Family of Stephen Taylor &

Martha Rofe

                                                                       

 

 

Stephen Taylor was born Abt. 1789 in Benenden, Cranbrook, Kent and died 10 March 1873 in Cranbrook, Kent.

 

Wife Martha Rofe was born Abt. 5 September 1790 in Cranbrook, Kent and died 9 January 1871 in Cranbrook, Kent.  They were married 4 February 1811 in Benenden, Cranbrook, Kent.  

 

 

Their children were:

 

1- Stephen Taylor  b: Abt. 11 May 1812  Cranbrook, Kent

 

Notes for Stephen Taylor:

- Baptism, St. Dunstan, Cranbrook, Kent Bishop's Transcripts, bap. 11 May 1812 – Stephen Taylor, s/o Stephen & Martha

 

2- Martha Taylor  b: Abt. 24 December 1813  Cranbrook, Kent; d: Aft. 1881

        +Joseph Gurr  b: Abt. 1799  Cranbrook, Kent; m: 17 April 1835  Cranbrook, Kent; d: Aft. 1881

 

Notes for Martha Taylor:

- Baptism, St. Dunstan, Cranbrook, Kent Bishop's Transcripts, bap. 24 December 1813 - Martha Taylor, d/o Stephen (labourer) & Martha

- Mid-Kent Marriages Index, Cranbrook (Parish), Cranbrook (District), mar. 17 April 1835 - Joseph Gurr & Martha Taylor

 

3- Thomas Taylor  b: Abt. 18 June 1815  Cranbrook, Kent; d: 5 June 1873  Cranbrook, Kent

 

Notes for Thomas Taylor:

- Baptism, St. Dunstan, Cranbrook, Kent Bishop's Transcripts, bap. 18 June 1815 - Thomas Taylor, s/o Stephen (labourer) & Martha

- 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871 - with parents in Cranbrook

- Death Registration:  Thomas Taylor, 1873, Q2, 2a-351, Cranbrook Union

 

4- Barnabas Taylor  b: Abt. 30 March 1817  Cranbrook, Kent; d: 1901  Ore, Hastings, Sussex

        +Charlotte Couchman b: Abt. 1817  Benenden, Kent; m: 14 December 1841  Cranbrook, Kent; d: 1898  Ore, Hastings, Sussex

 

Notes for Barnabas Taylor:

- Baptism, St. Dunstan, Cranbrook, Kent Bishop's Transcripts, bap. 30 March 1817 - Barnabas Taylor, s/o Stephen (labourer) & Martha

- Marriage Registration:  Barnabas Taylor & Charlotte Couchman, 1841, Q4, 152-8, Cranbrook

- Marriage, St. Dunstan, Cranbrook, Kent Parish Register, mar. 14 December 1841 - Barnabas Taylor & Charlotte Couchman

- 1851 Ore, Sussex (Red Lake):  Barnabas Taylor 32 (Cranbrook) aglab, wife Charlotte 35 (Benenden), John 8 (Cranbrook), Barnabas 6 (Cranbrook), Charlotte 3 (Ore), twins George & Stephen 10 months (Ore)

- 1861 Ore, Sussex (Red Lake):  Barnabas Taylor 44 ag lab (Cranbrook), wife Charlotte 47 (Benenden), Barnabas 16 (Cranbrook) ag lab, George 10 (Ore), Stephen 10 (Ore)

- 1871 Ore, Sussex (Fairlight Down):  Barnabas Taylor 54 (Cranbrook) gardener, wife Charlotte 57 (Benenden), George 20 (Ore) builders clerk, Stephen 20 (Ore) collecting clerk

- 1881 Ore, Hastings, Sussex (Red Lake, Philcox Cottages):  Barnabas Taylor 64 (Cranbrook) gardener, wife Charlotte 67 (Benenden)

- 1891 Ore, Hastings, Sussex (Red Lake):  Barnabas Taylor 74 (Cranbrook) gardener general, wife Charlotte 77 (Benenden), wife's widowed sister Mary Neale 83 (Benenden) living on own means (imbecile)

- Death Registration:  Charlotte Taylor 1898, Q2, 2b-8, Hastings, age 84 years

- Death Registration:  Barnabas Taylor 1901, Q3, 2b-7, Hastings, age 84 years

 

5- Elizabeth Taylor  b: Abt. 20 June 1819  Cranbrook, Kent; d: 1890  Cranbrook, Kent

        +Edward Bridgland  b: Abt. 1822  Cranbrook, Kent; m: 18 December 1844  Cranbrook, Kent; d: 14 February 1881  Cranbrook, Kent

 

Notes for Elizabeth Taylor:

- Baptism, St. Dunstan, Cranbrook, Kent Bishop's Transcripts, bap. 20 June 1819 - Elizabeth Taylor, d/o Stephen (labourer) & Martha

- Marriage, St. Dunstan, Cranbrook, Kent Parish Register, mar. 18 December 1844 - Edward Bridgland & Elizabeth Taylor

- 1851 Cranbrook, Kent:  Edward Bridgland 28 master carpenter, wife Elizabeth 31, Mary 5, Albert 2, lodger William Taylor 17 carpenter apprentice.

- 1861 Cranbrook, Kent (Loves Corner):  Edwd. Bridgland 38 (Cranbrook) carpenter & farmer, wife Elizth. 41 (Cranbrook), Albert 12 (Cranbrook), Caroline 7 (Cranbrook), widowed father Thomas 70 (Cranbrook) house servant, brother Thomas 44 (Cranbrook) house servant (deaf from birth)

- 1871 Cranbrook, Kent (Carpenters Corner):  Edward Bridgland 48 (Cranbrook) master carpenter (employs 2 men), wife Elizabeth 51 (Cranbrook), Caroline 17 (Cranbrook), brother Thomas 54 (Cranbrook) letter carrier.

- 1881 Cranbrook, Kent (Relfs Corner):  Widow Elizabeth Bridgland 61 (Cranbrook), brother-in-law Thomas 64 (Cranbrook) rural messenger

- Death Registration:  Edward Bridgland, 1881, Q1, 2a-436, Cranbrook Union, age 58 years

- Death Registration:  Elizabeth Bridgland, 1890, Q3, 2a-392, Cranbrook Union, age 71 years

 

6- Samuel Edwin Taylor  b: Abt. 29 April 1821  Cranbrook, Kent; d: 1915  Staplehurst, Kent

        +Ann Waghorn b: Abt. 1825  Cranbrook, Kent; m: 19 June 1851  Cranbrook, Kent; d: 1888  Cranbrook, Kent

 

Notes for Samuel Edwin Taylor:

- Baptism, St. Dunstan, Cranbrook, Kent Bishop's Transcripts, bap. 29 April 1821 - Samuel Edwin Taylor, s/o Stephen (labourer) & Martha

- Marriage, St. Dunstan, Cranbrook, Kent Parish Register, mar. 19 June 1851 - Samuel Edwin Taylor & Ann Waghorn

- Marriage Registration:  Samuel Edwin Taylor & Ann Waghorn, 1851, Q2, 5-134, Cranbrook

- 1861 Cranbrook, Kent (Sissinghurst Common):  Samuel Edwin Taylor 40 (Cranbrook) ag lab, wife Ann 36 (Cranbrook), Charles 6 (Cranbrook), Jane 2 (Cranbrook).

- 1871 Cranbrook, Kent (Hazelden Common):  Samuel Taylor 50 ag lab (mar.), Charles 15 (Cranbrook) gardener

- 1871 Marden, Kent:  Ann Taylor 46 (Cranbrook) & Jane 12 (Cranbrook), visitors with family of Thomas Hayes 37 & wife Martha 33

- 1881 Cranbrook, Kent (Goldensmiths Cottage):  Samuel Edwd. Taylor 60 (Cranbrook) carpenter, wife Ann 56 (Cranbrook), Charles 25 (Cranbrook) under gardener, lodger John Marsh 55 (Ash, Kent) journeyman corn miller.

- Death Registration:  Ann Taylor, 1888, Q1, 2a-504, Cranbrook Union, age 63 years

- 1891 Cranbrook, Kent (Frittenden Road):  Widower Samuel Taylor 70 general labourer, Charles 35 (Cranbrook) general labourer, wife Caroline A. 35 (Cranbrook); lodger George Gilbert 64 (Surrey) living on own means.

- 1911 Staplehurst Kent:  George Chapman 53 railway signalman, wife Jane 52, widowed father Samuel Edwin Taylor 90.

- Death Registration:  Samuel Edwin Taylor, 1915, Q1, 2a-1507, Maidstone, age 93 years

 

7- James Taylor  b: Abt. 3 August 1823  Cranbrook, Kent; d: 11 May 1907  Cranbrook, Kent

        +Caroline Parrett  b: Abt. 1827  Cranbrook, Kent; m: 27 June 1850  Cranbrook, Kent; d: 22 January 1897  Cranbrook, Kent

 

Notes for James Taylor:

- Baptism, St. Dunstan, Cranbrook, Kent Bishop's Transcripts, bap. 3 August 1823 - James Taylor, s/o Stephen (labourer) & Martha

- Marriage Certificate:  The Parish Church, Cranbrook, Kent, 27 June 1850 - James Taylor (labourer) full age, res. Cranbrook, father Stephen Taylor (farmer), and Caroline Parrett, full age (res. Cranbrook), father Hezekiah Parrett (upholsterer), both parties signed; wit: George Parrett, Harriet Reeves, Charles Hinkley, Jane Taylor

- 1851 Marden, Kent:  James 27 (Cranbrook) ag lab, wife Caroline 23 (Cranbrook), Sarah J. 2 weeks (Marden), lodger Richard Price 18 (Goudhurst) ag lab, servant/nurse Caroline Parrott 48 (Sandhurst)

- 1861 Cranbrook, Kent:  James Taylor 37 (Cranbrook) ag lab, wife Caroline 34 (Cranbrook), Sarah Jane 10 (Cranbrook), Albert 7 (Cranbrook), William 4 (Cranbrook), Ellen 1 (Cranbrook).

- 1871 Cranbrook, Kent:  James Taylor 47 (Cranbrook) sawyer's labourer, wife Caroline 43 (Cranbrook), William 15 (Cranbrook), Ellen 11 (Cranbrook), Alfred 5 (Cranbrook), Charles 3 (Cranbrook)

- 1881 Cranbrook, Kent (Brewhouse Lane):  James Taylor 57 (Cranbrook) painter, wife Caroline 53 (Cranbrook), Ellen 21 (Cranbrook), George 18 (Cranbrook) grocer's porter, Alfred 16 (Cranbrook) baker's assistant, Charles 13 (Cranbrook), Henry 9 (Cranbrook)

- 1891 Cranbrook, Kent:  James Taylor 67 (Cranbrook) painter, wife Caroline 63 (Cranbrook), Charles 23 (Cranbrook) tailor, Henry 19 (Cranbrook) grocer's porter

- Death Certificate:  High Street, Cranbrook, Kent, 22 January 1897 - Caroline Taylor, age 69 years, wife of James Taylor (Journeyman Painter), chronic bronchitis, informant son Henry Taylor (present at the death)

- 1901 Cranbrook, Kent:  Widower James Taylor 77 (Cranbrook), Henry 29 (Cranbrook) col--- assistant

- Death Certificate:  High Street, Cranbrook, Kent, 11 May 1907 - James Taylor, age 83 years, Journeyman Painter, senility/heart failure, informant son Henry Taylor (present at the death)

 

8- Sarah Taylor  b: Abt. 13 November 1825  Cranbrook, Kent; d: Aft. 1851

 

Notes for Sarah Taylor:

- Baptism, St. Dunstan, Cranbrook, Kent Bishop's Transcripts, bap. 13 November 1825 - Sarah Taylor, d/o Stephen (farmer) & Martha

 

9- Mary Taylor  b: Abt. 9 March 1828  Cranbrook, Kent; d: 16 May 1882  Walworth, Surrey

        +William Chittenden  b: Abt. 26 November 1826  Staplehurst, Kent; m: 10 December 1853  Parish Church, Church of St. George the Martyr, Southwark, Surrey; d: 17 April 1877  Walworth, Surrey

 

Notes for Mary Taylor:

- Baptism, St. Dunstan, Cranbrook, Kent Bishop's Transcripts, bap. 9 March 1828 - Mary Taylor, d/o Stephen (farmer) & Martha

 

10- Jane Taylor  b: Abt. 26 July 1830  Cranbrook, Kent; d: 1901  Bishop Wearmouth, Sunderland, Durham

        +Charles Hinkley  Abt. 1832  Cranbrook, Kent; m: 2 February 1857  Cranbrook, Kent; d: 1883  Bishop Wearmouth, Sunderland, Durham

 

Notes for Jane Taylor:

- Baptism, St. Dunstan, Cranbrook, Kent Bishop's Transcripts, bap. 26 July 1830 - Jane Taylor, d/o Stephen (farmer) & Martha

- Mid-Kent Marriages Index, Cranbrook (Parish), Cranbrook (District), mar. 2 February 1857 - Charles Hinkley & Jane Taylor

- 1861 North Bishop Wearmouth, Durham:  Charles Hinkley 28 (Cranbrook) tailor, wife Jane 30 (Cranbrook), Charles 3 (Cranbrook), Kate 1 (Cranbrook)

- 1871 North Bishop Wearmouth, Durham:  Charles Hinkley 38 (Cranbrook) tailor, wife Jane 40 (Cranbrook), Charles 13 (Cranbrook) errand boy, Arthur 9 (Bishop Wearmouth, Durham), Thomas 6 (Bishop Wearmouth, Durham), Jane 4 (Bishop Wearmouth, Durham), Ernest E. 1 month (Bishop Wearmouth, Durham)

- 1881 North Bishop Wearmouth, Durham:  Charles Hinkley 48 (Cranbrook) tailor, wife Jane 59 (Cranbrook), Arthur W. 19 (Bishop Wearmouth, Durham) house carpenter, Thomas H. 16 (Bishop Wearmouth, Durham) compositor/printer, Herbert E. 8 (Bishop Wearmouth, Durham), Jane 14 (Bishop Wearmouth, Durham), Percy 4 (Bishop Wearmouth, Durham)

- Death Registration:  Charles Hinkley, 1883, Q3, 10a-292, Sunderland, age 51 years

- 1891 North Bishop Wearmouth, Durham:  Widow Jane Hinkley 60 (Cranbrook), Arthur W. 29 (Sunderland, Durham) house joiner, Herbert E. 18 (Sunderland, Durham) accountant clerk, Percy 14 (Sunderland, Durham) iron monger assistant

- Death Registration:  Jane Hinkley, 1901, Q2, 10a-329, Sunderland, age 71 years

 

11- William Taylor  b: Abt. 9 February 1834  Cranbrook, Kent; d: 1883  Kensington, London

          +Annie Parks  b: Abt. 1840  Cranbrook, Kent; m: 1858  Cranbrook, Kent; d: Bef. 1880

 

Notes for William Taylor:

- Baptism, Cranbrook Parish Register, bap. 9 February 1834 - William Taylor, s/o Stephen & Martha

- 1851: living with sister Elizabeth's family

- Marriage Registration:  William Taylor & Annie Parks, 1858, Q3, 2a-737, Cranbrook

- 1861 Reigate Foreign, Surrey (Nutley Lane):  William Taylor 27 (Cranbrook) carpenter, wife Annie 21 (Cranbrook), Annie S. 9 months (Reigate)

- 1871 Reigate Old Borough, Surrey (Leabourne Road):  William Taylor 37 (Cranbrook) carpenter, wife Annie 31 (Cranbrook), Annie 10 (Reigate), Ellen 9 (Reigate), Rosie 7 (Reigate), Arthur 5 (Reigate), Alice 4 (Reigate), George 2 (Reigate), Harry 9 months (Reigate)

- Death Registration:  Annie Taylor, 1877, Q3, 2a-322, Maidstone, age 37 years

- 1881 Chelsea, North West, Chelsea, London:  Widower William Taylor 45 (Cranbrook) mechanic, Harry 10 (Reigate), Frank 8 (Reigate)

- Death Registration:  William Taylor, 1883, Q3, 1a-114, Kensington, age 49 years

 

12- Mary Ann Taylor  b: Abt. 22 February 1835  Cranbrook, Kent; d: Bef. 1841  Cranbrook, Kent

 

Notes for Mary Ann Taylor:

- Baptism, Cranbrook Parish Register, bap. 22 February 1835 - Mary Ann Taylor, d/o Stephen & Martha

 

 

Notes for Stephen Taylor:

- Mid-Kent Marriages Index, Benenden (Parish), Cranbrook (District), mar. 4 February 1811 - Stephen Taylor & Martha Rofe

- 1841 Cranbrook, Kent (Malthouse Street):  Stephen Taylor 50 farmer, Martha 50, Thomas 25, Barnabas 20, Elisabeth 20, Samuel 20, James 15, Sarah 15, Mary 10, Jane 10, William 7.
- 1851 Staplehurst, Kent (47 Pagehurst Street):  Stephen Taylor 61 (Cran) bailiff farmer of 542 acres employ 50 laborers, wife Martha 60 (Cran), Jane 20 (Cran), Thomas 36 (Cran), servant William Chittenden 25 (Stap) blacksmith, 15 other servants on page.
- 1851 Staplehurst, Kent: James Mitchel 31 day laborer, wife Louise 27, Thomas 7, Elizabeth 3 months, Sarah Taylor 26 (Stap) lodger, Mary A. Taylor 20 (Cran) lodger.
- 1861 Cranbrook, Kent (86 Sissinghurst Common):  Stephen Taylor 72 (Cranbrook) ag lab, wife Martha 70 (Cran), Thomas 45 (Cran) ag lab.
- 1871 Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, Kent (Holy Trinity, 30 Sissinghurst Street):  Widower Stephen Taylor 82, formerly a farmer, Thomas 55 ag lab, domestic servant Mary Austin 29.

- Death Registration:  Martha Taylor, 1871, Q1, 2a-409, Cranbrook Union, age 80.

- Death Registration:  Stephen Taylor, 1873, Q1, 2a-397, Cranbrook Union, age 84.

 

 

 

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