The Weald - Descendents Report

Generation No. 1
	1. Hannah Clapson [Dallaway] She was born 1779 at Warbleton, Sussex; christened 28^th Jan 1782 at Heathfield Chapel, Heathfield, Sussex, parents Thomas & Ann Dallaway
	She married Richard Clapson on 10^th Oct 1800 at St. Mary's Church, Warbleton, Sussex. He was born 1768 at Brightling, Sussex; christened 17^th Mar 1768 at St. Thomas-à-Becket Church, Brightling, Sussex, parents Thomas & Mary Clapson. They had the following children:
	i	Charlotte who was born 5^th Jan 1801 at Warbleton, Sussex; christened 3^rd Feb 1801 Heathfield Chapel, Heathfield, Sussex; buried 25^th Jan 1818 Warbleton, Sussex, aged 17 years
	ii	Nanney who was born 23^rd Aug 1802 at Warbleton, Sussex; christened 12^th Sep 1802 Heathfield Chapel, Heathfield, Sussex
2	iii	Richard who was born 29^th Oct 1804 at Warbleton, Sussex; christened 5^th Jun 1805 Heathfield Chapel, Heathfield, Sussex
3	iv	Hannah who was born 25^th Dec 1812 at Warbleton, Sussex; christened 7^th Feb 1813 Heathfield Chapel, Heathfield, Sussex, parents Richard & Hannah Clapson
4	v	Silas who was born 15^th Mar 1816 at Warbleton, Sussex; christened 10^th May 1816 Heathfield Chapel, Heathfield, Sussex

Generation No. 2
	2. Richard Clapson, farm labourer was the son of Richard Clapson and Hannah Clapson [Dallaway]. He was born 29^th Oct 1804 at Warbleton, Sussex; christened 5^th Jun 1805 at Heathfield Chapel, Heathfield, Sussex
	He married Dinah Hodgkin on 12^th Jun 1831 at St. Mary's Church, Warbleton, Sussex. She was born 1804 at Lamberhurst, Kent and Sussex; christened 11^th Mar 1804 at St Mary's Parish Church, Lamberhurst, Kent and Sussex, daughter of Joseph Hodgkin & Mary Hodgkin. They had the following children:
	i	Eliza who was born 1837 at Warbleton, Sussex
5	ii	Charles who was born 1840 at Warbleton, Sussex; christened 30^th Aug 1840 St. Mary's Church, Warbleton, Sussex
	iii	Samuel who was born 1845 at Warbleton, Sussex
	iv	Alfred who was born 1849 at Warbleton, Sussex
	v	Charlotte who was born Oct 1850 at Warbleton, Sussex

	3. Hannah Avard [Clapson] was the daughter of Richard Clapson and Hannah Clapson [Dallaway]. She was born 25^th Dec 1812 at Warbleton, Sussex; christened 7^th Feb 1813 at Heathfield Chapel, Heathfield, Sussex, parents Richard & Hannah Clapson
	She married Thomas Avard, farm labourer on 28^th Apr 1832 at St. Mary's Church, Warbleton, Sussex. He was born 1803 at Warbleton, Sussex; christened 6^th Nov 1803 at St. Mary's Church, Warbleton, Sussex, parents John & Elizabeth Avard. They had the following children:
6	i	Alfred who was born 15^th Jan 1833 at Warbleton, Sussex; christened 3^rd Mar 1833 Heathfield Chapel, Heathfield, Sussex; buried 17^th May 1873 Warbleton, Sussex, aged 42 years
	ii	Ansley who was born 1837 at Warbleton, Sussex
	iii	Haidee who was born 1839 at Warbleton, Sussex

	4. Silas Clapson was the son of Richard Clapson and Hannah Clapson [Dallaway]. He was born 15^th Mar 1816 at Warbleton, Sussex; christened 10^th May 1816 at Heathfield Chapel, Heathfield, Sussex
	He married Martha Avard on 14^th Apr 1838 at St. Mary's Church, Warbleton, Sussex. She was born 1812 at Warbleton, Sussex; christened 2^nd Aug 1812 at St. Mary's Church, Warbleton, Sussex, parents William & Charlotte Avard (marriage record gives her father as George). They had the following children:
	i	Charles who was born 1839 at Warbleton, Sussex; christened 7^th Jul 1839 St. Mary's Church, Warbleton, Sussex

Generation No. 3
	5. Charles Clapson was the son of Richard Clapson, farm labourer and Dinah Clapson [Hodgkin]. He was born 1840 at Warbleton, Sussex; christened 30^th Aug 1840 at St. Mary's Church, Warbleton, Sussex
	He married Martha Giles on 29^th Oct 1864 at Christ Church, Kilndown, Kent, witnesses Albert Hogkin & Ann Boorman. She was born 25^th Jan 1834 at Goudhurst, Kent; christened 2^nd May 1834 at St Mary the Virgin Church, Goudhurst, Kent

	6. Alfred Avard was the son of Thomas Avard, farm labourer and Hannah Avard [Clapson]. He was born 15^th Jan 1833 at Warbleton, Sussex; christened 3^rd Mar 1833 at Heathfield Chapel, Heathfield, Sussex; buried 17^th May 1873 at St. Mary's Church, Warbleton, Sussex, aged 42 years
	He married Sarah Dann on 5^th May 1855 at St. Mary's Church, Warbleton, Sussex. She was born 1^st Sep 1833 at Heathfield, Sussex; christened 20^th Oct 1833 at Heathfield Chapel, Heathfield, Sussex, daughter of George & Betty Dann, ceremony performed by Rev. John Press. They had the following children:
7	i	Ann who was born Jan to Mar 1856 at Warbleton, Sussex, registered at Hailsham District, Sussex, ref: 1856 Q1 Vol 2B Page 67

Generation No. 4
	7. Ann Goldsmith [Avard] was the daughter of Alfred Avard and Sarah Pope [Avard] [Dann]. She was born Jan to Mar 1856 at Warbleton, Sussex, registered at Hailsham District, Sussex, ref: 1856 Q1 Vol 2B Page 67
	She married William Goldsmith, railway porter on Apr to June 1876 at Hailsham, Sussex, registered at Hailsham District, Sussex, ref: 1876 Q2 Vol 2B Page 138. He was born 1855 at Common, Hailsham, Sussex; christened 27^th May 1855 at St. Mary the Virgin Parish Church, Hailsham, Sussex, son of Thomas Goldsmith (labourer) and Mary Ann Goldsmith. They had the following children:
	i	Albert E. who was born 1877 at Hailsham, Sussex
	ii	Caroline who was born 1879 at Hailsham, Sussex