The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Diana Shoebridge [Gillett]
Generation No. 1
  1. Diana Shoebridge [Gillett] She was born c 1775
  She married David Shoebridge, farmer on 18th Jun 1804 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent. He was born 1770 to 1775 at Kent. They had the following children:
2 iJesse who was born 21st Oct 1804 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 17th Sep 1804 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, son of David Shoebridge & Diana Shoebridge
3 iiMary who was born 3rd Mar 1806 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 6th Apr 1806 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, daughter of David Shoebridge & Diana Shoebridge
  iiiCharlotte who was born 1813 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 8th Aug 1813 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, daughter of David Shoebridge & Diana Shoebridge
  ivEliza who was born 1815 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 4th Jun 1815 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, daughter of David Shoebridge & Diana Shoebridge
  vIsaac who was born 1818 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 20th Dec 1818 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, son of David Shoebridge & Diana Shoebridge
4 viJames who was born 1820 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 13th Aug 1820 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, son of David Shoebridge & Diana Shoebridge; died May 1888 Frant, Sussex, aged 67 years; buried 5th May 1888 Frant, Sussex
  viiSarah who was born 1823 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 2nd Mar 1823 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, daughter of David Shoebridge & Diana Shoebridge
  viiiJane who was born 1826 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 20th Aug 1826 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, daughter of David Shoebridge & Diana Shoebridge
5 ixEdward who was born 1829 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 4th Oct 1829 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, son of David Shoebridge & Diana Shoebridge
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Jesse Shoebridge, carrier's labourer was the son of David Shoebridge, farmer and Diana Shoebridge [Gillett]. He was born 21st Oct 1804 at Speldhurst, Kent
  He married Jane on c 1825. She was born 1809 at Speldhurst, Kent. They had the following children:
6 iGeorge who was born 1829 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 6th Sep 1829 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, son of Jesse Shoebridge & Jane Shoebridge
  iiEllen who was born 1841 at Southborough, Kent; christened 4th Jul 1841 St. Peter's Church, Southborough, Kent, daughter of Jesse Shoebridge & Jane Shoebridge
7 iiiDavid who was born 1843 at Southborough, Kent
   
  3. Mary Hopkins [Shoebridge] was the daughter of David Shoebridge, farmer and Diana Shoebridge [Gillett]. She was born 3rd Mar 1806 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 6th Apr 1806 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, daughter of David Shoebridge & Diana Shoebridge
  She married George Hopkins, shoe maker on 16th Apr 1827 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent, witnesses Jesse Shoebridge & Sarah Hopkins. He was born 21st Mar 1797 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 22nd Apr 1797 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent. They had the following children:
  iSarah who was born 1828 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 2nd Mar 1828 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
8 iiRachel who was born 1829 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 2nd Aug 1829 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
9 iiiMaria who was born 1839 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 14th Apr 1839 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  ivGeorge David who was born 1841 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 15th Apr 1841 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent; buried 9th Sep 1843 Speldhurst, Kent, aged 2 years
10 vJane who was born 1844 at Langton Green, Speldhurst, Kent; christened 13th Sep 1844 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
   
  4. James Shoebridge, farm labourer was the son of David Shoebridge, farmer and Diana Shoebridge [Gillett]. He was born 1820 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 13th Aug 1820 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, son of David Shoebridge & Diana Shoebridge; died May 1888 at Frant, Sussex, aged 67 years; buried 5th May 1888 at St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex
11 iIsaac who was born 1845 at Frant, Sussex; christened 27th Jul 1845 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex, son of James Shoebridge (labourer) & Anne Shoebridge
  He married Ann Huggett on Jan to Mar 1845, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1845 Q1 Vol 7 Page 591. She was born 1826 at Frant, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iDavid who was born 1847 at Frant, Sussex; christened 14th Feb 1848 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex, son of James Shoebridge (labourer) & Anne Shoebridge; died Mar 1848 Frant, Sussex, aged 1 year 6 months; buried 22nd Mar 1848 Frant, Sussex
  iiSarah Ann who was born 1857 at Frant, Sussex; christened 11th Jan 1857 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex, daughter of James Shoebridge (labourer) & Ann Shoebridge
   
  5. Edward Shoebridge, farm labourer was the son of David Shoebridge, farmer and Diana Shoebridge [Gillett]. He was born 1829 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 4th Oct 1829 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, son of David Shoebridge & Diana Shoebridge
  He married Fanny Brown on Oct to Dec 1849, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1849 Q4 Vol 5 Page 682. She was born 1832 at Speldhurst, Kent. They had the following children:
  iEdward who was born 1851 at Speldhurst, Kent
  iiEllen who was born 1852 at Speldhurst, Kent
  iiiHenry who was born 1856 at Speldhurst, Kent
  ivGeorge who was born 1859 at Penshurst, Kent
12 vJames who was born 1861 at Penshurst, Kent
13 viFrank who was born 1863 at Penshurst, Kent
  viiIsaac who was born 1865 at Penshurst, Kent
  viiiWilliam who was born 1867 at Penshurst, Kent
  ixAlbert who was born 1872 at Tonbridge, Kent
   
Generation No. 3
  6. George Shoebridge, gardener was the son of Jesse Shoebridge, carrier's labourer and Jane Shoebridge. He was born 1829 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 6th Sep 1829 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, son of Jesse Shoebridge & Jane Shoebridge
  He married Hannah Coomber on Oct to Dec 1857, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1857 Q4 Vol 2a Page 650. She was born 1825 at Southborough, Kent. They had the following children:
  iGeorge Jesse who was born 1859 at Southborough, Kent
  iiCharlotte E. who was born 1868 at Southborough, Kent
   
  7. David Shoebridge, gardener was the son of Jesse Shoebridge, carrier's labourer and Jane Shoebridge. He was born 1843 at Southborough, Kent
  He married Ruth Freeman on Apr to June 1869, registered at Eastbourne District, Sussex, ref: 1869 Q2 Vol 2b Page 99. She was born 1841 at Gravesend, Kent. They had the following children:
  iRuth L. who was born 1870 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  iiCharles F. who was born 1872 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  iiiFrank who was born 1874 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  ivChristina D. who was born 1877 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  vEthel E. who was born Dec 1880 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
   
  8. Rachel Fry [Hopkins] was the daughter of George Hopkins, shoe maker and Mary Hopkins [Shoebridge]. She was born 1829 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 2nd Aug 1829 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  iMary Bessie who was born c Apr 1850 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 15th Apr 1850 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, daughter of James Fry and Rachel Fry
  She married James Fry on 3rd Apr 1850 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1850 Q2 Vol 5 Page 631, witnesses George Shoebridge & Sarah Hopkins. He was born 1824 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 4th Jul 1824 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, son of James Fry and Elizabeth Fry. They had the following children:
14 iCharlotte Elizabeth who was born 1853 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 20th Mar 1853 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, daughter of James Fry and Rachel Fry
  iiAlfred Edwin who was born 1855 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 22nd Apr 1855 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, son of James Fry and Rachel Fry
15 iiiArthur Henry James who was born 1859 at Southborough, Kent; christened 13th Nov 1859 St. Peter's Church, Southborough, Kent
16 ivGeorge Patrick E. who was born 1863 at Pembury, Kent
  vThomas E. who was born 1870 at Pembury, Kent
   
  9. Maria Stapley [Hopkins] was the daughter of George Hopkins, shoe maker and Mary Hopkins [Shoebridge]. She was born 1839 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 14th Apr 1839 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  She married Frederick Stapley, gardener on Jan to Mar 1875 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1875 Q1 Vol 2a Page 722. He was born 1852 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 7th Nov 1852 at TW.Trnty, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
   
  10. Jane Hills [Hopkins] was the daughter of George Hopkins, shoe maker and Mary Hopkins [Shoebridge]. She was born 1844 at Langton Green, Speldhurst, Kent; christened 13th Sep 1844 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  She married Edward Hills, carpenter on 21st Mar 1863 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent, witnesses Edward Jenner & Maria Hopkins. He was born 1841 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 31st Oct 1841 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iHarry who was born 1866 at Speldhurst, Kent
  iiAlbert who was born 1866 at Speldhurst, Kent
  iiiPercy who was born 1870 at Speldhurst, Kent
  ivWalter who was born 1875 at Speldhurst, Kent
17 vMillie Flora who was born 1877 at Rusthall, Kent; christened 20th May 1877 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  viBessie who was born 1879 at Speldhurst, Kent
   
  11. Isaac Shoebridge, gardener's labourer was the son of James Shoebridge, farm labourer and Ann Shoebridge [Huggett]. He was born 1845 at Frant, Sussex; christened 27th Jul 1845 at St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex, son of James Shoebridge (labourer) & Anne Shoebridge
  iJulia Ann who was born 1865 at Frant, Sussex
  He married Alice Peirce on Jan to Mar 1865, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1865 Q1 Vol 2b Page 116. She was born 1846 at Goudhurst, Kent. They had the following children:
  iAlfred George who was born 1871 at Frant, Sussex; christened 1871 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex, son of Isaac Shoebridge (gardener) & Alice Shoebridge
  iiAlice Margaret who was born 1873 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 1873 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex, daughter of Isaac Shoebridge (gardener) & Alice Shoebridge
   
  12. James Shoebridge, farm labourer was the son of Edward Shoebridge, farm labourer and Fanny Shoebridge [Brown]. He was born 1861 at Penshurst, Kent
  He married Elizabeth Fuller on Apr to June 1881, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1881 Q2 Vol 2a Page 937. She was born 1859 at Brenchley, Kent. They had the following children:
  iJames H who was born 1882 at Tonbridge, Kent
  iiIsaac who was born 1883 at Tonbridge, Kent
  iiiNellia who was born 1884 at Tonbridge, Kent
  ivMinna E who was born 1885 at Tonbridge, Kent
  vDaisy E who was born 1887 at Tonbridge, Kent
  viFrederick W who was born 1888 at Tonbridge, Kent
  viiLilly B who was born 1890 at Tonbridge, Kent
   
  13. Frank Shoebridge, farm labourer was the son of Edward Shoebridge, farm labourer and Fanny Shoebridge [Brown]. He was born 1863 at Penshurst, Kent
  He married Louisa Ann Terry on Oct to Dec 1884, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1884 Q4 Vol 2a Page 1051. She was born 1862 at Chatham, Kent. They had the following children:
  iLouisa A who was born 1886 at Tonbridge, Kent
  iiHenr A who was born 1888 at Tonbridge, Kent
  iiiGeorge E who was born 1889 at Tonbridge, Kent
  ivFlorence M who was born 1891 at Tonbridge, Kent
   
Generation No. 4
  14. Charlotte Elizabeth Turner [Fry] was the daughter of James Fry and Rachel Fry [Hopkins]. She was born 1853 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 20th Mar 1853 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, daughter of James Fry and Rachel Fry
  She married Michael Turner, plumber on Apr to June 1874, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1874 Q2 Vol 2a Page 900. He was born 1848 at Southborough, Kent. They had the following children:
  iEdith Kate who was born 1875 at Southborough, Kent
  iiFrank Raymond who was born 1877 at Southborough, Kent
  iiiLily Florence who was born 1879 at Southborough, Kent
  ivSidney who was born Nov 1880 at Southborough, Kent
   
  15. Arthur Henry James Fry, butcher was the son of James Fry and Rachel Fry [Hopkins]. He was born 1859 at Southborough, Kent; christened 13th Nov 1859 at St. Peter's Church, Southborough, Kent
  He married Harriet Stoner on Oct to Dec 1881, registered at East Grinstead District, Sussex, ref: 1881 Q4 Vol 2b Page 281. She was born 1863 at Lindfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iElizabeth who was born 1883 at East Grinstead, Sussex
  iiEdith K who was born 1885 at East Grinstead, Sussex
  iiiArthur S who was born 1888 at East Grinstead, Sussex
   
  16. George Patrick E. Fry, butcher was the son of James Fry and Rachel Fry [Hopkins]. He was born 1863 at Pembury, Kent
  He married Alice Dale on Apr to June 1886, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1886 Q2 Vol 2a Page 994a. She was born 1863 at Hartfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iNellie G who was born 1887 at Hartfield, Sussex
  iiFlorence M who was born 1889 at Hartfield, Sussex
  iiiPercy M who was born 1890 at Hartfield, Sussex
   
  17. Millie Flora Young [Hills] was the daughter of Edward Hills, carpenter and Jane Hills [Hopkins]. She was born 1877 at Rusthall, Kent; christened 20th May 1877 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  She married William Young on 20th Feb 1904 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, witnesses edward hills & Lizzie Young (sister). He was born Oct to Dec 1875 at Speldhurst, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1875 Q4 Vol 2A Page 543
   

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