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thank you all for your brilliant detective work...I am now going to make a hard copy and digest this slowly over a nice hot coffee.Think I still have a lot to learn. Had ordered a copy of the marriage cert for Benjamin but it was returned marked brides name different. Der...never thought of 2nd marriage...even though its so common now. Again..my heartfelt thanks to you all for your help.

Oops, I take it back, Martha wasn't naughty:

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JOHN KENNARD Pedigree
Male Family

Event(s):
Birth:
Christening:
Death:
Burial:

Marriages:
Spouse: MARTHA AVARD Family
Marriage:
03 JUN 1847 Brenchley, Kent, England

Although Martha Avard may have married a cousin:

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MARSHALL KENNARD Pedigree
Male

Event(s):
Birth:
Christening:
17 NOV 1850 Brenchley, Kent, England
Death:
Burial:

Parents:
Father: JOHN KENNARD Family
Mother: MARTHA

No, Leslie, my genius never amazes me, LOL :-)))

1861 England Census
about Frances Avard
Name: Frances Avard
Age: 61
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1800
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: William
Gender: Female
Where born: Lamberhurst, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Brenchley
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

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Registration district: Tunbridge
Sub-registration district: Brenchley
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 16
Household Members:
Name Age
William Avard 60
Frances Avard 61
Martha Kenward 32 (daughter) says married, but I bet she wasn't and just used her mother's maiden name!!
Eunice Avard 24
Martha Kenward 11 (image reads Marshall not Martha) grandson
Frances E Kenward 7 granddaughter
Mary T Kenward 3 granddaughter

Well done Lewella............does it amaze you how good we are sometimes lol

Lesley

1851 England Census
about Frances Avard
Name: Frances Avard
Age: 51
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1800
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: William
Gender: Female
Where born: Lamberhurst, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Brenchley
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Registration district: Tunbridge
Sub-registration district: Tunbridge
ED, institution, or vessel: 2a
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 47
Household Members:
Name Age
William Avard 50
Frances Avard 51
Alfred Avard 16
Henry Avard 10
Emma Avard 14
Martha Kennard 22 - daughter)
Marthall Kennard 5 Mo grandson

1841 England Census
about Frances Avard
Name: Frances Avard
Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1801
Gender: Female
Where born: Kent, England

Civil Parish: Brenchley
Hundred: Lathe of Aylesford Brenchley and Horsemonden
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

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Registration district: Tonbridge
Sub-registration district: Brenchley
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
William Avard 40 (shoemaker - same occupation as John Avard/Kennard)
Frances Avard 40
Fanny Avard 15
William Avard 15
Ann Avard 9
Alfred Avard 7
Eunice Avard 5
Henry Avard 4 Mo

Results for: Kennard, British Isles
Father: Henry , Mother: Martha
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1. HARRIET KENNARD - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 11 DEC 1796 Lamberhurst, Kent, England
2. FRANCES KENNARD - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 02 FEB 1800 Lamberhurst, Kent, England
3. JOSEPH KENNARD - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 07 JUN 1801 Lamberhurst, Kent, England
4. ELIZABETH KENNARD - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 21 AUG 1808 Lamberhurst, Kent, England
5. WILLIAM KENARD - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 12 NOV 1809 Lamberhurst, Kent, England

So it looks like our Frances had John out of wedlock and after she married William, John took his stepfather's name, but still registered his children as Kennard!

Bingo!!!!!

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Frances Kennard Pedigree
Female Family

Event(s):
Birth:

Christening:
Death:
Burial:

Marriages:
Spouse: William Avard
Marriage:
12 AUG 1822 Tonbridge, Kent, England

Lamberhurst is about 3 miles from Brenchley

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JOHN KENNARD Pedigree
Male

Event(s):
Birth:
Christening:
29 MAR 1818 Lamberhurst, Kent, England
Death:
Burial:

Parents:
Mother: FRANCES KENNARD

Hang on:


1851 England Census
about John Avards
Name: John Avards
Age: 33
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1818
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Elizabeth
Gender: Male
Where born: Brenchley, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Brenchley
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability:

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Registration district: Tunbridge
Sub-registration district: Tunbridge
ED, institution, or vessel: 2a
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 64
Household Members:
Name Age
John Avards 33
Elizabeth Avards 33
Catherine Avards 8
Agnes Avards 6
Martha Avards 1
Joseph Kennard 14 <<<<< Cousin

Something very funny here

Births Mar 1845
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KENNARD Agnes Tonbridge 5 523

Brenchley is in the district of Tonbridge and I cannot find a birth for Agnes Avard in that area. Agnes seems to pretty much know where she was born as she has put in down on every census.

Lesley

1871 census
Police Station, Station Rd., Minster, Sheerness, Kent
Benjamin Jessup, head, 28, police constable, born Horne, Surrey
Agness, wife, 27, born Benchley, Kent
Agness M., dau, 6, born Harrietsham, Kent
Catherine E., dau, 5, born Sittingbourne, Kent
Thomas E., son, 2, born Sheerness
***Tilly E.A., dau, 8 months, born "

1861
Name: Benjamin Jessup
Age: 18
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1843
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Thomas
Mother's Name: Maria
Gender: Male
Where born: Home, Surrey, England

Civil Parish: Horton Kirkby
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

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Registration district: Dartford
Sub-registration district: Farningham
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 94
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Jessup 44
Maria Jessup 41
Benjamin Jessup 18
William Jessup 12
Richard Jessup 9
Joseph Jessup 7
Maria Jessup 5
Henry Jessup 3
Charles Jessup 6 Mo
John Roser 45
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Benjamin Jessup Pedigree
Male Family

Event(s):
Birth:
Christening:
Death:
Burial:

Parents:
Father: Thomas Jessup Family

Marriages:
Spouse: Agnes Kennard Family
Marriage:
26 DEC 1863 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
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Agnes Kennard Pedigree
Female Family

Event(s):
Birth:
Christening:
Death:
Burial:

Parents:
Father: John Kennard Family

Marriages:
Spouse: Benjamin Jessup Family
Marriage:
26 DEC 1863 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

seems to fit apart from agnes,s surname.

richard

Mistranscribed. Image reads Avard not Hooker!


1861 England Census
about Agnes Hooker
Name: Agnes Hooker
Age: 16
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1845
Relation: Servant
Gender: Female
Where born: Brenchley, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Brenchley
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

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Registration district: Tunbridge
Sub-registration district: Brenchley
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 14
Household Members:
Name Age
John M Hooker 31
Clara Hooker 42
Agnes Hooker 16

For reference:


1851 England Census
about Agnes Avards
Name: Agnes Avards
Age: 6
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1845
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: John
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Gender: Female
Where born: Brenchley, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Brenchley
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability:

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Registration district: Tunbridge
Sub-registration district: Tunbridge
ED, institution, or vessel: 2a
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 64
Household Members:
Name Age
John Avards 33
Elizabeth Avards 33
Catherine Avards 8
Agnes Avards 6
Martha Avards 1

Could she have been married before and didn't marry under her maiden name?


England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1983
about Benjamin Jessup
Name: Benjamin Jessup
Year of Registration: 1863
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Tonbridge
County: Kent, Sussex
Volume: 2a
Page: 783


England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1983
about Agnes Kerrow
Name: Agnes Kerrow
Year of Registration: 1863
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Tonbridge
County: Kent, Sussex
Volume: 2a
Page: 783