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Frances Tester [May], daughter of James May, wheelwright and Harriet May [Hammond]
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Date
Type
Information
Source
 
3rd July 1824
Born
In the Parish of Buxted, Sussex
Nonconformist Registers
 
18th August 1824
Christened
At Heathfield Chapel in the Parish of Heathfield, Sussex; daughter of James May and Harriot May
Heathfield Independent Chapel Registers
 
6th June 1841
Census
At Buxted Street in the Parish of Buxted, Sussex; Frances May, F, [Daughter], age 15 to 19, born Sussex
1841 Census
Buxted, Sussex
 
Jan to Mar 1849
Married
Edward Tester, farm labourer; 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
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; Frances Tester, F, Wife, married, age 46, born Buxted, Sussex
1871 Census
Rotherfield and Crowborough
 
February 1878
Died
In the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex; aged 53 years
Rotherfield Burial Registers
 
13th February 1878
Buried
At St. Denys Church in the Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex
Rotherfield Burial Registers

Ancestor's report
Descendent's report
May, Mays, Maye individual records
Tester, Testor, Teaster, Testa family records
The ancestral pedigree of Frances Tester [May]
  
 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
         
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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