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Edward Tester, farm labourer, son of Stephen Tester, labourer and Hannah Tester [Bones]
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Date
Type
Information
Source
 
15th February 1824
Born
In the Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
Wadhurst Parish Registers
 
19th February 1824
Christened
At St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church in the Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex; son of Stephen Tester (labourer) and Hannah Tester
Wadhurst Parish Registers
 
Jan to Mar 1849
Married
Frances May; registered at Uckfield District, Sussex; ref: 1849 Q1 Vol 7 Page 585
Register of marriages
 
20th May 1849
Birth of a daughter
Emma at Steep in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex
Rotherfield Parish Registers
 
1851
Birth of a son
Samuel in the Parish of Framfield, Sussex
1861 Census
Buxted, Sussex
 
30th March 1851
Census
At Lower Sharelands in the Parish of Framfield, Sussex; Lodger; occupation: farm labourer
1851 Census
Framfield, Sussex
 
1852
Birth of a son
George Edward in the Parish of Framfield, Sussex; registered at Uckfield District, Sussex; ref: 1852 Q3 Vol 2b Page 90
1861 Census
Buxted, Sussex
 
1856
Birth of a son
Edwin in the Parish of Hadlow Down, Sussex
Hadlow Down Parish Registers
 
1859
Birth of a daughter
Jane in the Parish of Buxted, Sussex
1871 Census
Rotherfield and Crowborough
 
1862
Birth of a son
Jabez James in the Parish of Buxted, Sussex
1871 Census
Rotherfield and Crowborough
 
2nd April 1871
Census
At Steep Cottage in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex; Edward Tester, M, Head, married, age 46, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
1871 Census
Rotherfield and Crowborough
 
3rd April 1881
Census
At Steep in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex; Edward Tester, M, Head, widowed, age 56, born Waldron; occupation: farmer
1881 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex
 
January 1887
Died
In the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex; aged 61 years
Rotherfield Burial Registers
 
7th January 1887
Buried
At St. Denys Church in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex
Rotherfield Burial Registers

Ancestor's report
Descendent's report
Tester, Testor, Teaster, Testa family records
The ancestral pedigree of Edward Tester, farm labourer
  
 George IlerNot marriedSarah 
 b: c 1780  b: c 1780 
  
  
 Stephen 
 b: 1799 Wadhurst, Sussex
ch: 18th Aug 1799 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church		 
   
Grandfather
record
   
   
   
1st marriageStephen Tester
labourer		m: 17th Apr 1817 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, SussexHannah Bones 
 b: 1799 Wadhurst, Sussex
ch: 18th Aug 1799 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church		  b: 1798
d: Nov 1827 Wadhurst, Sussex
bur: 16th Nov 1827 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex		 
  
      
 Sophia Thomas William Edward Emily Philadelphia
 b: 1818 Wadhurst, Sussex
ch: 25th Jan 1818 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church
d: Apr 1818 Wadhurst, Sussex
bur: 13th Apr 1818 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex		 b: 1820 Etchingham, Sussex
ch: 9th Jan 1820 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex		 b: 3rd May 1822 Wadhurst, Sussex
ch: 5th May 1822 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church		 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: 1826 ??
bur: 31st Mar 1850 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex		 b: 21st Sep 1827 Wadhurst, Sussex
ch: 21st Oct 1827 Shovers Green Chapel
d: Jan 1828 Wadhurst, Sussex
bur: 22nd Jan 1828 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex
          
Parental
record
   
   
    
 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
        
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record

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