The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for William Roots
Generation No. 1
  1. William Roots He was born 15th Feb 1794 at Sevenoaks, Kent, son of James Roots; died 1851 at Seal, Kent
  He married Sarah Ann Smith on 28th Jul 1822 at Kingsdown, Kent. She was born 1800 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 9th Nov 1800 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent; died 1858 at Sevenoaks, Kent. They had the following children:
  iSarah Ann who was born 1823 at Seal, Kent
  iiJames who was born 1825 at Seal, Kent
2 iiiWilliam who was born 1827 at Kemsing, Kent; christened 2nd Sep 1827 St. Mary's Church, Kemsing, Kent; died 7th Jul 1900 Guildford, Surrey, aged 72 years
3 ivStephen who was born 1830 at Seal, Kent; christened 7th Nov 1830 St. Peter's Church, Seal, Kent; died 25th Nov 1907 Orpington, Kent
4 vHester who was born 1837 at Seal, Kent; christened 4th Jun 1837 St. Peter's Church, Seal, Kent
  viMary Jane who was born 1841 at Seal, Kent; christened 25th Jul 1841 St. Peter's Church, Seal, Kent
   
Generation No. 2
  2. William Roots, innkeeper was the son of William Roots and Sarah Ann Roots [Smith]. He was born 1827 at Kemsing, Kent; christened 2nd Sep 1827 at St. Mary's Church, Kemsing, Kent; died 7th Jul 1900 at Pirbright, Guildford, Surrey, aged 72 years
  He married Elizabeth Cleaver on 27th Aug 1858 at St Matthew's Chapel, St Martin in the Fields, London. She was born 1834 at Hornton, Banbury, Oxfordshire; died 20th Aug 1897 at Pirbright, Guildford, Surrey. They had the following children:
5 iWilliam who was born 7th Nov 1866 at Pirbright, Guildford, Surrey; died 28th Feb 1946 Guildford, Surrey, aged 79 years
6 iiJames Charles who was born 1868 at Pirbright, Guildford, Surrey; christened 1st Nov 1868 St Michael and All Angels, Pirbright, Guildford, Surrey; died 14th Aug 1933 Guildford, Surrey
   
  3. Stephen Roots was the son of William Roots and Sarah Ann Roots [Smith]. He was born 1830 at Seal, Kent; christened 7th Nov 1830 at St. Peter's Church, Seal, Kent; died 25th Nov 1907 at Orpington, Kent
  He married Jane Hammond on 1864 at Westminster, London. She was born c 1827 at Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire
   
  4. Hester Sargent [Roots] was the daughter of William Roots and Sarah Ann Roots [Smith]. She was born 1837 at Seal, Kent; christened 4th Jun 1837 at St. Peter's Church, Seal, Kent
  She married John Sargent on 29th Sep 1868 at St George, Hanover Square, London. He was born c 1841; died 1925 at Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
   
Generation No. 3
  5. William Roots was the son of William Roots, innkeeper and Elizabeth Roots [Cleaver]. He was born 7th Nov 1866 at Pirbright, Guildford, Surrey; died 28th Feb 1946 at Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, Surrey, aged 79 years
  He married Ellen Randall on 1891. She was born 23rd May 1869 at Tong, Kent; died 16th Feb 1935 at St Thomas Hospital, Lambeth, London, aged 65 years. They had the following children:
  iLillian who was born 29th Nov 1893 at Fullwood, Preston, Lancashire; died 1st Feb 1995 Surrey, aged 101 years
  iiWilliam who was born 1896 at The Crater, Aden; died 1977 Surrey
  iiiElizabeth Evelyn who was born 10th Nov 1897 at Colaba, India; died 8th Nov 1991 Hampshire, aged 93 years
  ivDorothy Ellen who was born 27th Aug 1901 at Aldershot, Hampshire; died 31st Dec 1996 Surrey, aged 95 years
   
  6. James Charles Roots was the son of William Roots, innkeeper and Elizabeth Roots [Cleaver]. He was born 1868 at Pirbright, Guildford, Surrey; christened 1st Nov 1868 at St Michael and All Angels, Pirbright, Guildford, Surrey; died 14th Aug 1933 at Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, Surrey
  He married Jane Elizabeth Greenfield on 29th Sep 1891 at St Michael and All Angels, Pirbright, Guildford, Surrey. She was born c 1865 at Pirbright, Guildford, Surrey; died 8th Dec 1939 at Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, Surrey
   

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