John Avis
(-)
Susannah Walker
(-)
William Akehurst of Berwick
(1727-1801)
Elizabeth
(-1800)
Richard Avis
(1762-1839)
Hannah Akehurst
(1765-1838)
Richard Avis of Ashurst
(Abt 1787-1845)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Charlotte Groombridge

Richard Avis of Ashurst

  • Born: Abt 1787, Withyham, Sussex, England
  • Christened: 26 Dec 1791, St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent, England 1
  • Married: 15 Oct 1810, Wadhurst, Sussex, England 2
  • Buried: 25 May 1845, St. Martin of Tours, Ashurst, Kent, England 3

  Research Notes:

3 yrs old (baptismal record)

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At the time of the 1841 England Census Richard Avis, aged about 55, not born in the county, ag lab, and wife Charlotte, aged about 45, born in the county, were living in Ashurst Bank, Ashurst Kent. With them were son James (13), ag lab, born in the county, as well Elizabeth Smith (8), Charlotte Smith (6) and James Smith (4), the latter three not born in the county.

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Richard Avis of Ashurst died aged 61 years (burial record). Richard's age is overstated by about 3 years. There is no record of a Richard Avis born in 1784 (± 2 years) in Kent or Sussex.

  Marriage Information:

Richard married Charlotte Groombridge, daughter of George Groombridge and Hannah Young, on 15 Oct 1810 in Wadhurst, Sussex, England. (Charlotte Groombridge was born on 31 Oct 1793 in Groombridge, Kent, England and christened on 15 Dec 1793 in St. Mary the Virgin, Speldhurst, Kent, England.)

  Marriage Notes:

Richard Avis of this parish and Charlotte Groombridge

Married by Banns

Witnesses: John Drawbridge, John Cooper

Sources


1 Cowden St. Mary Magdalene Kent Parish Registers, Baptisms.

2 Wadhurst Sussex Parish Registers, Marriages, p. 53.

3 Ashurst St. Martin of Tours Kent Parish Registers, Burials, p. 21, no. 166.


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