The Weald - Descendents Report

Generation No. 1
	1. Thomas Russell He was born c 1750 at ??
	He married Lucy Packham on 10^th Apr 1776 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex. She was born c 1755 at ??. They had the following children:
	i	Lucy who was born 1778 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 1^st Feb 1778 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
	ii	Thomas who was born 1780 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 23^rd Apr 1780 All Saints Church, Heathfield, Sussex; buried 20^th Aug 1780 Heathfield, Sussex
	iii	Rebecca who was born 1786 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 9^th Apr 1786 Mayfield, Sussex
2	iv	Richard who was born 1789 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 12^th Jul 1789 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
3	v	Rule who was born 1795 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 21^st Jun 1795 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
4	vi	Rhesa who was born 1799 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 24^th Mar 1799 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex

Generation No. 2
	2. Richard Russell was the son of Thomas Russell and Lucy Russell [Packham]. He was born 1789 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 12^th Jul 1789 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
	He married Elizabeth Eastwood on 2^nd Feb 1817 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. She was born 1799 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 5^th May 1799 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
5	i	Sophia who was born 1819 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 30^th May 1819 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
	ii	Ellen who was born 1828 at Sussex
	iii	Ann who was born 1831 at Sussex
	iv	George who was born 1833 at Sussex
	v	James who was born 1840 at Sussex

	3. Rule Russell was the son of Thomas Russell and Lucy Russell [Packham]. He was born 1795 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 21^st Jun 1795 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
	He married (1) Hannah Mepham on 1815. She was born 1793 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 25^th Aug 1793 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex, daughter of John Mepham and Hannah Mepham. They had the following children:
6	i	John who was born 1815 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 19^th Mar 1815 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex, son of Hannah Mepham (pauper)
	He married (2) Hannah Mepham on 8^th Apr 1815 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. She was born 1793 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 25^th Aug 1793 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex, daughter of John Mepham and Hannah Mepham. They had the following children:
	i	Thomas who was born 1820 at Mayfield, Sussex
7	ii	Sophia who was born 1820 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 23^rd Apr 1820 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
	iii	Frances who was born 1820 to 1825 at Sussex
8	iv	William who was born 1831 at Mayfield, Sussex; died Sep 1878 Mayfield, Sussex, aged 48 years; buried 15^th Sep 1878 Mayfield, Sussex
	v	Eliza who was born 1835 at Sussex
9	vi	Amos who was born 27^th Jul 1837 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 3^rd Sep 1837 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex

	4. Rhesa Russell was the son of Thomas Russell and Lucy Russell [Packham]. He was born 1799 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 24^th Mar 1799 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
	i	Ann who was born 1820 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 5^th Nov 1820 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
	He married Lucy Hall on 6^th Aug 1820 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, witnesses William Baker & Sarah Phiver. She was born 1796 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 24^th Apr 1796 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, daughter of John Hall & Ruth Hall. They had the following children:
10	i	Nathan who was born 1830 at Mayfield, Sussex

Generation No. 3
	5. Sophia Blackford [Russell] was the daughter of Richard Russell and Elizabeth Russell [Eastwood]. She was born 1819 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 30^th May 1819 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
	She married George Blackford, farm labourer on 21^st May 1836 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex. He was born 11^th Jul 1810 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 19^th Jul 1810 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex. They had the following children:
	i	George who was born 1837 at Burwash, Sussex
	ii	Sarah A. who was born 1842 at Burwash, Sussex
	iii	Emily who was born 1848 at Burwash, Sussex

	6. John Mepham was the son of Rule Russell and Hannah Russell [Mepham]. He was born 1815 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 19^th Mar 1815 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex, son of Hannah Mepham (pauper)
	He married Mary Guest on 2^nd Aug 1846 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex. She was born 1818

	7. Sophia Bassett [Russell] was the daughter of Rule Russell and Hannah Russell [Mepham]. She was born 1820 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 23^rd Apr 1820 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
11	i	Ann who was born 1840 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 12^th Jan 1840 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, daughter of Sophia Russell; died Oct 1913 Hellingly, Sussex; buried 15^th Oct 1913 Mayfield, Sussex
	ii	John who was born 1841 at Lake Street, Mayfield, Sussex; christened 21^st Mar 1841 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, son of Sophia Russell
	She married John Bassett, farmer on 12^th Dec 1842 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex. He was born 1797 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 5^th Dec 1797 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, son of John Bassett and Mary Bassett; died Dec 1878 at Mayfield, Sussex, aged 81 years; buried 12^th Dec 1878 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
12	i	Sarah who was born 1843 at Lake Street, Mayfield, Sussex; christened 14^th May 1843 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, daughter of John Bassett (late farmer) and Sophia Bassett
	ii	Thomas who was born 1848 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 25^th Mar 1848 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, son of John Bassett (farmer) and Sophia Bassett
13	iii	Mary who was born 1851 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 27^th Nov 1851 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, daughter of John Bassett (farmer) and Sophia Bassett
14	iv	William Potten who was born 1857 at Wallis Farm, Mayfield, Sussex; christened 5^th Jul 1857 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, son of John Bassett (farmer) and Sophia Bassett

	8. William Russell was the son of Rule Russell and Hannah Russell [Mepham]. He was born 1831 at Mayfield, Sussex; died Sep 1878 at Mayfield, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1878 Q3 Vol 2b Page 61, aged 48 years; buried 15^th Sep 1878 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
	He married Adelaide Wickham on 17^th Oct 1856 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex. She was born 1839 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 3^rd Nov 1839 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex. They had the following children:
15	i	Elizabeth who was born 1858 at Ticehurst, Sussex
	ii	Jonathan who was born 1859 at Ticehurst, Sussex
	iii	William who was born 1864 at Wadhurst, Sussex

	9. Amos Russell was the son of Rule Russell and Hannah Russell [Mepham]. He was born 27^th Jul 1837 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 3^rd Sep 1837 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex
	He married Eliza Farley on 9^th Mar 1858 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex. She was born 1837 at Ticehurst, Sussex; christened 12^th Feb 1837 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex. They had the following children:
	i	Frances Eliza who was born 1860 at Ticehurst, Sussex; christened 24^th Jun 1860 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex

	10. Nathan Russell was the son of Rhesa Russell and Lucy Russell [Hall]. He was born 1830 at Mayfield, Sussex
	i	Sarah Jane who was born 1859 at Mayfield, Sussex
	He married Harriet Britt on 10^th Apr 1860 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, witnesses Alfred Lavender & Rosa Britt. She was born 1836 at Wellbrook, Mayfield, Sussex; christened 20^th Mar 1836 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, daughter of Arthur Britt (labourer) and Elizabeth Britt. They had the following children:
	i	Ellen who was born 1861 at Waldron, Sussex
	ii	Mary A. who was born 1863 at Waldron, Sussex
16	iii	Harriett who was born 1864 at Waldron, Sussex; christened 14^th Feb 1864 All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex
	iv	Lucy who was born 1867 at Mayfield, Sussex
	v	Henry who was born 1869 at Mayfield, Sussex
	vi	Nathan R. who was born Apr 1870 at Mayfield, Sussex

Generation No. 4
	11. Ann Hobbs [Bassett] [Russell] was the daughter of John Bassett, farmer and Sophia Bassett [Russell]. She was born 1840 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 12^th Jan 1840 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, daughter of Sophia Russell; died Oct 1913 at Hellingly Asylum, Hellingly, Sussex; buried 15^th Oct 1913 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
	She married Amos Hobbs, master baker on 1^st Mar 1868 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. He was born 1844 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 28^th Jul 1844 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died Dec 1888 at Mayfield, Sussex; buried 6^th Dec 1888 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
17	i	Mary Jane who was born 1870 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 1^st May 1870 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
18	ii	Thomas Edward who was born 1872 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 4^th Feb 1872 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
	iii	Sarah Ann who was born 1873 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 7^th Sep 1873 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
19	iv	Mercy Elizabeth who was born 1875 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 7^th Mar 1875 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
20	v	Henry John who was born Mar 1877 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 1^st Apr 1877 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died 1^st Oct 1960 Crawley, Sussex
	vi	Charlotte Amelia who was born 1879 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 7^th Sep 1879 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died Dec 1879
	vii	Obadiah Smale who was born Jan 1881 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 5^th Jun 1881 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died Jan 1929 Mayfield, Sussex; buried 6^th Jan 1929 Mayfield, Sussex

	12. Sarah Fenner [Bassett] was the daughter of John Bassett, farmer and Sophia Bassett [Russell]. She was born 1843 at Lake Street, Mayfield, Sussex; christened 14^th May 1843 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, daughter of John Bassett (late farmer) and Sophia Bassett
	i	Edgar King who was born 1863 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 5^th Apr 1863 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, son of Sarah Bassett; died Jun 1863 Mayfield, Sussex, aged 4 months; buried 15^th Jun 1863 Mayfield, Sussex
	She married Michael Fenner, farmer and gardener on July to Sep 1881, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1881 Q3 Vol 2b Page 187. He was born 1849 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 1^st Apr 1849 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, son of Thomas Fenner (labourer) & Elizabeth Fenner. They had the following children:
	i	William Percy who was born 1882 at Wallace, Mayfield, Sussex; christened 5^th Nov 1882 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, son of Michael Fenner (farmer) & Sarah Fenner
	ii	Beatrice Elizabeth who was born 1886 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 4^th Apr 1886 St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, daughter of Michael Fenner (gardener) & Sarah Fenner

	13. Mary Stevens [Bassett] was the daughter of John Bassett, farmer and Sophia Bassett [Russell]. She was born 1851 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 27^th Nov 1851 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, daughter of John Bassett (farmer) and Sophia Bassett
	She married Thomas Stevens on 1^st Dec 1871 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. He was born 1846

	14. William Potten Bassett, farmer was the son of John Bassett, farmer and Sophia Bassett [Russell]. He was born 1857 at Wallis Farm, Mayfield, Sussex; christened 5^th Jul 1857 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex, son of John Bassett (farmer) and Sophia Bassett
	He married Kate Annie Avis on Oct to Dec 1893, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1893 Q4 Vol 2b Page 297. She was born 1869 at Mayfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
	i	Sarah Ruth who was born 4^th Jul 1894 at Wallace Farm, Mayfield, Sussex; christened 14^th Oct 1894 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, daughter of William Potten Bassett (farmer) and Annie Kate Bassett
	ii	Wilfred John who was born 30^th Nov 1895 at Ellis Cottage, Mayfield, Sussex; christened 12^th Jan 1896 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, son of William Potten Bassett (carter) and Annie Kate Bassett
	iii	Bernard George who was born 26^th Jul 1898 at Argos Hill, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 13^th Nov 1898 St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, son of William Potten Bassett (carter) and Annie Kate Bassett

	15. Elizabeth Cornwall [Russell] was the daughter of William Russell and Adelaide Weston [Russell] [Wickham]. She was born 1858 at Ticehurst, Sussex
	She married John Charles Cornwall on 23^rd Oct 1878 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1878 Q4 Vol 2b Page 178. He was born 1852 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 5^th Sep 1852 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex

	16. Harriett Avis [Russell] was the daughter of Nathan Russell and Harriet Russell [Britt]. She was born 1864 at Waldron, Sussex; christened 14^th Feb 1864 at All Saints' Church, Waldron, Sussex
	She married Robert James Avis on Apr to June 1885 at Eastbourne, Sussex, registered at Eastbourne District, Sussex, ref: 1885 Q2 Vol 2B Page 125. He was born 1861 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 18^th Aug 1861 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex, son of George (mason) & Eliza Avis

Generation No. 5
	17. Mary Jane Hobbs was the daughter of Amos Hobbs, master baker and Ann Hobbs [Bassett] [Russell]. She was born 1870 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 1^st May 1870 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
	i	George Butcher who was born 15^th Nov 1892 at Hastings, Sussex

	18. Thomas Edward Hobbs was the son of Amos Hobbs, master baker and Ann Hobbs [Bassett] [Russell]. He was born 1872 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 4^th Feb 1872 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
	He married Angelina Sophia French on Apr to June 1895 at Tonbridge, Kent. She was born c 1872 at London. They had the following children:
	i	Thomas Edward J. who was born Apr to June 1900 at Tonbridge, Kent

	19. Mercy Elizabeth Eldridge [Hobbs] was the daughter of Amos Hobbs, master baker and Ann Hobbs [Bassett] [Russell]. She was born 1875 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 7^th Mar 1875 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
	She married George Edgar Eldridge on 19^th Mar 1897 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex. He was born c 1875

	20. Henry John Hobbs was the son of Amos Hobbs, master baker and Ann Hobbs [Bassett] [Russell]. He was born Mar 1877 at Mayfield, Sussex; christened 1^st Apr 1877 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex; died 1^st Oct 1960 at Crawley, Sussex
	He married Edith Goad on Jan to Mar 1901 at Tonbridge, Kent. She was born c 1878 at Tonbridge, Kent; died 1968 at Surrey. They had the following children:
	i	Frederick John who was born 22^nd Jul 1902 at Crawley, Sussex; died Sep 1982 Worthing, Sussex
	ii	Lilian Alice who was born Jun 1904 at Crawley, Sussex
21	iii	Thomas Edward who was born 23^rd Jun 1907 at Crawley, Sussex; died May 1994 Hastings, Sussex

Generation No. 6
	21. Thomas Edward Hobbs was the son of Henry John Hobbs and Edith Hobbs [Goad]. He was born 23^rd Jun 1907 at Crawley, Sussex; died May 1994 at Hastings, Sussex
	He married Grace Darling Vousden on c 1930. She was born 1910 at Goudhurst, Kent. They had the following children:
22	i	Gillian M. who was born 1932 at Chertsey, Surrey
23	ii	Edward Winston who was born Jul 1940 at Cranbrook, Kent
24	iii	Linden who was born 1943 at Ashford, Kent

Generation No. 7
	22. Gillian M. Rivers [Hobbs] was the daughter of Thomas Edward Hobbs and Grace Darling Hobbs [Vousden]. She was born 1932 at Chertsey, Surrey
	She married Peter Rivers on 1952 at Folkestone, Kent. He was born c 1930. They had the following children:
	i	Timothy P. who was born 1954 at Ashford, Kent
25	ii	Sarah Jane Von who was born 1958 at Ashford, Kent

	23. Edward Winston Hobbs was the son of Thomas Edward Hobbs and Grace Darling Hobbs [Vousden]. He was born Jul 1940 at Cranbrook, Kent
	He married Angela Haldane on c 1962. She was born Aug 1942 at Ashford, Kent. They had the following children:
26	i	Nicholas Edward who was born Apr 1963 at Tenterden, Kent

	24. Linden Willcocks [Hobbs] was the daughter of Thomas Edward Hobbs and Grace Darling Hobbs [Vousden]. She was born 1943 at Ashford, Kent
	She married Michael J.W. Willcocks on 1963 at Ashford, Kent. He was born c 1940. They had the following children:
27	i	Tanya Linden who was born 1968 at West-Super-Mare, Somerset
	ii	Scott Somerset who was born 1969 at Tonbridge, Kent

Generation No. 8
	25. Sarah Jane Von Etzdorf [Rivers] was the daughter of Peter Rivers and Gillian M. Rivers [Hobbs]. She was born 1958 at Ashford, Kent
	She married Baron Rudiger John Von Etzdorf on May 1986. He was born 13^th Sep 1948

	26. Nicholas Edward Hobbs, Senior University Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Accountancy and Finance was the son of Edward Winston Hobbs and Angela Hobbs [Haldane]. He was born Apr 1963 at Tenterden, Kent
	He married Rajwant Kaur Sahota on Oct 2000. She was born Jun 1959 at Punjab, India. They had the following children:
	i	Grace Chandni who was born Sep 2003 at Bedford

	27. Tanya Linden Thompson [Willcocks] was the daughter of Michael J.W. Willcocks and Linden Willcocks [Hobbs]. She was born 1968 at West-Super-Mare, Somerset
	She married Sir Thomas d'Eyncourt John Thompson, 6th Baronet of Hartsborne Manor, Herts on Jun 2002 at Camden Town, London. He was born 1956