The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Elizabeth Hemsley [Brooker]
Generation No. 1
  1. Elizabeth Hemsley [Brooker] She was born 1794 at Framfield, Sussex
  She married Samuel Hemsley, farm labourer on 18th Jun 1812 at St. Thomas à Becket's Church, Framfield, Sussex. He was born 1784 at Framfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
2 iSamuel who was born Dec 1812 at Framfield, Sussex; christened 27th Dec 1812 St. Thomas à Becket's Church, Framfield, Sussex, son of Samuel Hemsley and Elizabeth Hemsley
  iiJohn who was born 1820 at Framfield, Sussex; christened 7th May 1820 St. Thomas à Becket's Church, Framfield, Sussex, son of Samuel Hemsley (labourer) and Elizabeth Hemsley
3 iiiElizabeth who was born 1822 at Framfield, Sussex; christened 20th Jan 1822 St. Thomas à Becket's Church, Framfield, Sussex, daughter of Samuel Hemsley (labourer) and Elizabeth Hemsley; died Jun 1872 Hadlow Down, Sussex, aged 50 years; buried 30th Jun 1872 Hadlow Down, Sussex
  ivJames who was born 1824 at Framfield, Sussex; christened 1st Feb 1824 St. Thomas à Becket's Church, Framfield, Sussex, son of Samuel Hemsley (labourer) and Elizabeth Hemsley
4 vHenry who was born 1826 at Framfield, Sussex; christened after 30th Apr 1826 St. Thomas à Becket's Church, Framfield, Sussex, son of Samuel Hemsley (labourer) and Elizabeth Hemsley
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Samuel Hemsley, sawyer was the son of Samuel Hemsley, farm labourer and Elizabeth Hemsley [Brooker]. He was born Dec 1812 at Framfield, Sussex; christened 27th Dec 1812 at St. Thomas à Becket's Church, Framfield, Sussex, son of Samuel Hemsley and Elizabeth Hemsley
  He married Mary Ann Stevenson on c 1850. She was born 1827 at Seaford, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iFrederick who was born 1862 at Framfield, Sussex
   
  3. Elizabeth Tester [Hemsley] was the daughter of Samuel Hemsley, farm labourer and Elizabeth Hemsley [Brooker]. She was born 1822 at Framfield, Sussex; christened 20th Jan 1822 at St. Thomas à Becket's Church, Framfield, Sussex, daughter of Samuel Hemsley (labourer) and Elizabeth Hemsley; died Jun 1872 at Hadlow Down, Sussex, aged 50 years; buried 30th Jun 1872 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
  She married Samuel Joseph Tester, farm labourer and gamekeeper on 19th Dec 1842 at St. Thomas à Becket's Church, Framfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1842 Q4 Vol 7 Page 731. He was born 1822 at Waldron, Sussex; died Jul 1894 at Mayfield, Sussex, aged 74 years; buried 27th Jul 1894 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iSamuel who was born 1843; died Jun 1843 Hadlow Down, Sussex, aged 3 years 5 months; buried 18th Jun 1843 Hadlow Down, Sussex
5 iiOwen who was born 1845 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 26th Jun 1855 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex, son of Samuel Tester (labourer) and Elizabeh Tester
  iiiCharlotte who was born 1847 at Framfield, Sussex; christened 26th Jun 1855 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex, daughter of Samuel Tester (labourer) and Elizabeh Tester
  ivEmily who was born 1849 at Framfield, Sussex
  vCaroline who was born 1850 at Framfield, Sussex; christened 26th Jun 1855 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex, daughter of Samuel Tester (labourer) and Elizabeh Tester; died May 1859 Hadlow Down, Sussex, aged 9 years; buried 20th May 1859 Hadlow Down, Sussex
6 viFrances who was born 1855 at Framfield, Sussex; christened 26th Jun 1855 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex, daughter of Samuel Tester (labourer) and Elizabeh Tester
   
  4. Henry Hemsley, sawyer and beer house keeper was the son of Samuel Hemsley, farm labourer and Elizabeth Hemsley [Brooker]. He was born 1826 at Framfield, Sussex; christened after 30th Apr 1826 at St. Thomas à Becket's Church, Framfield, Sussex, son of Samuel Hemsley (labourer) and Elizabeth Hemsley
  He married Charlotte Wren on Jan to Mar 1853, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1853 Q1 Vol 2b Page 121. She was born 1831 at Framfield, Sussex; christened 21st Aug 1831 at St. Thomas à Becket's Church, Framfield, Sussex, daughter of Benjamin Wren, victualler, and Charlotte Wren. They had the following children:
7 iHenry Charles who was born 1854 at Framfield, Sussex
  iiEmily who was born 1856 at Framfield, Sussex
  iiiFanny who was born 1858 at Framfield, Sussex
8 ivJohn who was born 1860 at Framfield, Sussex
  vBenjamin who was born 1862 at Framfield, Sussex
  viThomas who was born 1864 at Framfield, Sussex
  viiJoseph who was born 1868 at Framfield, Sussex
  viiiGeorge who was born 1870 at Framfield, Sussex
  ixEllen who was born 1872 at Framfield, Sussex
  xPercy Frederick who was born 1876 at Framfield, Sussex; died 1896
   
Generation No. 3
  5. Owen Tester, gamekeeper was the son of Samuel Joseph Tester, farm labourer and gamekeeper and Elizabeth Tester [Hemsley]. He was born 1845 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 26th Jun 1855 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex, son of Samuel Tester (labourer) and Elizabeh Tester
  He married Agnes Taylor on 9th Nov 1872 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex. She was born 22nd Jul 1848 at Sheep Lane, Crowborough, Sussex; christened 5th Nov 1848 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of James Taylor (labourer) and Charlotte Taylor. They had the following children:
  iHenry Thomas who was born 14th Jan 1874 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 10th May 1874 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, son of Owen Tester (gamekeeper) and Agnes Tester
  iiDavid who was born 1876 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 7th Apr 1876 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex, son of Owen Tester (gamekeeper) and Agnes Tester
  iiiMary who was born 1876 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 7th Apr 1876 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex, daughter of Owen Tester (gamekeeper) and Agnes Tester
  ivAnna who was born 1879 at Waldron, Sussex
   
  6. Frances Tester was the daughter of Samuel Joseph Tester, farm labourer and gamekeeper and Elizabeth Tester [Hemsley]. She was born 1855 at Framfield, Sussex; christened 26th Jun 1855 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex, daughter of Samuel Tester (labourer) and Elizabeh Tester
  iAda Pierce who was born 1876 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 5th Apr 1876 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex, illegitimate daughter of Fanny Tester
   
  7. Henry Charles Hemsley, farm labourer was the son of Henry Hemsley, sawyer and beer house keeper and Charlotte Hemsley [Wren]. He was born 1854 at Framfield, Sussex
  He married Caroline Russell on Oct to Dec 1877, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1877 Q4 Vol 2b Page 243. She was born 1854 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent. They had the following children:
  iCharles William who was born 1879 at Framfield, Sussex
  iiAlbert Ernest who was born May 1880 at Framfield, Sussex
   
  8. John Hemsley was the son of Henry Hemsley, sawyer and beer house keeper and Charlotte Hemsley [Wren]. He was born 1860 at Framfield, Sussex
  He married Ann Pelling on Oct to Dec 1882, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1882 Q4 Vol 2b Page 227. She was born c 1865. They had the following children:
9 iRaymond who was born 28th Aug 1883 at Framfield, Sussex; died 4th Aug 1968 Chelsea, London
  iiChristiana who was born 1887 at Framfield, Sussex
  iiiArchibald who was born 1894 at Framfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 4
  9. Raymond Hemsley was the son of John Hemsley and Ann Hemsley [Pelling]. He was born 28th Aug 1883 at Framfield, Sussex; died 4th Aug 1968 at Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London
  He married Bessie Johnson on c 1907. She was born c 1885. They had the following children:
10 iKathleen Annie who was born 3rd Nov 1908; died 1990
  iiRichard Fredercik who was born 1912 at Aldershot; died 2000 Brighton, Sussex
   
Generation No. 5
  10. Kathleen Annie Cooper [Hemsley] was the daughter of Raymond Hemsley and Bessie Hemsley [Johnson]. She was born 3rd Nov 1908; died 1990 at Norwich
  She married Ernest William Cooper on 24th Jul 1932 at Lewes, Sussex. He was born c 1905. They had the following children:
  iDerek Peter who was born 2nd May 1933 at Paddington, London
   

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