The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for John Ashby, labourer
Generation No. 1
  1. John Ashby, labourer He was born c 1780
  He married Philadelphia on c 1800. She was born c 1780. They had the following children:
2 iJames who was born 1802; christened 22nd Mar 1819 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex, son of John Ashby (labourer) and Philadelhia Ashby; died 9th Mar 1879 Wadhurst, Sussex; buried 15th Mar 1879 Wadhurst, Sussex
   
Generation No. 2
  2. James Ashby, master tailor was the son of John Ashby, labourer and Philadelphia Ashby. He was born 1802; christened 22nd Mar 1819 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex, son of John Ashby (labourer) and Philadelhia Ashby; died 9th Mar 1879 at Wadhurst, Sussex; buried 15th Mar 1879 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex
  He married Mary Kemp on 5th May 1828 at Chapel of St John the Baptist, St Leonard, Shoreditch, London. She was born 1802 at Ticehurst, Sussex; christened 8th Aug 1802 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex, daughter of John Kemp and Martha Kemp; died 31st Jan 1875 at Wadhurst, Sussex, aged 72 years; buried 4th Feb 1875 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iMary Jane who was born 6th Apr 1829 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 24th May 1829 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex, daughter of James Ashby (tailor) and Mary Ashby
  iiJames who was born 11th May 1831 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 17th Jul 1831 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex, son of James Ashby (tailor) and Mary Ashby
  iiiElizabeth Ann who was born 15th Aug 1833 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 3rd Nov 1833 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex, daughter of James Ashby (tailor) and Mary Ashby
  ivEmily who was born 15th Aug 1835 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 18th Oct 1835 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex, daughter of James Ashby (tailor) and Mary Ashby
3 vEllen who was born 19th Mar 1839 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 9th Jun 1839 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex, daughter of James Ashby (tailor) and Mary Ashby; died Oct to Dec 1914
   
Generation No. 3
  3. Ellen Cornford [Ashby] was the daughter of James Ashby, master tailor and Mary Ashby [Kemp]. She was born 19th Mar 1839 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 9th Jun 1839 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex, daughter of James Ashby (tailor) and Mary Ashby; died Oct to Dec 1914, registered at Havant District, Hampshire, ref: 1914 Q4 Vol 2b Page 518
  She married James Cornford, master miller on 7th Feb 1857 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent. He was born 1834 at Chiddingly, Sussex; christened 8th Jun 1834 at Chiddingly Parish Church, Chiddingly, Sussex, son of William Cornford (labourer) and Mary Cornford; died Mar 1892 at Wassel Mill, Ebrenoe, Petworth, Sussex; buried 4th Mar 1892 at Holy Trinity Church, Ebernoe, Petworth, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iElizabeth Ann who was born Dec 1857 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 13th Dec 1857 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex, daughter of James Cornford (miller) and Helen Cornford
  iiWalter Thomas who was born 1859 at Chiddingly, Sussex; christened 28th Aug 1859 Chiddingly Parish Church, Chiddingly, Sussex, son of James Cornford (loader) and Ellen Cornford
  iiiMark H. who was born 1861 at Chiddingly, Sussex
  ivAlbert who was born 1862 at Chiddingly, Sussex; christened 20th Aug 1862 Chiddingly Parish Church, Chiddingly, Sussex, son of James Cornford (loader) and Ellen Cornford; died before 23rd Aug 1862 Chiddingly, Sussex, infant; buried 23rd Aug 1862 Chiddingly, Sussex
  vMary A. who was born 1866 at Chiddingly, Sussex
  viRuth A. who was born 1868 at Bexhill, Sussex
  viiEllen R. who was born 1870
   

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