Sarah was baptised on 5 January 1810. She was the daughter of William Heydon and Patience Penson. [1]
Sarah married on 13 October 1834 at Cherington Parish Church by License to Giles Edwards, A Farmer. Witnesses to the marriage were Richard Hayden and Elizabeth Hayden siblings of Sarah. [2]
They settled at Sundridge, Upland part, Kent and lived at Great Brook Place Farm. See Edwards-21100 for Census transcript
Sarah had 7 known children during her marriage, Sarah, Giles, Patience, Mary, Kate, Thomas and William Jackson.
Sarah was widowed in 1856. Giles left a Will and made a bequest to Sarah and Sarah's father/ brother? Richard Haydon was named Executor.
Sarah took over the running of the farm. At the time of the 1861 Census, she has two sons living at home, Joseph and William. She also employs a farm servant, William Diprose.
1861 Census - Sarah Edwards - Gender Female - Age 54 - Relation Head - Estimated Birth Year 1807 - Where born Warwickshire, England - Civil parish Hadlow - County/Island Kent - Country England - Registration district Tunbridge
Sarah Edwards 54 Head, Joseph Edwards 17 Son, William Edwards 16 Son, J Edward 12 Daughter, William Diprose 18 Servant
Sources
↑ Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucester, Gloucestershire; Gloucestershire Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P317 IN 1/6
↑ "England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1963," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHXF-QXR : 8 December 2017), Giles Edwards and Sarah Heydon, 13 Oct 1834; from parish registers of the Church of England, database and images, citing Marriage, Cherington, Warwickshire, England, Warwick County Record Office, England.
"England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQKG-ZMP : 12 December 2017), Giles Edwards, Sundridge, Kent, England; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
"England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGLF-73Q : 9 November 2019), Sarah Edwards in household of Giles Edwards, Hadlow, Kent, England; citing Hadlow, Kent, England, p. 12, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
J Walsh
Footnotes
Sarah Haydon is sister to Elizabeth (Haydon) Dark
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