Thomas Honeysett (1691 - 1762)
of Stone in Oxney, Kent
Thomas the eldest son of Thomas and Jane was baptised on 30 April 1691 in Westham, where he must have spent his early years. When his grandmother, Susannah Hunnisett, died in 1702 he was left a silver spoon in her will.
On 16 October 1715 he married Ann Sloaman (1695-1768) in Peasmarsh, 20 miles north-east of Westham and close to the border with Kent. Ann was the daughter of John (a miller in Udimore) and Judith. Thomas and Ann's first two children were baptised in Udimore and the rest in Stone in Oxney, Kent. Their known children were:
| Thomas | 5 Aug 1716 | |
| John | 2 Mar 1717/18 | |
| Richard | 13 Mar 1719/20 | bur 19 May 1730 |
| William | 8 Dec 1722 | bur 19 Apr 1724 |
| Samuel | 28 Mar 1725 | |
| Mary | 19 Nov 1727 | |
| Sarah | 23 Nov 1731 | bur 16 Jan 1731/2 |
| Joseph | 14 Oct 1733 | |
| Rachel?/Richard | 23 May 1736 | bur 20 Sep 1736 |
In 1734 his aunt Mary left him 40 shillings in her will.
Thomas was buried in Stone on 11 February 1762 and Ann on 2 June 1768.
Of their surviving children:
- John was probably the John who lived and worked as a miller in Beckley.
- Samuel married and lived in Stone.
- Mary married Samuel Hinty (of Ebony) in Stone on 22 October 1750.
- Joseph married and lived in Stone.
