The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Henry Hemsley, sawyer and beer house keeper, son of Samuel Hemsley, farm labourer and Elizabeth Hemsley [Brooker]
Generation No. 1
  1. 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:
2 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
3 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. 2
  2. 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
   
  3. 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:
4 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. 3
  4. 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:
5 iKathleen Annie who was born 3rd Nov 1908; died 1990
  iiRichard Fredercik who was born 1912 at Aldershot; died 2000 Brighton, Sussex
   
Generation No. 4
  5. 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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