John Preston Brooks, Elizabeth Ann Plummer, Jane Hawkins

Little Coxwell

JOHN PRESTON BROOKS,
ELIZABETH PLUMMER & JANE HAWKINS

HUSBAND

John PRESTON also known as John Preston BROOKS 1835-1901

father: Thomas Preston BROOKS 1800-1878
mother: Harriet KENT 1813-1892
born: Great Coxwell
baptized: 11 January 1835 at Great Coxwell
died: 18 December 1901 at Little Coxwell
buried: 23 December 1901 at Little Coxwell

WIFE (1)

Elizabeth Ann PLUMMER 1848-1871

father: William PLUMMER
mother: Louisa Long
born: 1848 at Little Coxwell
baptized: 1848 at Little Coxwell
died: 1871 at Wokingham, Berkshire
buried: 1871 at Little Coxwell

MARRIAGE (1)

place: Little Coxwell
date: 12 October 1867

CHILDREN of MARRIAGE (1)

Ernest Charles PRESTON 1870-1931
born: 1870 at Wokingham
died: 1931 at Victoria Hospital, Swindon, Wiltshire
buried: 1931 at Bishopstone, Wiltshire
married: 1889 Emma JOHNSON at Bishopstone, Wiltshire
children: no issue

Sarah Louise ('Louie') PRESTON 1871-1951
born: 1871 at Wokingham
baptized: 1871 at Little Coxwell
died: 1951 at Stratton, Wiltshire
buried: 1951 at Stratton, Wiltshire
married: 1920 Robert HOWSON, widower, at Little Coxwell
children: no issue

George PRESTON
born: 1868 at Wokingham
died: 1868 at Wokingham

WIFE (2)

Jane HAWKINS 1842-1920

father: Vincent HAWKINS 1818-1906
mother: Ann MULCOCK 1825-1901
born: 22 May 1842 at Little Coxwell
baptized: 10 July 1842 at Little Coxwell
died: 31 October 1920 at Little Coxwell
buried: 4 November 1920 at Little Coxwell

JANE HAWKINS' CHILDREN PRIOR TO MARRIAGE

Edward HAWKINS 1862-
born: 1862 at Little Coxwell
baptized: 1862 at Little Coxwell
married: 1895 Alice MILLEN at Taplow, Buckinghamshire
children: no issue

Edward is recorded in the Little Coxwell census of 1881 living with his grandfather Vincent Hawkins: "Edward Hawkins, 8, gs, M, scholar"

Sarah HAWKINS 1865-
born:
baptized: 1865 at Little Coxwell
children: one daughter

Sarah is recorded in the Faringdon Union Workhouse census of 1881:
"Sarah Hawkins, 15, inmate, F, u, general domestic, Little Coxwell"

Kate HAWKINS 1867-1868
born: 1867
baptized: 6 March 1868 at Faringdon Union Chapel
(C of E chapel of Faringdon Union Workhouse)
died: 1868 at Faringdon
buried: 9 March 1868 at Little Coxwell, aged 9 months

William HAWKINS 1870-1923
born:
baptized: 16 March 1870 at Faringdon Union Chapel
married: never married
died: 1923 at Little Coxwell
buried: 1923 at Little Coxwell

MARRIAGE (2)

place: Little Coxwell
date: 16 September 1872

CHILDREN OF MARRIAGE (2)

Frederick John PRESTON 1873-
born: 1873 at Little Coxwell
baptized: 1873 at Little Coxwell
married: yes
children: none known

Elizabeth PRESTON 1874-1874
born: 1874 at Little Coxwell
died: 1874 at Little Coxwell

Henry ('Harry') PRESTON 1876-1915
born: 1876 at Little Coxwell
baptized: 1876 at Little Coxwell
married: 1895 Kate HARDY at Old Windsor
children: 3 sons, 4 daughters
died: 1915 Surrey
buried: 1915 Surrey

Arthur James PRESTON 1878-
born: 1878 at Little Coxwell
baptized: 1878 at Little Coxwell
married: c. 1900 to Emily
children: yes

Jesse PRESTON 1881-1918
born: 1881 at Little Coxwell
baptized: 1881 at Little Coxwell
married: 1915 Cecilia PRATT at Chichester, Sussex
children: one daughter
died: 1918, killed in action during World War I while serving with the Royal Berkshire Regiment. Recorded on War Memorials at Little Coxwell, Faringdon (two), and Chichester, Sussex.
buried: Jonchery-sur-Vesle British Cemetry, France

SOURCES

Most of the information on this page was provided by Claire Ward