The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Richard Parsons
Generation No. 1
  1. Richard Parsons He was born c 1815
  He married Sarah Tomsett on 16th Jun 1835 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex. She was born 1813 at Heathfield, Sussex; died July to Sep 1868, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1868 Q3 Vol 2b Page 45. They had the following children:
  iHorace who was born 1837 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 15th Jan 1837 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  iiCaroline who was born 1839 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 29th Sep 1839 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
2 iiiMatilda Locke who was born 1846 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 1st Mar 1846 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
  ivSally who was born Oct 1850 at Burwash, Sussex
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Matilda Locke Parsons was the daughter of Richard Parsons and Sarah Parsons [Tomsett]. She was born 1846 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 1st Mar 1846 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex
3 iJames who was born 2nd Nov 1862 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 2nd Nov 1862 St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex; died Feb 1908 Wadhurst, Sussex; buried 24th Feb 1908 Wadhurst, Sussex, aged 45 years
   
Generation No. 3
  3. James Parsons was the son of unknown father and Matilda Locke Parsons. He was born 2nd Nov 1862 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 2nd Nov 1862 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex; died Feb 1908 at Pell Green, Wadhurst, Sussex; buried 24th Feb 1908 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex, aged 45 years
  He married Ellen Dann on Oct to Dec 1885 at Ticehurst, Sussex, registered at Ticehurst District, Sussex, ref: 1885 Q4 Vol 2B Page 195. She was born 16th Jan 1862 at Ticehurst, Sussex. They had the following children:
4 iEdith Emily who was born 26th Aug 1888 at Burwash Weald [a.k.a. Burwash Wheel], Burwash, Sussex; christened 18th Sep 1888 St. Philip's Church, Burwash, Sussex, parents James & Ellen Parsons
  iiElizabeth who was born 1890 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 3rd Jan 1891 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex; buried 23rd Jan 1891 Wadhurst, Sussex, aged 4 months
  iiiHorace who was born 1893 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 26th Mar 1893 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex; buried 19th Feb 1895 Wadhurst, Sussex
5 ivMabel Nelly who was born 1894 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 20th Jun 1894 St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex
   
Generation No. 4
  4. Edith Emily Reeves [Parsons] was the daughter of James Parsons and Ellen Bones [Parsons] [Dann]. She was born 26th Aug 1888 at Burwash Weald [a.k.a. Burwash Wheel], Burwash, Sussex; christened 18th Sep 1888 at St. Philip's Church, Burwash, Sussex, parents James & Ellen Parsons
  She married Samuel Boaz Reeves on 10th Nov 1906 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex. He was born 25th Feb 1881 at Mayfield, Sussex, 1939 register gives year as 1879; christened 27th Mar 1881 at St. Dunstan Church, Mayfield, Sussex
   
  5. Mabel Nelly Oliver [Parsons] was the daughter of James Parsons and Ellen Bones [Parsons] [Dann]. She was born 1894 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 20th Jun 1894 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex
  She married William Owen Oliver on 11th Dec 1920 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex, witnesses George Parsons & Daisy Kate Oliver. He was born 1st Dec 1881 at Burwash, Sussex; christened 19th Feb 1882 at St. Philip's Church, Burwash, Sussex
   

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