James's Tree Elizabeth's Tree

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	1901
James Homewood	1763	Biddenden	died 1837
Elizabeth Homewood (Munk)	1770	?	died 1807
James Homewood	1794	Smarden		Smarden[c] Farmer 230 acres	died 1859
Isaac Homewood	1796	Smarden	Headcorn	Headcorn Farmer	Headcorn	Headcorn	Headcorn	died 1886
Edward Homewood	1798	Smarden	Emigrated to USA
Thomas Homewood	1801	Smarden		Biddenden	Biddenden	Biddenden	Biddenden	died 1891
Elizabeth Mercer (Homewood)	1795	Smarden	Wife of William Mercer	Wadhurst wid	Headcorn wid, Sister of Isaac Homewood	died 1863
Frances Wood (Homewood)	1801	Smarden	Headcorn Wife of Benjamin Wood	Headcorn Wife of Benjamin Wood
Ann Love (Homewood)	1806	Smarden	Headcorn Wife of William Love	Headcorn Wife of William Love	died 1854

Address Key

[c]	Munk Farm, Smarden

Parish Records

Smarden

Marraiges

1793

9th jan

James Homewood married Elizabeth Munk

Witnesses: Edward & James Munk

Burials

1807

17th june

Elizabeth Homewood

wife of James Homewood

Headcorn

Baptism's

1818	27th Aug	Elizabeth Homewood	d of James Homewood (Farmer)
1818	27th Aug	Frances Homewood	d of James Homewood

Marraiges

1818	26th Oct	Elizabeth Homewood (of Headcorn) = William Mercer (of Brede, ssx	Wit: James Homewood, Thomas Ottaway
1828	23rd Sept.	Frances Homewood (of Headcorn) = Benjamin Wood (of Headcorn).	Wit: James Homewood, Elizaber Mercer.

Gravestone - Smarden

To the memory of ELIZABETH wife of JAMES HOMEWOOD and daughter of EDWARD and ANN Munk of this Parish who died June the 12th
1807 aged 36 years. Left issue surviving four sons and three daughters (viz) James, Isaac, Edward, Thomas, Elizabeth, Frances and Ann. A new commandment
I give unto you that you love one another as I have loved you, that you also love one another. St John's Gospel Chapter XIII v.34 She was a tender mother
and a parent dear: a quiet neighbour and a faithful friend. So as she liv'v we hope so is her end.

Gravestone - Headcorn

William MERCER, 20th January 1822 in 26th year. Elizabeth his relict, 20th June 1863 in 67th

Richard WOOD of this parish, 13th December 1811 aged 76. Frances his wife, 31st January 1817 aged 77. Left issue three sons and three daughters: Frances, Richard, William, Sarah, Benjamin and Elizabeth

Gravestone - Headcorn - Baptist

In Memory of Ann wife of William Love of this parish who died July 14th 1854 aged 48 years Also of the above William Love who died Jan 9th 1885 aged 77 years Also of their deceased children Edward who died March 1st 1827 aged 1? Year Rest covered in ivy ..1832 aged 9 months

Family Memory

Sarah Munk & James Homewood

James Homewood & The Smugglers

Story of Thomas Homewood

Tithes 1841 - Smarden

James Homewood Snr

James Homewood Jnr

Thomas Homewood

Question regarding Edward Homewood

Question: Why does Elizabeth Russell (Homewood) state that her sister Anne Homewood visited in 1851?. There is no other record of Anne Homewood, and is not listed on her fathers gravestone. Maybe she fell out with the family, and was erased from their story? EDIT: because they are not children of James Homewood, but Edward Homewood.

Family Sheet Links & Information

Name	Birth	Birthplace	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901
Elizabeth Russell (Homewood)	1824	Headcorn		Smarden [d] (1) Wife of John Russell, Schoolmistress	Smarden [e] (2) Wife of John Russell	Smarden [e] (3) Wife of John Russell	Smarden [e] Wife of John Russell	Smarden [e] Farmer & Wid.
Ann Hosmer (Homewood)	1832	Smarden		Smarden [d] Visiting Elizabeth Russell	Staplehurst [f] Wife of John Hosmer	Headcorn [g] Wife of John Hosmer	Headcorn [g] Wife of John Hosmer	Headcorn [g] Wife of John Hosmer

Address Key

[d]	Wallmans Hill Gate
[e]	Tolhurst Farm, Smarden
[f]	Clappers farm, Staplehurst
[g]	Headcorn Place Farm, Headcorn
[1]	Ann Homewood, sister, unmarried, 19, house servent, smarden
[2]	James Russell, wid, 29, Sawyer, Smarden & Henry his son, age 2, smarden.
[3]	Edward Russell, nephew, 19, ag lab, smarden.

Elizabeth Homewood married John Russell, sept 1845, West Ashford, 5, 27 } FreeBMD

Anne Homewood (25, spinster, Smarden) married John Hosmer (23, bach, Farmer, Headcorn) 19th December 1859 @ Zion Chapel, Smarden. Fathers Edward Homewood, James Hosmer (Farmer). Wit: Jane Hosmer & John Russell (husband of Anne s sister Elizabeth). Note: Profession of Edward Homewood not recorded (maybe he was not present to answer that question?). } cert

Question: Edward Homewood b.1798 Smarden to James Homewood Snr is the only candidate for their father (searched Ancestry and Familysearch), but he left for America between 1834 & 1836 married to a woman named Sarah. Why did he leave 2 small children behind? Were they illegitimate children of a previous relationship, before he went to USA with sarah?

Also note that a James Hosmer witnessed James Homewoods marraige to Harriet Wood in 1817. So The Hosmer and Homwoods were friendly families.

Notes

James Homewood, died 22nd nov 1837, Smarden } Ancestry.