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The Blaker Society © [1628] Aug. 26 Elizabeth d. of Richard Kid. 28
CUCKFIELD

and Richard Kidd was buried at Cuckfield in 1657:

Richard Kid.
[1657] Nov. 25

The burial or second marriage of Elizabeth (Blaker) Kidd does not appear in the
printed Cuckfield register: no will or administration for Richard or Elizabeth
Kidd appears in the Lewes Archdeaconry or Chichester Consistory probate
calendars. No marriage licence for Elizabeth or for Dorothy appears in the
Lewes Archdeaconry or Chichester Consistory files. There is no Kidd will or
administration in the Lewes Archdeaconry probate calendars from 1613 to 1660
from Cuckfield or neighbourhood.

What happened to Dorothy Kidd?

Dorothy was born in 1614, and was not buried in infancy at Cuckfield.
Looking forward through the Cuckfield registers, in which Dorothy is not a
common christian name, we find these baptisms:

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[1639/40] Jan. 12 John s. of John & Dorothy Jenner.
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[1642] Apr. 24 Thomas s. of John & Dorothy Jenner. &c.

and we have seen that an Edward Genner was overseer and witness to Arthur
Blaker’s will in 1618: but this Dorothy’s name was Standen, as shown by her
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marriage in 1638 at Cuckfield:

[1638] Nov. 8 John Jenner & Dorothy Standon

It is possible that Dorothy was a young widow in 1638, but there is no male
Standon buried at Cuckfield in the years just before 1638.

The Genners

Whether related through marriage or not, Edward Genner was clearly a
close friend of Arthur Blaker, to be one of the two overseers appointed in 1618
(the other was Thomas Page). In Cuckfield burial registers we have:

[1628/9] Jan. 16 Edward Jenner of Horsegate, an old man.
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[1640] Apr. 8 Edward Jenner.

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29 p. 45
30 p. 47
31 p. 114
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