The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Harriet Clapson [Powell]
Generation No. 1
  1. Harriet Clapson [Powell] She was born 1814 at Goudhurst, Kent; died Jan to Mar 1879, registered at Cranbrook District, Kent, ref: 1879 Q1 Vol 2a Page 467, aged 64 years
  She married John Clapson on 14th Apr 1832 at St Dunstan's Church, Cranbrook, Kent. He was born 1802 at Cranbrook, Kent; christened 21st Mar 1802 at St Dunstan's Church, Cranbrook, Kent; died 17th Jan 1880, registered at Cranbrook District, Kent, ref: 1880 Q1 Vol 2a Page 485, aged 78 years. They had the following children:
  iAdelaide who was born 1833 at Cranbrook, Kent; christened 14th Aug 1833 St Dunstan's Church, Cranbrook, Kent
2 iiJohn who was born 1835 at Cranbrook, Kent; christened 1st Feb 1835 St Dunstan's Church, Cranbrook, Kent
  iiiWilliam who was born 1836 at Cranbrook, Kent; christened 28th Oct 1838 St Dunstan's Church, Cranbrook, Kent
3 ivHarriet who was born 1838 at Cranbrook, Kent; christened 28th Oct 1838 St Dunstan's Church, Cranbrook, Kent
  vJoseph who was born 1840 at Cranbrook, Kent; christened 6th Dec 1840 St Dunstan's Church, Cranbrook, Kent; died Apr to June 1860
  viDaniel who was born 1843 at Cranbrook, Kent; christened 23rd Sep 1843 St Dunstan's Church, Cranbrook, Kent; died 1st Oct 1843 Cranbrook, Kent
4 viiHannah who was born 1845 at Cranbrook, Kent; christened 16th Mar 1845 St Dunstan's Church, Cranbrook, Kent
5 viiiEleanor Naomi who was born 1847 at Cranbrook, Kent; christened 7th Mar 1847 St Dunstan's Church, Cranbrook, Kent
6 ixEmma who was born 1848 at Cranbrook, Kent; christened 26th Nov 1848 St Dunstan's Church, Cranbrook, Kent
  xDavid who was born 1851 at Cranbrook, Kent; christened 27th Apr 1851 St Dunstan's Church, Cranbrook, Kent
7 xiMary Jane who was born 1853 at Cranbrook, Kent; christened 25th Sep 1853 St Dunstan's Church, Cranbrook, Kent; died Oct to Dec 1944, aged 91 years
  xiiVashti who was born 1855 at Cranbrook, Kent; christened 8th Jul 1855 St Dunstan's Church, Cranbrook, Kent; died Oct to Dec 1904
   
Generation No. 2
  2. John Clapson was the son of John Clapson and Harriet Clapson [Powell]. He was born 1835 at Cranbrook, Kent; christened 1st Feb 1835 at St Dunstan's Church, Cranbrook, Kent
  He married Amy Bicker on Apr to June 1871, registered at Croydon District, Surrey, ref: 1871 Q2 Vol 2a Page 343. She was born 1853 at Croydon, Surrey
   
  3. Harriet Clapson was the daughter of John Clapson and Harriet Clapson [Powell]. She was born 1838 at Cranbrook, Kent; christened 28th Oct 1838 at St Dunstan's Church, Cranbrook, Kent
  iWilliam who was born 1862 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  iiThomas who was born 1866 at Hastings, Sussex
   
  4. Hannah Winch [Clapson] was the daughter of John Clapson and Harriet Clapson [Powell]. She was born 1845 at Cranbrook, Kent; christened 16th Mar 1845 at St Dunstan's Church, Cranbrook, Kent
  She married Thomas Winch on 1st Dec 1861 at St Dunstan's Church, Cranbrook, Kent. He was born c 1845
   
  5. Eleanor Naomi Coley [Clapson] was the daughter of John Clapson and Harriet Clapson [Powell]. She was born 1847 at Cranbrook, Kent; christened 7th Mar 1847 at St Dunstan's Church, Cranbrook, Kent
  She married Issaac Coley on Jan to Mar 1868, registered at Cranbrook District, Kent, ref: 1868 Q1 Vol 2a Page 689. He was born c 1845
   
  6. Emma Carey [Clapson] was the daughter of John Clapson and Harriet Clapson [Powell]. She was born 1848 at Cranbrook, Kent; christened 26th Nov 1848 at St Dunstan's Church, Cranbrook, Kent
  She married William Henry Carey on Jan to Mar 1875, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1875 Q1 Vol 2b Page 135. He was born 1850 at Staplehurst, Kent
   
  7. Mary Jane Simpson [Clapson] was the daughter of John Clapson and Harriet Clapson [Powell]. She was born 1853 at Cranbrook, Kent; christened 25th Sep 1853 at St Dunstan's Church, Cranbrook, Kent; died Oct to Dec 1944, registered at Blandford District, Dorset, ref: 1944 Q4 Vol 5a Page 282, aged 91 years
  She married Thomas Simpson, Tailor on 11th Mar 1874 at St. Mary Magdalene, Hastings, Sussex. He was born 1845 at Stanley, Liverpool; christened 25th May 1845 at St. Anne's Church, West Derby, Liverpool; died Jul 1908 at Paddington, Bayswater, London. They had the following children:
  iMary Ellen who was born 22nd Dec 1874 at Lumley Buildings, Pimlico Road, London; christened 12th Dec 1875 St. Jude's Church, Upper Chelsea, Kensington, London; died Dec 1962 Hertfordshire
8 iiDora Matilda who was born 1878 at 34 Edbrooke Road, Paddington, London; christened 18th Jul 1878 St. Peter's Church, Paddington, London; died 1960 London
  iiiArthur Thomas who was born 1881 at 34 Edbrooke Road, Paddington, London; christened 30th Jan 1881 St. Peter's Church, Paddington, London; died 13th Apr 1918 France, died in a military hospital from injuries sustained in action on the western front
   
Generation No. 3
  8. Dora Matilda Brown [Simpson] was the daughter of Thomas Simpson, Tailor and Mary Jane Simpson [Clapson]. She was born 1878 at 34 Edbrooke Road, Paddington, London; christened 18th Jul 1878 at St. Peter's Church, Paddington, London; died 1960 at Golders Green, London
  She married Alfred John Brown on 18th Aug 1902 at St. Peter' Church, Paddington, London, witnessed by Thomas Simpson and Henry James Brown. He was born 1876, son of Alfred Edward Brown
   

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