Seventh Generation

114. Jesse Sales²⁵⁴ was born before 9 Mar 1817 in Leigh, Kent. Birthplace assumed. He was baptized on 9 Mar 1817 in Leigh, Kent.^2,16,37 On 11 May 1838 he was a mechanic in Leigh, Kent.²⁵⁵ See his marriage. On 6 Jun 1841 he was a blacksmith in Watts Cross, Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Kent.²⁵⁶ He appeared in the census on 30 Mar 1851 in Watscross, London Road, Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Kent.²⁵⁷ In 1851 he was a blacksmith master in Watscross, London Road, Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Kent.²⁵⁷ He had a house maid called Mary Groves in 1851 in Watscross, London Road, Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Kent. He appeared in the census in 1861 in Tonbridge Road, Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Kent.²⁵⁸ In 1861 he was a blacksmith in Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Kent.²⁵⁸ He appeared in the census in 1871 in London Road, Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Kent.²⁵⁹ In 1871 he was a farrier and smith in London Road, Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Kent.²⁵⁹ He died in 1872 in Tonbridge Registration District, Kent.²⁶⁰ March quarter.

Jesse Sales and Elizabeth Crowhurst were married on 11 May 1838 in Leigh, Kent.^16,255 Parish register confirms and month and year of marriage, and corrects day to 11th. IGI incorrectly gives day as 1st. They appeared in the census on 6 Jun 1841 in Watts Cross, Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Kent.²⁵⁶ Elizabeth Crowhurst (daughter of Stephen Crowhurst and Lucy Payne) was born before 26 Apr 1818 in Leigh, Kent.^16,257 1851 census confirms place of birth as Leigh. She was baptized on 26 Apr 1818 in Leigh, Kent.¹⁶ She appeared in the census on 30 Mar 1851 in Watscross, London Road, Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Kent.²⁵⁷ She appeared in the census in 1861 in Tonbridge Road, Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Kent.²⁵⁸ She appeared in the census on 3 Apr 1881 in 108 [Second] Silverdale, Elgin Crescent, Kensington, London, Middlesex.²⁶¹ Living with her daughter, Mary Ann Hinton, who ran a lodging house. She died in 1888 in Tunbridge Registration District, Kent.²⁶² (September quarter.) Age given is 70 - this makes her year of birth 1818, which is correct. Jesse Sales and Elizabeth Crowhurst had the following children:

+177	i.	Mary Ann Sales.
+178	ii.	Jesse Sales.
179	iii.	Stephen Sales was born before 18 Dec 1842 in Tonbridge, Kent.263 He was baptized on 18 Dec 1842 in Leigh, Kent.2,264 He was living on 18 Dec 1842 in Tonbridge Parish.2 He appeared in the census in 1851 in Watscross, London Road, Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Kent.263 He died in 1856 in Tonbridge, Kent.265 (September quarter.) He does not appear in censuses after 1851, and lived in Tonbridge district, so this is the most likely record to refer to him.
180	iv.	Frances Sales was born before 17 Mar 1844 in Tonbridge, Kent.266 March quarter. She was baptized on 17 Mar 1844 in Leigh, Kent.267 She appeared in the census in 1851 in Watscross, London Road, Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Kent.263 She died after 1851. (No further census records for her. However, there is a death record in the Civil Registration Vol. 2a p 329, for a Frances Sales, age 28, December quarter 1870, Tunbridge Registration District. This could be the correct record, if one is willing to accept a difference in age of 2 years. Death in 1870 with age 28 puts the year of birth as 1842, the same year as her brother, Stephen Sales. No other death records come near this.)
181	v.	Elizabeth Sales was born in 1847 in Tonbridge, Kent.16,263,268 September quarter. She appeared in the census in 1851 in Watscross, London Road, Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Kent.263 She died before 12 Oct 1851 in Leigh, Kent.73 She was buried on 12 Oct 1851 in Leigh, Kent.73
182	vi.	Emma Sales was born in 1849 in Hildenborough, Kent.269 (December quarter, Tonbridge Registration District.) She appeared in the census on 30 Mar 1851 in Watscross, London Road, Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Kent.263 She appeared in the census on 7 Apr 1861 in Tonbridge Road, Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Kent.258 On 7 Apr 1861 she was a nurse in Lewisham, Kent.270 She appeared in the census on 2 Apr 1871 in Lawrie Park, Sydenham, Lewisham, Kent.270 On 2 Apr 1871 she was a nurse in Lawrie Park, Sydenham, Lewisham, Kent.270 She appeared in the census on 3 Apr 1881 in 40 Clanricarde Gardens, Kensington, London.271 She was present with the Routledge family: Edmund Routledge (a publisher, son of George Routledge, the founder of George Routledge and Co., then George Routledge and Sons, and Routledge, Warne & Routledge in 1858. It then became Routledge and Kegan Paul in 1912. The company was bought by Taylor & Francis in 1998 (with acknowledgement to Wikipedia)), his wife Martha, their five children, a boarder, and six servants, including Emma. On 3 Apr 1881 she was a nurse in 40 Clanricarde Gardens, Kensington, London.271
+183	vii.	Georgina Sales.
+184	viii.	Lucy Sales.
185	ix.	Alfred Sales was born in 1858 in Tonbridge, Kent.272,273 (March quarter, Tunbridge Registration District.) He appeared in the census on 7 Apr 1861 in Tonbridge Road, Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Kent.258 He appeared in the census on 2 Apr 1871 in London Road, Hildenborough, Tonbridge, Kent.274 He appeared in the census on 3 Apr 1881 in Detachment of 24th Regiment stationed at Battery, Shotley, Suffolk.275 Recorded as Sole. This census entry is rather a guess. On 3 Apr 1881 he was a soldier, Corporal 1/24th Regiment in Detachment of 24th Regiment stationed at Battery, Shotley, Suffolk.275