Esther's Tree

Timeline Context

1760 King George III; 1820 King George IV; 1830 King William IV; 1837 Queen Victoria; 1901 King Edward VII
1789-1799 French Revolution; 1803-1815 Napoleonic Wars; 1805 Battle of Trafagar; 1815 Battle of Waterloo; 1850 Taiping Rebellion; 1853-1856 Crimean War; 1899-1902 Boer War
1817-1826 Aldington Gang.

Family Sheet Links & Information

Name Birth Birthplace 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901
Esther Russell 1814 High Halden High Halden
Farmers Daughter
William Morris 1813 High Halden High Halden High Halden
Farmer
Bethersden
Farmer 67 acres
High Halden Pluckley
Farmer
Pluckley
Susanah Morris (Wood) 1790 High Halden High Halden
Farmers widow
High Halden
Wid.
Smarden
Housekeeper
Mary Ann Morris Russell 1834 High Halden High Halden High Halden
Housekeeper
Bethersden High Halden
Housekeeper
Pluckley
Housekeeper
Pluckley Pluckley
Farmer
William Morris Russell 1837 High Halden High Halden High Halden
Emp. on farm
Smarden
Foreman
Betherden
Farm Bailiff
Bethersden
Farmers Son
Thomas Morris Russell 1839 High Halden High Halden High Halden
Emp. on farm
Bethersden High Halden
Farmers Son
Pluckley
Ag.Lab
John Morris Russell 1840 High Halden High Halden High Halden
Emp. on farm
Smarden
Carter
Smarden
Farmer
Smarden
Farmer 77 acres
Bethersden
Farmers Son

Parish Records

High Halden

Baptism's

1790 22nd june Sussanah Wood Richard & Anne Wood
1813 26th sept William Morris James & Susan Morris
1834 2nd oct Mary Ann Russell Esther Russell
1839 16th may William Morris Russell Esther Russell
1844 22nd sept Thomas Morris Russell Esther Russell
1844 22nd sept John Morris Russell Esther Russell

Marraiges

1809 2nd June James Morris married Susannah Wood wit: Thomas Wood, John Coleman

Burials

1827 16th aug James Morris aged 38
1844 1st July Esther Russell age 30

Bethersden

Burials

1868 23rd dec Susannah Morris age 78

High Halden Gravestone

James Morris of this Parish died August 11 1827 aged 38. Left by Susannah his wife, James, Elizabeth, William, Stephen, Sarah, John and Thomas.

Notes

Trade Directory – High Halden 1845 – James Morris, Farmer
Trade Directory – High Halden 1845 – William Morris, Farmer


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