William Eldridge was of Ewhurst when married Mary Garman on 3 Jun 1800 at Ewhurst, Sussex, England. Their known children were all baptised at Ewhurst.
Their son John Eldridge was a charcoal manufacturer at Battle. He married Harriet Duke on 12 Nov 1826 at Hollington, Sussex. Harriet died aged 30 and was buried at Battle on 24 Jul 1836 and John then had a long term relationship with her sister Hannah Duke. They did not marry due to the prohibition at the time preventing a man from marrying the sister of his deceased spouse.
Their son William Eldridge enlisted in the Army at Battle in 1826 and made an oath that I am or have been a labourer and to the best of my Knowledge and Belief was born in the Parish of Battle in the County of Sussex and I am of the Age of eighteen. He was at Buckingham Palace Barracks on the 1841 census and was a Colour Sergeant in Army on the 1851 census at Westminster. He was discharged from the Army on 26 Aug 1851 on account of a pulmonary affection. On his marriage in 1863 he was shown as a widower, the son of William Eldridge a collier.
A grandson of William and Mary, Edwin John Eldridge, migrated with his family to Canada on the Polynesian arriving at Quebec on 13 May 1877. Their last child Edgar Fredrick Eldridge was born on 7 Jan 1879 at Brantford, Ontario.
Updated 9 September 2024
William Eldridge ( - ) m 1800 Mary Garman ( - ) | John Eldridge (1806-1869) m 1826 Harriet Duke (1806-1836) | | | Elizabeth Eldridge (1828- ) | m 1850 William Baker (1832- ) | | | | | James Baker (1851- ) | | George Reuben Baker (1852- ) | | David Baker (1854- ) | | Harriet Eliza Baker (1856- ) | | William Baker (1863-1864) | | Edward John Eldridge Baker (1866- ) | | Thomas William Eldridge Baker (1869- ) | | | Eleanor Eldridge (1830- ) | Esther Mary Eldridge (1831- ) | m 1860 Luke Boorman (1832- ) | Edwin John Eldridge (1834-1913) | m 1859 Elizabeth Beney (1840-1911) | | | | | Eliza Eldridge (1860- ) | | m 1882 James Heatley (1860- ) | | | | | | | James Reginald Heatley (1883-1938) | | | Lloyd Eldridge Heatley (1885- ) | | | Myrtle Edna Heatley (1887- ) | | | | | Ida Elizabeth Eldridge (1861-1889) | | m 1881 Frank George Gale (1859- ) | | | | | | | Francis Enoch Gale (1882- ) | | | Matilda Elizabeth Gale (1884- ) | | | Edwin John Eldridge Gale (1886-1913) | | | | | Ellen Jane Eldridge (1862- ) | | m 1882 George Hall (1856-1927) | | | | | | | George Alvin Hall (1883- ) | | | Georgina Elizabeth Hall (1887-1970) | | | Frederick Gordon Hall (1891- ) | | | Edna Agnes Catharine Hall (1893- ) | | | | | Edwin John Eldridge (1864-1939) | | m 1885 Isabella Marlin (1864- ) | | | | | | | Isabella Emily Caroline Eldridge (1888- ) | | | m 1911 Thomas Bates (1880- ) | | | Robert John Edmund Eldridge (1890- ) | | | m 1912 Nellie Elizabeth Johnston (1886- ) | | | Loyd Eldridge (1895- ) | | | | | Emma Catherine Eldridge (1869-1921) | | m 1887 George Edward Rose (1851-1927) | | | | | | | Ethel Amy Rose (1889-1969) | | | Gladys Elizabeth Rose (1892-1914) | | | Olice Emma Jennie Rose (1895- ) | | | Ida Kathleen Rose (1897-1989) | | | John William Rose (1899-1941) | | | Edna Mary Beney Rose (1902-1947) | | | Frederick George Rose (1904-1963) | | | Edward Charles Rose (1907-1918) | | | Mary Alice Katherine Rose (1911-1989) | | | | | George William Eldridge (1874- ) | | Esther Mary Harriet Eldridge (1876- ) | | m 1896 Edward White (1874- ) | | | | | | | Elizabeth Pearl White (1897- ) | | | Herbert Edward White (1899- ) | | | Francis George Eldridge White (1902- ) | | | Ellen Frederica White (1903- ) | | | George William White (1906- ) | | | | | Edgar Fredrick Eldridge (1879-1903) | | | Edward Eldridge (1836-1836) | (partner) Hannah Duke (1810-1892) | | | Eliza Duke (1837- ) | (speculation) | | | | | Hannah Duke/Eldridge (1859- ) | | | Emily Duke/Eldridge (1838-1868) | m 1859 William Matthews (1836-1922) | | | | | John Matthews (1861-1944) | | Alice Matthews (1862- ) | | Emma Jane Matthews (1863- ) | | Hannah E Matthews (1865- ) | | Emily Matthews (1867- ) | | | Emma Duke/Eldridge (1839-1883) | Edwina Duke/Eldridge (1842- ) | Emuse Duke/Eldridge (1845- ) | Edward/Edmund Duke/Eldridge (1846-1927) | Emmanuel Duke (1848- ) | m 1868 Emily Catherine Beeching (1851- ) | Elijah Duke/Eldridge (1849- ) | m 1877 Ann Southouse (1848- ) | | | | | Harry Eldridge (1878- ) | | Ernest John Eldridge (1879-1917) | | m 1908 Ruth Amy Wood (1885- ) | | Annie Eldridge (1881- ) | | William Eldridge (1883-1918) | | Percy Eldridge (1885- ) | | Charles E Eldridge (1887- ) | | | Elias Duke/Eldridge (1852-1887) | m 1875 Charlotte A Bourner (1854- ) | | | | | Alice Eldridge (1881- ) | | | Ernest Duke/Eldridge (1854-1939) | m ( ) Elizabeth Ann (Unknown) (1869-1952) | Eli Duke/Eldridge (1856- ) | m 1884 Emily Barker (1854- ) | | | Herbert John Eldridge (1885-1929) | m 1910 Emily Jane Sinden (1887-1979) | | | Stanley Eldridge (1913- ) | George William Eldridge (1918- ) | Vera Eldridge (1922- ) | Phyllis Eldridge (1922- ) | Donald Sydney Eldridge (1923- ) | William Eldridge (1809-1873) m 1832 Mary Croft (1810- ) | | | Edward Henry Eldridge (1833- ) | William Eldridge (1834- ) | Elizabeth Eldridge (1836- ) | Mary Ann Eldridge (1839- ) | m 1866 James Barnes (1840- ) | | | | | Ellen Barnes (1868- ) | | Mary Barnes (1869- ) | | James Barnes (1870- ) | | Charlotte Barnes (1872- ) | | Fanny Barnes (1874- ) | | John Barnes (1875- ) | | | Sarah Ann Eldridge (1842- ) | m 1861 James Morgan ( - ) | | | | | William James Morgan ( - ) | | | Charles James Eldridge (1845-1907) | m 1884 Jane White (1853-1925) | | | | | Annie Eliza Eldridge (1878- ) | | m 1900 Robert George White (1871- ) | | | | | | | Annie Eliza White (1898-1899) | | | Eliza Jane White (1899- ) | | | Lily Annie White (1902- ) | | | | | William Eldridge (1881-1883) | | Charles James Eldridge (1882- ) | | Sarah Jane Eldridge (1885-1885) | | William John Eldridge (1886-1888) | | Edith Eldridge (1888- ) | | Frederick Eldridge (1889- ) | | Harriet Eldridge (1891- ) | | m 1912 William Matthews (1888- ) | | Elizabeth Eldridge (1892-1892) | | Alice Eldridge (1893-1899) | | | Eliza Eldridge (1847- ) | Harriet Eldridge (1850- ) | m 1863 Maria Jeffery (1833- ) Thomas Eldsridge (1809-1809)