My great grandfather was John Newington Beer, born 12/1/1842 in Ewell, Kent.

Naturally we had assumed we would be looking for a male Beer line, so were surprised on receiving his birth certificate to find that his father was John Newington, and his mother was Mary Ann Beer.

I have been digging a little more and have found that John Newington and Mary Ann Beer married in 1843, and that there are further children carrying the Newington surname. Therefore I would be interested in hearing from anyone who is descendant from this family. The only other names I have are from the 1881 census:

Peter C Newington, Son, 25 yo in 1881
Sarah A Newington Daughter, 18 yo in 1881
William H Newington, Grandson, 7 yo in 1881

The family was living at 13 George St, Buckland in Dover at the time of the census.

I believe, but can't confirm at this stage, that the parents of John Newington were Charles Newington and Susanna Belsey, and that he was baptised in Buckland on 14/5/1815.

Charles and Susanna married in Buckland on 23/4/1815.

Mary Ann Beer may be the daughter of William and Mary Beer, and she was baptised on 24/3/1822 also in Buckland.

If anyone can connect to this family I would be pleased to hear from them.