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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
1817-1826 Aldington Gang.

Family Sheet Links & Information

Name	Birth	Birthplace	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901	1911
John Jarvis	1826	Bethersden	Bethersden [g	Bethersden Ag.Lab.	Bethersden Farmer 45 acres	Bethersden [e] Farmer 50 acres
Elizabeth Jarvis (?)	1826	Bethersden		Bethersden	Bethersden	Bethersden [e]	Bethersden [f] (1) Farmers Widow	Bethersden [f]	Bethersden [f]
Sophia Homewood (Jarvis)	1850	Bethersden		Bethersden	Bethersden	Tenterden [a] Gen.Servant	Woodchurch [b] Housekeeper	Egerton [c] Grocer & Draper	Egerton [c] Living on own means
Julia Karton (Jarvis)	1853	Bethersden			Bethersden		Bethersden [f]	Bethersden [f]
Elizabeth Jarvis	1855	Bethersden			Bethersden	Bethersden [e] Governess
Horace Jarvis	1857	Bethersden			Bethersden	Bethersden [e]	Woodchurch [d] Post Master	Woodchurch [d] Post Master	Woodchurch [d] Post Master
Herbert Jarvis	1860	Bethersden			Bethersden	Bethersden [e]	Bethersden [f]	Bethersden
Esther Homewood (Jarvis)	1862	Bethersden				Bethersden [e]	Woodchurch [d] Housekeeper	Egerton [c]	Egerton [c]	Egerton [h]
Edgar Jarvis	1864	Bethersden				Bethersden [e]
Kate Jarvis	1866	Bethersden				Bethersden [e]	Woodchurch [d]	Bethersden[f]	Bethersden[f]

Address Key

[a]	West Cross, Tenterden
[b]	Red Brook Street, Woodchurch.
[c]	High Street, Egerton.
[d]	Post Office, Woodchurch
[e]	Mansell Lane, Bethersden
[f]	Great Runsell, Bethersden
[g]	Buss Farm, Bethersden
[h]	Church House, Edgeton
(1)	Harriett Jarvis, SIL, 49 b. 1832, bethersden

Census Returns

1911 Esther Homewood (Jarvis)

Certificates

Edward Homewood (Gentleman) married Sophia Jarvis (74 & 47 res.), 1898 Egerton. Fathers James Homewood (Deceased, Farmer) & John Jarvis (Deceased, Farmer).
Witnesses Edwin Thomas Funnel & Ada Jarvis. Congregational Chapel

George Homewood (22, Farmer, Smarden, Father: Edward Homewood, Farmer) married Esther Jarvis (21, spinster, Bethersden, Father: John Jarvis) on 23rd November 1882 at Bethersden. Witness: Herbert Jarvis, Sophia Jarvis. } cert

Gravestones - Bethersden

John JARVIS of this parish 5 May 1875 aged 77. Harriet his wife 11 November 1872 aged 68. Ann their daughter 9 September 1873 aged 39. Left surviving 5 sons and 5 daughters: Elizabeth, John, Richard, George, Harriet, Mary, William, Stephen, Eliza and Sarah. Also Harriet daughter of above 24 March 1887 aged 55.

John Jarvis 17 May 1877 aged 51, leaving a widow and the following children: Sophia, Julia, Elizabeth, Horace, Herbert, Esther, Edgar and Kate. Sophia died 2 April 1905 aged 55. Elizabeth Jarvis widow of above 13 December 1917 aged 91.

The National Probate Calendar, 1861-1941

Trade Directories

Bethersden 1845 – John Jarvis, Farmer
Bethersden 1855 – John Jarvis, Farmer, Runsell Green.
Bethersden 1858 – John Jarvis, Farmer, Runsell Green
Bethersden 1855 – Stephen Jarvis, Carrier

Notes

Sophia Jarvis born Mar 1850, W.Ashford, vol 5, pg 2[53] } FreeBMD
Horace Jarvis married Ada Elizabeth J. Smith, in mar 1883, Tunbridge, 2a, 794 } FreeBMD
Ada Elizabeth J. jarvis (smith) died in jun 1888, age 25, tenterden, 2a, 416 } FreeBMD
Horace Jarvis married Florence Lucy Collick, mar 1889, tenterden, 2a, 925 } FreeBMD
William Jarvis married Mary Ann Pearson, December 1864, W.Ashford, 2a, 1097 } FreeBMD

William Jarvis – Brother to John Jarvis, and Uncle to Sophia & Esther Jarvis – 1838-1920
William was a farmer living at Buss Farm, Bethersden. [used as the set for “Darling Buds of May”]. He was the Sunday School Superintendant at Baptist Union Chapel, Bethersden, leading the singing in the chapel and had been a deacon since 1873. He did not begin preaching in public until 1896. His first wife was Mary Ann Pearson (1842-1895), the daughter of James Pearson, Pastor at Bethersden in 1844. Second Wife was Elizabeth Jane Hughes (1843-1910) [married 1900]. He had 18 children. He became Pastor of Tilsden Chapel, Smarden in 1906 until his death in 1920.