The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Obed Dann, farm labourer, son of Thomas Dann, carpenter and Jane Dann [Hobbs]
Generation No. 1
  1. Obed Dann, farm labourer was the son of Thomas Dann, carpenter and Jane Dann [Hobbs]. He was born 1808 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 7th Jul 1808 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  He married Frances Brooker on 26th Oct 1833 at St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex. She was born 1816 at Cranbrook, Kent; christened 21st Apr 1816 at St Dunstan's Church, Cranbrook, Kent. They had the following children:
2 iGeorge who was born 1835 at Frant, Sussex; christened 7th Jun 1835 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex, son of Obed (labourer) & Frances Dann
  iiThomas who was born 1837 at Frant, Sussex; christened 3rd Sep 1837 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex, son of Obed (labourer) & Frances Dann
3 iiiPhoebe who was born 1840 at Blackham, Sussex; christened 12th Jan 1840 St. Mary's Church, Balcombe, Sussex, daughter of Obed (labourer) & Frances Dann
  ivJoshua who was born 1842 at Frant, Sussex; christened 28th Nov 1842 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex, son of Obed (labourer) & Frances Dann
  vSusannah who was born 1844 at Frant, Sussex; christened 22nd Jul 1844 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex, daughter of Obed (labourer) & Frances Dann
  viEmily who was born 1847 at Frant, Sussex
4 viiCaroline who was born 1849 at Frant, Sussex
5 viiiAlbert who was born 1851 at Hawkenbury, Sussex
6 ixEsther who was born 1853 at Frant, Sussex
  xJohn who was born 1856 at Frant, Sussex
  xiArther who was born 1859 at Frant, Sussex
  xiiCaleb (Frank) who was born Mar 1861 at Frant, Sussex
   
Generation No. 2
  2. George Dann, gardener was the son of Obed Dann, farm labourer and Frances Dann [Brooker]. He was born 1835 at Frant, Sussex; christened 7th Jun 1835 at St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex, son of Obed (labourer) & Frances Dann
  He married Sarah Waterman on 6th Jun 1858 at St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex. She was born 1835 at Frant, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iHenry who was born 1859 at Tonbridge, Kent
  iiLucy who was born Feb 1861 at Frant, Sussex
  iiiGeorge who was born May 1863 at Frant, Sussex; christened 26th Nov 1865 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex
  ivAnnie Blanche who was born 1865 at Frant, Sussex; christened 26th Nov 1865 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex
  vEmily who was born 1869 at Frant, Sussex
  viErnest who was born 1871 at Frant, Sussex
  viiRose who was born 1873 at Frant, Sussex
  viiiKate who was born 1875 at Frant, Sussex
  ixFrank who was born 1877 at Frant, Sussex
   
  3. Phoebe Hillman [Dann] was the daughter of Obed Dann, farm labourer and Frances Dann [Brooker]. She was born 1840 at Blackham, Sussex; christened 12th Jan 1840 at St. Mary's Church, Balcombe, Sussex, daughter of Obed (labourer) & Frances Dann
  She married William Hillman, coachman on 2nd Oct 1859 at St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex. He was born 1827 at Pembury, Kent. They had the following children:
7 iGeorge who was born Jan to Mar 1860 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1860 Q1 Vol 2A Page 429
8 iiWilliam who was born Jan to Mar 1862 at Frant, Sussex, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1862 Q1 Vol 2B Page 86
  iiiHenry who was born 17th Jan 1864 at Tuttys Village, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 19th Apr 1864 Congregational Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
9 ivFlora who was born July to Sep 1866 at Frant, Sussex, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1866 Q3 Vol 2B Page 89
10 vElizabeth who was born 1870 at Frant, Sussex
   
  4. Caroline Skinner [Dann] was the daughter of Obed Dann, farm labourer and Frances Dann [Brooker]. She was born 1849 at Frant, Sussex
  She married Edward Skinner on 21st Dec 1873 at St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex. He was born c 1845
   
  5. Albert Dann, gardener was the son of Obed Dann, farm labourer and Frances Dann [Brooker]. He was born 1851 at Hawkenbury, Sussex
  He married Caroline Lee on 26th Feb 1871 at St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1871 Q1 Vol 2b Page 88. She was born 1850 at Salehurst, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iEmily who was born 1873 at Frant, Sussex
  iiFrances who was born 1873 at Frant, Sussex; christened 7th Mar 1873 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex
  iiiAda who was born 1875 at Frant, Sussex; christened 15th Aug 1875 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex
  ivAlbert who was born 1875 at Frant, Sussex; christened 15th Aug 1875 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex
  vAlice who was born 1879 at Frant, Sussex
  viWilliam who was born 1880 at Frant, Sussex; christened 3rd Oct 1880 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex
   
  6. Esther Moon [Dann] was the daughter of Obed Dann, farm labourer and Frances Dann [Brooker]. She was born 1853 at Frant, Sussex
  She married James Moon on 26th Sep 1876 at St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1876 Q3 Vol 2b Page 161. He was born 1854 at St. Leonards On Sea, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iEdith Bessie who was born Oct to Dec 1877 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1877 Q4 Vol 2a Page 588; christened 7th Oct 1877 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex
  iiEthel who was born 1880 at St. Leonards On Sea, Sussex
   
Generation No. 3
  7. George Hillman was the son of William Hillman, coachman and Phoebe Hillman [Dann]. He was born Jan to Mar 1860 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1860 Q1 Vol 2A Page 429
  He married Fanny Saunders Laing on 15th Jun 1902 at St Barnabas Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. She was born 1869 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
   
  8. William Hillman was the son of William Hillman, coachman and Phoebe Hillman [Dann]. He was born Jan to Mar 1862 at Frant, Sussex, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1862 Q1 Vol 2B Page 86
  He married Kate Kneller on 19th Oct 1889 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1889 Q4 Vol 2A Page 1171. She was born 1862 at Southborough, Kent; christened 7th Sep 1862 at St. Peter's Church, Southborough, Kent
   
  9. Flora Larkin [Hillman] was the daughter of William Hillman, coachman and Phoebe Hillman [Dann]. She was born July to Sep 1866 at Frant, Sussex, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1866 Q3 Vol 2B Page 89
  She married Walter Caleb Larkin on 29th Jan 1890 at Christ Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. He was born July to Sep 1867 at Brenchley, Kent, registered at Tunbridge Wells District, Kent, ref: 1867 Q3 Vol 2A Page 529
   
  10. Elizabeth Vatcher [Hillman] was the daughter of William Hillman, coachman and Phoebe Hillman [Dann]. She was born 1870 at Frant, Sussex
  She married Edward James Vatcher on July to Sep 1894 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tunbridge Wells District, Kent, ref: 1894 Q3 Vol 2A 1249. He was born Apr to June 1869 at Puddletown, Dorset
   

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