The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Mary Stapley [Mepham]
Generation No. 1
  1. Mary Stapley [Mepham] She was born c 1715
  She married William Stapley on 25th Apr 1739 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex. He was born 1715 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 4th Sep 1715 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iElizabeth who was born 1740 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 6th Oct 1740 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  iiRobart who was born 1741 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 9th Feb 1741 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
2 iiiWilliam who was born 1742 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 13th Mar 1742 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  ivSarah who was born 1744 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 20th Aug 1744 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  vMary who was born 1745 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 16th Dec 1745 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  viAnne who was born 1746 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 4th Mar 1746 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  viiJane who was born 1749 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 4th Jun 1749 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  viiiMary who was born 1751 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 9th Jun 1751 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  ixMercy who was born 1753 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 5th Jan 1753 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  xAnesley who was born 1755 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 7th Jan 1755 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  xiPhillis who was born 1757 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 11th Nov 1757 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  xiiHannah who was born 1761 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 16th Jul 1761 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 2
  2. William Stapley was the son of William Stapley and Mary Stapley [Mepham]. He was born 1742 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 13th Mar 1742 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  He married Mary Simpson on 1st Jun 1767 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex. She was born c 1745. They had the following children:
  iElizabeth who was born 1768 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 17th Jun 1768 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  iiAnn who was born 1770 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 7th Feb 1770 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
3 iiiThomas Simson who was born 1780 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 12th Apr 1780 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  ivJames who was born 1783 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 19th Sep 1783 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  vSarah who was born 1785 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 18th Jul 1785 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  viJoseph who was born 1788 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 12th Dec 1788 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 3
  3. Thomas Simson Stapley, labourer was the son of William Stapley and Mary Stapley [Simpson]. He was born 1780 at Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 12th Apr 1780 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex
  He married (1) Ann Chapman on 16th Jan 1810 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent. She was born c 1790. They had the following children:
  iMary who was born 6th Jun 1811 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 5th Jul 1811 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  iiSophia who was born 1823 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 2nd May 1823 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  iiiCaroline who was born 1830 at Frant, Sussex; christened 14th Nov 1830 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex, daughter of Thomas Staply (labourer) & Caroline Stapley
  He married (2) Caroline Saunter on 2nd Oct 1831 at Tonbridge, Kent. She was born 1801 at Tonbridge, Kent. They had the following children:
4 iThomas who was born 1836 at Tonbridge, Kent
5 iiJohn who was born 1838 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 28th Oct 1838 St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent
  iiiHenry who was born 1840 at Brighton, Sussex; christened 8th Nov 1840 St Peter, Brighton, Sussex
   
Generation No. 4
  4. Thomas Stapley, porter was the son of Thomas Simson Stapley, labourer and Caroline Stapley [Saunter]. He was born 1836 at Tonbridge, Kent
  He married Eliza Stevens on July to Sep 1865, registered at Portsea Island, Hampshire, ref: 1865 Q3 Vol 2b Page 729. She was born 1843 at Portsmouth, Hampshire
   
  5. John Stapley, farmer was the son of Thomas Simson Stapley, labourer and Caroline Stapley [Saunter]. He was born 1838 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 28th Oct 1838 at St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent
  He married Frances Wiskers on 18th Dec 1871 at Holy Trinity, Clapham, London. She was born 1840 at Speldhurst, Kent. They had the following children:
  iWalter R. who was born 1877 at Penshurst, Kent
  iiKate F. who was born 1879 at Penshurst, Kent
   

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