Catherine Hughesdon was born in 17667, and baptised on the
12th July 1767 at the parish church of St Nicholas, Deptford, in Kent.1
"A Person not of our Society," and still a minor, she was
married "by the Priest" to [I5] Samuel
Pollard on the 20th July 1784, at Holy Trinity church, Clapham, in
which parish she was then living. Their children
were: Mary (17851785), Grace (17861791), Samuel (17871851),
[I4] James (17891851), Andrew (17901863),
Thomas (17921848), William (17941878), Theophilus (17951872), Martha (17971879),
John (17991837), Joseph (18011873), Frederic (18031844), Mary Ann (18051865), Josiah
(18071834); all but Mary are known to have been born in Horsham.2
In
April 1794 she applied for membership of the Society of Friends at Horsham, and
she was received into membership that September. From then on she took an active
part in the meeting, regularly attending Women's Monthly Meeting from 1794 to 1835,
and representing Horsham at numerous Quarterly Meetings around Sussex and Surrey
from 1800 to 1834. Twice, during 1824, she was one of the two Friends appointed
to examine the children at the Friends' School, Islington Road. In June 1825 she
was appointed an overseer.3
She died on the 20th November 1838, at Horsham,
of general decay of nature, and was buried in the Friends' burial ground at Horsham
on the 25th.4
2 TNA: RG 6/609; London Metropolitan Archives
P95/TRI1/108/001;
LMA
DW/MP/124/020/a-b; William Pollard: 'Some Descendants of James and Mary Pollard',
Ms book now at West Sussex RO; Dictionary of Quaker Biography (Friends'
House Library, typescript); Surrey Marriage Index; The Friend;
The British Friend; Annual Monitor
3 Surrey Record Centre 6189 Boxes 7 & 10; East Sussex Record
Office SOF 22/1 & 22/2
4 death certificate; William Pollard: 'Some Descendants of
James and Mary Pollard', Ms book now at West Sussex RO; SRC 6189/168 and Boxes 9
& 10
Haddock Thomas Hughesdon was so baptised on the 7th
September 1746, at St Paul's church, Deptford, Kent.1
He married
(I33)
Grace ____, though his marriage has not been traced. Their
children were:
(I25) Catherine (17671838),
James (17691837), Ellis (17711829), Eleanor (1773 after 1793), Haddock Thomas
(17751850), William (17771853), Andrew (1779 after 1801), and Mary Ann (1781
?), all baptised at St Nicholas, Deptford. From 1767normally referred to as just
"Thomas Hughesdon"he was working as a blacksmith in Deptford, first in Flagon-row,
then from 1777 in King Street.2
On the 30th May 1780 he witnessed the second
marriage of his sister Elizabeth, in Stepney. He died in 1781, and was buried on
the 17th May that year, at St
Nicholas's churchyard, Deptford.3
1 London Metropolitan Archives, St Paul, Deptford,
Composite register: baptisms Jun 1730 Jun 1788, burials Jun 1730 Jun 1788,
marriages Jun 1730 Mar 1754,
P75/PAU/001
2 Deptford St Nicholas parish register on microfilm NX 52/1,
Greenwich Local Studies Library; London Metropolitan Archives microfilm index X102/046;
Annual Monitor;Chris Hughesdon gedcom, 2006
3 Stepney
marriage register; London Metropolitan Archives DW/MP/124/020/1-b, and Deptford
St Nicholas parish register on microfilm NX 52/1, Greenwich Local Studies Library
4 Parish register microfilm at Lewisham Local Studies Centre
James Huseden was born on the 2nd August 1716,
and baptised at St Olave's, Southwark, on the 19th.1
A blacksmith, of St Olave's, he married
(I32) Elenor Whitaker on 9 July
1738, in a clandestine marriage at the Fleet Prison.Their children were: Elias (17441808),
(I26) Haddock Thomas (17461781), James
(17481769), Elizabeth (1749/50 ?), Eleanor (c. 17511808), Jane (1755
after 1779), William (17561762), and Samuel (17591762); the first four were all baptised
at St Paul's, Deptford, the last three at St Nicholas, Deptford.2
In 1744 he was living at Gravel Pits, Deptford, Kent. In 1755
he was a blacksmith, of Flagon Row, Deptford. He was still living in Flagon Row
in 1762.3
A blacksmith, of Flaggon-row, his body was buried at St
Nicholas, Deptford, on the 12th March 1769.4
Their children were:
Elizab: (1708 ?), Elias (17141764),
(I27) James (17161788), and William (c. 1729
after 1749).From 1708 to 1716 Elias was recorded as a waterman.3
On the 26th June 1725 he witnessed the will of Mary Seely, of St
Olave, Southwark.4
On the 1st January 1730/1 he was entered as a Greenwich Hospital
pensioner. He died on the 6th April 1740.5
John Easden married
(I30) Elizabeth Staff on the 13th January
1674/5, at St Marylebone, Middlesex. Their known
children were
(I28) Elias (16771740) and Margarett (1681
?), both bapt. St Margaret's, Westminster.1
He may have been the John Easten who was buried at All
Saints, West Ham, Essex, on 24th October 1686.2
1
parish register;
Westminster baptisms. Conceivably this may have been a second marriage, as
he may have been the John Eusden who married Mary Ant on the 2nd
February 1672 at Allhallows, London Wall, London ("England Marriages,
15381973", database,
FamilySearch: 12 March 2020, John Eusden, 1672).
Elizabeth Staff married (I29)
John Easden on the 13th January
1674/5, at St Marylebone, Middlesex. Their known
children were (I28) Elias
(16771740) and Margarett (1681 ?), both bapt. St Margaret's, Westminster.1
Ellinor Whittacker was born on the 2nd November 1721, and
baptised at St Olave's, Southwark, on the 12th.1
Of St Olave's, Southwark, Elenor Whitaker married
(I27) James Hughesdon on the 9th July 1738, in a
clandestine marriage at the Fleet Prison. Their
children
were: Elias (17441808), (I26) Haddock
Thomas (17461781), James (17481769), Elizabeth (1749/50 ?), Eleanor (c. 1751
after 1769), Jane (1755 after 1779), William (17561762), and Samuel (17591762);
the first four were all baptised at St Paul's, Deptford, the last three at St Nicholas,
Deptford.2
At the date of his son's baptism in
Bermondsey in 1694 he was a carman.2
It may be that it was this Stephen
Whittaker who was buried at Clerkenwell, Middlesex, on the 2nd August
1725, at which time he was described as of Aylsbury Street.3
In
April 1794 she applied for membership of the Society of Friends at Horsham, and
she was received into membership that September. From then on she took an active
part in the meeting, regularly attending Women's Monthly Meeting from 1794 to 1835,
and representing Horsham at numerous Quarterly Meetings around Sussex and Surrey
from 1800 to 1834. Twice, during 1824, she was one of the two Friends appointed
to examine the children at the Friends' School, Islington Road. In June 1825 she
was appointed an overseer.3