William and Rebecca Monk of Woking and Send

William Monk was probably born around 1760 but there are too many baptised in the area at about that time to identify his parents.

Becky Withall, a daughter of William and Elizabeth was born on 17th September 1764 and baptised in Woking on 23rd September 1764

William Monk married Rebecca Withall in Woking on 6th April 1789, and they are known to have had seven children baptised:

Richard

31 Jan 1790

Woking - born 16 Jan

Elizabeth

22 May 1791

Woking - born 9 May

William

21 Apr 1793

Send - born 10 Apr

Jane

9 Apr 1797

Send

Rebecca

9 Apr 1797

Send

Martha

9 Jun 1799

Send

John

6 May 1804

Send

Of their children:

  • William married Hannah Dolley in Send on 7th May 1816 and they lived in Send and Ripley with their eight children.

  • Jane married James Hill, a farm worker, in Send on 10th December 1816 and they had eleven children:

    Jane

    11 Nov 1817

    Send & Ripley

    Mary

    3 Oct 1819

    Woking

    Rebecca

    18 Mar 1821

    Woking

    James

    27 Apr 1823

    Woking

    John

    4 May 1825

    Woking

    William

    8 Jan 1827

    Woking - twins

    Sarah

    8 Jan 1827

    Woking - twins

    Henry

    ca. 1829

    Caroline

    ca. 1831

    Katherine

    ca. 1833

    David

    ca. 1836

    In 1841 they were in Woking with all but their eldest two children. Jane died, aged 48, and was buried in Woking on 16th October 1744.

  • Rebecca married Philip Bradley, a farm worker, in West Horsley on 8th November 1818. Most of their children were baptised in West Horsley:

    Henrietta

    18 Jun 1820

    West Horsley

    Philip

    13 Jan 1822

    West Horsley - born 19 Dec 1821

    James

    19 Oct 1823

    West Horsley

    Elizabeth

    11 Sep 1825

    West Horsley

    Jesse

    14 Oct 1827

    West Horsley

    Abraham

    27 Sep 1829

    West Horsley

    Sarah Margaret

    8 Jan 1832

    West Horsley

    David

    8 Dec 1833

    West Horsley

    Jane

    20 Mar 1836

    West Horsley

    Ann

    14 Jun 1840

    Send - born 20 Apr 

    By 1841 the family, except for their eldes two children, was living in West Church Street, West Clandon and the sons, apart from David, were all farm workers. In 1851 they were living at Oak Ryde, Ripley and had just David and Jane living at home. By 1861 Rebecca was widowed and living with just her daughter, Jane, in Ripley, just 3 doors along from the Ship Inn, which is still there. In 1871 Rebecca was staying with her married son Jesse and his family in Ripley and she died aged 81 and was buried in Ripley on 19th October 1877.

  • Martha married James Woodman, a farm worker, in West Clandon on 29th April 1828. They lived in East Clandon but had no children. In 1841 and 1851 they had a niece, Elizabeth Dyer, living with them. Martha died, aged 67, and was buried in East Clandon on 17th July 1867.