EDWARD OFFIN
was baptised in 1788 in Westfield, Sussex (source : Collette Kendall).
He married HARRIET PANKHURST in 1811 in Westfield, Sussex
(source : Collette Kendall). She was born circa 1793 in Westfield, Sussex (source : 1851 census).
On the 1851 census, Edward, a 64-year-old ag lab, his wife Harriet, their daughter Irene and grandson Alfred
are at Henbrey's Cottage, (Ore?), Sussex.
Edward died before 1871 because Harriett shows up as a widow on the 1871 census.
On the 1871 census, Harriett (77, widow, mother-in-law) is with daughter Rhoda and family at 8 Down Lane
in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
The Children of EDWARD OFFIN and HARRIET PANKHURST:
SALLY OFFIN was baptised, to parents EDWARD OFFIN and HARRIOT,
on 26th April 1812 in All Saints, Hastings, Sussex (source : BVRI 2nd edition).
WILLIAM OFFEN was baptised in 1813 in
Peasmarsh, Sussex (source : Collette Kendall). He died in 1813 (source : Collette Kendall).
EDWIN (EDWARD) OFFIN was born
circa 1815 in
Guestling, Sussex (source : Collette Kendall).
ANN OFFIN was baptised in 1817 in
Peasmarsh, Sussex (source : Collette Kendall).
HARRIET OFFIN was baptised in 1821 in
Ore, Sussex (source : Collette Kendall).
RHODA OFFIN was baptised in 1823 in
Ore, Sussex (source : Collette Kendall). She married EDWARD FOX
before 1871 (source : 1871 census). On the 1871 census,
Rhoda (wife, 40, born Hastings Sussex ), husband Edward (head, 40, fly prorietor, born Eastbourne Sussex),
a niece IRENA GRACE HILL and Rhoda's mother are all at 8 Down Lane, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
THOMAS OFFIN was born circa 1824 (source : Collette Kendall).
FANNY OFFIN was baptised in 1825 in
Ore, Sussex (source : Collette Kendall).
JESSE OFFIN was baptised
in 1830 in Ore, Sussex (source : Collette Kendall).
LOUISA OFFIN was born in 1832 in
Ore, Sussex (source : 1851 census). On the 1851 census, Louisa Offen was a 19-year-old unmarried
house servant in Pett Street in Pett, Sussex.
She married JAMES GRIFFITHS
(source : Collette Kendall). He was born circa 1831 in Langhurne, Carmarthen, Wales (source : 1881 census).
They had four children :
LOUISA GRIFFITHS (born circa 1864 in Tonbridge, Kent),
LLEWELLEN GRIFFITHS (born circa 1865 in Tonbridge, Kent),
HENRY GRIFFITHS (born circa 1868 in Tonbridge, Kent), and
JAMES O GRIFFITHS (born circa 1870 in Tonbridge, Kent)
(source : Collette Kendall).
On the 1881 census, James (50, poulterer and fishmonger), his wife Louisa (48, born Hastings), their children Louisa
(17? unmarried), Llewellen (16), Henry (13), and James (11) are at No 13 Upper Gros Rd, Tonbridge, Kent, with Louisa's sister Irene
and a general servant, ELIZA TURNER (28, born Brixton Hill Surrey).
IRENE OFFIN was born circa 1837 in Ore, Sussex
(source : 1851 census). She was baptised in 1837 in
Ore, Sussex (source : Collette Kendall). On the 1851 census, "Irenea" is a 14-year-old scholar,
at home with her parents and family at Henbrey's Cottage. On the 1881 census, Irene, aged 43 and unmarried, is at No 13
Upper Gros Rd, Tonbridge, Kent, with sister Louisa and her family.