The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Lucy Reeves [Stonestreet], daughter of Samuel Stonestreet and Ann Stonestreet [Anscombe]
Generation No. 1
  1. Lucy Reeves [Stonestreet] was the daughter of Samuel Stonestreet and Ann Stonestreet [Anscombe]. She was born 1780 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 4th Dec 1780 at All Saints Church, Heathfield, Sussex, parents Samuel & Mary Stonestreet - note possible error
  She married George Reeves, farm labourer on 6th Sep 1799 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex. He was born 1781 at Waldron, Sussex; christened 9th Dec 1781 at All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex, parents John & Susannah Reeves. They had the following children:
2 iRichard who was born c Nov 1799 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 8th Dec 1799 All Saints Church, Heathfield, Sussex
3 iiGeorge who was born 1804 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 9th Dec 1804 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Richard Reeves, farm labourer was the son of George Reeves, farm labourer and Lucy Reeves [Stonestreet]. He was born c Nov 1799 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 8th Dec 1799 at All Saints Church, Heathfield, Sussex
  He married Elizabeth Luck on 1st Nov 1830 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. She was born 1813 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 29th Aug 1813 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex, daughter of Thomas Luck (labourer) & Sarah Luck. They had the following children:
4 iBenjamin who was born 1831 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 11th Sep 1831 All Saints Church, Heathfield, Sussex
  iiJohn who was born 1833 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 26th May 1833 All Saints Church, Heathfield, Sussex
  iiiSarah who was born 1835 at Heathfield, Sussex
  ivThomas Frederick who was born 1837 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 27th May 1837 All Saints Church, Heathfield, Sussex; buried 17th May 1838 Heathfield, Sussex, s Richard & Elizabeth, aged 1 year
  vElizabeth who was born 1841 at Heathfield, Sussex
5 viHarriot who was born 1847 at Heathfield, Sussex
  viiJane who was born Jan 1851 at Heathfield, Sussex
   
  3. George Reeves, farm labourer was the son of George Reeves, farm labourer and Lucy Reeves [Stonestreet]. He was born 1804 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 9th Dec 1804 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  He married Charlotte Susans on 14th Aug 1830 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. She was born 1810 at Waldron, Sussex; christened 2nd Dec 1810 at All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iAnn who was born 1832 at Sussex
  iiHarriet who was born 1833 at Buxted, Sussex
  iiiMary who was born 1834 at Sussex
  ivBoaz who was born 1836 at Buxted, Sussex
6 vGeorge who was born July to Sep 1838 at Buxted, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1838 Q3 Vol 7 Page 428
7 viRuth who was born Jan to Mar 1842 at Buxted, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1842 Q1 Vol 7 Page 486
  viiNaomi who was born 1847 at Mayfield, Sussex
8 viiiWilliam who was born Apr to June 1849 at Rotherfield, Sussex; died Apr to June 1930
  ixJohn who was born 1852 at Rotherfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 3
  4. Benjamin Reeves was the son of Richard Reeves, farm labourer and Elizabeth Reeves [Luck]. He was born 1831 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 11th Sep 1831 at All Saints Church, Heathfield, Sussex
  He married Hannah Leeves on 2nd Nov 1856 at St Mary's Parish Church, Lamberhurst, Kent and Sussex, witnesses James Meads & Eliza Piper. She was born 1841 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 28th Feb 1841 at All Saints Church, Heathfield, Sussex, daughter of Edward (higgler) and Ann. They had the following children:
  iWilliam Albert who was born 1857 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 21st Jun 1857 All Saints Church, Heathfield, Sussex
   
  5. Harriot Baker [Reeves] was the daughter of Richard Reeves, farm labourer and Elizabeth Reeves [Luck]. She was born 1847 at Heathfield, Sussex
  She married William Baker, twine spinner on Apr to June 1869 at Hailsham, Sussex, registered at Hailsham District, Sussex, ref: 1869 Q2 Vol 2B Page 133. He was born 1845 at Hailsham, Sussex
   
  6. George Reeves was the son of George Reeves, farm labourer and Charlotte Reeves [Susans]. He was born July to Sep 1838 at Buxted, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1838 Q3 Vol 7 Page 428
  He married Sarah Ann Powell on Oct to Dec 1861 at Uckfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1861 Q4 Vol 2B PAge 163. She was born 1835 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 8th Nov 1835 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
   
  7. Ruth Wren [Reeves] was the daughter of George Reeves, farm labourer and Charlotte Reeves [Susans]. She was born Jan to Mar 1842 at Buxted, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1842 Q1 Vol 7 Page 486
  She married William Wren, farm labourer on 1st Dec 1861 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex. He was born c 1840
   
  8. William Reeves, wheelwright journeyman was the son of George Reeves, farm labourer and Charlotte Reeves [Susans]. He was born Apr to June 1849 at Rotherfield, Sussex; died Apr to June 1930, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1930 Q2
  He married Sarah Ann Wheatley on Apr to June 1876. She was born 1856 at Inch Reed, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 16th Nov 1856 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex, daughter of George Wheatly (labourer) & Phoebe Wheatly; died 26th Feb 1937 at Hillside, Rotherfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
9 iCharles Leonard who was born 10th Nov 1876 at Five Ashes, Mayfield, Sussex, 1939 register gives year as 1876; christened 10th Dec 1876 All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex; buried 16th May 1951 Mayfield, Sussex, aged 74 years
10 iiMinnie who was born 16th Nov 1878 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 22nd Dec 1878 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died 1st Jan 1958 Mayfield, Sussex, probate to Sydney Gilbert Reeves decorator, Doris Minnie May Hyland and Grace Florence Newnham married women
  iiiWilliam Arthur who was born 1880 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 29th Feb 1880 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died Jan to Mar 1881 Uckfield, Sussex, aged 11 years
11 ivSamuel Boaz who was born 25th Feb 1881 at Mayfield, Sussex, 1939 register gives year as 1879; christened 27th Mar 1881 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
12 vAnnie who was born 13th Sep 1882 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 26th Nov 1882 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
13 viDavid who was born 1884 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 30th Mar 1884 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
14 viiCharlotte Phoebe who was born 1886 at Five Ashes, Mayfield, Sussex; christened 30th May 1886 All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex
15 viiiPercy who was born 6th Jan 1889 at Five Ashes, Mayfield, Sussex; christened 17th Mar 1889 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
   
Generation No. 4
  9. Charles Leonard Reeves, blacksmith was the son of William Reeves, wheelwright journeyman and Sarah Ann Reeves [Wheatley]. He was born 10th Nov 1876 at Five Ashes, Mayfield, Sussex, 1939 register gives year as 1876; christened 10th Dec 1876 at All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex; buried 16th May 1951 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, aged 74 years
  He married Emily Pearl Petitt on 1910 at ??. She was born 8th Apr 1867 at Mayfield, Sussex, 1939 register gives year as 1867; christened 2nd Jun 1867 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, daughter of William Petitt (shoemaker) and Emily Petitt
   
  10. Minnie Humphrey [Reeves] was the daughter of William Reeves, wheelwright journeyman and Sarah Ann Reeves [Wheatley]. She was born 16th Nov 1878 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 22nd Dec 1878 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died 1st Jan 1958 at Five Ashes, Mayfield, Sussex, probate to Sydney Gilbert Reeves decorator, Doris Minnie May Hyland and Grace Florence Newnham married women
  She married Charles Humphrey on 30th Jul 1904 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. He was born 1st Jun 1875 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 5th Sep 1875 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
   
  11. Samuel Boaz Reeves was the son of William Reeves, wheelwright journeyman and Sarah Ann Reeves [Wheatley]. He was born 25th Feb 1881 at Mayfield, Sussex, 1939 register gives year as 1879; christened 27th Mar 1881 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
  He married Edith Emily Parsons on 10th Nov 1906 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex. She was born 26th Aug 1888 at Burwash Weald [a.k.a. Burwash Wheel], Burwash, Sussex; christened 18th Sep 1888 at St. Philip's Church, Burwash, Sussex, parents James & Ellen Parsons
   
  12. Annie Luck [Reeves] was the daughter of William Reeves, wheelwright journeyman and Sarah Ann Reeves [Wheatley]. She was born 13th Sep 1882 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 26th Nov 1882 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
  She married Frank Alfred Luck, blacksmith on 26th Sep 1907 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, witnesses William & Lottie Phoebe reeves. He was born 10th Mar 1874 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 31st May 1874 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex, son of George Edwin Luck (labourer) & Martha Luck
   
  13. David Reeves, blacksmith was the son of William Reeves, wheelwright journeyman and Sarah Ann Reeves [Wheatley]. He was born 1884 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 30th Mar 1884 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
  He married Ruth Margaret Mackay Vinson on 7th Sep 1912 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex, witnesses Charles Humphrey, Naomi & Percy Reeves. She was born 26th Oct 1884 at Hampstead, London, parents Henry Louis & Annie Vinson
   
  14. Charlotte Phoebe Woodgate [Reeves] was the daughter of William Reeves, wheelwright journeyman and Sarah Ann Reeves [Wheatley]. She was born 1886 at Five Ashes, Mayfield, Sussex; christened 30th May 1886 at All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex
  She married William Henry Woodgate on 31st Oct 1908 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, witnesses David & Florence Lily Reeves. He was born 1887 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 6th Feb 1887 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, mother Ansley Woodgate, base born
   
  15. Percy Reeves, postman was the son of William Reeves, wheelwright journeyman and Sarah Ann Reeves [Wheatley]. He was born 6th Jan 1889 at Five Ashes, Mayfield, Sussex; christened 17th Mar 1889 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
  He married Lilliane Fanny Miller on 19th Oct 1912 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, witnesses William Albert Miller & Naomi Reeves. She was born 30th May 1889 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 7th Jul 1889 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
   

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