The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Richard Delves, house agent and gentleman, son of Joseph Delves and Susannah Delves [Fry]
Generation No. 1
  1. Richard Delves, house agent and gentleman was the son of Joseph Delves and Susannah Delves [Fry]. He was born 14th Dec 1777 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 21st Jan 1778 at Tunbridge Wells Chapel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; died Dec 1842 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, aged 64 years; buried 14th Dec 1842 at St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex
  He married (1) Eleanor Buckland on 20th Oct 1800 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent. She was born 1776; died 21st Nov 1836 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, aged 60 years; buried 26th Nov 1836 at St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex. They had the following children:
2 iEleanor who was born c Oct 1801 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 28th Oct 1801 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  iiRichard who was born May 1803 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; died 26th Apr 1804 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, aged 11 months; buried 29th Sep 1804 Frant, Sussex
3 iiiJoseph who was born 3rd Jul 1805 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; died 5th Sep 1862 Tunbridge Wells, Kent
4 ivWilliam who was born 1807 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; died 6th Aug 1886 Frant, Sussex, aged 79 years; buried 10th Aug 1886 Frant, Sussex
  vEmily who was born 26th Sep 1809 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 27th Oct 1809 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent; died 29th Nov 1822 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, aged 13 years; buried 3rd Dec 1822 Frant, Sussex
  viMatilda who was born 19th May 1812 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 17th Jun 1812 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent; died 12th Mar 1826 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, aged 14 years; buried 17th Mar 1826 Frant, Sussex
  viiGeorge who was born 10th Sep 1815 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 11th Sep 1815 Tunbridge Wells Chapel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; died 17th Oct 1835 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, aged 20 years; buried 23rd Oct 1835 Frant, Sussex
  viiiCecilia (Selina) who was born 1819 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 8th Apr 1819 Tunbridge Wells Chapel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; died 26th Sep 1821 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, aged 2 years and 3 months; buried 30th Sep 1821 Frant, Sussex
  He married (2) Grace Vidler on July to Sep 1837, registered at Rye District, Sussex, ref: 1837 Q3 Vol 7 Page 449. She was born 1793 at Cawsand, Cornwall; died 1870 at Rye, Sussex
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Eleanor Tanner [Delves] was the daughter of Richard Delves, house agent and gentleman and Eleanor Delves [Buckland]. She was born c Oct 1801 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 28th Oct 1801 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  She married Henry Tanner on 18th Apr 1831 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent. He was born c 1800
   
  3. Joseph Delves was the son of Richard Delves, house agent and gentleman and Eleanor Delves [Buckland]. He was born 3rd Jul 1805 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; died 5th Sep 1862 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  He married Sarah Turley on 6th Dec 1837 at St Laurence Church, Hawkhurst, Kent. She was born 1817 at Hawkhurst, Kent. They had the following children:
  iFrederick who was born 1838 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 10th Oct 1838 Tunbridge Wells Chapel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  iiEllen who was born 1840 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 14th Jan 1840 Tunbridge Wells Chapel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
5 iiiGeorge who was born 1841 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 22nd Sep 1841 Tunbridge Wells Chapel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  ivRichard Lacey who was born 1843 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 1st Dec 1843 Tunbridge Wells Chapel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  vAlfred Henry who was born 1845 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  viSidney who was born 1847 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  viiMarian who was born 1848 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
   
  4. William Delves, agent to the Earls of Abergavenny, churchwarden, guardian of the poor and overseer was the son of Richard Delves, house agent and gentleman and Eleanor Delves [Buckland]. He was born 1807 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; died 6th Aug 1886 at Frant, Sussex, aged 79 years; buried 10th Aug 1886 at St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex
  He married (1) Elizabeth Jane Nash on 11th Nov 1828 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent. She was born 1809; died 22nd May 1835 at Frant, Sussex, aged 26 years; buried 29th May 1835 at St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex. They had the following children:
6 iWilliam Henry who was born 1830 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 13th Jan 1830 Tunbridge Wells Chapel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; died 4th Apr 1922 Frant, Sussex, aged 92 years; buried after 4th Apr 1922 Frant, Sussex
  iiRose who was born 1832 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 9th May 1832 Tunbridge Wells Chapel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; died 17th Apr 1917 Frant, Sussex, aged 85 years; buried after 17th Apr 1917 Frant, Sussex
  iiiMatilda who was born 1833 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 18th Dec 1833 Tunbridge Wells Chapel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; died 12th Oct 1890 Frant, Sussex, aged 56 years; buried after 12th Oct 1890 Frant, Sussex
  He married (2) Sarah Amoore on 10th Oct 1836 at St Mary in the Castle, Hastings, Sussex. She was born 1815 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; died May 1867; buried 9th May 1867 at St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iHoward who was born 1839 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; died 4th Jul 1853 London, aged 14 years; buried 9th Jul 1873 Frant, Sussex
  iiCecilia who was born 1845 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 17th Sep 1845 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex
  iiiEmily Fearon who was born 1848 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 16th Jan 1848 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex; died 1926
  ivRowland Ward who was born Dec 1850 at Frant, Sussex; christened 26th Jan 1851 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex; died Jul 1881 Frant, Sussex, aged 30 years; buried 5th Jul 1881 Frant, Sussex
   
Generation No. 3
  5. George Delves, clerk to Local Board was the son of Joseph Delves and Sarah Delves [Turley]. He was born 1841 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 22nd Sep 1841 at Tunbridge Wells Chapel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  He married Mary E. on c 1869. She was born 1849 at Marylebone, London. They had the following children:
  iHerbert George who was born Apr to June 1875 at Southborough, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1875 Q2 Vol 2a Page 558
   
  6. William Henry Delves, mayor, and bank manager was the son of William Delves, agent to the Earls of Abergavenny, churchwarden, guardian of the poor and overseer and Elizabeth Jane Delves [Nash]. He was born 1830 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 13th Jan 1830 at Tunbridge Wells Chapel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; died 4th Apr 1922 at Frant, Sussex, aged 92 years; buried after 4th Apr 1922 at St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex
  He married Emily Ramply on July to Sep 1863, registered at Croydon District, Surrey, ref: 1863 Q3 Vol 2a page 275. She was born 1834 at Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire; died 9th Oct 1918, aged 85 years; buried after 9th Oct 1918 at St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iLilian J. who was born Jan to Mar 1866 at Speldhurst, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1866 Q1 Vol 2a page 514
  iiStanley W.W. who was born 1870 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  iiiIrene Mary who was born July to Sep 1871 at Frant, Sussex, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1871 Q3 Vol 2b Page 97; died 26th Oct 1894, aged 23 years; buried after 26th Oct 1894 Frant, Sussex
  ivRobert Harvey A. who was born Apr to June 1873 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1873 Q2 Vol 2a Page 516
  vWinnifred Mabel who was born Jan to Mar 1876 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1876 Q1 Vol 2a page 612
   

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