The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for James Barden, farm labourer, son of Thomas Barden, farmer and Frances Barden [Hall]
Generation No. 1
  1. James Barden, farm labourer was the son of Thomas Barden, farmer and Frances Barden [Hall]. He was born 1791 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 4th Dec 1791 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  He married Maria Whatling on 4th Nov 1819 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent. She was born 1798 at Rotherfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
2 iMary Ann who was born 1820 at Groombridge, Kent and Sussex; christened 12th Nov 1820 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
3 iiSophia who was born 1823 at Broadwater, Frant, Sussex; christened 20th Jul 1823 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
4 iiiThomas who was born 1825 at Broadwater, Frant, Sussex; christened 27th Nov 1825 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  ivJames who was born Jun 1828 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 29th Jun 1828 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent; buried 13th Jul 1828 Rotherfield, Sussex
5 vSarah who was born 1830 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 14th Nov 1830 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
6 viEleanor who was born 1833 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 12th Jan 1834 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
7 viiEdward Sydney who was born 1838 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 10th Jun 1838 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  viiiLucy who was born 1840 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 31st May 1840 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent; buried 19th Mar 1854 Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 13 years
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Mary Ann Holmwood [Barden] was the daughter of James Barden, farm labourer and Maria Barden [Whatling]. She was born 1820 at Groombridge, Kent and Sussex; christened 12th Nov 1820 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  iJames who was born 1840 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 9th Aug 1840 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, mother Mary Ann Barden, single woman
  She married William Homewood, blacksmith journeyman on 13th Apr 1844 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent. He was born 1810 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 30th Sep 1810 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex, mother Hannah Holmwood base born, father Charles Coomber from marriage record. They had the following children:
8 iAnnie who was born 1855 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 30th Dec 1855 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
9 iiEdwin who was born July to Sep 1859 at Groombridge, Kent and Sussex, registered at Tunbridge Wells District, Kent, ref: 1859 Q3 Vol 2A Page 412
  iiiBethel who was born 1864 at Speldhurst, Kent
  ivMinnie Ellen who was born July to Sep 1865 at Speldhurst, Kent, registered at Tunbridge Wells District, Kent, ref: 1865 Q3 Vol 2A Page 454
   
  3. Sophia Neve [Barden] was the daughter of James Barden, farm labourer and Maria Barden [Whatling]. She was born 1823 at Broadwater, Frant, Sussex; christened 20th Jul 1823 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  She married James Neve, farm labourer on c 1843. He was born 1823 at Withyham, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iJames who was born 1850 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  iiEllen who was born 1852 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  iiiWilliam who was born 1854 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  ivSophia who was born 1856 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  vEdward who was born 1858 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  viAlbert who was born Dec 1860 at Rotherfield, Sussex
   
  4. Thomas Barden, market gardener was the son of James Barden, farm labourer and Maria Barden [Whatling]. He was born 1825 at Broadwater, Frant, Sussex; christened 27th Nov 1825 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  He married Sarah Langridge on 4th Jun 1864 at Holy Trinity Church, Eridge Green, Sussex, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1864 Q2 Vol 2b Page 134. She was born 1825 at West Hoathly, Sussex; christened 28th Aug 1825 at St. Margaret's Church, West Hoathly, Sussex
   
  5. Sarah Kemp [Barden] was the daughter of James Barden, farm labourer and Maria Barden [Whatling]. She was born 1830 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 14th Nov 1830 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  She married John Kemp, labourer on Apr to June 1854 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tunbridge Wells District, Kent, ref: 1854 Q2 Vol 2A Page 548. He was born 1821 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 14th Oct 1821 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iHorace who was born 1870 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
   
  6. Eleanor Warnett [Barden] was the daughter of James Barden, farm labourer and Maria Barden [Whatling]. She was born 1833 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 12th Jan 1834 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  She married William Edwin Warnett on 23rd Jul 1870 at Holy Trinity Church, Eridge Green, Sussex. He was born 1835 at Horsted Keynes, Sussex. They had the following children:
10 iJames William who was born 1872 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  iiArthur who was born 1874 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  iiiFrederick who was born 1876 at Rotherfield, Sussex
   
  7. Edward Sydney Barden was the son of James Barden, farm labourer and Maria Barden [Whatling]. He was born 1838 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 10th Jun 1838 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  He married Helen Taylor on 4th Jun 1864 at Holy Trinity Church, Eridge Green, Sussex. She was born 5th Feb 1838 at Jarvis Brook, Sussex; christened 18th Mar 1838 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of Charles Taylor (thatcher) and Mary Ann Taylor
   
Generation No. 3
  8. Annie Weller [Homewood] was the daughter of William Homewood, blacksmith journeyman and Mary Ann Holmwood [Barden]. She was born 1855 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 30th Dec 1855 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  She married (1) Reuben Weller, gardener on 30th Jan 1875 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex. He was born 1845 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 4th Jul 1845 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
  She married (2) Albert Ernest Setford, railway platelayer on Oct to Dec 1889 at East Grinstead, Sussex, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1889 Q4 Vol 2B Page 279. He was born Oct to Dec 1863 at Barcombe, Sussex, registered at Lewes District, Sussex, ref: 1863 Q4 Vol 2B Page 147; died 24th Nov 1933 at 37a Franklin Road, Brighton, Sussex. They had the following children:
11 iEdith Catherine who was born July to Sep 1890 at Groombridge, Kent and Sussex, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1890 Q3 Vol 2B Page 136
  iiAlbert William who was born 4th Mar 1895 at Groombridge, Kent and Sussex
   
  9. Edwin Homewood, newsvendor was the son of William Homewood, blacksmith journeyman and Mary Ann Holmwood [Barden]. He was born July to Sep 1859 at Groombridge, Kent and Sussex, registered at Tunbridge Wells District, Kent, ref: 1859 Q3 Vol 2A Page 412
  He married Jane Bonwick on 24th Apr 1905 at St. Thomas' Church, Groombridge, Kent and Sussex. She was born 1860 at Lingfield, Surrey, daughter of Henry Laker
   
  10. James William Warnett was the son of William Edwin Warnett and Eleanor Warnett [Barden]. He was born 1872 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  He married Hannah Wren on 23rd Sep 1893 at Holy Trinity Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex. She was born 1872 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 28th Apr 1872 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
   
Generation No. 4
  11. Edith Catherine Laing [Setford] was the daughter of Albert Ernest Setford, railway platelayer and Annie Weller [Homewood]. She was born July to Sep 1890 at Groombridge, Kent and Sussex, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1890 Q3 Vol 2B Page 136
  She married John Edward Laing on 28th Jun 1911 at St. Thomas' Church, Groombridge, Kent and Sussex. He was born 21st Sep 1875 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 26th Oct 1879 at King Charles-the-Martyr Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; died 21st Nov 1926 at Benenden Sanatorium, Benenden, Kent
   

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