Thomas Worsley's Tree Deborah's Tree

Timeline Context

1820 King George IV; 1830 King William IV; 1837 Queen Victoria; 1901 King Edward VII; 1910 King George V
1850 Taiping Rebellion; 1853-1856 Crimean War; 1899-1902 Boer War; 1914-1918 WW1;

Family Sheet Links & Information

Name Birth Birthplace 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911 1921
Thomas Worsley Rofe 1826 Frittenden Frittenden Frittenden [a] Frittenden [e]
Sawyer
Frittenden [a](1)
Farmer 18acres
Frittenden [a](1)
Farmer
Frittenden [a](1)
Farmer
Frittenden [a](2)
Farmer
Deborah Rofe (Daynes) 1825 Frittenden Frittenden Frittenden Frittenden Frittenden Frittenden [a] Frittenden [a] Frittenden Frittenden [a](3)
wid
George Rofe 1846 Frittenden Frittenden Frittenden
Ag.Lab.
Frittenden
Ag.Lab.
Frittenden [c]
Sawyers Lab.
Frittenden
Ag.Lab.
Frittenden
Sawyer @ saw mill
Frittenden [f]
Timber Sawyer
Ruth Rofe 1847 Frittenden Frittenden High Halden Frittenden Bethersden [b] Frittenden [a] Frittenden Frittenden [a] Staplehurst
Boarder
Harriet Smith (Rofe) 1849 Frittenden Frittenden Frittenden Cranbrook
Wife of
Walter Smith
Cranbrook
Wife of
Walter Smith
Cranbrook
Wife of
Walter Smith
Cranbrook
Wife of
Walter Smith
Rachael Butler (Rofe) 1851 Frittenden Frittenden Cranbrook
Wife of
John Butler
Benenden [d]
Wife of
John Butler
Sissinghurst
Wife of
John Butler
Cranbrook
Wife of
John Butler
Cranbrook
Wife of
John Butler
Cranbrook
Walter Rofe 1853 Frittenden Frittenden Frittenden
Ag.Lab.
Frittenden [a]
Servent Indoor
Frittenden
Ag.Lab.
Frittenden
Ag.Lab.
Frittenden [g]
Bricklayers Lab.
Frittenden
General Labourer,wid
Deborah Hope (Rofe) 1855 Frittenden Frittenden Frittenden Leeds
Wife of
Stephen Hope
Folkstone
Wife of
Stephen Hope
Frittenden
Wife of
Stephen Hope
Staplehurst
Wife of Stephen Hope
Staplehurst
Wife of Stephen Hope
Olive Hope (Rofe) 1857 Frittenden Frittenden Frittenden Frittenden
Wife of Thomas Hope
Aylesford
Wife of Thomas Hope
Seal
Wife of Thomas Hope
Chipstead [h]
Wife of Thomas Hope
Tonbridge
Wife of Thomas Hope
Edward Rofe 1861 Frittenden Frittenden
Ellen Hickmott (Rofe) 1863 Frittenden Frittenden Frittenden [a]
Dairymaid
Frittenden
Wife of James Hickmott
Frittenden
Wid of James Hickmott
Edenbridge
Cook, wid
Reigate
Home Duties, wid
William J. Rofe (grandson) 1870 Middlesex, London Frittenden (a) Frittenden (a) Frittenden (a) Frittenden (j)
Farmer
Widow visiting Emily Judge at maidstone

Address Key

[a] Chanceford Farm, Frittenden
[b] Honeywood Farm, Frittenden
[c] Witsunden Cottage, Frittenden
[d] Manor House, Benenden
[e] lab cottage, Frittenden
[f] Bailey Cottage, Frittenden
[g] Chanceford Cottage, Frittenden
[h] White House, Chipstead
[j] catherine Wheel, Frittenden
(1) William Rofe (GS) Middlesex, London
(2) Thomas Daynes (BIL) b.1821
(3) Harrold Hickmott, GS, 18, un, farm labourer, Frittenden.

Certificates

Thomas Worsley Rofe (Farmer) married Deborah Daynes, (19 & 20 res.), 1844 Frittenden. Fathers George Rofe (Wheelright) & George Daynes (Farmer).
Witnesses Thomas Daynes & Harriet Rofe
John Butler married Rachel Rofe, 5th October 1868 at Frittenden. (24 & 17 resp.). Fathers Edward Butler & Thomas Rofe. Witnesses : George Rofe & Emily Worsley
Rachel Rofe born 9th May 1851 in Frittenden, to Thomas Worsley Rofe & Deborah Rofe (Formally Daynes).

Census Returns

1911 Rachel Butler (Rofe)
1911 George Rofe
1911 Walter Rofe
1911 Deborah Hope (Rofe)
1911 Olive Hope (Rofe)
1911 Ellen Hickmott (Rofe)
1911 Deborah Rofe (Daynes)

Photographs

John & Rachael (Rofe) Butler
Chanceford Farm, Frittenden (where Rachel Rofe was born)
Article on Chanceford Farm, found in Cranbrook Library.

The National Probate Calendar, 1861-1941

Notes

Harriet Rofe marries Walter Smith: jun 1869, cranbrook, 2a, 891 } FreeBMD
Walter Smith died mar 1906, cranbrook, 2a, 557 } FreeBMD
Deborah Rofe married Stephen Hope: dec 1873, cranbrook, 2a, 1113 } FreeBMD
Olive Worsley Rofe married Thomas Hope sept 1880, Maidstone, 2a, 1025 } FreeBMD
Ellen Worsley Rofe married James Hickmott: dec 1888, tenterden, 2a, 1237 } FreeBMD
James Hickmott died mar 1894, cranbrook, 2a, 533, age 33 } FreeBMD
William Joseph Rofe born March 1870, Mile End, 1c, 546 } FreeBMD
William Joseph Rofe married Elizabeth Alice Goodwin, mar 1896, Cranbrook, 2a, 897} FreeBMD
William Joseph Rofe died jun 1905, Cranbrook, 2a, 471, age 35} FreeBMD
Rachel Butler died sept 1932, age 81, Cranbrook, 2a, 974 }FreeBMD
Thomas Worsley Rofe died mar 1908, age 82, Cranbrook, 2a, 620 }FreeBMD
Deborah Rofe died mar 1912, age 87, Cranbrook, 2a, 1182 }FreeBMD
Trade Directory: Kellys 1891 – Thomas Rofe, farmer & hop grower, at Catherine Wheel & Chanceford Farm’s, Frittenden.
Trade Directory: Kellys 1891 – George Rofe Worsley – Farmer – Little Bubhurst Farm, Frittenden,


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