The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for John Ridley
Generation No. 1
  1. John Ridley He was born 1745 at Maresfield, Sussex; died 1835
  He married Ann French on 6th Apr 1777 at St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex. She was born c 1750. They had the following children:
2 iJohn who was born c Oct 1777 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 16th Nov 1777 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
3 iiCharles who was born 1779 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 14th Nov 1779 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
  iiiEdward who was born 1782 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 14th Jul 1782 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
  ivNancy who was born 1784 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 15th Aug 1784 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
4 vHenry who was born 1785 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 18th Feb 1787 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
  viJames who was born 1789 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 6th Sep 1789 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 2
  2. John Ridley, farm labourer was the son of John Ridley and Ann Ridley [French]. He was born c Oct 1777 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 16th Nov 1777 at St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
  He married Ann Billings on 7th Oct 1802 at St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex. She was born 1779 at Buxted, Sussex
   
  3. Charles Ridley, farm labourer was the son of John Ridley and Ann Ridley [French]. He was born 1779 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 14th Nov 1779 at St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
  He married Lucy Burley on 5th Dec 1800 at St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex. She was born 1778 at Buxted, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iNancy who was born 1802 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 7th Aug 1802 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
  iiHenry who was born 1806 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 5th Jan 1806 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
  iiiJames who was born 1808 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened Mar 1808 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
  ivClara who was born 1810 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 14th Oct 1810 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
5 vSylvanus who was born 1814 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 30th Jan 1814 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
  viElias who was born 1817 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 20th Apr 1817 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
  viiCharles who was born 1819 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 31st Oct 1819 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
  viiiGeorge who was born 1821 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 21st Oct 1821 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
   
  4. Henry Ridley, farm labourer was the son of John Ridley and Ann Ridley [French]. He was born 1785 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 18th Feb 1787 at St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
  He married Elizabeth Pomphrey on 1st May 1808 at St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex. She was born 1784 at Fletching, Sussex. They had the following children:
6 iHenry who was born 1810 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 18th Nov 1810 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
7 iiJohn who was born 1820 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 28th Apr 1820 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
8 iiiWilliam who was born 1823 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 20th Jul 1923 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex; died 23rd Jun 1903 Maresfield, Sussex
9 ivJoseph who was born 1829 at Maresfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 3
  5. Sylvanus Ridley, farm labourer was the son of Charles Ridley, farm labourer and Lucy Ridley [Burley]. He was born 1814 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 30th Jan 1814 at St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
  He married Caroline Wickham on 24th Dec 1839 at St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex. She was born 1813 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 1813 at St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iOrpha who was born 1840 at Maresfield, Sussex
10 iiCharles who was born 1842 at Maresfield, Sussex
11 iiiHarry who was born 1844 at Maresfield, Sussex
  ivJohn who was born 1846 at Maresfield, Sussex
  vGeorge who was born 1848 at Maresfield, Sussex
  viSilvanus who was born 1850 at Maresfield, Sussex
  viiArthur who was born 1853 at Maresfield, Sussex
  viiiCaroline who was born 1860 at Maresfield, Sussex
   
  6. Henry Ridley, innkeeper was the son of Henry Ridley, farm labourer and Elizabeth Ridley [Pomphrey]. He was born 1810 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 18th Nov 1810 at St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
  He married Sophia Stephenson on 17th Nov 1839 at All Saints (als St. John-the.Baptist), Lindfield, Sussex. She was born 1820 at Maresfield, Sussex
   
  7. John Ridley was the son of Henry Ridley, farm labourer and Elizabeth Ridley [Pomphrey]. He was born 1820 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 28th Apr 1820 at St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
12 iTimothy John who was born 5th Dec 1842 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 8th Jan 1842 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
13 iiCharles who was born 1845 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 19th Jun 1845 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
14 iiiSilvanus who was born 1849 at Maresfield, Sussex
  ivJane who was born 1859 at Fletching, Sussex
  vAlice who was born 1864 at Fletching, Sussex
15 viHarry who was born 1869 at Fletching, Sussex
   
  8. William Ridley, farm labourer was the son of Henry Ridley, farm labourer and Elizabeth Ridley [Pomphrey]. He was born 1823 at Maresfield, Sussex; died 23rd Jun 1903 at Nutley, Maresfield, Sussex; christened 20th Jul 1923 at St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
  He married Ann on c 1846. She was born 1826 at Rottingdean, Sussex. They had the following children:
16 iHarry who was born 1850 at Maresfield, Sussex
  iiSarah who was born 1859 at USA
  iiiAaron who was born 1861 at USA
  ivMary Ann who was born 1864 at Maresfield, Sussex
  vBarbara who was born 1869 at Maresfield, Sussex
   
  9. Joseph Ridley, farmer was the son of Henry Ridley, farm labourer and Elizabeth Ridley [Pomphrey]. He was born 1829 at Maresfield, Sussex
  He married Elizabeth on c 1853. She was born 1833 at Fletching, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iJohn who was born 1865 at Maresfield, Sussex
  iiGeorge who was born 1867 at Maresfield, Sussex
  iiiAlfred who was born 1870 at Maresfield, Sussex
  ivSpencer who was born 1874 at Maresfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 4
  10. Charles Ridley, labourer was the son of Sylvanus Ridley, farm labourer and Caroline Ridley [Wickham]. He was born 1842 at Maresfield, Sussex
  He married Lucy on c 1862. She was born 1844 at Fletching, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iElizabeth who was born 1863 at Fletching, Sussex
  iiEllen who was born 1866 at Maresfield, Sussex
  iiiCharles who was born 1869 at Maresfield, Sussex
  ivCatherine who was born 1870 at Maresfield, Sussex
  vMary A. who was born 1871 at Maresfield, Sussex
  viArthur who was born 1874 at Maresfield, Sussex
17 viiLucy Jane who was born 1876 at Maresfield, Sussex
  viiiBertha L. who was born 1878 at Maresfield, Sussex
  ixWilliam G. who was born Jul 1880 at Maresfield, Sussex
  xSpencer who was born 1883 at Maresfield, Sussex
  xiAlvey who was born 1886 at Maresfield, Sussex
   
  11. Harry Ridley, farm labourer was the son of Sylvanus Ridley, farm labourer and Caroline Ridley [Wickham]. He was born 1844 at Maresfield, Sussex
  He married Agnes Wickham on c 1862. She was born 1840 at Maresfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iAlfred who was born 1863 at Croydon, Surrey; christened 9th Sep 1863 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
  iiCharles who was born 1865 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 2nd Apr 1865 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex; died 28th Feb 1925
  iiiJane who was born 1868 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 1868 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
  ivOrpah who was born 1871 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 6th Aug 1871 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex; died 25th Mar 1960
  vHarry who was born 1874 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 13th Sep 1874 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex; died 25th Mar 1960
  viGeorge who was born 1877 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 22nd Apr 1877 St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
   
  12. Timothy John Gurr, farmer and mason was the son of John Ridley and Jane Ridley [Gurr]. He was born 5th Dec 1842 at Maresfield, Sussex
  He married Martha Chatfield on 1st Apr 1865 at All Saints (als Holy Trinity Chapel), Danehill, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1865 Q2 Vol 2b Page 143. She was born 14th Jan 1843 at Pepper Alley, Fletching, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1843 Q1. They had the following children:
18 iFanny who was born 9th Apr 1865 at Chelwood Common, Fletching, Sussex; christened 21st May 1865 All Saints (als Holy Trinity Chapel), Danehill, Sussex, daughter of Timothy John Gurr (labourer) and Martha Gurr
19 iiWalter who was born 17th Feb 1867 at Chelwood Common, Fletching, Sussex; christened 21st Apr 1867 All Saints (als Holy Trinity Chapel), Danehill, Sussex, son of Timothy John Gurr (labourer) and Martha Gurr
  iiiJohn who was born 1869 at Chelwood Common, Fletching, Sussex; christened 6th Jun 1869 All Saints (als Holy Trinity Chapel), Danehill, Sussex, son of Timothy John Gurr (labourer) and Martha Gurr
  ivCharles who was born 1871 at Chelwood Common, Fletching, Sussex; christened 18th Jun 1871 All Saints (als Holy Trinity Chapel), Danehill, Sussex, son of Timothy John Gurr (labourer) and Martha Gurr
  vMary Liza who was born 1873 at Chelwood Common, Fletching, Sussex; christened 31st Aug 1873 All Saints (als Holy Trinity Chapel), Danehill, Sussex, son of John Gurr (labourer) and Martha Gurr
20 viJane who was born 1875 at East Grinstead, Sussex
  viiMargaret who was born 1877 at Birch Grove, East Grinstead, Sussex; christened 19th Aug 1877 Ma.StJsCh, Nutley, Sussex, daughter of John Gurr (bricklayer) and Martha Gurr
21 viiiFrederick who was born 17th May 1879 at Birch Grove, East Grinstead, Sussex; christened 6th Jul 1879 Ma.StJsCh, Nutley, Sussex, son of John Gurr (bricklayer) and Martha Gurr
  ixSilvanus Ridley who was born 17th Nov 1881 at East Grinstead, Sussex; christened 5th Feb 1882 Ma.StJsCh, Nutley, Sussex, son of John Gurr (bricklayer) and Martha Gurr
22 xGeorge who was born 18th Aug 1883 at East Grinstead, Sussex; christened 7th Oct 1883 Ma.StJsCh, Nutley, Sussex, son of John Gurr (bricklayer) and Martha Gurr
   
  13. Charles Ridley, farm labourer was the son of John Ridley and Jane Ridley [Gurr]. He was born 1845 at Maresfield, Sussex; christened 19th Jun 1845 at St Bartholomew Parish Church, Maresfield, Sussex
  iEmily who was born 1867 at Fletching, Sussex
  iiHenry who was born 1869 at West Hoathly, Sussex; christened 14th Nov 1869 All Saints (als Holy Trinity Chapel), Danehill, Sussex
  He married Eliza on c 1871. She was born 1851 at Fletching, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iGeorge who was born 1872 at West Hoathly, Sussex
  iiAlfred who was born 1873; christened 26th Jan 1873 All Saints (als Holy Trinity Chapel), Danehill, Sussex
  iiiThomas who was born 1874 at East Grinstead, Sussex; christened 26th Jul 1874 All Saints (als Holy Trinity Chapel), Danehill, Sussex
  ivMary who was born 1877 at East Grinstead, Sussex
  vRichard who was born 25th Oct 1879 at East Grinstead, Sussex; died 27th Jun 1958
  viEllen who was born 1882 at East Grinstead, Sussex; christened 19th Mar 1882 Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row, Sussex
  viiHester who was born 1888 at Worth, Sussex
   
  14. Silvanus Ridley was the son of John Ridley and Jane Ridley [Gurr]. He was born 1849 at Maresfield, Sussex
  He married Mary A. on c 1875. She was born 1851 at Fletching, Sussex
   
  15. Harry Ridley, farmer was the son of John Ridley and Jane Ridley [Gurr]. He was born 1869 at Fletching, Sussex
  He married Kate on c 1885. She was born 1869 at Maresfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iJane who was born 1889 at Fletching, Sussex
  iiAlice who was born 1890 at Fletching, Sussex; christened 31st Aug 1890 All Saints (als Holy Trinity Chapel), Danehill, Sussex
  iiiJack who was born 1891 at Danehill, Sussex; christened 29th Nov 1891 All Saints (als Holy Trinity Chapel), Danehill, Sussex
   
  16. Harry Ridley was the son of William Ridley, farm labourer and Ann Ridley. He was born 1850 at Maresfield, Sussex
  He married Ellen on c 1875. She was born 1849 at Fletching, Sussex
   
Generation No. 5
  17. Lucy Jane Tester [Ridley] was the daughter of Charles Ridley, labourer and Lucy Ridley. She was born 1876 at Maresfield, Sussex
  She married Ernest Tester, general labourer on July to Sep 1906, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1906 Q3 Vol 2b Page 299. He was born 1885 at Buxted, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iDoris who was born 1907 at Crowborough, Sussex
  iiAlfred who was born 1909 at Crowborough, Sussex
   
  18. Fanny Woodrow [Gurr] was the daughter of Timothy John Gurr, farmer and mason and Martha Gurr [Chatfield]. She was born 9th Apr 1865 at Chelwood Common, Fletching, Sussex; christened 21st May 1865 at All Saints (als Holy Trinity Chapel), Danehill, Sussex, daughter of Timothy John Gurr (labourer) and Martha Gurr
  She married Arthur Frederick Woodrow, general labourer. He was born 1862 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 24th Aug 1862 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iAlexander Stewart who was born 1888 at Brighton, Sussex; christened 16th Jun 1891 St Patrick, Hove, Sussex, son of Arthur Frederick Woodrow (journeyman butcher) and Fanny Woodrow
  iiMinnie Theodora who was born 1891 at 1 Lansdowne Mews, Hove, Sussex; christened 16th Jun 1891 St Patrick, Hove, Sussex, daughter of Arthur Frederick Woodrow (journeyman butcher) and Fanny Woodrow
  iiiEric A. who was born 1893 at Hove, Sussex
  ivMay E. who was born 1895 at East Grinstead, Sussex
  vMarion E. who was born 1897 at Lingfield, Surrey
  viReginald who was born 1901 at Lingfield, Surrey
  viiSilvanua who was born 1904 at Lingfield, Surrey
  viiiRobert K. who was born 1906 at Lingfield, Surrey
   
  19. Walter Gurr, bricklayer was the son of Timothy John Gurr, farmer and mason and Martha Gurr [Chatfield]. He was born 17th Feb 1867 at Chelwood Common, Fletching, Sussex; christened 21st Apr 1867 at All Saints (als Holy Trinity Chapel), Danehill, Sussex, son of Timothy John Gurr (labourer) and Martha Gurr
  He married Elizabeth Ann Luxford on July to Sep 1889, registered at Cuckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1889 Q3 Vol 2b Page 244. She was born 1867 at West Hoathly, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iWalter C who was born 1890 at East Grinstead, Sussex
   
  20. Jane Sadgrove [Gurr] was the daughter of Timothy John Gurr, farmer and mason and Martha Gurr [Chatfield]. She was born 1875 at East Grinstead, Sussex
  She married Charles Henry Sadgrove on c 1895. He was born c 1875. They had the following children:
  iCharles who was born 24th Feb 1897 at Roseberry Terrace, Sandown, Isle of Wight
   
  21. Frederick Gurr was the son of Timothy John Gurr, farmer and mason and Martha Gurr [Chatfield]. He was born 17th May 1879 at Birch Grove, East Grinstead, Sussex; christened 6th Jul 1879 at Ma.StJsCh, Nutley, Sussex, son of John Gurr (bricklayer) and Martha Gurr
  He married Catherine Tilden on 24th Dec 1899 at The Register Office, Croydon, Surrey. She was born 11th Dec 1875 at South Hatton, Durham, registered at Easington District, Durham, ref: 1875 Q4. They had the following children:
23 iJohn who was born 10th Jun 1906 at East Tottenham, Middlesex
   
  22. George Gurr was the son of Timothy John Gurr, farmer and mason and Martha Gurr [Chatfield]. He was born 18th Aug 1883 at East Grinstead, Sussex; christened 7th Oct 1883 at Ma.StJsCh, Nutley, Sussex, son of John Gurr (bricklayer) and Martha Gurr
  He married Elizabeth Harriet on 18th Dec 1906 at St John the Baptist, Croydon, Surrey. She was born 15th Jul 1885 at Badger's Hole, Shirley, Croydon, Surrey, registered at Croydon District, Surrey, ref: 1885 Q2. They had the following children:
24 iIvy Kathleen who was born 2nd Feb 1910 at Brook Street, Cuckfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 6
  23. John Gurr was the son of Frederick Gurr and Catherine Gurr [Tilden]. He was born 10th Jun 1906 at East Tottenham, Middlesex
  He married Ivy Kathleen Gurr on 20th Dec 1933 at The Register Office, Cuckfield, Sussex. She was born 2nd Feb 1910 at Brook Street, Cuckfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
25 iDouglas John who was born 21st Jul 1942 at Cuckfield Hospital, Cuckfield, Sussex
   
  24. Ivy Kathleen Gurr [Gurr] was the daughter of George Gurr and Elizabeth Harriet Hards. She was born 2nd Feb 1910 at Brook Street, Cuckfield, Sussex
  She married John Gurr on 20th Dec 1933 at The Register Office, Cuckfield, Sussex. He was born 10th Jun 1906 at East Tottenham, Middlesex. They had the following children:
25 iDouglas John who was born 21st Jul 1942 at Cuckfield Hospital, Cuckfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 7
  25. Douglas John Gurr was the son of John Gurr and Ivy Kathleen Gurr [Gurr]. He was born 21st Jul 1942 at Cuckfield Hospital, Cuckfield, Sussex
  He married Merle Joan Woodcraft on 9th Jun 1962 at The Register Office, Middlesex. She was born 1945 at Langley, Buckinghamshire. They had the following children:
  iRicky Stewart who was born 11th Dec 1970 at St Peters Hospital, Chertsey, Surrey
   

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