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Timeline Context

1760 King George III; 1820 King George IV; 1830 King William IV; 1837 Queen Victoria
1775-1783 American Revolutionary War; 1789-1799 French Revolution; 1803-1815 Napoleonic Wars; 1805 Battle of Trafagar; 1815 Battle of Waterloo; 1850 Taiping Rebellion; 1853-1856 Crimean War
1817-1826 Aldington Gang; 1830 Swing Riots

Family Sheet Links & Information

Name	Birth	Birthplace	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891
William Cornes	1778	Smarden	Headcorn Grocer	Headcorn Grocer, wid
Sarah Cornes (Norton)	1786	Bethersden	Headcorn
Leonard Cornes	??	??
Elizabeth Pearson (Cornes)	1804	Smarden		Smarden Wife of William Pearson	Smarden Blacksmith, Wid	Smarden Ret. Blacksmith, wid
Mary Gurr (Cornes)	1806	Smarden		Smarden Wife of William Gurr	Smarden Wife of William Gurr	Smarden Wife of William Gurr	Smarden Wife of William Pearson Gurr	Bethersden Living with daughter, wid
Ann Wood (Cornes)	1809	Smarden	Headcorn Wife of John Wood	Headcorn [c] Wife of John Wood	Headcorn Wife of John Wood	Headcorn Wife of John Wood [c]	Smarden [d] Widow	High Halden [a] Widow – living on own means
John Cornes	1810	Smarden		Willesborough Miller & Grocer	Willesborough Miller & Grocer	Willesborough Miller & Grocer	Willesborough Miller & Grocer
William Cornes	1812	Smarden		Smarden Farmer	Smarden Farmer	Smarden Farmer, wid
Thomas Cornes	1815	Smarden		Smarden Farmer	Smarden Farmer
Sarah Brunger (Cornes)	1819	Smarden		Headcorn	Smarden Wife of James Brunger	Smarden Wife of James Brunger	Smarden Wife of James Brunger
Harriett Tassell,Day (Cornes)	1826	Smarden		Smarden Wife of Jesse Tassell	Smarden Wife of Edward Day
Norton Cornes	1829	Smarden		Headcorn	Headcorn Grocer & Beer Seller	Smarden Miller & Innkeeper

Address Key

[a]	Hales Place, High Halden
[b]	Brickhouse Farm, Headcorn.
[c]	high street, smarden

Parish Records

Smarden

Baptism's

1812	31st may	William Cornes	William & Sarah Cornes
1804	21st dec	Elizabeth Cornes	William & Sarah Cornes
1806	5th oct	Mary Cornes	William & Sarah Cornes
1808	18th dec	Ann Cornes	William & Sarah Cornes
1810	21st nov	John Cornes	William & Sarah Cornes

Marraiges

1803

13th sept

William Cornes = Sarah Norton (bethersden)

wit: stephen Norton, Charlotte White

Gravestones - Smarden

Sacred to the memory of WILLIAM CORNES late of this parish who departed this life July 14th 1852 aged 73 years. Also of SARAH wife of the above William Cornes
who died October 14th 1848 aged 62 years. Leaving surviving four sons and five daughters viz. John, William, Thomas, Norton, Elizabeth, Mary, Ann, Sarah and Harriot,
also LEONARD who died in his infancy. Husband and children do not weep, In heaven with you I hope to meet, And there our cheerful voices raise, To sing our Dear redeemer's paise.

Sacred to the memory of THOMAS CORNES farmer of this parish who departed this life on the 20th day of July 1863 aged 48 years. This stone is erected by a few personal friends
in token of their appreciation of his honest and obliging disposition as well in sympathy for his wife and daughter in their loss of so good a husband and father.

In affectionate remembrance of WILLIAM CORNES of this Parish who died October 7th 1872 aged 60 years. Also of ANN wife of the above who died February 28th 1865 aged 60 years.
Leaving 2 sons and 2 daughters; (viz) Charles-M.E., William, Jane and Emily. The above named Ann, left by her first husband 5 daughters (viz) Mary-Ann, Hannah, Sarah, Harriett and Ann.
How hard it is to part with those We hold on earth so dear, The heart no greater trial knows No sorrow more severe.

Sacred to the memory of NORTON CORNES of this Parish who died December 19th 1873 aged 44 years. Leaving a widow and eight children, Sarah, Ann, Esther, Elizabeth, Thomas, Eliza, Eva and Agnes.
Also of SUSAN daughter of the above who died June 6th 1862 aged 3 years.

Sacred to the memory of WILLIAM PEARSON Wheelwright of this Parish who departed this life December 9th 1859 aged 49 years. Leaving a widow and 5 children viz. Maria, William, John, Elizabeth and George. In love he lived, in peace he died, His life was crav'd but God denied. Also of ELIZABETH widow of the above who died March 5th 1878 aged 73 years. For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. Hebrews. XIII. 14th Verse. Sacred to the memory of MARIA, eldest daughter of William and Elizabeth PEARSON of this parish who died November 5th 1865 aged 26 years. Friends weep not in sorrow of spirit, But joy that my time here is o'er, I go the good part to inherit, Where sorrow and sin are no more.

In memory of JESSE TASSELL of this parish who died August 22nd 1858 aged 32 years. Left surviving a widow and two sons (viz) Horace and Edgar.

Erected to the memory of HARRIOT the wife of EDWARD DAY of this Parish who died December 21st 1865 aged 39 years. Left surviving two sons and two daughters (viz) Horace, Edgar, Emma and Eva, the above sons by her former husband.

In loving remembrance of WILLIAM P. GURR of this parish who departed this life August 8th 1881 in the 78th year of his age.

A white coped marble monument within iron railings, close to the Vestry.
In Fond Remembrance of SARAH, the beloved wife of JAMES BRUNGER of this parish, died February 29th 1884, aged 65.

The National Probate Calendar, 1861-1941

Notes

1824, 27th Feb, Mary Cornes = Wiliam Gurr, Smarden} mid kent marriage index
1829, 30th march, Ann Cornes = John Wood, Maidstone} mid kent marriage index
1838, 28th Dec, Elizabeth Cornes = William Pearson, Smarden} mid kent marriage index
1840, 1st March, William Cornes = Ann Wood, Ebony} mid kent marriage index
1842, 30th Aug, Thomas Cornes = Sarah Brunger, Smarden} mid kent marriage index
1845, 6th January, John Cornes = Ann Tassell, Headcorn} mid kent marriage index
Jesse Tassel died sept 1858, w.ashford, 2a, 317} FreeBMD
Harriet Tassell (Cornes) married Edward Day, mar 1860, w.ashford, 2a, 616} FreeBMD
Harriet Day died Jun 1864, Tenterden, 2a, 336 } FreeBMD
John Cornes died sept 1888, E.Ashford, 2a, 377, age 77} FreeBMD
Mary Cornes married William Pearson Gurr, 1824, 27th Feb, Smarden} IGI
Mary Gurr, died mar 1892, Bridge, 2a, 723, age 85 } FreeBMD
Sarah Cornes married James Brungar, Dec 1855, Maidstone, 2a, 763 } FreeBMD
Ann Wood died jun 1893, age 84, Tenterden, 2a, 446 } FreeBMD