The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Benjamin Catt, farm labourer, son of John Catt, farm labourer and Mary Catt [Henty]
Generation No. 1
  1. Benjamin Catt, farm labourer was the son of John Catt, farm labourer and Mary Catt [Henty]. He was born 7th Apr 1808 at Warbleton, Sussex
  He married Eliza Christmas Wratten on 11th Jun 1829 at All Saints Church, Herstmonceux, Sussex. She was born 1809 at Herstmonceux, Sussex; christened 2nd Jul 1809 at All Saints Church, Herstmonceux, Sussex. They had the following children:
2 iEliza who was born 30th Nov 1829 at Warbleton, Sussex; christened 3rd Jan 1830 Herstmonceux Independent Chapel, Herstmonceux, Sussex
  iiMary who was born 1832 at Warbleton, Sussex
  iiiRebecca who was born 1834 at Warbleton, Sussex; buried 27th Nov 1853 Warbleton, Sussex, aged 19 years
3 ivDavid who was born 1836 at Warbleton, Sussex
  vRachel who was born 1838 at Warbleton, Sussex
  viNathan who was born 1840 at Warbleton, Sussex
  viiBenjamin who was born 1842 at Warbleton, Sussex
  viiiAbraham who was born 1844 at Warbleton, Sussex
4 ixOrpha who was born 1846 at Warbleton, Sussex
  xIsaac who was born 1850 at Warbleton, Sussex
5 xiRuth who was born Oct to Dec 1851 at Warbleton, Sussex, registered at Hailsham District, Sussex, ref: 1851 Q4 Vol 7 Page 427
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Eliza Elphick [Catt] was the daughter of Benjamin Catt, farm labourer and Eliza Christmas Catt [Wratten]. She was born 30th Nov 1829 at Warbleton, Sussex; christened 3rd Jan 1830 at Herstmonceux Independent Chapel, Herstmonceux, Sussex
  She married Stephen Elphick, farm labourer on 9th Sep 1849 at St. Oswald's Church, Hooe, Sussex, witnesses James Sargent & Matilda Elphick. He was born 1825 at Hooe, Sussex; christened 5th Jun 1825 at St. Oswald's Church, Hooe, Sussex, parents Charle & Jane Elphick. They had the following children:
6 iSydney who was born 1857 at Hooe, Sussex; christened 10th May 1857 St. Oswald's Church, Hooe, Sussex
   
  3. David Catt, farm labourer was the son of Benjamin Catt, farm labourer and Eliza Christmas Catt [Wratten]. He was born 1836 at Warbleton, Sussex
  He married Charlotte Billngs on 19th Oct 1857 at St John [a.k.a. Bodlestreet Chapel of Ease], Bodle Street Green, Sussex, witnesses Richard Billings & Orpah Barton. She was born 1838 at Warbleton, Sussex; christened 11th Mar 1838 at St. Mary's Church, Warbleton, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iHarry who was born 1863 at Warbleton, Sussex
  iiJames who was born 1865 at Ashburnham, Sussex
7 iiiCharlotte who was born 1868 at Warbleton, Sussex; died 2nd May 1924 Bodle Street Green, Sussex, aged 56 years
  ivGeorge who was born 1870 at Warbleton, Sussex
  vAlbert who was born 1874 at Warbleton, Sussex
8 viAlfred Charles who was born 1877 at Warbleton, Sussex; died 1946 Hastings, Sussex
   
  4. Orpha Wilmshurst [Catt] was the daughter of Benjamin Catt, farm labourer and Eliza Christmas Catt [Wratten]. She was born 1846 at Warbleton, Sussex
  She married Simeon Wilmshurst, general labourer on Oct to Dec 1864 at Hailsham, Sussex, registered at Hailsham District, Sussex, ref: 1864 Q4 Vol 2B Page 141. He was born 1838 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 23rd Sep 1838 at All Saints Church, Heathfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iAnnie who was born 1868 at Heathfield, Sussex
  iiWilliam who was born 1874 at Heathfield, Sussex
  iiiJane who was born 1879 at Heathfield, Sussex
   
  5. Ruth Sinden [Catt] was the daughter of Benjamin Catt, farm labourer and Eliza Christmas Catt [Wratten]. She was born Oct to Dec 1851 at Warbleton, Sussex, registered at Hailsham District, Sussex, ref: 1851 Q4 Vol 7 Page 427
  She married Thomas Sinden, farm labourer on 7th Dec 1870 at St John [a.k.a. Bodlestreet Chapel of Ease], Bodle Street Green, Sussex, witnesses Henry Cornford & Elizabeth Sinden. He was born 1852 at Warbleton, Sussex; christened 5th Dec 1852 at St. Mary's Church, Warbleton, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iIsaac H. who was born 1873 at Herstmonceux, Sussex
  iiNaomi who was born 1876 at Brightling, Sussex
  iiiEliza who was born 1878 at Battle, Sussex
  ivEster who was born 1880 at Battle, Sussex
   
Generation No. 3
  6. Sydney Elphick was the son of Stephen Elphick, farm labourer and Eliza Elphick [Catt]. He was born 1857 at Hooe, Sussex; christened 10th May 1857 at St. Oswald's Church, Hooe, Sussex
  He married Louisa Funnell on 24th Jun 1882 at St Leonard's Church, St. Leonards On Sea, Sussex, witnesses Samuel Edisons & Jane Mannering. She was born 1861 at Barcombe, Sussex; christened 17th Feb 1861 at St. Mary's Church, Barcombe, Sussex, parents Samuel & Louisa Funnell
   
  7. Charlotte Roberts [Catt] was the daughter of David Catt, farm labourer and Charlotte Catt [Billngs]. She was born 1868 at Warbleton, Sussex; died 2nd May 1924 at Bodle Street Green, Sussex, aged 56 years
  She married William Roberts on 24th Sep 1892 at St John [a.k.a. Bodlestreet Chapel of Ease], Bodle Street Green, Sussex, witnesses Caroline Roberts & George Catt. He was born 1873 at Warbleton, Sussex; christened 2nd Nov 1873 at St John [a.k.a. Bodlestreet Chapel of Ease], Bodle Street Green, Sussex
   
  8. Alfred Charles Catt was the son of David Catt, farm labourer and Charlotte Catt [Billngs]. He was born 1877 at Warbleton, Sussex; died 1946 at Hastings, Sussex
  He married Sarah Jemima Leeves on July to Sep 1905, registered at Hailsham District, Sussex, ref: 1905 Q3 Vol 2b Page 191. She was born 1883 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 29th Apr 1883 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex, daughter of Amos (labourer) and Emma Leeves; died 1954 at Battle, Sussex
   

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