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Thomas Hyder of Charing and Mary Hodges were married at Smarsden parish church on 27 December 1784. Thomas was a carpenter and is believed to be the son of Thomas Hyder and his wife Ann. Thomas and Mary had the following children:
Children of Thomas Hyder and Mary Hodges[1]
| Name | Date of christening | Date/Place of Christening | Married to | Date of Death | Place of Death |
| Richard | 19 June 1785[1] | Smarsden | Ann, Sarah Mackelden(sp) | April 3, 1874 | Charing |
| Thomas | 9 Dec 1787[2] | 27 Oct 1787, Charing | |||
| Edward | July 1789[2] | 9 June 1789, Charing | |||
| Hodges | 30 April 1792[2] | 13 February 1792, Charing | |||
| Catherine | 27 January 1794[2] | 3 January 1794, Charing | |||
| Mary Ann | 21 August 1796[2] | 22 July 1796, Charing | unmarried | 4 December 1872[4] | |
| James | 27 January 1798[2] | 31 Dec 1797, Charing | |||
| Elizabeth | 10 May 1801[2] | 6 April 1801, Charing | John Stallard | 9 Jan 1887 | Brompton(?) |
| Ann | 19 September 1802[2] | 18 August 1802, Charing | |||
| George | 17 March 1805[2] | 1 February 1805, Charing | |||
| Caroline | 21 August 1808[2] | 27 July 1808, Charing | Edward Swaffer, 18 Mar 1832[2] | 12 November 1867[4] |
From a gravestone inscription we learn that Thomas was born in 1762 and Mary was born in 1766. The gravestone speaks of ten children so that perhaps one of the eleven listed above died in infancy.
Sources:
[1] Transcribed from parish registers of the parish church of
Smarsden, by Gill Hyder
[2] Transcribed from parish registers of the Church of Saints Peter and
Paul, Charing,
Kent, by Gill Hyder
[3] A gravestone in Charing Cemetery has the following inscription: "In
memory of
Mary wife of Thomas Hyder who departed this life Oct 22 1831 aged 65
years leaving issue 5
sons and 5 daughters; also the above Thomas Hyder who departed this
life Dec 22 1845 aged
83; also of Elizabeth the beloved wife of John Stallard and daughter of
the above born
April 6 1801 died Jan 9 1887 interred in Brompton cemetery."
[4] Charing MIs
Acknowledgements:
Gill Hyder has supplied the information on this page from her study of parish records at Smarsden and Charing.
This document is 'in progress'. Any errors are mine. Contributions to this account of the Hyder family would be much appreciated.
last modified 15 November 2001