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Pedigrees of the Families in the County of Kent by William Berry published 1830 - pp. 14; 382

Name

Date & Parish/Area

Father

Mother

Source

M

b: 1833 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

1851 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex

M

b: 1833 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

Fletching Parish Registers

M

b: 1711 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

Fletching Parish Registers

M

b: 1748 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

Fletching Parish Registers

George Best, farmer

M

b: 1774 Parish of East Grinstead, Sussex
d: 11^th Dec 1866 Parish of Eridge Green, Sussex

East Grinstead Parish Registers

M

b: 14^th Jan 1799 Parish of Speldhurst, Kent

George Best, farmer

Ann Best [Pearless]

Speldhurst Parish Registers

M

b: 3^rd Oct 1817 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

Fletching Parish Registers

M

b: 1821 Parish of Hamsey, Sussex

1851 Census

George Best, farmer

M

b: 1826 Parish of Withyham, Sussex

Joseph Best, farm labourer

Philadelphia Best [Ashby]

Withyham Parish Registers

George Best, farmer

M

b: 1827 Parish of Newick, Sussex

James Best, farm labourer

Ann Best [King]

1851 Census
Framfield, Sussex

M

b: 1828 Parish of Withyham, Sussex

Obadiah Best, farm labourer

Elizabeth Jane Best [Knight]

Withyham Parish Registers

George Best, beerhouse keeper

M

b: 1829 Parish of Newick, Sussex

1881 Census
Uckfield, Sussex

M

b: 1846 Parish of Chiddingstone, Kent

Richard Best, brick maker

1881 Census
Chiddingstone, Kent

M

b: 1847 Parish of Burwash, Sussex

Mary Elizabeth Best [Vigor]

1851 Census

M

b: 1855 Parish of Hadlow, Kent

James Best, farm labourer

1881 Census
Hadlow, Kent

M

b: Dec 1880 Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

Owen Best, farmer

Ann Best [Mills]

1881 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex

M

b: 1881 Parish of Crowborough, Sussex

Ann Best, farmer

1911 Census
Crowborough, Sussex

M

b: 1880 Parish of Sevenoaks, Kent

Henry Best, wheelwright

1881 Census
Sevenoaks, Kent

George James Best, beerhouse keeper

M

b: 1850 Parish of Framfield, Sussex

George Best, farmer

Eliza Best [Bannister]

Fletching Parish Registers

George Thomas Best

M

b: 1869 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

George Best, farmer

1881 Census
Horsted Keynes, Sussex

George William Best

M

b: 1863 Parish of Withyham, Sussex

Withyham Parish Registers

Grace Alice Best

F

b: 1904 Parish of Crowborough, Sussex

Owen Best, grocer's stockkeeper (porter)

1911 Census
Crowborough, Sussex

F

b: 1880 Parish of Hadlow Down, Sussex

Edwin Best, farmer

Mary Best [Moon]

Eridge Parish Registers

F

b: 1785 to 1790 County of Sussex

1841 Census
Uckfield, Sussex

F

b: 1833 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

1881 Census
Maresfield, Sussex

F

b: 1850 Parish of Brighton, Sussex

Mary Elizabeth Best [Vigor]

1851 Census

F

b: 1862 Parish of Nutley, Sussex

1881 Census
Little Horsted, Sussex

Hannah Everest [Best]

F

b: 1785 Parish of Withyham, Sussex
d: Apr 1819 Parish of Withyham, Sussex

Sarah Best [Weller]

Withyham Parish Registers

F

b: 1826 County of Surrey

1881 Census
Horsted Keynes, Sussex

F

b: c 1815

Fletching Parish Registers

F

b: 1817 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

1881 Census
Maresfield, Sussex

F

b: 1842 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

Henry Best, farm labourer

Mary Best [Brown]

1851 Census
Maresfield, Sussex

F

b: 1851 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

John Best, carrier

Harriett Best [Osborne]

1861 Census

Harriet Tester [Best]

F

b: 1836 Parish of Lingfield, Surrey

1891 Census
East Grinstead, Sussex

F

b: 1815 to 1820 County of Sussex

James Best, innkeeper

1841 Census
Uckfield, Sussex

F

b: 1827 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

Fletching Parish Registers

Harriett Best [Osborne]

F

b: 1816 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

William Osborne, farmer

Sarah Osborne [Scrace]

Maresfield Parish Registers

Harriett Post [Best]

F

b: 1818 Parish of East Grinstead, Sussex

1851 Census
East Grinstead, Sussex

Harry Best, post boy

M

b: 1805 to 1810 County of Sussex

1841 Census
Uckfield, Sussex

M

b: 1864 Parish of Wateringbury, Kent

1881 Census
East Grinstead, Sussex

M

b: 1865 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

Henry Best, labourer

1881 Census
East Grinstead, Sussex

M

b: 1866

Sussex Parish Registers

M

b: 1870 Parish of Withyham, Sussex

Lydia Best [Turner]

Withyham Parish Registers

M

b: 1871 Parish of Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Thomas S. Best, carpenter

1881 Census
Tunbridge Wells, Kent

M

b: 1701 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

Fletching Parish Registers

M

b: 1704 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

Fletching Parish Registers

M

b: c 1725

Fletching Parish Registers

M

b: 1750 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

Fletching Parish Registers

Henry Best, farm bailiff

M

b: 1779 Parish of Godstone, Surrey

1851 Census
Fletching, Sussex

M

b: 1812 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

Henry Best, farm bailiff

Fletching Parish Registers

Henry Best, farm labourer

M

b: 1812 Parish of Chailey, Sussex

John Best, labourer

Elizabeth Best [Ridley]

Chailey Parish Registers

Henry Best, wheelwright

M

b: 1820 Parish of Hadlow, Kent

1881 Census
Sevenoaks, Kent

M

b: c 1820

IGI - Family Search
Batch M15204-2

M

b: 1820 to 1825 County of Sussex

James Best, innkeeper

1841 Census
Uckfield, Sussex

Henry Best, innkeeper

M

b: 1824 Parish of Uckfield, Sussex

1851 Census
Uckfield, Sussex

M

b: 1832 County of Sussex

1841 Census
Uckfield, Sussex

M

b: 1840 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

Henry Best, farm labourer

Mary Best [Brown]

Maresfield Parish Registers

M

b: 1840 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

John Best, carrier

Harriett Best [Osborne]

Maresfield Parish Registers

Henry Best, labourer

M

b: 1841 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

1881 Census
East Grinstead, Sussex

Henry Best, wheelwright

M

b: 1843 Parish of Sevenoaks, Kent

1881 Census
Sevenoaks, Kent

M

b: 1850 Parish of Isfield, Sussex

William Best, farm labourer

1851 Census
Isfield, Sussex

Henry Best, railway clerk

M

b: 1871 County of Norfolk

1891 Census
East Grinstead, Sussex

M

b: 1860 Parish of Sevenoaks, Kent

Henry Best, wheelwright

1881 Census
Sevenoaks, Kent

Herbert H. Best

M

b: 1880 Parish of Sevenoaks, Kent

Percy J. Best, coach smith

1881 Census
Sevenoaks, Kent

F

b: 1810 to 1815 County of Sussex

1841 Census
Uckfield, Sussex

Isabella Jane Best [Smith]

F

b: 1821 Parish of Buxted, Sussex

1851 Census
Buxted, Sussex

M

b: 1743 Parish of Edenbridge, Kent

Edenbridge Parish Registers

M

b: c 1785

Fletching Parish Registers

James Best, innkeeper

M

b: 1785 to 1790 County of Sussex

1841 Census
Uckfield, Sussex

M

b: 1787 Parish of Buxted, Sussex

Judith Best [Relfe]

IGI - Family Search
Batch J15204-3

James Best, victualler

M

b: 1789 Parish of Godstone, Surrey

1851 Census
Uckfield, Sussex

James Best, farmer

M

b: 1790 County of Sussex

1841 Census
Buxted, Sussex

James Best, farm labourer

M

b: 1804 Parish of Isfield, Sussex

Isfield Parish Registers

M

b: 1808 Parish of South Malling, Sussex

South Malling Parish Registers

M

b: 1815 to 1820 County of Sussex

1841 Census
East Grinstead, Sussex

James Best, farm labourer

M

b: 1827 Parish of Cowden, Kent

1881 Census
Hadlow, Kent

M

b: 1833 Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

1851 Census
Waldron, Sussex

M

b: 6^th Jun 1839 Parish of Withyham, Sussex

Obadiah Best, farm labourer

Elizabeth Jane Best [Knight]

Withyham Parish Registers

M

b: 1840 County of Sussex

1841 Census
Fletching, Sussex

M

b: 1849 Parish of Uckfield, Sussex

Henry Best, innkeeper

1851 Census
Uckfield, Sussex

James Best, farmer

M

b: 27^th Nov 1861 Parish of Hadlow Down, Sussex

Edwin Best, farmer

Mary Best [Moon]

Eridge Parish Registers

M

b: c 1865

Withyham Parish Registers

F

b: 1822 Parish of Sevenoaks, Kent

1881 Census
Sevenoaks, Kent

F

b: 1843 Parish of Lindfield, Sussex

William Best, farm labourer

1851 Census
Isfield, Sussex

F

b: 1868 County of Middlesex

1881 Census
Sevenoaks, Kent

Jane Best [Holmes]

F

b: Dec 1853 Parish of Framfield, Sussex

Bright Holmes, farm bailiff

Harriet Holmes [Dadswell] [Walter]

Kathleen Hilborn's records

Jane Eliza Bannister [Best]

F

b: 1852 Parish of Framfield, Sussex

George Best, farmer

Eliza Best [Bannister]

Fletching Parish Registers

F

b: 1853 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

Edward Best, sawyer

Charlotte Best [Brown]

1861 Census

M

b: c 1700

Withyham Parish Registers

M

b: 1705 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

Fletching Parish Registers

M

b: c 1780

Fletching Parish Registers

John Best, labourer

M

b: 1788
d: Dec 1826 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

Chailey Marriage Registers

M

b: 1801 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

Fletching Parish Registers

M

b: c 1810

Withyham Parish Registers

M

b: 9^th Mar 1816 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

Henry Best, farm bailiff

Fletching Parish Registers

John Best, carrier

M

b: 1820 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex
d: Dec 1878 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

John Best, labourer

Elizabeth Best [Ridley]

Maresfield Parish Registers

M

b: 1840 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

Anne Best [Stevenson]

Fletching Parish Registers

M

b: 1840 County of Sussex

William Best, bricklayer

Mary Ann Best [Walter]

1841 Census
Maresfield, Sussex

John Best, farm labourer

M

b: 1840 Parish of Limpsfield, Surrey

1881 Census
Hadlow, Kent

M

b: 1841 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

William Best, bricklayer

1851 Census
Maresfield, Sussex

M

b: 1849 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

John Best, carrier

Harriett Best [Osborne]

1851 Census
Maresfield, Sussex

M

b: c 1865

Mayfield Parish Registers

M

b: 1873 Parish of Hadlow, Kent

James Best, farm labourer

1881 Census
Hadlow, Kent

M

b: 1886 Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

Edwin Best, farmer

Mary Best [Moon]

1891 Census
Buxted, Sussex

M

b: c 1780

Fletching Parish Registers

Joseph Best, farm labourer

M

b: 14^th Jan 1798 Parish of Hadlow, Kent
d: 15^th May 1892 Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

George Best, farmer

Ann Best [Pearless]

Speldhurst Parish Registers

M

b: 1800 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

Letitia Best [Tooth]

Fletching Parish Registers

M

b: c 1805

Withyham Parish Registers

M

b: 1891

Joseph Harry Best

M

b: 21^st Aug 1916

Alice Best [Harman]

Judith Best [Relfe]

F

b: 1742 Parish of Buxted, Sussex

Buxted Parish Registers

F

b: 3^rd Mar 1870 Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex

Owen Best, farmer

Ann Best [Mills]

Rotherfield Parish Registers

F

b: c 1780

Fletching Parish Registers

Letitia Best [Tooth]

F

b: c 1755 ??

Fletching Parish Registers

F

b: 1878 Parish of Uckfield, Sussex

George James Best, beerhouse keeper

Jane Best [Holmes]

Kathleen Hilborn's records

F

b: 1887 Parish of Tonbridge, Kent

Thomas Best, stationart engineer

1891 Census
Tonbridge, Kent

F

b: 1870 London

1891 Census
Rotherfield, Sussex

F

b: c 1780

Fletching Parish Registers

F

b: 1804 Parish of Fletching, Sussex

Fletching Parish Registers

F

b: 1815 Parish of Lindfield, Sussex

1851 Census
Isfield, Sussex

F

b: 1847 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

Henry Best, farm labourer

Mary Best [Brown]

1851 Census
Maresfield, Sussex

F

b: 1868 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

Edward Best, sawyer

Charlotte Best [Brown]

1881 Census
Maresfield, Sussex

M

b: 1867 Parish of Maresfield, Sussex

William Best, labourer

1881 Census
Maresfield, Sussex

Lydia Best [Turner]

F

b: 1837 Parish of Withyham, Sussex

William Turner, farm labourer

Mary Ann Turner [Tester]

Withyham Parish Registers

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