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Thomas TIDY (1736-1801) m. (1) Sarah JENKINS (1736-1776); (2) Jane GARRET (1749-1816)
s/o William TIDY (1694-1776) m. Anne RANDALL (1710-1794)
1-d/o Joseph Jesse JENKINS (1716- ) m. unknown
2-d/o Joseph Garret

2 Apr 1736 Sarah JENKINS born at Rudgwick, Sussex, England [England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, FHL Film #814245; indicates baptism at St. Philip's, Birmingham, Warwick, England (doc)] [England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, FHL Film #0416755, 0918473; indicates baptism date 13 Mar 1735 (doc)

11 Apr 1736 Thomas TIDY born at Rudgwick, Sussex, England [England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975; FHL Film #0416755, 0918473; shows marriage at Rudgwick, Sussex]

1749 Jane Garret born Shilbottle, Northumberland, England

6 Nov 1750 Jane Garret baptism at Shilbottle, Northumberland, England

3 May 1757 Thomas TIDY and Sarah JENKINS married at Rudgwick, Sussex, England [England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975; FHL Film #0416755, 0918473; shows father William at baptism]

20 Nov 1757 dau Sarah TIDY born at Rudgwick, Sussex, England; married Richard SMITH abt 1780 [England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975]

1759 son Thomas Tidy born

1761 son William Tidy born [England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975]

1763 son James Tidy born [England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975]

1765 son Henry Tidy born [England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975]

Sep 1766 Thomas Tidy paid apprentice duties for Jno Luck as a Blacksmith Apprentive Indenture at Ockley, Surrey; listed as 15
th entry for 1766 [UK, Register of Duties Paid for Apprentices' Indentures, 1710-1811 (doc)]

1770 son George Tidy born [England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975]

1772 dau Elizabeth Tidy born

1774 Thomas Tidy in Poll Book at Wotton, Ockley, Surrey [UK, Poll Books and Electoral Registers, 1538-1893 (doc)]

1775 dau Mary Tidy born

1775 Thomas Tidy in Poll Book at Wotton, Ockley, Surrey [UK, Poll Books and Electoral Registers, 1538-1893 (doc)]

12 Feb 1776 Sarah JENKINS died at Ockley, Surrey, England; buried at Oakley St Margaret, Surrey; Phillimore Eccelesiastical Parish Map #11076 [Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812; indicates Thomas Tidy as husband (doc)]

1780 Thomas Tidy paid land tax to Stephen Cole Esquite (owner), Ockley, Surrey [Surrey, England, Land Tax Records, 1780-1832; Roll #45, Ref #992284 (doc)]


13 Apr 1782 Thomas TIDY and Jane Garret married at Ockley, Surrey, England [England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973, FHL Film #1040295; indicates Thomas had been previously married]

1783 dau Keziah Tidy born

1786 dau Ann Tidy born

1786 Thomas Tidy Land Tax Record for Wotton, Surrey [Surrey, England, Land Tax Records, 1780-1832; Roll #61, Ref #992290 (doc)]

1790 son Stephen Tidy born

1791 son James Tidy born

25 Mar 1799 Thomas Tidy land tax redemption Wotton, Surrey [UK, Land Tax Redemption, 1798, Vol.2; lists Thomas Tidy as proprietor and himself as occupier (tenant) for punch bowl 1L 9S 3pence; for a house as and John Coleman, junr as occupier 6s 6p (doc)]

6 Mar 1801 Thomas TIDY died at Wotton, Surrey, England; buried at Ockham Parish [London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 (doc)] [Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812; indicates burial at Ockley, St Margaret, Surrey; Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Map 11076 (doc)]

24 Dec 1801 Thomas TIDY probate at Parish of Wotton, Surrey [London, England, Wills and Probate, 1507-1858 (doc)]

4 Jun 1816 Jane GARRET died at Ockley, Surrey; buried at Ockley, St Margaret, Surrey, England (doc)

16 Jan 1817 Jane Garret will/probate at Ockley, Surrey (doc)


RECORDS/DOCUMENTS Thomas Sarah
1736 Christening X
1757 Baptism of daughter Sarah X X