John & Elizabeth Pattenden
of East Grinstead
John Pattenden, the eldest surviving son of Richard and Mary, was baptised in East Grinstead on 27 December 1753.
He married Elizabeth Gower in East Grinstead on 30 October 1774 and they had the following children:
| Elizabeth |
30 Oct 1774 |
East Grinstead (died young?) |
| Ann |
20 Sep 1778 |
East Grinstead |
| Mary |
15 Apr 1781 |
East Grinstead |
| Thomas |
23 Nov 1783 |
East Grinstead |
| Elizabeth |
13 Feb 1785 |
East Grinstead |
| William |
14 May 1786 |
East Grinstead |
| Edward |
12 Oct 1788 |
East Grinstead |
| Henry |
6 Mar 1791 |
East Grinstead |
| Charlotte |
4 May 1794 |
East Grinstead |
| Jane |
21 Aug 1796 |
East Grinstead |
| Susan |
21 Oct 1798 |
East Grinstead |
Of their children:
- Ann may have married Thomas Butler in Salehurst on 18 Jan 1801.
- Mary married Benjamin Cork in West Hoathly on 14 Sep 1806 and in 1841 they were living in Hartfield, Sussex.
- Thomas may have married Harriet French in Salehurst on 18 Apr 1818.
- William married Amelia Dearling.
- Edward married Lucy Brooker in Croydon, St John the Baptist, in August 1821 and they had the following children baptised:
| Edward |
10 Feb 1822 |
Worth |
| William |
30 May 1824 |
East Grinstead |
| Caroline |
28 Jan 1827 |
East Grinstead |
| Amelia |
1 Feb 1829 |
East Grinstead |
| James |
11 Aug 1833 |
Worth |
In 1841 Edward was a sawyer living in Copthorne, in the parish of Worth, Sussex. In 1851 he was farming 9 acres at Copthorne Farm with his wife and sons Edward, William and James living at home. The sons were all shown as sawyers. In 1861 Edward and Lucy were still farming 11 acres in Worth. Edward died in 1863.
- Henry married Jane Wood in East Grinstead on 9 January 1820 where they had the following children:
| John |
7 May 1820 |
East Grinstead |
| Eliza |
25 Aug 1822 |
East Grinstead |
| Henry |
10 Jul 1825 |
East Grinstead |
| Jane |
24 Jun 1827 |
East Grinstead |
| William |
24 May 1829 |
East Grinstead |
| Sarah |
29 May 1831 |
East Grinstead |
| George |
22 Jul 1832 |
East Grinstead |
| Harriet |
6 Jul 1834 |
East Grinstead |
| James |
1836 |
Horne (died young?) |
| Peter |
31 Dec 1837 |
East Grinstead |
| Thomas |
1840 |
Horne |
| Edmund |
1842 |
Horne (died 1842) |
| Amos |
3 Oct 1843 |
Horne |
Henry was a sawyer living in Horne in 1841 with his wife and most of their children. In 1851 they were at Hedge Court in Horne parish. By 1861 Henry was shown as a farmer and sawyer at Waterbury Castle, Horne and in 1871 he was still farming 20 acres in Hedge Court Road with the help of his son Amos. Henry died in 1874 aged 84.
- George probably married Philadelphia from Godstone with whom he was living in 1861 with their two children Anne and Alfred both born in Worth. They also appear to have had a son William in 1858 but he is not with them in 1861.
- Peter married Ellen Gear in East Grinstead on 17 September 1859 and they are known to have had two children there, William in 1860 and Charles in 1862. They also had a daughter Ellen and a son Hursley baptised in Felbridge in 1864 and 1866 respectively.
- Charlotte married James Meads in Balcombe on 21 Jan 1822 and are known to have had the following children baptised:
| John |
28 Jul 1822 |
Ardingly |
| William |
17 Feb 1824 |
Ardingly |
| James |
20 Feb 1825 |
Ardingly |
| Eleanor |
24 Dec 1826 |
Ardingly |
| Thomas |
28 Dec 1828 |
Ardingly |
| Mary |
10 Apr 1831 |
Ardingly |
| Joseph |
3 Feb 1839 |
Ardingly |
In 1841 James and Charlotte were in Ardingly with their youngest three children.
