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FAMILY MEMBERS ARRANGED IN DATE ORDER

Note; Some of the early information below is a little 'speculative'!

171?-1787 WILLIAM GILBERT

Born; c.1715?
Married; (1) ??
Married; (2) Ann Weston (17??-1783) on 11 Feb 1752 at Waldron
Children; William (1738-1800), Anne (17??-17??)
Died; Oct 1787.
Buried at Waldron 21 Oct 1787. There is an entry for this in the parish record.
A hypothetical idea is that William might have been born around 1715, at an unknown place outside Waldron, had married and had two children by the 1740s, then lost his wife. Around 1750 he moved to Waldron with his children, eventually to marry a second time to Ann Weston in 1752.
Certainly there are no records at Waldron parish of the Gilbert family prior to 1752 (the marriage of William Gilbert to Ann Weston), but plenty of records thereafter. So it might be assumed that the family moved into Waldron around that time, but where from?

171?-c1750s Mrs. ?? GILBERT (nee ?? )

Married; William Gilbert (171?-1787) as his first wife.
Children; William (1738-1800), Anne (17??-17??)
Died; perhaps around 1750, as William married again in 1752. No record of a burial has yet been found.

17??-1783 ANN GILBERT (nee WESTON)

Parents; Listed in the E.S.R.O. baptisms index at Lewes are three Ann Weston's baptised around the right time;
6 Jan 1723 at Salehurst, daughter of John & Susan
24 Apr 1724 at East Grinstead, daughter of James & Frances
24 Jun 1732 at Ticehurst, daughter of John & Elizabeth
Many Westons are buried in East Sussex churchyards, particularly at Fletching. For details of the Weston family of Fletching from 1778 onwards see 'Hindsight' Vol.1, Summer 1995, journal of the Uckfield and District Preservation Society, Page 8.
Married; William Gilbert (17??-1787) 11 Feb 1752 at Waldron, as his second wife. No children.
Died; Nov 1783.
Buried; 9 Nov 1783, Waldron. There is an entry for this in the parish record.

c.1738-1800 WILLIAM GILBERT

Born at Waldron (?) in Jan (?) 1738.
Parents; William Gilbert (17??-1787) = ?? (his first wife).
Married; (1) Elizabeth Attwood (1741-1786) spinster, at Waldron 5th May 1772.
Witnesses Thos.Slatter & John Westgate.
No children.
Married; (2) Mary Ashdown (1765-1836) 3 Dec 1789 at Waldron.
Witnesses Thomas Ashdown (1745-17??) & Sarah Ashdown (1748-17??).
Children; William (1790-1844), Thomas (1791-1851), Mary (1798-1837)
William paid land tax for a cottage and farmland at Little London, near Waldron, from 1770 until his death in 1800.

The Farm at Waldron

Died; Jan 1800.
Buried at Waldron 13 Jan 1800 aged 61. According to the Waldron Parish register he left no will and a grant of administration was made to his widow, Mary, on 10th June 1800.

c.1740-17?? ANNE WOODGATE (nee GILBERT)

Parents; William Gilbert (17??-1787) = ?? (his first wife)
Married; James Woodgate of Waldron, on 31 May 1762 at Waldron.
Witnesses; John Westgate, Robert Hassel.
(A James Woodgate, son of John and Mary, was baptised at Waldron on 6 Jan 1742. Other children of John and Mary included Richard, baptised 20 May 1744, Susannah 8 Feb 1747, and Lucy 20 May 1750.)

1741-1786 ELIZABETH GILBERT (nee ATTWOOD)

Born; 1741?
Baptised; 10 Feb 1741, Waldron.
Parents; Nicholas Attwood (b.Waldron 1707) = Anne Stevenson
(They also had a son Thomas, born in Waldron 1738 = Anne Daw in 1773. Thomas died 1819 age 81)
Married; William Gilbert (1738-1800) as his first wife, at Waldron on 5 May 1772. Witnesses were Thomas Slatter and John Westgate.
No children.
Died 1786.
Buried at Waldron on 8 Apr 1786.

1765-1836 MARY GILBERT (nee ASHDOWN)

Born; 1765
Baptised; 8 Oct 1765 at Waldron
Parents; James Ashdown (1743-17??) = Mary Ranger
(James was baptised on 13 Feb 1741/42 at Waldron, Sussex, son of John Ashdown and Sarah Clarke. He married Mary Ranger on 23 March 1760 at Waldron, Sussex.)
Married; William Gilbert (1738-1800) as his second wife, at Waldron on 3 Dec 1789.
Witnesses; Thomas Ashdown (1745-17??) and Sarah Ashdown (1748-17??) her uncle and aunt.
Children; William (1790-1844), Thomas (1791-1851), Mary (1798-1837)
When her husband died, she took over land tax payments for the cottage and farmland at Little London.
Died; 19 Jan 1836 aged 70.
Buried; at Waldron 23 Jan 1836.

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