The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Mary Rabson [Noakes], daughter of Robert Nokes, mercer and Elizabeth Nokes [Vinall]
Generation No. 1
  1. Mary Rabson [Noakes] was the daughter of Robert Nokes, mercer and Elizabeth Nokes [Vinall]. She was born 1760 at Ticehurst, Sussex; christened 6th Jul 1760 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex
  She married John Rabson on 24th Apr 1792 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex, witness: Thomas Sawyer. He was born 1740 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 16th Feb 1740 at St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent; buried 18th Sep 1805 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex. They had the following children:
2 iSophia who was born 22nd Dec 1792 at Ticehurst, Sussex; christened 25th Jan 1793 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex, daughter of John & Mary Rabson; died 12th Aug 1881 Indiana, USA
  iiFrederick who was born 1794 at Ticehurst, Sussex; christened 7th May 1794 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex, son of John & Mary Rabson
3 iiiRichard Henry who was born 1796 at Ticehurst, Sussex; christened 20th Mar 1796 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex, son of John & Mary Rabson; died Nov 1867 Mayfield, Sussex, aged 71 years; buried 18th Nov 1867 Mayfield, Sussex
  ivHarriet who was born 1798 at Ticehurst, Sussex; christened 28th Feb 1798 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex, daughter of John & Mary Rabson
  vGilford Vinall who was born 1800 at Ticehurst, Sussex; christened 19th Jun 1800 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex, son of John & Mary Rabson
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Sophia Oyler [Rabson] was the daughter of John Rabson and Mary Rabson [Noakes]. She was born 22nd Dec 1792 at Ticehurst, Sussex; christened 25th Jan 1793 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex, daughter of John & Mary Rabson; emigrated 1839 to Indiana, USA; died 12th Aug 1881 at Clark's Hill, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
  She married Samuel Oyler on 28th Jul 1814 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex. He was born c 1792 at ??; emigrated 1839 to Indiana, USA; died 3rd Jun 1866 at Clark's Hill, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
   
  3. Richard Henry Rabson, farmer was the son of John Rabson and Mary Rabson [Noakes]. He was born 1796 at Ticehurst, Sussex; christened 20th Mar 1796 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex, son of John & Mary Rabson; died Nov 1867 at Mayfield, Sussex, aged 71 years; buried 18th Nov 1867 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  He married Mary Bailey on 28th Jan 1819 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex. She was born 1796 at Mayfield, Sussex; died Feb 1875 at Mayfield, Sussex, aged 79 years; buried 26th Feb 1875 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
4 iHenry who was born 1820 at Ticehurst, Sussex; christened 3rd Dec 1820 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex, son of Henry (labourer) & Mary Rabson; died Apr 1853 Mayfield, Sussex, aged 32 years; buried 11th Apr 1853 Mayfield, Sussex
  iiAnn who was born 23rd Jul 1823 at Ticehurst, Sussex; christened 17th Aug 1823 Shovers Green Chapel, Wadhurst, Sussex, daughter of Henry & Mary Rabson, ceremony performed by George Down
5 iiiJacob who was born 1828 at Wadhurst, Sussex
6 ivJoseph who was born 1832 at Mayfield, Sussex
  vElizabeth who was born 1836 at Mayfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 3
  4. Henry Rabson, farm labourer was the son of Richard Henry Rabson, farmer and Mary Rabson [Bailey]. He was born 1820 at Ticehurst, Sussex; christened 3rd Dec 1820 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex, son of Henry (labourer) & Mary Rabson; died Apr 1853 at Mayfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1853 Q2 Vol 2b Page 63, aged 32 years; buried 11th Apr 1853 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  He married Frances Mann on 24th Dec 1840 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. She was born 1819 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 25th Dec 1819 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, daughter of Alice Mann, spinster; died Oct to Dec 1904, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1904 Q4 Vol 2b Page 71. They had the following children:
7 iLydia who was born 27th Feb 1841 at Mayfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1841 Q1 Vol 7 Page 504; christened 3rd Jul 1853 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died Jan to Mar 1906
8 iiLeah who was born 25th Nov 1842 at Wadhurst, Sussex, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1842 Q4 Vol 7 Page 439; christened 3rd Jul 1853 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died 17th Aug 1917 Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 74 years; buried after 17th Aug 1917 Rotherfield, Sussex
  iiiJohn who was born 25th Jan 1845 at Wadhurst, Sussex, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1845 Q1 Vol 7 Page 496; christened 3rd Jul 1853 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  ivJoseph who was born 14th Apr 1847 at Mayfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1847 Q2 Vol 7 Page 513; christened 3rd Jul 1853 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died May 1855 Mayfield, Sussex, aged 8 years; buried 15th May 1855 Mayfield, Sussex
9 vJabez who was born 29th May 1850 at Wadhurst, Sussex, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1850 Q3 Vol 7 Page 531; christened 3rd Jul 1853 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died Oct 1899 Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 49 years; buried 3rd Oct 1899 Rotherfield, Sussex
   
  5. Jacob Rabson, carpenter was the son of Richard Henry Rabson, farmer and Mary Rabson [Bailey]. He was born 1828 at Wadhurst, Sussex
  He married (1) Elizabeth Waterhouse on Oct to Dec 1850, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1850 Q4 Vol 7 Page 839. She was born 1825 at Wadhurst, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iEdward who was born 1852 at Wadhurst, Sussex
  iiMary who was born 1853 at Wadhurst, Sussex
  iiiHenry who was born 1855 at Wadhurst, Sussex
  ivJohn who was born 1857 at Wadhurst, Sussex
  vJoseph who was born 1860 at Wadhurst, Sussex
  viSeth Thomas who was born 1861 at Wadhurst, Sussex
  viiAnn who was born 1863 at Wadhurst, Sussex
  viiiEmma who was born 1865 at Wadhurst, Sussex
  He married (2) Eliza on c 1875. She was born 1842 at Rotherfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iDick who was born 1876 at Wadhurst, Sussex
  iiCharles G. who was born 1877 at Wadhurst, Sussex
  iiiSam who was born 1879 at Wadhurst, Sussex
   
  6. Joseph Rabson, farmer was the son of Richard Henry Rabson, farmer and Mary Rabson [Bailey]. He was born 1832 at Mayfield, Sussex
  He married Emily Moon on 12th Apr 1852 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex. She was born 1830 at Marden, Kent
   
Generation No. 4
  7. Lydia Cornford [Rabson] was the daughter of Henry Rabson, farm labourer and Frances Gibb [Rabson] [Mann]. She was born 27th Feb 1841 at Mayfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1841 Q1 Vol 7 Page 504; christened 3rd Jul 1853 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died Jan to Mar 1906, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1906 Q1 Vol 2b Page 87
  She married Walter Cornford, master carpenter on 25th Dec 1867 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1867 Q4 Vol 2b Page 211. He was born 1838 at Wallis, Mayfield, Sussex; christened 29th Apr 1838 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, son of Samuel (farmer) & Lucy Cornford. They had the following children:
  iJoseph W. who was born 1869 at Tonbridge, Kent
10 iiBenjamin who was born 1871 at Tonbridge, Kent
  iiiEsli who was born 1874 at Tonbridge, Kent
  ivAnna who was born 1878 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  vGaius Henry who was born Oct to Dec 1879 at Rotherfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1879 Q4 Vol 2b Page 121; died May 1881 Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 1 year and 8 months; buried 20th May 1881 Rotherfield, Sussex
  viEsther who was born 1882 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  viiLuther who was born 1884 at Rotherfield, Sussex
   
  8. Leah Fenner [Rabson] was the daughter of Henry Rabson, farm labourer and Frances Gibb [Rabson] [Mann]. She was born 25th Nov 1842 at Wadhurst, Sussex, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1842 Q4 Vol 7 Page 439; christened 3rd Jul 1853 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died 17th Aug 1917 at Rotherfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1917 Q3 Vol 2b Page 120, aged 74 years; buried after 17th Aug 1917 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  She married William George Fenner, farmer and master plumber and glazier on Oct to Dec 1866, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1866 Q4 Vol 2b Page 187. He was born 1848 at Mayfield, Sussex; died 20th Nov 1907 at Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 60 years; buried after 20th Nov 1907 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
11 iLuther who was born 1868 at Mayfield, Sussex
  iiGeorge William who was born 1870 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  iiiFrederick John who was born 1872 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  ivRebekah who was born 1875 at Rotherfield, Sussex
12 vDavid Ebenezer who was born 1877 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  viGrace who was born 1883 at Rotherfield, Sussex
13 viiHenry Rabson who was born 1884 at Rotherfield, Sussex; died 24th Dec 1947 Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 63 years; buried after 24th Dec 1947 Rotherfield, Sussex
   
  9. Jabez Rabson was the son of Henry Rabson, farm labourer and Frances Gibb [Rabson] [Mann]. He was born 29th May 1850 at Wadhurst, Sussex, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1850 Q3 Vol 7 Page 531; christened 3rd Jul 1853 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died Oct 1899 at Rotherfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1899 Q4 Vol 2b Page 97, aged 49 years; buried 3rd Oct 1899 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  He married Ellen Allcorn on 6th Feb 1875 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex. She was born 1856 at Gillhams Birch, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 1st Jun 1856 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iJoseph Henry who was born 1876 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  iiElizabeth who was born 1879 at Rotherfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 5
  10. Benjamin Cornford, carpenter was the son of Walter Cornford, master carpenter and Lydia Cornford [Rabson]. He was born 1871 at Tonbridge, Kent
  He married Agnes on c 1891. She was born 1873 at Gomshall, Surrey. They had the following children:
  iWalter Frank who was born 1898 at Guildford, Surrey
  iiAnnie May who was born 1904 at Guildford, Surrey
  iiiAgnes Grace who was born 1909 at Guildford, Surrey
   
  11. Luther Fenner, house decorator was the son of William George Fenner, farmer and master plumber and glazier and Leah Fenner [Rabson]. He was born 1868 at Mayfield, Sussex
  He married Winifred Smith on Oct to Dec 1890, registered at Lewes District, Sussex, ref: 1890 Q4 Vol 2b Page 329. She was born 1871 at Chiddingly, Sussex
   
  12. David Ebenezer Fenner was the son of William George Fenner, farmer and master plumber and glazier and Leah Fenner [Rabson]. He was born 1877 at Rotherfield, Sussex
  He married Ruth Clements Reeves on July to Sep 1908, registered at Dartford District, Kent, ref: 1908 Q3 Vol 2a Page 1262. She was born Oct to Dec 1886, registered at Dartford District, Kent, ref: 1886 Q4 Vol 2a Page 468
   
  13. Henry Rabson Fenner was the son of William George Fenner, farmer and master plumber and glazier and Leah Fenner [Rabson]. He was born 1884 at Rotherfield, Sussex; died 24th Dec 1947 at Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 63 years; buried after 24th Dec 1947 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  He married Beatrice Elizabeth Wickens on Apr to June 1913, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1913 Q2 Vol 2b Page 223. She was born 1890 at Mayfield, Sussex; died 28th Nov 1963 at Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 73 years; buried after 28th Nov 1963 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
   

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