The Weald - Descendents Report

Generation No. 1
	1. Thomas Ashdown, farm labourer He was born 1780 to 1785 at Kent
	He married Ann Beven on 19^th Jun 1808 at St. Dunstan's Church, West Peckham, Kent. She was born 1785 to 1790 at Kent. They had the following children:
	i	Harriet who was born 1810 at Horsmonden, Kent; christened 18^th Jan 1846 St. Margaret's Church, Horsmonden, Kent
	ii	Hannah who was born 1812 at Horsmonden, Kent; christened 9^th Feb 1812 St. Margaret's Church, Horsmonden, Kent
2	iii	Thomas who was born 1816 at Horsmonden, Kent; christened 21^st Apr 1816 St. Margaret's Church, Horsmonden, Kent
	iv	John who was born 9^th Oct 1819 at Horsmonden, Kent; christened 14^th Nov 1819 St. Margaret's Church, Horsmonden, Kent
	v	Abigail who was born 11^th Jan 1822 at Horsmonden, Kent; christened 24^th Mar 1822 St. Margaret's Church, Horsmonden, Kent
3	vi	William who was born 28^th May 1824 at Horsmonden, Kent; christened 4^th Jul 1824 St. Margaret's Church, Horsmonden, Kent
	vii	Abraham who was born 21^st Oct 1831 at Horsmonden, Kent; christened 20^th Nov 1831 St. Margaret's Church, Horsmonden, Kent

Generation No. 2
	2. Thomas Ashdown, farm labourer was the son of Thomas Ashdown, farm labourer and Ann Ashdown [Beven]. He was born 1816 at Horsmonden, Kent; christened 21^st Apr 1816 at St. Margaret's Church, Horsmonden, Kent
	He married Harriet Bowles on Oct to Dec 1845, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1845 Q4 Vol 5 Page 677. She was born 1825 at Horsmonden, Kent. They had the following children:
	i	William who was born 25^th Nov 1845 at Horsmonden, Kent; christened 18^th Jan 1846 St. Margaret's Church, Horsmonden, Kent
4	ii	Charles who was born 16^th Jun 1848 at Horsmonden, Kent; christened 3^rd Sep 1848 St. Margaret's Church, Horsmonden, Kent
	iii	Abigail who was born 1852 at Horsmonden, Kent; christened 4^th Apr 1852 St. Margaret's Church, Horsmonden, Kent
	iv	Isaac who was born 1856 at Horsmonden, Kent; christened 6^th Jul 1856 St. Margaret's Church, Horsmonden, Kent
	v	Fanny who was born 1862 at Horsmonden, Kent; christened 15^th Jun 1862 St. Margaret's Church, Horsmonden, Kent
	vi	Frank who was born 1867 at Horsmonden, Kent; christened 1^st Sep 1867 St. Margaret's Church, Horsmonden, Kent

	3. William Ashdown, farm labourer was the son of Thomas Ashdown, farm labourer and Ann Ashdown [Beven]. He was born 28^th May 1824 at Horsmonden, Kent; christened 4^th Jul 1824 at St. Margaret's Church, Horsmonden, Kent
	He married Mary Blackford on Apr to June 1847, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1847 Q2 Vol 5 Page 601. She was born 1829 at Goudhurst, Kent. They had the following children:
	i	Thomas who was born 1849 at Horsmonden, Kent
	ii	Abraham who was born 1851 at Horsmonden, Kent
	iii	Mercy who was born 1852 at Horsmonden, Kent
	iv	Hannah who was born 1854 at Horsmonden, Kent
5	v	William who was born 1856 at Horsmonden, Kent
	vi	Alfred who was born 1860 at Horsmonden, Kent
	vii	Francis who was born 1862 at Horsmonden, Kent
6	viii	Jesse who was born 1865 at Horsmonden, Kent

Generation No. 3
	4. Charles Ashdown, bricklayer was the son of Thomas Ashdown, farm labourer and Harriet Ashdown [Bowles]. He was born 16^th Jun 1848 at Horsmonden, Kent; christened 3^rd Sep 1848 at St. Margaret's Church, Horsmonden, Kent
	He married Margaret Ann Humphrey on 6^th Dec 1868 at St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1868 Q4 Vol 2b Page 172. She was born 1850 at Hadlow, Kent. They had the following children:
	i	Eliza who was born 1869 at West Malling, Kent
	ii	Emily who was born 1880 at Lancashire

	5. William Ashdown, farm labourer was the son of William Ashdown, farm labourer and Mary Ashdown [Blackford]. He was born 1856 at Horsmonden, Kent
	i	Annie S. who was born 1875 at Horsmonden, Kent
	He married Charity Ann Baitup on 3^rd Jul 1875 at St. Margaret's Church, Horsmonden, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1875 Q3 Vol 2a Page 843. She was born 1858 at Brenchley, Kent. They had the following children:
7	i	William who was born 1877 at Horsmonden, Kent
	ii	Jesse who was born 1880 at Horsmonden, Kent
	iii	Mercy who was born 1882 at Horsmonden, Kent
	iv	Alfred who was born 1884 at Horsmonden, Kent
	v	Fanny M. who was born 1890 at Brenchley, Kent
	vi	Fred who was born 1892 at Brenchley, Kent
	vii	Emily who was born 1895 at Brenchley, Kent

	6. Jesse Ashdown, blacksmith was the son of William Ashdown, farm labourer and Mary Ashdown [Blackford]. He was born 1865 at Horsmonden, Kent
	He married Harriet Ellen Williams on July to Sep 1890, registered at Cranbrook District, Kent, ref: 1890 Q3 Vol 2a Page 1255. She was born 1865 at Goudhurst, Kent

Generation No. 4
	7. William Ashdown was the son of William Ashdown, farm labourer and Charity Ann Ashdown [Baitup]. He was born 1877 at Horsmonden, Kent
	He married Rosa Ruffle on c 1915. She was born 1883 at Pembury, Kent, daughter of James and Emily Ruffle. They had the following children:
8	i	Edith Helena who was born 13^th Apr 1917 at Marden, Kent; died 1970

Generation No. 5
	8. Edith Helena Spicer [Ashdown] was the daughter of William Ashdown and Rosa Ashdown [Ruffle]. She was born 13^th Apr 1917 at Marden, Kent; died 1970
	She married James Festubert Spicer on c 1945. He was born 12^th Jun 1918 at Staplehurst, Kent; died 1989 at Marden, Kent. They had the following children:
9	i	Brian Anthony who was born 1946 at Pembury, Kent

Generation No. 6
	9. Brian Anthony Spicer was the son of James Festubert Spicer and Edith Helena Spicer [Ashdown]. He was born 1946 at Pembury, Kent
	He married Jennifer Melanie Austin on c 1975. She was born 18^th Apr 1949. They had the following children:
	i	James Austin who was born 2^nd Apr 1977 at Bishop's Stortford
	ii	Melanie Jane who was born 21^st Apr 1980 at Bishop's Stortford