henry LILLY Sub district: Hackney Road Born at 21 Gibraltar Walk Mother: Mary Ann LILLY nee WINE Birth registered 10 May 1842 Father: William Henry LILLY, Baker

9	"General Record Office Marriage Index". East London 1c 2. Cit. Date: Q4 1861. Assessment: Secondary evidence.

10	"General Record Office Death Index". West Ham, Essex 4a 88. Cit. Date: Q2 1896. Assessment: Secondary evidence. Text From Source: William Henry LILLY aged 54

11

"General Record Office Death Certificate". Cit. Date: 22 June 1896. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: William Henry LILLY aged 54 of 101 Glenparke Road, Forest Gate, died 21st June 1896 of Bronchitis Asthma. Death notified by G.E.Lilly, son, of 101 Glenparke Road, present at death. Photocopy from Martyn Webster

12	"General Record Office Death Index". Bethnal Green 1c 218. Cit. Date: Q4 1873. Assessment: Secondary evidence. Text From Source: William Lilly aged 64

13	"International Genealogy Index". Church of St John the Baptist Shoreditch. Cit. Date: 4 June 1843. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: Elizabeth Way Bradley B: 6 Nov 1840 C: 4 Jun 1843 F: Richard Bradley M: Elizabeth

14	"General Record Office Birth Index". St Luke, Middlesex 2 246. Cit. Date: Q4 1840. Assessment: Secondary evidence. Text From Source: Elizabeth Way Bradley

15	"General Record Office Death Index". West Ham 4a 152. Cit. Date: Q1 1911. Assessment: Secondary evidence. Text From Source: Elizabeth W Lilly

16	Frederick Way Bradley 1951, "The Bradleys by One of Them". Text From Source: 22 Jan 1911

17

"General Record Office Death Certificate". South Leyton. Cit. Date: 22 January 1911. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: Elizabeth Wey [SIC] LILLY, died 22 January 1911 at 98 Lansdown Road, Leytonstaone aged 70. Widow of William Henry Lilly, commercial traveller. Cause of death Senile Decay. Informant W.H. Lilly, son, of 15 Thorpe Road, Forest Gate - present at death. Photocopy from Martyn Webster

18	Frederick Way Bradley 1951, "The Bradleys by One of Them". Assessment: Secondary evidence.

19

Ibid.

20

"General Record Office Marriage Certificate". Cit. Date: 3 September 1839. Assessment: Primary evidence. Marriage solemnised by banns between Richard Bradley widower, pastry cook and Elizabeth Way, spinster, pastry cook both of full age at St Pancras Parish Church by W Wilson on 3rd September 1839. Grooms father: Thos Bradley (dec'd) Brides father: Isaac Way (butcher) Witnessed by James Way & Mary Smith.

21	"General Record Office Death Index". St Luke, Middlesex 1b 365. Cit. Date: Q4 1856. Assessment: Questionable. Text From Source: Richard Bradley

22	"International Genealogy Index". Assessment: Secondary evidence.

23	"Pallot's Marriage Index for England 1780-1837". Cit. Date: 1807. Assessment: Questionable.

24	"International Genealogy Index".

25	"Census Returns of England and Wales 1901" (National Archives, Kew, Surrey, TW9 4DU). Text From Source: London Spitalfields

26	"General Record Office Birth Index". West Ham Vol 4a Page 13. Cit. Date: March 1876. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: Fanny Jessamine Sawyer

27	"General Record Office Marriage Index". West Ham 4a 703. Cit. Date: Q2 1924. Assessment: Secondary evidence.

28	"General Register Office Birth Certificate". Q4 1847 Lexden 12 128. Cit. Date: 31 December 1847. Assessment: Primary evidence.

29	"General Record Office Marriage Index". West Ham 4a 84. Cit. Date: September 1872. Assessment: Primary evidence.

30	"General Record Office Death Certificate". Sep 1875 Cambridge 3b 311. Cit. Date: 21 September 1875. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: Ephraim SAWYER 27 Accidental Death 19 Sep 1875 Addenbrookes Hospital

31	Shirley Brown, "Shirley Brown". Assessment: Secondary evidence.

32	"Parish Records". Assessment: Primary evidence.

33	"General Record Office Marriage Index". Lexden 12 203. Cit. Date: Q1 1845. Assessment: Secondary evidence. Text From Source: James SAWYER on same page as Ann BAKER

34	"General Record Office Marriage Certificate". Cit. Date: 30 January 1845. Assessment: Primary evidence.

35	"General Record Office Death Index". Lexden 4a 295. Cit. Date: Q1 1882. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: James SAWYER aged 79

36	Shirley Brown, "Shirley Brown".

37	"International Genealogy Index". Cit. Date: 25 June 1848. Assessment: Secondary evidence. Text From Source: Hannah Amelia LOVELL Father: Thomas LOVELL Mother: Susannah Born 5 Jun 1848 Christened 25 Jun 1848

38	"General Record Office Marriage Index". Middlesex, London City 1c 37. Cit. Date: March 1881. Assessment: Secondary evidence.

39	Ibid. East London 2 189. Cit. Date: Q2 1844. Assessment: Secondary evidence. Text From Source: Thomas LOVELL on same page as Susannah SMITH

40

"General Record Office Marriage Certificate". Cit. Date: 5 April 1844. Assessment: Primary evidence. Thomas LOVELL a widowed cowkeeper of full age and Susannah SMITH a minor and spinster were married after banns by W Ludlow at The parsh church, St Botolph, Aldgate witnessed by Edward John Napoleon Smith and Mary Ann Frances Smith. Grooms father: Thomas Lovell, tailor Brides father: Edward Smith. tailor

41	"International Genealogy Index". Assessment: Questionable.

42	"General Record Office Marriage Index". St George Southwark 1d 168. Cit. Date: Q2 1854. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: Susannah LOVELL and William Shadrach BULLEN

43	"General Record Office Birth Index". Chelmsford vol 4a page 672. Cit. Date: September 1905. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: James Milner Phillips

44	"General Record Office Marriage Index". Headington 3a 2715. Cit. Date: Q4 1929.

45	"General Record Office Death Index". N Cotswold 22 2054. Cit. Date: December 1974. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: James Milner Phillips

46	"General Record Office Birth Index". Q2 1879 North Aylesford Kent 2a 478. Cit. Date: Q2 1879. Assessment: Primary evidence.

47	"General Record Office Marriage Index". Q3 1904 Sheppey Vol 2a 2063. Cit. Date: Q3 1904. Assessment: Primary evidence.

48	"General Record Office Birth Index". North Aylesford, Kent 2a 257. Cit. Date: March 1853. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: Richard Edward Phillips North Aylesford is the registration district with covers Rochester/Strood

49	"General Record Office Marriage Index". Medway, Kent 2a 834. Cit. Date: December 1875. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: Charlotte Frater & Richard Edward Phillips Appear on the same page.

50	"General Record Office Death Index". Medway 2a 749. Cit. Date: Q4 1912. Assessment: Secondary evidence. Text From Source: Richard E Phillips aged 59

51	"International Genealogy Index". Strood, nr Rochester, Kent. Cit. Date: 25 February 1816. Assessment: Secondary evidence. Text From Source: Eliza Susannah Page. Father William, mother Mary. Name of church is not transcribed.

52	"General Record Office Death Index". North Aylesford 2a 249. Cit. Date: Q3 1883. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: Eliza Elizabeth PHILLIPS aged 74

53	"Census Returns of England and Wales 1881".

54	"General Record Office Birth Index". Medway Kent 5 397. Cit. Date: December 1848. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: Charlotte FRATER

55	"General Record Office Death Index". Medway 2a 477. Cit. Date: Q1 1911. Assessment: Secondary evidence. Text From Source: Charlotte Phillips aged 62

56	Ibid. North Aylesford, Kent 2a 273. Cit. Date: Q2 1881. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: Edward FRATER aged 77

57	Ibid. Medway 2a 242. Cit. Date: Q2 1873. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: Rebecca FRATER aged 71

58	"General Record Office Birth Index". Sheppey, Kent 2a 847. Cit. Date: Q3 1879. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: Florence Ada MILLINER

59	John Hawkins, "Johns Hawkin's Family Tree" (http://www.maison-de-stuff.net/john/familytree/ind00114.htm).

60	"Parish Register of the Church of Chatham St Mary, Kent" (CityArk, Chatham http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/). 00030729.jpg. Cit. Date: 6 December 1840. Assessment: Primary evidence.

61	"General Record Office Marriage Index". Poplar, Middx ? 40. Cit. Date: 20 February 1860. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: Mark Samuel MILLINER & Sarah RICKWOOD

62	"General Record Office Death Index". Sheppey Kent 2a 406. Cit. Date: Q3 1879. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: Mark Samuel MILLINER

63

"General Record Office Death Certificate". Q2 1842 Medway 5 261. Cit. Date: 2 April 1842. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: Samuel Milner, Brewer's Assistant, aged 49 died 13th MArch 1842 at Ordnance Place, Chatham of consumption. Death reported by Keturah Toen, present at death at Ordnance Place Chatham. Death recorded on 2nd April 1843 by Frederick Funell, Registrar. Ordnance Place does not exist in 21st century Chatham.

64	"Parish Register of the Church of Chatham St Mary, Kent" (CityArk, Chatham http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/). 00140163.jpg. Cit. Date: 3 April 1842. Assessment: Primary evidence.

65	"General Record Office Marriage Index". Medway 5 344. Cit. Date: Q1 1843. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: Lydia MILNER on same page as Richard MORRIS

66	"General Record Office Death Index". Poplar 1c 459. Cit. Date: Q2 1865. Assessment: Questionable.

67	"General Record Office Birth Index". Sheppey 5 405. Cit. Date: Q4 1839. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: Sarah RICKWOOD b 24 Nov 1839 Father: James RICKWOOD, Labourer Mother: Sarah RICKWOOD, formerly KITNEY

68	"General Record Office Death Index". Sheppey 2a 495. Cit. Date: December 1887. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: James RICKWOOD aged 80

69	Ibid. Q4 1873, 2a 436 Milton, Kent. Cit. Date: Q4 1873. Assessment: Questionable. Text From Source: Elizabeth KITNEY aged 90

70	"General Record Office Birth Index". Headington 3a 1073. Cit. Date: June 1906. Assessment: Primary evidence. On same page as twin Dorothy Annie

71	"General Record Office Death Index". Mid Warcks [sic] 31 439. Cit. Date: May 1991. Assessment: Primary evidence.

72	"General Record Office Birth Index". Portsea Island 2b 451. Cit. Date: Q1 1875. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: Henry STEPHENS

73	"General Record Office Marriage Index". Braintree, Essex 4a 1505. Cit. Date: Q3 1905. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: Henry STEPHENS on same page as Fanny ROLFE

74

"General Record Office Chaplains Returns Marriages 1796-1880". Malta Page 319. Cit. Date: between 1873 and 1874. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: Henry STEPHENS & Amelia FORMOSA Date of Marriage 14 Apr 1873 Grooms father: Joseph Stephens Brides father; G. Formosa Witnesses: C Treen 52nd LI and D'Arcy R. Boa

75

"Web". http://website.lineone.net/~stephaniebidmead/mixedmarr2.htm#SAID. Assessment: Secondary evidence. Text From Source: Henry STEPHENS, 21+, bachelor, born Roscrea, Ireland, son of Joseph and Deborah Stephens, to Emilia FORMOSA, minor with parents consent, daughter of George and Mary Formosa, 14th April 1873, celebrated by Anglican and Roman Catholic clergy

76

Ibid.

77	"General Record Office Birth Index". Witham 4a 378. Cit. Date: Q3 1874. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: Fanny ROLFE Witham includes Wickham Bishops

78	Ibid. Braintree 12 19. Cit. Date: Q1 1848. Assessment: Questionable. Text From Source: Male ROLFE Braintree covers Hatfield Peverel

79	"General Record Office Marriage Index". Witham Essex 4a 628. Cit. Date: Q4 1871. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: Henry George ROLFE on same page as Christianne COKER

80	"General Record Office Death Index". Braintree, Essex 4a 484. Cit. Date: Q1 1902. Assessment: Secondary evidence. Text From Source: Henry George ROLFE age 54

81	"General Record Office Marriage Index". Witham , Essex 12 567. Cit. Date: December 1844. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: Isaac ROLFE & Hannah WARRICKER

82	"General Record Office Death Index". Witham Essex 4a 219. Cit. Date: Q3 1873. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: Isaac ROLFE age 56

83	Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: Isaac Rolfe. Born c1784 @ Faulkbourne, Essex. Baptised there on May 2nd 1784. "Base born son of Hannah Rolfe" Baptism record at Essex Records Office. Transcribed and sent to me by David Rolfe.

84	Ibid. From Isaac Rolfes baptism record in Essex Records Office. Transcribed and sent to me by David Rolfe.

85	"General Record Office Death Index". Brentford Middlesex 3a 43. Cit. Date: Q2 1901. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: Hannah ROLFE age 77 Brentford district covers Twickenham

86	Ibid. Witham 4a 183. Cit. Date: Q1 1852. Assessment: Questionable. Text From Source: Isaac WARRICKER

87	Ibid. Witham, Essex 12 207. Cit. Date: Q4 1842.

88	"General Record Office Birth Index". Lexden 12 121. Cit. Date: December 1842. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: Christianna COKER Lexden covers Tiptree Christianna with a double N, the only time her name is spelt like this in GRO or Census.

89	"General Record Office Death Index". Braintree, Essex 4a 945. Cit. Date: Q3 1911. Assessment: Secondary evidence. Text From Source: Christiana Rolfe aged 67

90	Ibid. Maldon Essex 4a 279. Cit. Date: Q1 1893. Assessment: Primary evidence. Text From Source: William Coker age 79

91	Ibid. Maldon Essex 4a 215. Cit. Date: Q4 1882. Text From Source: Susan Coker aged 67