The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Joseph Brown, bricklayer
Generation No. 1
  1. Joseph Brown, bricklayer He was born 11th Feb 1787 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 25th Feb 1787 at St. Peter's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
  He married (1) Sophia Peerless on 22nd May 1810 at St. Peter's Church, Pembury, Kent. She was born 23rd Dec 1784 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 6th Feb 1785 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent, parents James & Maria Upton; died May 1826 at Speldhurst, Kent; buried 1st Jun 1826 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent. They had the following children:
  iJoseph who was born 17th Feb 1811 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 24th Feb 1811 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  iiEleanor who was born 6th Dec 1812 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 10th Jun 1813 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
2 iiiHenry who was born 1815 at Rusthall, Kent; christened 12th Feb 1815 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
3 ivJoseph who was born 1816 at Rusthall, Speldhurst, Kent; christened 5th May 1816 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent; died 6th Dec 1893 Speldhurst, Kent; buried after 6th Dec 1893 Speldhurst, Kent
4 vSophia who was born 1817 at Rushall, Speldhurst, Kent; christened 7th Dec 1817 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  viJames who was born 1819 at Rusthall, Speldhurst, Kent; christened 7th Feb 1819 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
5 viiCharles who was born 1820 at Rusthall, Speldhurst, Kent; christened 2nd Jul 1820 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  viiiEliza who was born 1821 at Rusthall, Speldhurst, Kent; christened 2nd Dec 1821 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  ixArthur who was born 1823 at Rusthall, Speldhurst, Kent; christened 1st Jun 1823 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  xHarriet who was born 1824 at Rusthall, Speldhurst, Kent; christened 5th Dec 1824 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent; buried 11th Dec 1824 Speldhurst, Kent
  He married (2) Mercy Mercer on 23rd Apr 1827 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingly, Sussex. She was born 18th May 1802 at Loose, Kent; christened 20th Jun 1802 at All Saints Church, Loose, Kent, parents William & Sarah Mercer
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Henry Brown, turner and fitter was the son of Joseph Brown, bricklayer and Sophia Brown [Peerless] [Upton]. He was born 1815 at Rusthall, Kent; christened 12th Feb 1815 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  He married Susannah Whiting on 15th Feb 1836 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent. She was born 1810 at Pembury, Kent
   
  3. Joseph Brown, bootmaker was the son of Joseph Brown, bricklayer and Sophia Brown [Peerless] [Upton]. He was born 1816 at Rusthall, Speldhurst, Kent; christened 5th May 1816 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent; died 6th Dec 1893 at Rusthall, Speldhurst, Kent; buried after 6th Dec 1893 at St. Paul's Church, Rusthall, Speldhurst, Kent
  iCaroline who was born 1842 at St. James, London
  iiSophia who was born 1844 at St. Martins, London; died 22nd Aug 1898 Speldhurst, Kent; buried after 22nd Aug 1898 Speldhurst, Kent
  iiiEmma who was born 1846 at Oxted, Surrey
  He married Caroline Cross on Jan to Mar 1847 at Marylebone, London, registered at Marylebone District, London, ref: 1847 Q1 Vol 1 Page 222. She was born 1820 at Northampton, Northamptonshire; died Dec 1890 at Rusthall, Speldhurst, Kent; buried Dec 1890 at St. Paul's Church, Rusthall, Speldhurst, Kent. They had the following children:
  iAgness who was born 1848 at Oxted, Surrey
  iiBertha who was born 1853 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  iiiAlbert who was born 1855 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  ivJosephine who was born 1857 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
   
  4. Sophia Baker [Brown] was the daughter of Joseph Brown, bricklayer and Sophia Brown [Peerless] [Upton]. She was born 1817 at Rushall, Speldhurst, Kent; christened 7th Dec 1817 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  She married Alfred Baker, grocer and lodginghouse keeper on 8th Dec 1847 at St Mary's Chiurch, Marylebone, London. He was born 1818 at Barcombe, Sussex; christened 26th Apr 1818 at St. Mary's Church, Barcombe, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iEmily Sophia who was born 30th Mar 1849 at 23 North Street, Marylebone, London; christened 3rd Jun 1849 St Marylebone Parish Church, Marylebone, London
6 iiWalter Alfred who was born 7th Apr 1851 at Beaufort Place, Fulham, London; christened 7th Sep 1851 St John's Church, Walham Green, Fulham, London; died 5th Jul 1914 Guildford, Surrey; buried 8th Jul 1914 Guildford, Surrey
7 iiiLucy Anne who was born Oct to Dec 1852 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tunbridge Wells District, Kent, ref: 1852 Q4 Vol 2A Page 341
8 ivClara who was born 1855 at Basinghall Lane, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 30th Mar 1855 Trinity Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
   
  5. Charles Brown, lodginghouse keeper was the son of Joseph Brown, bricklayer and Sophia Brown [Peerless] [Upton]. He was born 1820 at Rusthall, Speldhurst, Kent; christened 2nd Jul 1820 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  He married Jane Snell on Oct to Dec 1850 at Marylebone, London, registered at Marylebone District, London, ref: 1850 Q4 Vol 1 Page 231. She was born 1821 at Bloomsbury, London
   
Generation No. 3
  6. Walter Alfred Baker, carpenter & whelelwright was the son of Alfred Baker, grocer and lodginghouse keeper and Sophia Baker [Brown]. He was born 7th Apr 1851 at Beaufort Place, Fulham, London; christened 7th Sep 1851 at St John's Church, Walham Green, Fulham, London; died 5th Jul 1914 at Guildford, Surrey; buried 8th Jul 1914 at Stoke New Cemetery, Guildford, Surrey
  He married Naomi Ellis on 17th Nov 1874 at Trinity Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. She was born Oct to Dec 1852 at Wadhurst, Sussex, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1852 Q4 Vol 2B Page 82; died 9th Feb 1924 at Guildford, Surrey; buried after 9th Feb 1924 at Stoke New Cemetery, Guildford, Surrey. They had the following children:
  iArthur Charles who was born 1875 at Camden Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 31st Oct 1875 Trinity Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  iiFlorence Clara who was born 1877 at Frant, Sussex; christened 29th Jul 1877 St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex
  iiiEdith Katie who was born 1879 at 15 George Street, Hove, Sussex; christened 2nd Mar 1879 Holy Trinity Church, Hove, Sussex
  ivBasil Walter who was born 20th May 1882 at 15 George Street, Hove, Sussex; christened 10th Sep 1882 Holy Trinity Church, Hove, Sussex
   
  7. Lucy Anne Charlton [Baker] was the daughter of Alfred Baker, grocer and lodginghouse keeper and Sophia Baker [Brown]. She was born Oct to Dec 1852 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tunbridge Wells District, Kent, ref: 1852 Q4 Vol 2A Page 341
  She married Arthur Charlton, florist on Jan to Mar 1872 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, registered at Tunbridge Wells District, Kent, ref: 1872 Q1 Vol 2A Page 644. He was born 1853 at Elvetham, Hampshire. They had the following children:
  iNellie M. who was born 1873 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  iiEdith E. who was born 1874 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  iiiKate who was born 1876 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  ivArthur who was born 1877 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  vRose who was born 1879 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  viLucy Y. who was born Jan 1881 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
   
  8. Clara Hodge [Baker] was the daughter of Alfred Baker, grocer and lodginghouse keeper and Sophia Baker [Brown]. She was born 1855 at Basinghall Lane, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; christened 30th Mar 1855 at Trinity Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  She married Albert William Hodge, railway goods clerk on 19th May 1880 at Trinity Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. He was born 1859 at Tonbridge, Kent
   

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