The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for William Pierce, son of George Pearce and Ann Pearce [Cottington]
Generation No. 1
  1. William Pierce was the son of George Pearce and Ann Pearce [Cottington]. He was born 1815 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 25th Jun 1815 at St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex
2 iFrances Anna who was born 1835 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 19th Apr 1835 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex
  He married Ruth Duplock on 23rd Jan 1837 at Trinity Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, witnesses James & Hannah Duplock. She was born 1814 at Mayfield, Sussex; buried 7th Feb 1861 at St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex, aged 47 years. They had the following children:
3 iGeorgiana who was born Nov 1837 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 15th Dec 1837 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Frances Anna Parker [Kingsland] [Diplock] was the daughter of William Pierce and Ruth Hazleden [Pierce] [Duplock]. She was born 1835 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 19th Apr 1835 at St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex
  She married (1) George Kingsland on 1st May 1853 at St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex. He was born 1833 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 3rd Mar 1833 at St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex; died Jun 1875 at Buxted, Sussex, aged 41 years; buried 17th Jun 1875 at St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iThomas who was born 1854 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 26th Mar 1854 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex
  iiRuth Ellen who was born 1859 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 8th May 1859 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex
  iiiWilliam who was born 1862 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 16th Feb 1862 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex
  ivSarah Jane who was born 1865 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 13th May 1865 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex
4 vFrances Emma who was born 1867 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 3rd Nov 1867 St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
5 viTamar who was born 1873 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 20th Apr 1873 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex
  She married (2) William Parker on July to Sep 1877, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1877 Q3 Vol 2b Page 175. He was born 1830 at Buxted, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iEdward who was born 1878 at Uckfield, Sussex
   
  3. Georgiana Piper [Christian] [Pierce] was the daughter of William Pierce and Ruth Hazleden [Pierce] [Duplock]. She was born Nov 1837 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 15th Dec 1837 at St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex
  iWilliam Combridge who was born 1859 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 12th Jun 1859 St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex
  She married (1) Stephen Christian, farmer on 25th Dec 1861 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex. He was born 1790 at Bexhill, Sussex; christened 14th Nov 1790 at St Peter's Church, Bexhill, Sussex, parents John & Elizabeth Christian; buried 14th Mar 1870 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Burwash, Sussex, aged 79 years
  She married (2) James Piper, farm servant on 27th Sep 1870 at St. Giles Church, Dallington, Sussex, registered at Battle District, Sussex, ref: 1870 Q3 Vol 2b Page 66, witnesses John Hall & Carrie Russell. He was born 1838 at Heathfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 3
  4. Frances Emma Gurr [Kingsland] was the daughter of George Kingsland and Frances Anna Parker [Kingsland] [Diplock]. She was born 1867 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 3rd Nov 1867 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex
  She married John Thomas Gurr on 13th May 1891, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1891 Q2 Vol 2b page 243. He was born 31st May 1870 at Buckham Hill, Isfield, Sussex; christened 6th Jun 1870 at St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iBeatrice Alice who was born 1892 at Uckfield, Sussex; christened 4th Dec 1892 Holy Cross Church, Uckfield, Sussex
  iiGeorge Thomas who was born 1894 at Uckfield, Sussex; christened 4th Nov 1894 Holy Cross Church, Uckfield, Sussex
6 iiiMaude Lillian who was born 1896 at Uckfield, Sussex; christened 6th Sep 1896 Holy Cross Church, Uckfield, Sussex
  ivJohn who was born 1903 at Fletching, Sussex
  vAlbert who was born 1908 at Fletching, Sussex
   
  5. Tamar Gurr [Kingsland] was the daughter of George Kingsland and Frances Anna Parker [Kingsland] [Diplock]. She was born 1873 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 20th Apr 1873 at St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex
  She married Joseph Allcorn Gurr, cowman on 23rd Apr 1890, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1890 Q2 Vol 2b Page 267. He was born 1866 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 9th Sep 1866 at St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iJohn Percy who was born 1891 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 22nd Feb 1891 St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex; died 19th Jan 1917 Flanders, France
  iiFrances Mabel who was born 1893 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 15th Jan 1893 St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex
  iiiEdward who was born 1895 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 17th Feb 1895 St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex
  ivJoseph Walter who was born 1900 at Egerton, Kent
  vGeorge who was born 1904 at Lenham, Kent
7 viBeatrice Rose who was born 12th Jan 1905 at Lenham, Kent
   
Generation No. 4
  6. Maude Lillian Sherlock [Gurr] was the daughter of John Thomas Gurr and Frances Emma Gurr [Kingsland]. She was born 1896 at Uckfield, Sussex; christened 6th Sep 1896 at Holy Cross Church, Uckfield, Sussex
  She married Frederick Walter Sherlock on c 1920. He was born c 1895. They had the following children:
  iDouglas Walter who was born 10th Sep 1921 at Horsted Keynes, Sussex
   
  7. Beatrice Rose Golding [Gurr] was the daughter of Joseph Allcorn Gurr, cowman and Tamar Gurr [Kingsland]. She was born 12th Jan 1905 at Lenham, Kent
  She married William Henry Golding on 1925. He was born 1903
   

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