Known History

Baptised in church of St Alphege, Canterbury
(register records name as Royal Francis Anderson)

Married Emma Theoff 1805 (May 26) Chislet, Kent

Married Sarah Church 1814 (Oct 16) Chislet, Kent

Worked as a blacksmith in Upstreet, Chislet, Kent
Possibly also lived in St Nicholas at Wade, Kent
(on the Isle of Thanet, north-east of Canterbury)

Buried at St Mary Northgate, Canterbury, Kent

Spouses

Emma Theoff baptised 1789 (Apr 5) Chislet, Kent
    (parents William Theoff and Ann Huffham)
  - buried 1811 (Aug 15) St Nicholas at Wade, Kent

Sarah Church:
  - baptised 1781 (Apr 8) St Nicholas at Wade, Kent
    (parents Richard Church and Anne Reader)
  - living in Canterbury, Kent at 1841 census
  - buried 1846 (Jun 21) Canterbury, Kent
    (buried at St Mary Northgate, Canterbury)

Children

Francis born 1807 (Mar 5) Upstreet, Kent
  - baptised 1807 (Mar 29) Chislet, Kent
  - married 1829 (Dec 26) Canterbury, Kent
      to Martha Rowe (1803? - 1864)
  - lived in Tunbridge Wells, Kent in the 1830s
  - emigrated to Australia, arriving 1839 (May 26)
    (described as a blacksmith of Upstreet, Kent)
  - an early settler in Tumut, NSW, west of Canberra
  - died 1860 (Jun 9) Tumut, New South Wales

Sarah born 1810 (Nov 17) St Nicholas at Wade, Kent
  - baptised 1810 (Dec 16) St Nicholas at Wade, Kent
  - married 1833 (Feb 23) St Nicholas at Wade, Kent
      to William Mitchell (1808 - 1885)
  - living in St Nicholas at Wade, Kent at 1841 census
  - living in Marshside, Chislet, Kent at 1851 census
  - buried 1855 (Jul 1) Chislet, Kent

Hannah baptised 1821 (Apr 22) Chislet, Kent
  - probably living in Canterbury, Kent at 1841 census
  - married 1848 (Sep 3) Canterbury, Kent
      to John Hutchinson (1819 - 1881)
  - living in Bishopwearmouth, Durham at 1861 census
  - living in Marylebone, London at 1871 census
  - living in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire at 1881 census
  - buried 1883 (Aug 3) Middlesbrough, Yorkshire