The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Elizabeth Martin [Ashby], daughter of John Ashby and Elizabeth Ashby [Norman]
Generation No. 1
  1. Elizabeth Martin [Ashby] was the daughter of John Ashby and Elizabeth Ashby [Norman]. She was born 1798 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 29th May 1798 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, daughter of John Ashby and Elizabeth Ashby; died 1878
  She married William Martin, farm labourer on 16th Nov 1822 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. He was born 1792 at Mayfield, Sussex; died 31st Mar 1878 at Hadlow Down, Sussex. They had the following children:
2 iWilliam who was born 9th Feb 1823 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 30th Mar 1823 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, son of William Martin (labourer) & Elizabeth Martin; died Oct 1845 Hadlow Down, Sussex
  iiJames who was born 2nd Jun 1825 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 4th Sep 1825 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, son of William Martin (labourer) & Elizabeth Martin; died Jun 1846 Hadlow Down, Sussex
3 iiiHenry who was born 16th Feb 1835 at Hadlow Down, Sussex
4 ivCharlotte who was born 3rd Jul 1840 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 23rd Aug 1840 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex; died 24th Jan 1904 Uckfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 2
  2. William Martin was the son of William Martin, farm labourer and Elizabeth Martin [Ashby]. He was born 9th Feb 1823 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 30th Mar 1823 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, son of William Martin (labourer) & Elizabeth Martin; died Oct 1845 at Hadlow Down, Sussex
  He married Elizabeth Head on 26th May 1845. She was born c 1825
   
  3. Henry Martin, farmer was the son of William Martin, farm labourer and Elizabeth Martin [Ashby]. He was born 16th Feb 1835 at Hadlow Down, Sussex
  He married Emma Noakes on 28th Apr 1866 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex. She was born 1841 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 18th Jul 1841 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iWilliam who was born 1868 at Hadlow Down, Sussex
  iiHenry who was born 1871 at Hadlow Down, Sussex
5 iiiElizabeth Emma who was born 1874 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 21st Sep 1874 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
   
  4. Charlotte Smith [Martin] was the daughter of William Martin, farm labourer and Elizabeth Martin [Ashby]. She was born 3rd Jul 1840 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 23rd Aug 1840 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex; died 24th Jan 1904 at Uckfield, Sussex
  She married Henry James Smith on 22nd Sep 1863 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex. He was born 3rd Mar 1838 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 20th May 1838 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died 3rd Apr 1879 at Hadlow Down, Sussex. They had the following children:
6 iCharlotte Emily who was born 9th Sep 1864 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 8th Oct 1864 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex; died 1950 Sussex
  iiHenry William who was born 13th Sep 1865 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 27th Dec 1865 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex; died 2nd Mar 1866 Hadlow Down, Sussex
7 iiiAlfred Ernest who was born 31st Jan 1867 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 19th Apr 1867 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex; died 12th Mar 1952 Hadlow Down, Sussex
8 ivAnnie Louisa (Annie) who was born 25th Dec 1869 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 15th Apr 1870 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex; died 1947 Hove, Sussex
  vHarry James who was born 9th Aug 1872 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; died 15th Oct 1872 Hadlow Down, Sussex
  viMartin William who was born 21st May 1874 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; died 1881 Hadlow Down, Sussex
9 viiKate Elizabeth who was born 12th Dec 1876 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 1st Feb 1877 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex; died 1955 Sussex
   
Generation No. 3
  5. Elizabeth Emma Hemsley [Martin] was the daughter of Henry Martin, farmer and Emma Martin [Noakes]. She was born 1874 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 21st Sep 1874 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
  She married Henry Hemsley on Oct to Dec 1894, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1894 Q4 Vol 2b Page 294. He was born 1871 at East Hoathly, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iEthel May who was born 1895 at Heathfield, Sussex
  iiMaud Elizabeth who was born 1897 at Welsh Bicknor, Herefordshire
  iiiMartin Henry who was born 1899 at Welsh Bicknor, Herefordshire
   
  6. Charlotte Emily Packham [Smith] was the daughter of Henry James Smith and Charlotte Smith [Martin]. She was born 9th Sep 1864 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 8th Oct 1864 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex; died 1950 at Sussex
  She married William Richard Packham, plumber and painter on 2nd Oct 1886 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex. He was born 1863 at Newick, Sussex; died 1924 at Sussex. They had the following children:
  iEdith Emily who was born 20th Jul 1887 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 30th Mar 1888 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex, daughter of William Richard Packham (plumber and painter) and Charlotte Ely Packham; died 1944 Sussex
   
  7. Alfred Ernest Smith was the son of Henry James Smith and Charlotte Smith [Martin]. He was born 31st Jan 1867 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 19th Apr 1867 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex; died 12th Mar 1952 at Hadlow Down, Sussex
  He married Elizabeth Ellis Hatherell on 29th Oct 1891 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex. She was born 24th Dec 1868 at Clapham, Surrey; died 4th Dec 1942 at Hadlow Down, Sussex. They had the following children:
10 iAlfred Cecil who was born Aug 1893 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; died Dec 1955 Malaysia
  iiDorothy (Dot) who was born 30th Oct 1895 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; died 1983
11 iiiMarjorie Annie who was born 6th Oct 1897 at Hadlow Down, Sussex
12 ivElizabeth Kate (Kit) who was born 24th Nov 1901 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; died 17th Nov 1990 Hadlow Down, Sussex
   
  8. Annie Louisa (Annie) Lodge [Smith] was the daughter of Henry James Smith and Charlotte Smith [Martin]. She was born 25th Dec 1869 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 15th Apr 1870 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex; died 1947 at Hove, Sussex
13 iGertrude Annie who was born 1894 at Hadlow Down, Sussex
  She married Henry Jesse Leslie Lodge on 18th Mar 1894. He was born Sep 1863 at Eardisley, Herefordshire; died 1944 at Sussex. They had the following children:
  iCharles Darrell who was born 1896 at Hadlow Down, Sussex
   
  9. Kate Elizabeth Kerwin [Smith] was the daughter of Henry James Smith and Charlotte Smith [Martin]. She was born 12th Dec 1876 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 1st Feb 1877 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex; died 1955 at Sussex
  She married Alfred Thomas Kerwin on 17th Jul 1900. He was born 1875 at Bow, London; died 1936 at Sussex. They had the following children:
  iWinifred Kate who was born 24th Jun 1901 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; died 1982
  iiJessie Doris (Doris) who was born 3rd Oct 1903 at Sussex; died 1990 Surrey
  iiiArthur Graham K. K. (Graham) who was born 26th Oct 1905 at Sussex; died 1991 Sussex
  ivBarbara J. who was born 1914 at Sussex
  vHazel M. O. who was born 1916 at Sussex
   
Generation No. 4
  10. Alfred Cecil Smith was the son of Alfred Ernest Smith and Elizabeth Ellis Smith [Hatherell]. He was born Aug 1893 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; died Dec 1955 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  He married Agatha Mainwaring Simmons on 10th Dec 1921. She was born Jul 1898 at Colombo, Ceylon; died Jul 1986 at Eastbourne, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iPamela Margaret Mainwaring who was born May 1923 at Perak, Malaysia; died 4th Mar 1989 Suffolk
  iiMichael Cecil Mainwaring who was born 6th Feb 1928 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; died 18th May 2000 Sussex
   
  11. Marjorie Annie Standen [Smith] was the daughter of Alfred Ernest Smith and Elizabeth Ellis Smith [Hatherell]. She was born 6th Oct 1897 at Hadlow Down, Sussex
  She married George Henry Standen on 20th Apr 1926. He was born c 1895. They had the following children:
  iGerald George who was born 31st May 1928 at Hadlow Down, Sussex
  iiDawn Elizabeth who was born 31st Oct 1931 at Hadlow Down, Sussex
   
  12. Elizabeth Kate (Kit) Crossland [Smith] was the daughter of Alfred Ernest Smith and Elizabeth Ellis Smith [Hatherell]. She was born 24th Nov 1901 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; died 17th Nov 1990 at Hadlow Down, Sussex
  She married Arthur Alvey Crossland on 28th Apr 1928. He was born c 1900. They had the following children:
  iAlan Arthur who was born 16th Feb 1931 at Eastbourne, Sussex
  iiRobin Kenneth who was born 13th Jul 1934 at Eastbourne, Sussex; died 1991
   
  13. Gertrude Annie Edmunds was the daughter of Henry Jesse Leslie Lodge and Annie Louisa (Annie) Lodge [Smith]. She was born 1894 at Hadlow Down, Sussex
  She married Richard Edmunds on 1917 at Sussex. He was born c 1890. They had the following children:
  iRichard who was born 1919 at Tonbridge, Kent
   

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