Benjamin Sargent

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1841, Worth, Sussex. Listed as age 7 and living at Crawley Down Cottages, Worth with parents and 6 siblings.

• Census, 1861, West Hoathly, Sussex. ⁴⁹ Listed as aged 27, and living at Heath Land (?Punch Bowl), West Hoathly with his wife and 1 child. Also present in the household is a lodger, Jesse Sargent (his brother, aged 15, occupation Agricultural Labourer). His occupation is Agricultural Labourer. On the next census page in a different household is also listed a James Sargent & family (see attached image)

• Census, 1871, Worth, Sussex. Listed as aged 37 and living at Grove Cottages, Worth with wife and 2 children. Occupation is Carpenter.

• Census, 1881, Worth, Sussex. Listed as aged 46 and living at Mount Noddy, Worth with wife, 2 children, daughter-in-law and granddaughter. Occupation is Carpenter. Mount Noddy is along Paddockhurst Road, Turners Hill, near Worth Abbey, current postcode RH10 4SE.

• Census, 1891, Worth, Sussex. Listed as aged 56 and living at Whitely Hill, Worth with wife and 1 grandchild (Rose P Sargent, aged 11). Occupation is a Carpenter.

• Census, 1901, Worth, Sussex. Listed as aged 66 and living at Yew Tree Cottages, Whitely Hill, Worth with wife. Occupation is Estate Carpenter.

Benjamin married Rosa Langridge, daughter of William Langridge and Caroline Wood, on 24 Aug 1856 in Worth, Sussex. (Rosa Langridge was born in 1835 in Horsted Keynes, Sussex and was christened on 27 Dec 1835 in Horsted Keynes, Sussex.)