The Weald - Descendents Report

Generation No. 1
	1. John Ashdown He was born c 1725
	He married Elizabeth Carter on 28^th Apr 1747 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent. She was born c 1725. They had the following children:
	i	Elizabeth who was born c Oct 1747 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 18^th Oct 1747 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
	ii	Margaret who was born 1750 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 3^rd Oct 1750 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
2	iii	John who was born 1753 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 8^th Jul 1753 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
	iv	William who was born 1756 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 15^th Aug 1756 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent

Generation No. 2
	2. John Ashdown was the son of John Ashdown and Elizabeth Ashdown [Carter]. He was born 1753 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 8^th Jul 1753 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent
	He married Elizabeth Young on 9^th Nov 1779 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent. She was born c 1755. They had the following children:
	i	Richard who was born 1780 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 21^st May 1780 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
	ii	Elizabeth who was born 1783 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 13^th Apr 1783 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
3	iii	John who was born 1785 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 20^th Feb 1785 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
4	iv	William who was born 1788 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 17^th Feb 1788 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
	v	Ann who was born 1790 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 20^th Jun 1790 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
5	vi	Thomas who was born 1799 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 3^rd Nov 1799 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent

Generation No. 3
	3. John Ashdown, gardener was the son of John Ashdown and Elizabeth Ashdown [Young]. He was born 1785 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 20^th Feb 1785 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
	He married Mary Holmden on 1824. She was born 1796 at Hadlow, Kent. They had the following children:
	i	Richard who was born 1825 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 3^rd Jul 1825 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
	ii	Mary who was born 1827 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 5^th Aug 1827 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent

	4. William Ashdown, farm labourer was the son of John Ashdown and Elizabeth Ashdown [Young]. He was born 1788 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 17^th Feb 1788 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
	He married Mary Knight on 13^th Oct 1817 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent. She was born 1796 at Chiddingstone, Kent. They had the following children:
	i	Mary who was born 1818 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 5^th Apr 1818 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
	ii	John who was born 1819 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 1^st Sep 1819 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
	iii	Sarah who was born 1820 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 5^th Nov 1820 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent; died 1820 to 1821 Chiddingstone, Kent
	iv	Thomas who was born 1822 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 24^th Mar 1822 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
	v	William who was born 1824 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 27^th May 1824 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
	vi	Harriet who was born 1827 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 20^th May 1827 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
	vii	Elizabeth who was born 1829 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 22^nd Feb 1829 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
	viii	Henry who was born 1832 at Chiddingstone, Kent; died 1832 Chiddingstone, Kent, aged 12 days; cause of death spina bifida
	ix	James who was born 1833 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 31^st Oct 1833 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
	x	Maria who was born 1837 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 30^th Jul 1837 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
	xi	Ann who was born 1840 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 30^th Mar 1840 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent

	5. Thomas Ashdown, farm labourer was the son of John Ashdown and Elizabeth Ashdown [Young]. He was born 1799 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 3^rd Nov 1799 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
	He married Maria Randell on 3^rd Dec 1820 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent. She was born 1799 at Chiddingstone, Kent. They had the following children:
6	i	William who was born 1821 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 15^th Aug 1821 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
7	ii	Harriet who was born 1824 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 30^th May 1824 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
8	iii	Ann who was born 1827 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 8^th Jul 1827 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
	iv	Mary who was born 1833 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 9^th Aug 1833 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
9	v	George who was born 1837 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 14^th Mar 1837 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent

Generation No. 4
	6. William Ashdown, bricklayer was the son of Thomas Ashdown, farm labourer and Maria Ashdown [Randell]. He was born 1821 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 15^th Aug 1821 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
	He married Elizabeth Stone on 29^th Dec 1840 at St Botolph, Chevening, Kent. She was born c 1820. They had the following children:
10	i	William who was born 1841 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 9^th Dec 1841 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent; died Jan to Mar 1882, aged 40 years

	7. Harriet Theobalds [Ashdown] was the daughter of Thomas Ashdown, farm labourer and Maria Ashdown [Randell]. She was born 1824 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 30^th May 1824 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
	She married Frederick Theobalds on Oct to Dec 1844, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1844 Q4 Vol 5 Page 589. He was born c 1820; died 1848

	8. Ann Godfrey [Ashdown] was the daughter of Thomas Ashdown, farm labourer and Maria Ashdown [Randell]. She was born 1827 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 8^th Jul 1827 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
	She married John Godfrey on July to Sep 1848 at Sevenoaks, Kent, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1848 Q3 Vol 5 Page 517. He was born 1827 at Westerham, Kent. They had the following children:
11	i	Ann who was born 1849 at Westerham, Kent
	ii	Emily who was born 1852 at Westerham, Kent
	iii	Albert who was born 1854 at Westerham, Kent
12	iv	Arthur who was born 1856 at Westerham, Kent
13	v	Edwin who was born 1860 at Westerham, Kent
	vi	Louisa who was born 1863 at Westerham, Kent
	vii	Ellen who was born 1866 at Crockham Hill, Edenbridge, Kent; died 1866
	viii	Maria who was born 1866 at Crockham Hill, Edenbridge, Kent; died 1866
	ix	William J. who was born 1868 at Westerham, Kent
	x	Thomas who was born 1869 at Westerham, Kent
	xi	George who was born 1871 at Westerham, Kent

	9. George Ashdown, bricklayer was the son of Thomas Ashdown, farm labourer and Maria Ashdown [Randell]. He was born 1837 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 14^th Mar 1837 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
	He married Charlotte Card on Apr to June 1861, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1861 Q2 Vol 2a Page 650. She was born 1837 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 29^th Oct 1837 at St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent. They had the following children:
	i	Emma A. who was born 1862 at Penshurst, Kent

Generation No. 5
	10. William Ashdown, labourer was the son of William Ashdown, bricklayer and Elizabeth Ashdown [Stone]. He was born 1841 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 9^th Dec 1841 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent; died Jan to Mar 1882, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1882 Q1 Vol 2a Page 391, aged 40 years
	He married Mary Ann on c 1860. She was born 1834 at Tonbridge, Kent. They had the following children:
	i	William Henry who was born 1862 at Rusthall, Kent; christened 5^th Oct 1862 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
	ii	Ernest W. who was born 1869 at Rusthall, Kent
	iii	Frederick A. who was born 1871 at Rusthall, Kent
	iv	George H. who was born 1873 at Rusthall, Kent
	v	Agnes Paulina who was born Apr to June 1875 at Rusthall, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1875 Q2 Vol 2a Page 552
	vi	Julia L. who was born July to Sep 1877 at Rusthall, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1877 Q3 Vol 2a Page 566

	11. Ann Steptow [Godfrey] was the daughter of John Godfrey and Ann Godfrey [Ashdown]. She was born 1849 at Westerham, Kent
	She married William James Steptow on c 1869. He was born 1848 at Otford, Kent. They had the following children:
	i	Thomas John Godfrey who was born 1870 at Limpsfield, Surrey
14	ii	Alice Maud who was born 1872 at Westerham, Kent
15	iii	William James who was born 1873 at Westerham, Kent
	iv	Florence Helen who was born 1875 at Westerham, Kent
16	v	Albert Arthur E. who was born 1876 at Crockham Hill, Edenbridge, Kent
	vi	George Charles who was born 1878 at Limpsfield, Surrey
	vii	Jesse who was born 1880 at Limpsfield, Surrey
	viii	Amos who was born 1882 at Limpsfield, Surrey
	ix	Arthur who was born 1886 at Limpsfield, Surrey

	12. Arthur Godfrey was the son of John Godfrey and Ann Godfrey [Ashdown]. He was born 1856 at Westerham, Kent
	He married Clara on c 1885. She was born 1864 at Brasted, Kent. They had the following children:
	i	Nellie who was born 1887 at Westerham, Kent
	ii	William who was born 1889 at Knockholt, Kent
	iii	Nina who was born 1895 at Westerham, Kent
	iv	Annabell who was born 1898 at Westerham, Kent

	13. Edwin Godfrey was the son of John Godfrey and Ann Godfrey [Ashdown]. He was born 1860 at Westerham, Kent
	He married Mary S. on c 1885. She was born 1857 at Limpsfield, Surrey

Generation No. 6
	14. Alice Maud Phillips [Steptow] was the daughter of William James Steptow and Ann Steptow [Godfrey]. She was born 1872 at Westerham, Kent
	She married James H. Phillips on c 1890. He was born c 1870 at Hurst, Berkshire. They had the following children:
	i	Henry who was born 1893 at Limpsfield, Surrey
	ii	Harold G. who was born Feb 1893 at Limpsfield, Surrey
	iii	Alice who was born 1895 at Limpsfield, Surrey
	iv	Ethel who was born 1897 at Limpsfield, Surrey
	v	Edith who was born 1900 at Limpsfield, Surrey

	15. William James Steptow was the son of William James Steptow and Ann Steptow [Godfrey]. He was born 1873 at Westerham, Kent
	He married Emily Godfrey on c 1900. She was born 1876 at Battersea, London

	16. Albert Arthur E. Steptow was the son of William James Steptow and Ann Steptow [Godfrey]. He was born 1876 at Crockham Hill, Edenbridge, Kent
	He married Annie on c 1900. She was born 1878 at Limpsfield, Surrey. They had the following children:
	i	Annie who was born Jan 1901 at Westerham, Kent