Susanna Stegning

d. 1754
Last Edited: 26 Mar 2020

Family:

Thomas Wickersham b. 8 Oct 1709

Children:

Herbert Wickersham b. 15 Feb 1731/32, d. 1753
Thomas Wickersham b. 5 Jul 1734
Joseph Wickersham b. 15 Apr 1737

Citations

  1. [S388] Website "FamilySearch" (http://www.familysearch.org/) ""England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NV8W-9XX : 13 March 2020), Thomas Wickam, 1731."
  2. [S25] Online Index to Burials, 1538 onwards, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, http://www.sfhg.uk/, ongoing project,.

Herbert Wickersham

b. 15 February 1731/32, d. 1753

Parents:

Father: Thomas Wickersham b. 8 Oct 1709
Mother: Susanna Stegning d. 1754
Last Edited: 26 Mar 2020

Citations

  1. [S23] Online Index to Baptisms, 1538 onwards, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, http://www.sfhg.uk/, ongoing project,.
  2. [S25] Online Index to Burials, 1538 onwards, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, http://www.sfhg.uk/, ongoing project,.

Thomas Wickersham

b. 5 July 1734

Parents:

Father: Thomas Wickersham b. 8 Oct 1709
Mother: Susanna Stegning d. 1754
Last Edited: 26 Mar 2020

Citations

  1. [S23] Online Index to Baptisms, 1538 onwards, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, http://www.sfhg.uk/, ongoing project,.

Joseph Wickersham

b. 15 April 1737

Parents:

Father: Thomas Wickersham b. 8 Oct 1709
Mother: Susanna Stegning d. 1754
Last Edited: 26 Mar 2020

Richard Ashdown

b. circa 1600
Last Edited: 17 Apr 2020

Family:

Mary Turner b. c 1590, d. 1644
  • Marriage License: Richard Ashdown and Mary Turner obtained a marriage licence on 12 March 1627/28 at Archdeaconry of Lewes, Sussex, England, Richard a husbandman of Rotherfield; Mary a widow of the same parish. Sponsors: Richard Ashdowne, Nich. Ashdowne, yeoman of the same parish.1
  • Marriage*: Richard Ashdown married Mary Turner on 14 March 1627/28 at Hartfield, Sussex, EnglandB, Mary a widow.1

Citations

  1. [S24] Index to Marriages, 1538-1837, Compact Disc SFHGCD003, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, 2008.

Thomas Ashdown

b. 24 October 1630

Parents:

Father: Richard Ashdown b. c 1580, d. 1649
Mother: Amy Gildridge d. c 1627
Last Edited: 1 Apr 2020

Citations

  1. [S23] Online Index to Baptisms, 1538 onwards, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, http://www.sfhg.uk/, ongoing project,.
  2. [S861] Will of Richard Ashdowne of Buxted, Sussex, England, made 11 Apr 1649, proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 22 Oct 1649. (TNA: PROB 11/209/468).

Amy Ashdown

b. 12 February 1631/32

Parents:

Father: Richard Ashdown b. c 1580, d. 1649
Mother: Amy Gildridge d. c 1627
Last Edited: 1 Apr 2020

Citations

  1. [S23] Online Index to Baptisms, 1538 onwards, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, http://www.sfhg.uk/, ongoing project,.
  2. [S861] Will of Richard Ashdowne of Buxted, Sussex, England, made 11 Apr 1649, proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 22 Oct 1649. (TNA: PROB 11/209/468).

Elizabeth Skipton

b. circa 1590
Last Edited: 1 Apr 2020

Family:

Richard Ashdown b. c 1580, d. 1649

Children:

William Ashdown b. 11 Dec 1617, d. 1636
Elizabeth Ashdown b. 20 Feb 1619/20
Richard Ashdown b. c 1622

Citations

  1. [S266] Index to People, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, http://www.sfhg.uk/, ongoing project, "Source: 182; Entry: 146702."

Elizabeth Ashdown

b. 20 February 1619/20

Parents:

Father: Richard Ashdown b. c 1580, d. 1649
Mother: Elizabeth Skipton b. c 1590
Last Edited: 1 Apr 2020

Family:

William Hunt

Citations

  1. [S23] Online Index to Baptisms, 1538 onwards, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, http://www.sfhg.uk/, ongoing project,.
  2. [S266] Index to People, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, http://www.sfhg.uk/, ongoing project,.
  3. [S861] Will of Richard Ashdowne of Buxted, Sussex, England, made 11 Apr 1649, proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 22 Oct 1649. (TNA: PROB 11/209/468).

Richard Ashdown

b. circa 1622

Parents:

Father: Richard Ashdown b. c 1580, d. 1649
Mother: Elizabeth Skipton b. c 1590
Last Edited: 1 Apr 2020
  • Birth*: Richard Ashdown was born circa 1622 at Rotherfield, Sussex, EnglandB.
  • Anecdote*: There is a baptism at Rotherfield on 2 Jun 1622 of a Richard ASHEDOWNE son of Robert ASHEDOWNE. The original parish register has been checked and it is indeed Robert. However, could this be a mistake made by the parish clerk?
  • He was the son of Richard Ashdown and Elizabeth Skipton.
  • (Witness) Will: Richard Ashdown is mentioned in the will of Abraham Ashdown dated 19 April 1627 at Frant, Sussex, EnglandB.1
  • Anecdote: A document titled "Exemplification of a judgement in Chancery. Sir Thomas Puxty and Nicholas Puxty, pl. v. Elias Blunt and Robert Brookes, def." states that Richard Ashdown was in occupation of a "Capital messuage and land called Puxtie" at Buxted. (WSRO.)
  • Marriage*: Richard Ashdown married Jane Puxted on 27 April 1648 at Buxted, Sussex, EnglandB.
  • (Witness) Will: Richard Ashdown is mentioned in the will of Richard Ashdown dated 11 April 1649 at Buxted, Sussex, EnglandB.2

Family:

Jane Puxted b. c 1625

Citations

  1. [S866] Will of Abraham Ashdown of Frant, Sussex, England, made 19 Apr 1627, proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 30 Apr 1627. (TNA: Prob 11/151/590).
  2. [S861] Will of Richard Ashdowne of Buxted, Sussex, England, made 11 Apr 1649, proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 22 Oct 1649. (TNA: PROB 11/209/468).

William Hunt

Last Edited: 26 Mar 2020

Family:

Elizabeth Ashdown b. 20 Feb 1619/20

Citations

  1. [S266] Index to People, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, http://www.sfhg.uk/, ongoing project,.

Susannah Maynard

b. 18 August 1689, d. circa 1712

Parents:

Father: Abraham Maynard d. 1701
Mother: Elizabeth Maynard
Last Edited: 27 Mar 2020
  • Baptism*: Susannah Maynard was baptized on 18 August 1689 at St Andrew & St Mary the Virgin, Fletching, Sussex, EnglandB.1
  • She was the daughter of Abraham Maynard and Elizabeth Maynard.
  • Married Name: As of 1709, her married name was Ashdown.
  • Marriage*: Susannah Maynard married Richard Ashdown, son of Richard Ashdown and Ann Osburne, in 1709 at Fletching, Sussex, EnglandB.2
  • Anecdote*: A document at the East Sussex Record Office titled "Deeds of Heaths Farm Plumpton" (ESRO: AMS5797) provides an understanding of this family and in particular, Richard:
    Wood assigned the lease on 24 June 1698 to Abraham Maynard of Fletching yeoman; a house and barn had lately been built on the land. Maynard's will of 1 Jan 1700 bequeathed the property to his daughter Susannah; she married Richard Ashdown of St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey Surrey tanner who after her death by his will of 6 Apr 1714 bequeathed it to his brother Robert Ashdown
    Robert Ashdown's will of 6 May 1714 gave a life interest to his father Richard with remainders to his brothers John and Alexander Ashdown & sister Ann Wickersham as tenants in common
    On 1 Apr 1735 John (of Chiddingstone Kent husbandman) assigned the third share in the lease to his brother Alexander senior of Tonbridge Kent tiler for £40 (1). On 26 Mar 1736 Alexander Ashdown assigned his two-thirds share to Edmund Hobbs of Fletching yeoman; Ann, who had meanwhile married Anthony Ellis, joined with him to assign the remaining third to Hobbs on 30 Apr 1737. On 8 Oct 1737 Hobbs assigned to John Bradford of Falmer gent for £256; the farm was occupied by Edmund Chapman (2.)
  • Death*: Susannah Maynard died circa 1712 at England.

Family:

Richard Ashdown b. c 1683, d. 1714

Child:

Richard Ashdown b. 26 Dec 1711

Citations

  1. [S23] Online Index to Baptisms, 1538 onwards, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, http://www.sfhg.uk/, ongoing project,.
  2. [S24] Index to Marriages, 1538-1837, Compact Disc SFHGCD003, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, 2008.

Anthony Ellis

Last Edited: 26 Mar 2020

Family:

Anne Ashdown b. c 1678, d. a 1737

Citations

  1. [S24] Index to Marriages, 1538-1837, Compact Disc SFHGCD003, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, 2008.

Richard Ashdown

b. 26 December 1711

Parents:

Father: Richard Ashdown b. c 1683, d. 1714
Mother: Susannah Maynard b. 18 Aug 1689, d. c 1712
Last Edited: 27 Mar 2020

Citations

  1. [S244] Website "Ancestry" (http://www.ancestry.co.uk/) "Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013."
  2. [S151] Index to West Kent Marriages, KFHS CD-ROM36, 1538-1812, compiled by Sydney Smith, 59 Friar Road, Orpington Kent BR5 2BW, England.

Abraham Maynard

d. 1701
Last Edited: 5 Jan 2022

Family:

Elizabeth Maynard

Child:

Susannah Maynard+ b. 18 Aug 1689, d. c 1712

Citations

  1. [S24] Index to Marriages, 1538-1837, Compact Disc SFHGCD003, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, 2008.
  2. [S25] Online Index to Burials, 1538 onwards, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, http://www.sfhg.uk/, ongoing project,.

Elizabeth Maynard

Last Edited: 26 Mar 2020

Family:

Abraham Maynard d. 1701

Child:

Susannah Maynard+ b. 18 Aug 1689, d. c 1712

Citations

  1. [S24] Index to Marriages, 1538-1837, Compact Disc SFHGCD003, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, 2008.

Ann Mercer

d. November 1742
Last Edited: 27 Mar 2020

Family:

Alexander Ashdown b. c 1690

Children:

Ann Ashdown b. 2 Apr 1732
Alexander Ashdown b. 23 Oct 1734, d. 1815
Robert Ashdown b. 2 Feb 1739
Elizabeth Ashdown b. 26 Mar 1742

Citations

  1. [S151] Index to West Kent Marriages, KFHS CD-ROM36, 1538-1812, compiled by Sydney Smith, 59 Friar Road, Orpington Kent BR5 2BW, England.

Ann Ashdown

b. 2 April 1732

Parents:

Father: Alexander Ashdown b. c 1690
Mother: Ann Mercer d. Nov 1742
Last Edited: 27 Mar 2020

Citations

  1. [S388] Website "FamilySearch" (http://www.familysearch.org/) ""England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5V1-P27 : 19 March 2020), Ann Ashdown, 1732."

Alexander Ashdown

b. 23 October 1734, d. 1815

Parents:

Father: Alexander Ashdown b. c 1690
Mother: Ann Mercer d. Nov 1742
Last Edited: 27 Mar 2020

Family:

Hannah Killick b. c 1740

Citations

  1. [S388] Website "FamilySearch" (http://www.familysearch.org/) ""England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5V1-V1W : 19 March 2020), Alex Ashdown, 1734."
  2. [S151] Index to West Kent Marriages, KFHS CD-ROM36, 1538-1812, compiled by Sydney Smith, 59 Friar Road, Orpington Kent BR5 2BW, England.
  3. [S266] Index to People, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, http://www.sfhg.uk/, ongoing project, "Source: 187; Entry: 154948."
  4. [S388] Website "FamilySearch" (http://www.familysearch.org/).

Robert Ashdown

b. 2 February 1739

Parents:

Father: Alexander Ashdown b. c 1690
Mother: Ann Mercer d. Nov 1742
Last Edited: 27 Mar 2020

Citations

  1. [S388] Website "FamilySearch" (http://www.familysearch.org/) ""England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5V1-ZJG : 19 March 2020), Rob Ashdowne, 1739."

Elizabeth Ashdown

b. 26 March 1742

Parents:

Father: Alexander Ashdown b. c 1690
Mother: Ann Mercer d. Nov 1742
Last Edited: 27 Mar 2020

Citations

  1. [S388] Website "FamilySearch" (http://www.familysearch.org/) ""England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5V1-Z26 : 19 March 2020), Eliz Ashdowne, 1742."

Hannah Killick

b. circa 1740
Last Edited: 1 Apr 2020

Family:

Alexander Ashdown b. 23 Oct 1734, d. 1815

Citations

  1. [S151] Index to West Kent Marriages, KFHS CD-ROM36, 1538-1812, compiled by Sydney Smith, 59 Friar Road, Orpington Kent BR5 2BW, England.

Jane Finch

b. circa 1700
Last Edited: 1 Apr 2020

Family:

John Ashdown b. c 1680, d. 1747

Citations

  1. [S151] Index to West Kent Marriages, KFHS CD-ROM36, 1538-1812, compiled by Sydney Smith, 59 Friar Road, Orpington Kent BR5 2BW, England.

Alexander Seale

b. 19 March 1815

Parents:

Father: Nathaniel Seale b. 30 Aug 1778, d. 1844
Mother: Lydia Ashdown b. 30 May 1773, d. 1841
Last Edited: 27 Mar 2020

Citations

  1. [S388] Website "FamilySearch" (http://www.familysearch.org/) ""England, Kent, Parish Registers, 1538-1911," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJD2-7D73 : 8 December 2017), Nathaniel Seale in entry for Alexander Seale, 19 Mar 1815; citing Christening, Leigh, Kent, England, Kent Archives Office, Maidstone; FHL microfilm 992,527."

William Seale

b. 1737
Last Edited: 27 Mar 2020

Family:

Jane Clark b. 10 Feb 1739

Child:

Nathaniel Seale+ b. 30 Aug 1778, d. 1844

Citations

  1. [S151] Index to West Kent Marriages, KFHS CD-ROM36, 1538-1812, compiled by Sydney Smith, 59 Friar Road, Orpington Kent BR5 2BW, England.

Jane Clark

b. 10 February 1739
Last Edited: 27 Mar 2020

Family:

William Seale b. 1737

Child:

Nathaniel Seale+ b. 30 Aug 1778, d. 1844

Citations

  1. [S151] Index to West Kent Marriages, KFHS CD-ROM36, 1538-1812, compiled by Sydney Smith, 59 Friar Road, Orpington Kent BR5 2BW, England.

John Ashdown

b. circa 1740, d. 1808

Parents:

Father: (?) Ashdown b. c 1710
Last Edited: 1 Jan 2022
  • Birth*: John Ashdown was born circa 1740 at England.
  • He was the son of (?) Ashdown.
  • Marriage*: John Ashdown married Ann Dane on 13 October 1767 at Hartfield, Sussex, EnglandB.
  • Will*: John Ashdown left a will made on 5 February 1807 at Hartfield, Sussex, EnglandB.1
  • Will/Adm Transcript*: Will of John ASHDOWN, Farmer of Hartfield, 1809
    (PCC: PROB 11/1491/287)
    Made: 5 Feb 1807
    Probate: 31 Jan 1809
    In the Name of God Amen Ashdown     I John Ashdown of Hartfield in the County of Sussex Farmer being in indifferent health of body and of sound and disposing mind and memory praised be God for the same do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following/ that is to say/ First I give devise and bequeath unto John Simmons my son in law William Carrett of Withyham in the County of Sussex farmer and Richard Streatfield of Hartfield in the said County farmer and their heirs Executors and Administrators All and every my household goods / Except such part of my household goods as my beloved wife Ann Ashdown shall choose to furnish two rooms with for her own use / chattels stock corn hay and all other my personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever of what nature or kind soever it may be In Trust for them the said John Simmons William Carrett and Richard Streatfield or the survivor of them or their heirs Executors or Administrators of such survivor to make sale of my said personal property within twelve months next after my decease or as soon after my decease the same can be conveniently done for the most money that can be reasonably had or got for the same and the money thereby raised together with all my ready money and securities for money all of which is to form our fund In event to pay and apply as hereinafter as mentioned namely in the first place to pay thereout all my just debts my funeral expences legacies hereinafter mentioned and the charges of proving this my will and other incidental expences attending the Trust and after payment thereof the remainder of the money arising by sale of my personal property In Trust to place out on Government or other good security and the interest proceeds or dividends thereof In Trust to pay and apply half yearly as the same shall become due after my decease unto and to the use of my beloved wife Ann Ashdown which I give and bequeath unto her for her maintenance and support And if at any time my said Wife should be in want of any further support I desire my Executors In Trust to call in such sum and sums of money as she shall want and pay her accordingly And from and immediately after my wife’s decease I give devise and bequeath the whole of the property out at use (Except five pounds apiece unto my said Executors In Trust and five pounds unto my nephew Edward Ashdown which they are to receive and pay within three months after my decease (that is to say) one moiety unto Ann the wife of the said John Simmons And Ann the wife of Henry Nye daughter of Edward Everest of Hartfield in the County of Sussex yeoman and the other moiety unto my sister Elizabeth Slater and Sarah Peerless the wife of Richard Peerless of Cowden in the County of Kent husbandman to be paid them within twelve months next after my wife’s decease by my Executors In Trust and in case my sister Elizabeth Slater should not live to receive her share then I give and bequeath her share unto her son John Slater And I do hereby make nominate constitute and appoint the said John Simmons William Carrett and Richard Streatfield Executors In Trust of this my last Will and Testament and to retain and reimburse themselves and himself all and whatsoever sum or sums of money which they or either of them may expend disburse or lay out in or about the execution of this my Will reasonably for their time and trouble In Witness whereof I the said John Ashdown have to this my last Will and Testament contained in two sheets of paper to each sheet set my hand and to the last my seal this fifth day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seven -- John Ashdown
    Signed sealed published and declared by the said Testator as and for his last Will and Testament who in his presence and in the presence of each other at his request have hereunto set our names as witnesses – Geo. Bankin atty East Grinstead -- J. Palmer Junr East Grinstead -- Elizabeth Bankin.
    This Will was proved at London on the thirty first day of January in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and nine before Right Honorable Sir John Nicholl Knight, Letter of Laws Master Keeper or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the oaths of John Symonds (by mistake in the will written Simmons) and Richard Streatfield two of the Executors named in the said Will to whom Administration was granted of all and singular the goods chattels and credits of the deceased they having been first sworn duly to administer. Power reserved of making the like grant to William Carrett the other Executor when he shall apply for the same.
    (Transcribed by Geoffrey Barber, 7 Apr 2020.)
  • Death*: John Ashdown died in 1808 at Hartfield, Sussex, EnglandB.
  • Burial*: John Ashdown was buried on 14 December 1808 at St Mary the Virgin, Hartfield, Sussex, EnglandB, "farmer."2
  • Probate: His estate was probated on 31 January 1809 at Prerogative Court of Canterbury, London, England.

Family:

Ann Dane b. 1725, d. 1812

Citations

  1. [S862] Will of John Ashdown of Hartfield, Sussex, England, made 5 Feb 1807, proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 31 Jan 1809. (TNA: PROB 11/1491/287).
  2. [S25] Online Index to Burials, 1538 onwards, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, http://www.sfhg.uk/, ongoing project,.

Ann Dane

b. 1725, d. 1812
Last Edited: 18 Apr 2020

Family 1:

John Everest d. 1766

Children:

Ann Everest b. 1 Jul 1750
John Everest+ b. 26 Jan 1751/52
Edward Everest+ b. 12 Apr 1754, d. 1828
Hannah Everest b. Jan 1758
Thomas Everest b. 19 Nov 1759
William Everest b. 21 Jun 1761

Family 2:

John Ashdown b. c 1740, d. 1808

Citations

  1. [S24] Index to Marriages, 1538-1837, Compact Disc SFHGCD003, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, 2008.
  2. [S862] Will of John Ashdown of Hartfield, Sussex, England, made 5 Feb 1807, proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 31 Jan 1809. (TNA: PROB 11/1491/287).
  3. [S25] Online Index to Burials, 1538 onwards, compiled by Sussex Family History Group, http://www.sfhg.uk/, ongoing project,.

(?) Ashdown

b. circa 1710
Last Edited: 12 Apr 2020
  • Birth*: (?) Ashdown was born circa 1710 at England.

Family:

Children:

Sarah Ashdown b. c 1739, d. 1827
John Ashdown b. c 1740, d. 1808
Elizabeth Ashdown+ b. c 1750

Sarah Ashdown

b. circa 1739, d. 1827

Parents:

Father: (?) Ashdown b. c 1710
Last Edited: 18 Apr 2020

Family:

Richard Peerless b. 18 May 1750, d. 1836

Citations

  1. [S862] Will of John Ashdown of Hartfield, Sussex, England, made 5 Feb 1807, proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 31 Jan 1809. (TNA: PROB 11/1491/287).
  2. [S633] Website "GPR - Gravestone Photographic Resource" (http://www.gravestonephotos.com) "Grave: 254713."