The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Susanna Staples [Barham]
Generation No. 1
  1. Susanna Staples [Barham] She was born 1777 at Otford, Kent
  She married Benjamin Staples on 26th Nov 1798 at St Nicholas Church, Godstone, Surrey. He was born 1777 at Knockholt, Kent; christened 18th May 1777 at St. Katharine's Church, Knockholt, Kent. They had the following children:
2 iWilliam who was born 6th Jul 1801 at Knockholt, Kent; christened 2nd Aug 1801 St. Katharine's Church, Knockholt, Kent; buried 15th Oct 1865 Knockholt, Kent
  iiEsther who was born 5th Jun 1803 at Knockholt, Kent; christened 10th Jul 1803 St. Katharine's Church, Knockholt, Kent; died Oct to Dec 1864 Bromley, Kent
3 iiiHenrietta who was born 8th Mar 1805 at Knockholt, Kent; christened 6th Apr 1805 St. Katharine's Church, Knockholt, Kent
4 ivIsabella who was born 1815 at Knockholt, Kent; christened 29th Oct 1815 St. Katharine's Church, Knockholt, Kent
   
Generation No. 2
  2. William Staples, gamekeeper was the son of Benjamin Staples and Susanna Staples [Barham]. He was born 6th Jul 1801 at Knockholt, Kent; christened 2nd Aug 1801 at St. Katharine's Church, Knockholt, Kent; buried 15th Oct 1865 at St. Katharine's Church, Knockholt, Kent
  He married Harriet Adams on 25th Dec 1845 at St. George's Church, Wrotham, Kent. She was born 1817 at Chevening, Kent; christened 29th Jun 1817 at St Botolph, Chevening, Kent, parents Edmund & Mary Wells; died Oct to Dec 1896 at Croydon, Surrey, registered at Croydon District, Surrey, ref: 1896 Q4 Vol 2A Page 166. They had the following children:
  iMaria who was born Jan to Mar 1848 at Knockholt, Kent, registered at Bromley District, Kent, ref: 1848 Q1 Vol 5 Page 51; christened 24th Mar 1848 St. Katharine's Church, Knockholt, Kent
5 iiJemima Isabella who was born Jan to Mar 1852 at Knockholt, Kent, registered at Bromley District, Kent, ref: 1852 Q1 Vol 2A Page 188; christened 15th Jul 1855 St. Katharine's Church, Knockholt, Kent; died Oct to Dec 1937 Croydon, Surrey
6 iiiHelen who was born 1855 at Knockholt, Kent; christened 15th Jul 1855 St. Katharine's Church, Knockholt, Kent, often recorded or registerded as Ellen
   
  3. Henrietta Wells [Staples] was the daughter of Benjamin Staples and Susanna Staples [Barham]. She was born 8th Mar 1805 at Knockholt, Kent; christened 6th Apr 1805 at St. Katharine's Church, Knockholt, Kent
7 iSusanna Riddington who was born 1838 at Chevening, Kent; christened 30th Dec 1838 St Botolph, Chevening, Kent
  She married George Wells on 12th May 1846 at St Botolph, Chevening, Kent. He was born n/k at Chiddingstone, Kent
   
  4. Isabella Pryer [Staples] was the daughter of Benjamin Staples and Susanna Staples [Barham]. She was born 1815 at Knockholt, Kent; christened 29th Oct 1815 at St. Katharine's Church, Knockholt, Kent
  She married John Battist Pryer on 26th Feb 1837 at St. Peter's Church, Ightham, Kent. He was born 5th Jan 1812 at Sevenoaks, Kent; christened 9th Feb 1812 at St. Nicholas Parish Church, Sevenoaks, Kent
   
Generation No. 3
  5. Jemima Isabella Wigg [Staples] was the daughter of William Staples, gamekeeper and Harriet Staples [Adams] [Wells]. She was born Jan to Mar 1852 at Knockholt, Kent, registered at Bromley District, Kent, ref: 1852 Q1 Vol 2A Page 188; christened 15th Jul 1855 at St. Katharine's Church, Knockholt, Kent; died Oct to Dec 1937 at Croydon, Surrey, registered at Croydon District, Surrey, ref: 1937 Q4 Vol 2A Page 649
  She married William Frederick Wigg, merchant trading with Brazil on c 1875 at ??. He was born 1820 at Toxteth Park, Liverpool; christened 14th Sep 1820 at Holy Trinity, Wavertree, Liverpool; died 27th Oct 1883 at The Grange, South Norwood, Surrey
   
  6. Helen Clarke [Staples] was the daughter of William Staples, gamekeeper and Harriet Staples [Adams] [Wells]. She was born 1855 at Knockholt, Kent; christened 15th Jul 1855 at St. Katharine's Church, Knockholt, Kent, often recorded or registerded as Ellen
  She married Barnard Clark, gamekeeper on Jan to Mar 1880 at St Paul's Church, Wilton Place, Kensington, London, registered at St. Georges, Hanover Square District, London, ref: 1880 Q1 Vol 1A Page 568. He was born Jan to Mar 1849 at Carshalton, Surrey, registered at Epsom District, Surrey, ref: 1849 Q1 Vol 4 Page 158; christened 8th Mar 1849 at All Saints' Church, Carshalton, Surrey
   
  7. Susanna Riddington Elcombe [Staples] was the daughter of unknown father and Henrietta Wells [Staples]. She was born 1838 at Chevening, Kent; christened 30th Dec 1838 at St Botolph, Chevening, Kent
  She married Absolom Elcome on Jan to Mar 1860 at Sevenoaks, Kent, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1860 Q1 Vol 2A Page 471. He was born July to Sep 1837 at Ash by Wrotham, Kent, registered at Dartford District, Kent, ref: 1837 Q3 Vol 5 Page 77. They had the following children:
  iEdwin George who was born Apr to June 1861 at Chevening, Kent, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1861 Q2 Vol 2A Page 404; christened 26th Nov 1876 St Mary's Church, Riverhead, Kent
  iiHenrietta Emily who was born Apr to June 1863 at Sevenoaks, Kent, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1863 Q2 Vol 2A Page 423
  iiiErnest Absalom who was born Oct to Dec 1865 at Riverhead, Kent, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1865 Q4 Vol 2A Page 469
   

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