The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for John Tester, stone sawyer
Generation No. 1
  1. John Tester, stone sawyer He was born 1807 at Speldhurst, Kent
  He married Phoebe Young on 24th Jul 1825 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent. She was born 1806 at Speldhurst, Kent. They had the following children:
  iJesse who was born 1828 at Kent
  iiPhoebe who was born 1831 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 3rd Apr 1831 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, daughter of John Tester and Phoebe Tester
  iiiJane who was born 1832 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 28th Oct 1832 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, daughter of John Tester and Phoebe Tester
  ivEliza who was born 1834 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 2nd Nov 1834 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, daughter of John Tester and Phoebe Tester
  vJohn who was born 1838 at Goudhurst, Kent
  viSophia who was born 1840 at Goudhurst, Kent
  viiThomas who was born 1841 at Goudhurst, Kent
2 viiiRuth Hannah who was born 1844 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 12th Jul 1846 Christ Church, Kilndown, Kent; died Jan to Mar 1924 Tonbridge, Kent
  ixReuben who was born 1847 at Speldhurst, Kent
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Ruth Hannah Tester was the daughter of John Tester, stone sawyer and Phoebe Tester [Young]. She was born 1844 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 12th Jul 1846 at Christ Church, Kilndown, Kent; died Jan to Mar 1924 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1924 Q1 Vol 2A Line No 99
  She married William Norton on 16th Oct 1862 at St Andrew's Church, Paddock Wood, Kent, registered at Tunbridge Wells District, Kent, ref: 1862 Q3 Vol 2A Line No 33. He was born c Apr 1841 at Brenchley, Kent; christened 30th May 1841 at All Saints Church, Brenchley, Kent; died Apr to June 1920 at Tonbridge, Kent, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1920 Q2 Vol 2A Page 867. They had the following children:
3 iMary Jane who was born 1866 at Brenchley, Kent; christened 1st Apr 1866 All Saints Church, Brenchley, Kent; died Oct 1909 Redhill, Surrey; buried 4th Nov 1909 Reigate, Surrey
   
Generation No. 3
  3. Mary Jane Chatfield [Norton] was the daughter of William Norton and Ruth Hannah Tester. She was born 1866 at Brenchley, Kent; christened 1st Apr 1866 at All Saints Church, Brenchley, Kent; died Oct 1909 at The Hospital, Redhill, Surrey; buried 4th Nov 1909 at St. Mary's Church, Reigate, Surrey
  She married Tom Chatfield on 13th Apr 1887 at Christ Church, Lansdown Road, Tonbridge, Kent. He was born 1862 at Tudeley-cum-Capel, Kent; emigrated 29th Apr 1910 to Township 48, Range 14 W3, Section 26 SW, Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada, on SS Virginian from Liverpool to Quebec; died 29th Nov 1955 at Saskatchewan, Canada, Buried in North Battleford Municipal Cemetery
   

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