| 6/11 William Gorham |
Yeoman of Birling and Snodland, Kent |
| 1760-1820 |
Probably son of William and Sarah
Gorham |
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Born 1759/60 (according to his marriage
licence) |
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Baptised 3 Feb 1760 at East Malling
St James |
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Married Mary Fletcher 7 Nov
1787 at Birling All Saints by Rochester Archdeaconry licence. They both
signed the register |
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K2 |
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Father of |
John |
1788 bapt. 20 Oct at Birling |
28 |
K2 |
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William |
1790 bapt. 11 July at Birling |
30 |
K2 |
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Alexander Garner 1792 bapt. 28 Sept
at Birling |
32 |
K2 |
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George |
c.1794 (from his father's memorial) |
34 |
KAS4 |
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Mary Ann 5/6 |
1795 bapt. 6 Aug at Birling |
35 |
K2 |
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Charles |
22 Jan 1799, bapt. 20 Feb at Birling |
39 |
K2 |
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Elizabeth |
1801 bapt. 13 Jan at Birling |
41 |
K2 |
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Ambrose |
1806 bapt. 24 Jan at Birling |
46 |
K2 |
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Died 1820 of Asthma and Dropsy, age
61. Buried 8 Aug at Snodland All Saints (memorial at Snodland) |
61 |
K2, KAS4 |
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1779-1789
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He owned
the cottage and smith’s forge etc. in Yalding that had belonged to his father.
By 1806 it was a grocer’s shop owned by John Miller (ref. U1508/M33 no.107,
M34 no.107)
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19-29
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K37
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| 1785-1806 |
Occupied property in Birling
(4 miles from East Malling) |
25-46 |
K20 |
| 1785-1792 |
He was rated for property in Birling,
rent £90 p/a |
25-32 |
K20 |
| 1787 Oct |
A yeoman of Birling. Batchelor age
27 |
27 |
K3 |
| 1787 Nov |
His marriage was witnessed by Alexander
Garner and John Goodhughs (carpenter of Snodland). He witnessed his sister
Ann's marriage to Alexander Garner on the same day |
27 |
K2, K2 |
| 1790 |
A churchwarden in Birling |
30 |
K20 |
By 1793
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he had
sold the cottage and smith’s forge in the manor of Yalding to John Mills
or Miller (ref. U1508/M29)
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K37
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| 1794-1801 |
Rated for property in Birling, rent
£99 |
34-41 |
K20 |
1798,1811
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He was a
tenant present at Birling Manor Frankpledge and Court Baron (refs. R/U1196/M1,
U787/L1/4 no.38)
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38,51
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K37
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| 1804-1806 |
Rated for property in Birling, rent
£125 |
44-46 |
K20 |
| 1806 |
A churchwarden and overseer of the
poor in Birling |
46 |
K20 |
| 1804-1820 |
Occupied properties in Snodland
(2 miles from Birling) |
44-60 |
K20 |
| 1803-1812 |
Messrs Manley & Gorham were rated
for property in Snodland, formerly widow Manley's, subsequently Stephen
Manley's |
43-52 |
K20 |
| 1804-1808 |
Rated for property in Snodland, rent
£15, formerly 7/23 John Fletcher's |
44-48 |
K20 |
| 1807-1818 |
Rated for land in Birling rent £6
but he lived elsewhere |
47-58 |
K20 |
| 1808-1810 |
Rated for properties in Snodland,
rent £15 & £78 |
48-50 |
K20 |
| 1810 |
An overseer of the poor in Snodland |
50 |
K20 |
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Overseers of the poor were unpaid,
often reluctant appointees working under a Justice of the Peace. Their
duties were to estimate how much money was needed and set the poor rate,
collect the rate, distribute poor relief and supervise the poorhouse |
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| 1811,1813 |
A churchwarden in Snodland |
51,53 |
K20 |
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Churchwardens are voluntary lay officials
whose duty is to maintain order and peace in the church and churchyard.
Often they are responsible for all the property in the parish church and
day to day maintenance of the buildings and contents |
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| 1812 June |
A yeoman of Snodland. He bequeathed
all his property to his wife Mary in his will |
52 |
D5 |
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A yeoman typically worked for himself
on his own land, as opposed to a labourer who worked for someone else or
a gentleman who employed others to work for him |
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JVS |
| 1812-1815 |
He had properties in Snodland, rent
£100, £20 and a cottage £3 |
52-55 |
K20 |
| 1815 |
He was a poor rate assessor in Snodland |
55 |
K20 |
| 1816-1820 |
He had properties in Snodland, rent
£100 and £3 for a cottage (the £20 property was now occupied
by his son William) |
56-60 |
K20 |
| 1819 |
A churchwarden in Snodland |
59 |
K20 |
| 1820 |
He was resident in Snodland (from
his burial) |
61 |
K2 |
| 1821 |
His will was proved 13 Apr at PCC
by his widow Mary |
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D5 |
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| Wife 6/12 Mary
Fletcher 1760-1851 Daughter of John & Elizabeth Fletcher |
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| 1760 |
Baptised 9 Jan 1761 in Snodland |
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K2 |
| 1787 Oct |
A spinster of Snodland, aged over
21 |
27 |
K2, K3 |
| 1820 |
She was rated for properties in Snodland,
rent £100 and £3 |
60 |
K20 |
| 1821-1829 |
She was rated for a house, garden
& land in Snodland, rent £11, and a cottage occupied by John
Hawks, rent £4 |
61-69 |
K20 |
| 1830s? |
She built four cottages on the site
in Snodland where the malt house had stood (according to her will) |
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D5 |
| 1837 |
She owned and occupied 3 acres of
land in Birling, and owned three cottages and 2 acres occupied by her son
George and others |
77 |
KAS31 |
| 1841 |
Living in Aylesford with son Ambrose
and daughter Elizabeth |
80 |
C |
| 1848 June |
A widow, late of Snodland now of
Aylesford. Her will bequeathed various cottages in Snodland to her children,
a butchers shop occupied by Hawks in Snodland to son William, cottages
in Birling to son John and daughter Mary Ann |
88 |
D5 |
| 1851 |
Died 26 Feb age 90 years. Buried
4 March at Snodland. Memorial at Snodland |
90 |
KAS4, K2 |
| 1851 |
Her will was proved at PCC 4 Dec
by her children Ambrose and Elizabeth, exors |
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D5 |
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| Son A John
1788-1861 Farmer, Maltster, Labourer, Man
servant and Tax collector of Snodland
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| 1820 |
A Poor rate assessor of Snodland |
32 |
K20 |
| 1822 |
Married Mary Boorman 6/9D
29 Aug at Frindsbury All Saints by banns, witness Sarah Boorman |
34 |
K2 |
| 1824-1834 |
Father of John 1824, Ann 1826, Lydia
1830, Mary 1832 and Lucy 1834 baptised at Snodland |
36-46 |
K2, C |
| 1824 |
A Farmer of Snodland (from children's
baptism) |
36 |
K2 |
| 1826 |
A Maltster of Snodland (from children's
baptism) |
38 |
K2 |
| 1830-1834 |
A Labourer of Snodland (from children's
baptisms) |
42-46 |
K2 |
| 1835 |
His wife Mary was buried 16 Aug at
Snodland age 37 |
47 |
K2 |
| 1841 |
An Ag Lab in Brook Lane, Snodland
with five children |
53 |
C |
| 1844 |
He occupied a cottage and one acre
of pasture owned by Rev. Phelps in Snodland |
56 |
KAS31 |
| 1851 |
A widower, man servant of William
Holding, a landed proprietor, in Lower Halling, Kent |
62 |
C |
| 1861 |
A Collector of taxes, widower, living
with his brother Alexander in High Street Snodland, next door to brother
William |
72 |
C |
| 1861 Q4 |
Died age 73 (reg. Malling) |
73 |
B |
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| Son B William
1790-1868 Maltster of Snodland |
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| 1817 |
Married Charlotte Boorman 6/9E
1 Dec at Snodland |
27 |
K2 |
| 1817-1829 |
A Poor rate assessor and/or overseer
in Snodland |
27-39 |
KS20 |
| 1818-1820 |
Rated for property in Snodland, rent
£20, formerly his father's |
28-30 |
K20 |
| 1818-1832 |
A Maltster of Snodland (from his
children's baptisms) |
28-42 |
K2 |
| 1819-1825 |
A Churchwarden of Snodland |
29-35 |
K20 |
| 1821-1829 |
Rated for house and malthouse in
Snodland, rent £12 |
31-39 |
K20 |
| 1818-1830 |
Father of William 1818, Charlotte
1820, Charles 1821, Mary 1824, Henry 1826, Elizabeth 1828 and Martha 1830
in Snodland |
28-40 |
K2, C |
| 1832 |
Father of Sarah Ann (d. 13 Sept 1851
age 19, buried at Snodland) |
42 |
K2,KAS4 |
| 1836 |
Father of John in Snodland |
46 |
K2, C |
| 1836-1868 |
Relieving officer and Registrar of
Snodland |
46-78 |
K2, C |
| 1851-1861 |
Relieving officer and Registrar of
High Street Snodland with his wife Charlotte and two or three children |
60-70 |
C |
| 1868 |
Relieving officer of Snodland. Died
age 78. Buried 11 Dec at Snodland |
78 |
K2 |
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| Son C Alexander
Garner 1792-1861 Butcher of Snodland, unmarried |
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| 1851-1861 |
A master butcher of High Street,
Snodland, unmarried |
58-68 |
C |
| 1861 Q3 |
Died age 69 (reg. Malling) |
69 |
B |
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| Son D George
c.1794-1861 Butcher of Snodland, unmarried |
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| 1844 |
He owned and occupied a house, shop
and 17 acres of land in Snodland, and occupied 3 acres of pasture in Birling
owned by his mother and Rev. William Nevill |
50 |
KAS31 |
| 1851-1861 |
A master butcher of Holborough Road,
Snodland, with nephews William age 31, Henry 25 and neices Elizabeth 23,
Martha 21 and (in 1861) Charlotte 40 |
57-67 |
C |
| 1861 Q4 |
Died 14 Nov age 67 (reg. Malling) |
67 |
KAS4,B |
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1799-1805 Buried 17 Sept in Snodland |
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K2 |
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1801-1861 Unmarried |
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| 1851 |
Living with her brother Ambrose in
Aylesford, Kent |
50 |
C |
| 1861 Q4 |
A spinster living in Gravesend. Died
age 60. Buried 21 Oct at Snodland |
60 |
B, K2 |
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| Son H Ambrose
1806-1874 Butcher of Aylesford |
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| 1841 |
A butcher in Aylesford with his mother
Mary and sister Elizabeth |
35 |
C |
| 1844 |
He occupied a house, orchards, cottages
and 3 acres of land in Snodland, owned by Mrs Ann Gorham (actually his
mother, Mrs Mary Gorham?) |
38 |
KAS31 |
| 1851 |
Unmarried; a master butcher employing
two men, in Aylesford, Kent |
45 |
C |
| 1852 Q2 |
Married Maria Usher (reg. Malling) |
46 |
C, B |
| 1853,1854 |
Father of Sarah 1853 and Ambrose
1854 (reg. Malling) |
47-48 |
C, B |
| 1861 |
A butcher of Aylesford Street with
his wife, 2 children and a shopman |
55 |
C |
| 1871 |
Retired butcher of 4 Bower Place,
Maidstone, with wife and son |
65 |
C |
| 1874 Q1 |
Died age 68 (reg. Maidstone) |
68 |
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Ambrose's son Ambrose 1854-1933
A clerk of Lambeth |
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1871 An upholsterer's apprentice
with his parents in Maidstone |
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C |
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1881-91 An unmarried auctioneers
clerk/commission agent at 58 Milton Road Lambeth with his mother
Maria |
26-36 |
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1933 Died age 79 (reg. Q3 Newhaven) |
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| 7/21 William Gorham |
of Yalding and East Malling, Kent |
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Married Sarah Euridge 27 Oct 1754
at Yalding St Peter & St Paul by peculiar of Shoreham licence |
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Father of |
Sarah |
1755, bapt 2 Dec at Yalding |
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K2 |
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Ann |
1758, bapt 12 July at Yalding |
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William 6/11 |
1760, bapt 3 Feb at East Malling |
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John |
1762, bapt 3 Jan at East Malling |
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Richard |
1764, bapt 13 Feb at East Malling |
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K2 |
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Mary |
1766, bapt 15 June at East Malling |
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K2 |
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Thomas |
1768, bapt 19 June at East Malling |
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K2 |
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Possibly buried 12 Aug 1772 at Yalding? |
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| 1753-1758 |
He was rated for two properties in
Yalding, rent £23 and £5, rising to £28 and £16 |
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K20 |
| 1754 |
A batchelor of Yalding, Kent, aged
over 21 |
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K2, LP3 |
1755
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He occupied
a messuage and lands near Pickfish in Yalding, in the manor of Yalding,
owned by James Tomlin (ref. U1508/M35 no.89)
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K37
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By 1763
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he had
bought a cottage, smith’s forge and garden at the west end of Yalding Bridge
occupied by Richard Booker, from Thomas Letchfield, manorial rent 1s (ref.
U1508/M29)
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K37
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| 1758 |
In November, the property he owned
in Yalding was now occupied by William Cooper |
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K20 |
| 1757-1778 |
He was rated for property in East
Malling (5 miles from Yalding), rent £40 rising to £65 |
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K20 |
| 1761,1762 |
He was one of the parishioners who
approved the East Malling churchwarden's accounts
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| 1762, 64, 68 & 77 He was
one of the parish churchwardens at East Malling |
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K20 |
1770
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He owned
a cottage, smith’s forge and garden at the west end of Yalding bridge occupied
by Richard Cheesman, in the manor of Yalding (ref. U1508/M33 no.107) and
occupied a messuage and lands near Pickfish in Yalding owned by John Hanbury
(no.89)
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Euridge |
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| 1727 |
Possibly baptised at Seal (14 miles
from Yalding, 10 m Orpington) dau of Richard and Eliaabeth, or |
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| 1731 |
Possibly baptised at Penshurst (15
m Yalding, 20 m Orpington) dau of John and Ann |
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| 1754 |
A spinster of Orpington, Kent, aged
over 21 |
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K2, LP3 |
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| 1787 |
Of Birling. Married Alexander Garner,
victualler of Chatham, 7 Nov at Birling by Archdeaconry of Rochester
licence |
29 |
K2, K3 |
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| 1775 |
Possibly apprenticed to William Doe,
cordwainer of Rainham (14m.) |
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fmp40 |
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Possibly apprenticed to John Harwood,
tallow chandler of West Malling |
15 |
fmp40 |
| 1801 |
Possibly master tallow chandler of
Minster, Isle of Sheppey |
37 |
fmp40 |
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Yeoman of Snodland, Kent |
| 1724-1803 |
Probably son of John and Ann Fletcher |
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Probably baptised 19 Jan 1723/4
at Snodland All Saints |
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K2 |
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Married Elizabeth Gilder 10 July
1743 at Seal St Peter & St Paul by licence (licence not found) |
19 |
K2 |
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Father of |
Margaret |
1743/4 baptised 3 Jan at Snodland |
20 |
K2 |
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Elizabeth |
1746 baptised 30 Dec at Wouldham |
22 |
K2 |
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Anne |
1749 baptised 13 Jun at Wouldham |
25 |
K2 |
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Margaret |
1751 baptised 25 Jun at Wouldham |
27 |
K2 |
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Mary 6/12 |
1760 bapt. 9 Jan 1761 at Snodland |
37 |
K2 |
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Buried 16 Nov 1803 at Snodland All
Saints (memorial at Snodland) |
79 |
K2, KAS4 |
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| 1743 |
Of the parish of Snodland (daughter's
baptism) |
19 |
K2 |
| 1746-1751 |
Apparently of Wouldham (2 miles from
Snodland) |
22-27 |
K2 |
1751-1784
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He held
a messuage and two acres of land, a messuage and land at Catherine’s Bank
and a yard of land all in the manor of Birling, late his father’s and formerly
George Olive’s (refs. R/U1196/M1, U787/L1/3 no.11)
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27-60
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K37
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| 1754 |
He owned and occupied a house and
land in Snodland. Voted for Sir Edward Dering in the county poll |
30 |
H12 |
| 1754-1755 |
An overseer of the poor in Snodland.
He was party to several apprenticeship indentures for poor local children |
30-31 |
KSM40 |
| 1756-1759 |
A churchwarden of Snodland. Party
to apprenticeship indentures |
32-35 |
KSM40 |
| 1763 |
An overseer of Snodland. Party to
an apprenticeship indenture |
39 |
KSM40 |
1765,1772, 1784,1798
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He was a
tenant of Birling Manor and was present at manorial courts (refs. U787/L1/3
& 4, R/U1196/M1)
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41-74
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K37
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| 1770 |
He witnessed an apprenticeship indenture
to John Goodhugh of Birling, carpenter, who married his daughter Elizabeth |
46 |
KSM40 |
| 1770-1803 |
Occupied property in Snodland |
46-79 |
K20 |
| 1770-1772 |
He occupied one property in Snodland,
rent £7 |
46-48 |
K20 |
| 1771 |
He witnessed (signed) the Snodland
overseers' disbursements |
47 |
KS20 |
| 1774-1785 |
Occupied two properties in Snodland,
rent £7 and £3 (late Austin's) |
50-61 |
K20 |
| 1781-1805 |
He was rated for land in Birling,
rent £3, as an out-dweller |
57-79 |
K20 |
1784
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He apparently
inherited a messuage and four acres in the manor of Birling ‘in the right
of his wife Elizabeth’ from her brother John Gilder (ref. U787/L1/3 no.11
p.4). The property was inherited after his death by his daughter Mary’s
husband 6/11 William Gorham (U787/L1/4 no.37)
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K37
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| 1786 Oct |
A Yeoman of Snodland. His will bequeathed
a 2½-acre messuage in Birling to his daughter Ann Jupp, 3-acre messuage
in Halling to grandchildren Ann, Elizabeth and James Goodhugh, two messuages
in Snodland and a 2½-acre messuage in Birling to daughter Mary
and £20 each to grandchildren John and William Anders. He desired
that his wife Elizabeth and daughter Mary shall carry on his business |
62 |
D5 |
| 1788-1790 |
He had four properties in Snodland,
rent £7, £3, £4 and £5 |
64-66 |
K20 |
| 1791-1792 |
He had three properties in Snodland,
rent £7, £3 and £4 |
67-68 |
K20 |
| 1793-1802 |
He had one property in Snodland,
rent £7, tithe £1 |
69-78 |
K20 |
| 1802 |
He owned property in Snodland. Voted
for Filmer Honywood Esq and Sir William Geary in the county poll |
78 |
H12 |
| 1803 |
He had one property in Snodland,
rent £15, tithe £1 |
79 |
K20 |
| 1804-1805 |
He supposedly had property in Birling,
rent £6 |
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K20 |
| 1805 Nov |
His will was disputed by his grandchildren
Samuel and John Goodhugh and daughters Margaret Bassett and Ann Higgins.
It was pronounced valid 23 Nov at Doctor's Commons |
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D5 |
| 1805 Nov |
The will was proved 27 Nov at PCC
by his daughter 6/12 Mary Gorham |
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D5 |
| 1806 |
William Gorham 6/11 was
occupying the property in Snodland rent £15 and the property in
Birling, rent £3, late Fletchers |
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| Wife 7/24 Elizabeth
Gilder 1721-1803 daughter of Edmond and Elizabeth Gilder |
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| 1721 |
Baptised 4 May at Snodland All Saints |
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K2 |
| 1743 |
Of the parish of Snodland |
22 |
K2 |
| 1766 |
She was bequeathed £150 in
her father's will |
45 |
K5 |
| 1772 |
She was bequeathed 'all his messuages
and lands' in Snodland by her brother John Gilder (ref. U1159/E24), but
he wrote a new will just before he died in 1783, leaving his properties
to John Parkhurst instead (ref. U36/T39). The later will was proved at PCC |
51 |
K36, E5 |
| 1803 |
Buried 7 Oct at Snodland All Saints
(memorial at Snodland) |
82 |
K2,KAS4 |
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| Daughter Elizabeth 1746-1822 |
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| 1771 |
A spinster of Snodland. Married John
Goodhugh, house carpenter of Birling age 26, 10 July at Birling by Rochester
licence |
24 |
K2, K3, D5 |
| 1775-1782 |
Mother of James 1775, Elizabeth and
Fanny 1778 and William Goodhugh 1782, baptised at Snodland |
29-36 |
K2, D5 |
| before1786 |
Mother of Ann Goodhugh |
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D5 |
| after 1786 |
Mother of Samuel Goodhugh |
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D5 |
| 1791 |
Mother of John Goodhugh baptised
1 May at East Malling |
45 |
K2 |
| 1805 |
Her sons Samuel and John Goodhugh
disputed their grandfather's will but it was pronounced valid |
59 |
D5 |
| 1822 |
Possibly buried 3 Mar at Wouldham
'age 80' |
76 |
K2 |
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| Daughter Ann 1749-1810 |
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| 1773 |
Married William Jupp 15 Nov at Snodland
by licence (lic. not found) |
24 |
K2, D5 |
| 1788 |
A widow of Birling. Married Richard
Higgins of Birling 1 Dec at Birling by Faculty Office licence, witness
John Goodhugh and (sister) Margaret Anderson |
39 |
K2, H3 |
| 1805 |
She and her sister Margaret disputed
their father's will but it was pronounced valid |
56 |
D5 |
| 1810 |
Buried 12 Feb at Birling age 61 |
61 |
K2 |
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| Daughter Margaret 1751-1822 |
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| 1772 |
A spinster of Snodland. Married John
Anderson, husbandman of Snodland age 22, 10 July at Snodland by Rochester
licence |
21 |
K2, K3, D5 |
| 1774,1780 |
Mother of William and Mary Anderson
at Snodland |
23,29 |
K2, D5 |
| before1786 |
Mother of John Anderson |
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D5 |
| 1790 |
Widow of Birling. Married William
Bassett 17 March at Birling |
39 |
fmp2 |
| 1805 |
She and her sister Ann disputed their
father's will but it was pronounced valid |
54 |
D5 |
| 1822 |
Of Birling. She was buried 23 Aug
at Snodland age 72 |
72 |
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| 8/45 John Fletcher |
of Birling and Snodland, Kent. |
| 1685-1752 |
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Source |
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Born c.1685 (from age at death) |
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KAS4 |
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Married 1Ann |
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K2 |
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Father of |
Edward |
bap 18 Mar 1721 at Birling (buried 30 May
1722 at Birling) |
36-37 |
K2, K2 |
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John 7/23 |
bap 19
Jan 1723/4 at Snodland |
38 |
K2 |
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Samuel |
bap 15 May 1726 at Snodland (buried 14 July 1726
at Snodland) |
41 |
K2, K2 |
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Married 2Margaret Constantine,
widow of Snodland age 38, 7 May 1735 at Offham by licence (licence
not found) |
50 |
K2, KAS4 |
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Died 2 March 1752 age 67 (memorial
at Snodland) |
67 |
KAS4 |
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Buried 26 Feb 1751/2 at
Snodland (according to the register) |
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K2 |
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| 1722 |
Of the parish of Birling (son Edward's
burial) |
37 |
K2 |
| 1727 |
Probably his wife Anne of Snodland
was buried 29 Nov at Birling |
42 |
K2 |
| 1730 |
A churchwarden of Snodland. He was
party to an apprenticeship indenture for a poor local child to Stephen
Manley, maltster and shipwright of Snodland |
45 |
KSM40 |
1734 May
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He was
a freeholder of Snodland and voted in the county poll
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49
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KS12
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| 1735 |
A widower of Snodland |
50 |
K2 |
| 1748 |
His wife Margaret died 20 Aug age
51, buried 24 Aug at Snodland (memorial at Snodland) |
63 |
K2, KAS4 |
1752
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He had obtained
two properties in the manor of Birling from Mr Olive, a freehold messuage
and two acres of land and another messuage and two acres of land at Catherine’s
Bank. He died and John Fletcher is his eldest son and heir (ref. U787/M20)
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| 8/47 Edmond Gilder |
Victualler of Holborough, Snodland,
Kent |
| 1691-1770 |
Probably son of Isaac and Elizabeth
Gilder |
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Age |
Source |
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Probably baptised 21 Jan 1691/2
at East Malling St James |
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K2 |
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Married Elizabeth Whiting 9 Feb 1715
at East Malling |
24 |
K2 |
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Father of |
Mary |
1716 bapt, 22 Nov at Snodland |
25 |
K2 |
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Elizabeth7/24 |
1721 bapt, 4 May at Snodland |
30 |
K2 |
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Edmond |
1728 bapt, 14 Jan at Snodland (buried 14 Sept
1729 at Snodland) |
37 |
K2, K2 |
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John |
1734 bapt, 13 Jun at Snodland |
43 |
K2 |
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Probably buried 8 Oct 1770 at Snodland
All Saints |
79 |
K2 |
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| 1716 Apr |
Of East Malling. He signed the Rochester
Archdeaconry bond for his brother Isaac's marriage |
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25 |
K3 |
| 1733 |
A church warden of Snodland |
42 |
K2 |
1751-1770
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He held
a messuage and two parcels of land, 4 acres, late Mary Hill’s formerly John
Hill her husband, in the manor of Birling (R/U1196/M1)
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60-79
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K37
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| 1754 |
Owned a house and land in Snodland
occupied by George Millums Voted for Hon Robert Fairfax and Sir Edward
Dering in the county poll |
63 |
H12 |
| 1756-1767 |
He witnessed apprenticeship indentures
in Snodland in 1756, 1758 and 1767 |
65-76 |
KSM40 |
1765
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He was in
the homage (jury) of the Birling manorial court (U787/L1/3)
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74
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K37
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| 1766 July |
A Victualler of Holborough, parish
of Snodland. He willed his messuage and lands to his son John and £150
to his daughter Elizabeth Fletcher |
75 |
K5 |
| 1772 |
His will was proved 11 Dec at Rochester
Archdeaconry by his son John |
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K5 |
1772
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The property
in Birling Manor descended to his son John Gilder (ref. U787/M20)
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K37
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| Wife 8/48 Elizabeth
Whiting 1688-1764 Possibly dau of Anthony & Bridget Whiting |
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| 1688 |
Possibly baptised 22 Sept at Birling
All Saints |
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K2 |
| 1764 |
Probably buried 16 Sept at Snodland
All Saints |
76 |
K2 |
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| Son John Gilder 1734-1783 |
Yeoman of Snodland |
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| 1763,1766 |
Overseer of the poor in Snodland,
party to apprenticeship indentures |
29,32 |
KSM40 |
| 1770-1771 |
Occupied a property in Snodland,
rent £10 |
36-37 |
KS20 |
1772
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He inherited
the 4-acre property in Birling Manor from his father (ref. U787/M20). He
was a tenant present at the manor of Birling Court Baron (ref. R/1196/M1)
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38
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K37
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| 1772 Dec. |
A Yeoman of Snodland. He wrote a
will bequeathing an annuity to his maid Sarah Wood and all his messuages
and lands to his sister Elizabeth Fletcher 7/24 (ref. U1159/E24) |
38 |
K36 |
| 1777 June |
He sold a messuage in East Malling
that he recently purchased from William Beckett, to Thomas Goodhew (ref.
U2471/T4) |
43 |
K36 |
In 1781
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the East
Malling manorial court recorded that he had bought the messuage in the manor
from William Backett and sold it to Thomas Goodhugh (ref. U49/M2)
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47
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K37
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| 1777-1781 |
He occupied properties in Snodland,
rent £10, the Island House rent £3 and late Wray's rent
£4 |
43-47 |
KS20 |
| 1783 |
Occupied properties in Snodland,
rent £4 and £3 |
49 |
KS20 |
| 1783 June |
He wrote a new will bequeathing money
to his maid Sarah Wood and all his messuages and lands at Holborough in
Snodland to John Parkhurst (ref. U36/T39) |
49 |
K36, E5 |
| 1783 June |
Buried 21 June at Snodland age 49 |
49 |
fmp2 |
| 1783 July |
His new will was proved at PCC |
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E5 |
1784
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After his
death the messuage and 4 acres of land in Birling descended to his sister
7/24 Elizabeth wife of John Fletcher (ref. U787/L1/3 no.3)
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| 9/93 Isaac Gilder |
Weaver of East Malling, Kent |
| 1662-1710 |
Probably son of Edmund and Lucy Gilder |
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Age |
Source |
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Probably baptised 29 Apr 1662 at
East Malling |
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K2 |
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Married Elizabeth Hagar 31 Oct 1690
at East Malling |
28 |
K2 |
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Father of |
Edmund 8/47 |
1691/2 bapt. 21 Jan at E. Malling |
29 |
K2 |
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Isaac |
1693/4
bapt. 15 Feb at E. Malling |
31 |
K2 |
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Margaret |
1696/7 bapt. 21 Feb at E. Malling
(married William Broad 1 Oct 1719 at Higham) |
34 |
K2, fmp2 |
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Martha |
1699 bapt. 8 Dec at E. Malling |
37 |
K2 |
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William |
1702 bapt. 30 Apr at E. Malling (buried 18
July 1702 at East Malling) |
40 |
K2, K2 |
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Judith |
1703 bapt. 3 Mar at E. Malling (married Henry
Price 1 Jan 1726 at Strood) |
41 |
K2, fmp2 |
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Thomas |
1706 bapt. 30 Jan at E. Malling |
44 |
K2 |
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Probably buried 27 Dec 1710 at East
Malling |
48 |
K2 |
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| 1679 Sept |
He was executor of his father Edmund's
will at Shoreham Deanery |
17 |
LP5 |
| 1710 |
Probably a weaver of East Malling
(from his burial) |
48 |
K2 |
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| Wife 9/94 Elizabeth
Hagar -1727 |
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| 1727 |
Possibly buried 1 Oct or 17 Dec 1727
at East Malling |
57 |
K2 |
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| Son Isaac 1693-1730
Of Ditton (2 miles from East Malling) |
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| 1716 Apr |
A bachelor age 24 of Ditton. Married
Martha Middleton of Ditton age 19 at Sutton at Hone by Rochester Archdeaconry
licence |
24 |
K3, fmp2 |
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Father of David and Isaac in Ditton |
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Z2 |
| 1730 |
Probably buried 30 June at Ditton
St Peter Ad Vincula |
37 |
K2 |
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| 10/185 Edmund Gilder |
Linen Weaver of East Malling, Kent |
| -1679 |
Possibly son of Edmund Gilder |
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Age |
Source |
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Possibly baptised 15 Aug 1613 at
East Malling, son of Edmund |
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K2 |
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Married Luce Beckit 28 June 1652
at Allington (5 m. E. Malling) |
39 |
K2 |
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Father of |
son |
1654, buried 10 Aug at E. Malling |
41 |
K2 |
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son |
1655/6,
buried 13 Jan at E. Malling |
43 |
K2 |
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Margaret |
(from his will) |
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LP5 |
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Isaac 9/93 |
1662 bapt. 29 Apr at E. Malling |
49 |
K2 |
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Buried 26 July 1679 at East Malling |
66 |
K2 |
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| 1652 |
Of East Malling (from his marriage) |
39 |
K2 |
1657-1665
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He or his
father Edmund was in the Homage (jury) of the East Malling manorial court
(ref. U1823/2/M1 & M7)
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44-52
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K37
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1664
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Of East
Malling. He had two hearths chargeable for hearth tax
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51
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K24
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1666
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John Gylder
and Edmund Gylder junior, possibly his sons or himself and brother, were
in the Homage of East Malling court (U1823/2/M7)
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53
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K37
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| 1673 |
He was taxed for two hearths in East
Malling (ref. E179/129/746 r45) |
60 |
E24 |
| 1679 July |
A linen weaver of East Malling. His
will of 13 July bequeathed bedding and furniture to his daughter Margaret
and his messuage in Mill Street, East Malling with orchard and gardens,
barn and outhouses, and the residue of his estate to his son Isaac. He was
unable to sign his name |
66 |
LP5 |
| 1679 July |
The inventory on 28 July valued the
furniture and chattels in the hall, two chambers and buttery in his house
at £6 18s and a weaving shop with three looms & tackle valued
at £5, with 5s worth of apples & pears on the roof. The total
value of his goods and chattels was appraised at £13 18s 6d |
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LP6 |
| 1679 Sept |
His will was proved 30 Sept at the
Deanery of Shoreham by his son Isaac |
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| Wife 10/186 Lucie
Beckett 1627- Probably daughter of John Beckett |
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| 1627 |
Probably baptised 13 May at Boxley
(7 miles from East Malling, 5 miles from Allington) |
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K2 |
| 1652 |
A spinster of Aylesford (4 miles
from Boxley) |
25 |
K2 |
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She apparently died before 1679 (not
mentioned in her husband's will) |
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Source |
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Possibly married Lucy Stiles 26 Nov
1621 at Thurnham |
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K2 |
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Father of |
Jane |
1622, baptised 17 Nov at Maidstone |
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K2 |
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Lucie 10/186 |
1627, baptised 13 May at Boxley (3 miles
from Maidstone) |
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| 1673 |
A John Beckett was taxed for one
hearth in East Malling (ref. E179/129/746 r.45) |
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E24 |
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Stiles 1597- Possibly daughter of Robert Styles |
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| 1597 |
Possibly baptised 20 Feb at Maidstone,
daughter of Robert |
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K2 |
| 1621 |
Of Thurnham (5 miles from Maidstone,
10 m from East Malling) |
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| 9 / 95 Anthony Whiting |
Yeoman of Birling, Kent |
| 1659- |
Son of Armigill and Mary Whiting |
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Age |
Source |
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Baptised 26 Feb 1659 at Birling All
Saints |
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K2 |
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Married Bridget Wray 22 June 1686
at Frindsbury All Saints by licence (10 miles from Birling) (licence
not found) |
27 |
K2 |
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Father of |
Mary |
1687 baptised 31 March at Birling |
28 |
K2 |
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Elizabeth 8/48 |
1688 baptised 22 Sept at Birling |
29 |
K2 |
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Bridget |
1690 baptised 3 Dec at Birling |
31 |
K2 |
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Armigill |
1702 baptised 23 March at Birling |
43 |
K2 |
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Possibly died by 1711 (ref. U787/M21)
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| 1687-1702 |
Of Birling |
28-43 |
K2 |
| 1700 Feb |
He was bequeathed a messuage, oasthouse
and 22 acres of land in Birling jointly with his brother Armigill, by his
father Armigill |
41 |
K5 |
| 1701 Nov. |
A yeoman of Birling. He and his brother
Armigill occupied a messuage and 11 acres of land, and about 18 acres rented
from Lord Abergaveny, 4 acres rented from Nicholas Luffe and 34 acres
rented from Richard Knowles, all in Birling, as joint executors of their
father's will. They signed articles of agreement that they and their families
should dwell together and enjoy joint partnership of the said premises
and the goods, cattle, stock, etc |
42 |
K36 |
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(ref. U82/T323)
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| 1702 |
He and his brother Armigill were
rated for property in Birling. He signed the Churchwardens' accounts |
43 |
K20 |
by 1711
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possibly died. His son Armigill was
a minor and his brother Armigill was named as sole tenant of their shared
property in Birling Manor (ref. U787/M21, M22)
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| Wife 9/96 Bridget
Wray or Ray |
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| 1664 |
Probably either daughter of Hammon
Ray bapt 18 Sept at Snodland |
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K2 |
| 1665 |
or Thomas Raye bapt 28 March at Snodland |
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K2 |
| 1701 |
She was bequeathed £5 by her
father-in-law Armigill Whiting |
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| Son D Armigill
Whiting 1702-1765 Soldier and Yeoman of Birling |
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| 1723 |
He was of Leyborn. Married 1
Elizabeth Edmonds 12 Nov at Addington |
21 |
K2 |
| 1729 |
Elizabeth, wife of Armigill, was
buried 11 Sept at Birling |
27 |
K2 |
| 1729-1748 |
An Armigill Whiting served for 19
years in the English Army (see 1748 below) |
27-46 |
anc43 |
| 1732 |
Of Birling. Married 2 Ann
Bird 1 Mar at Rochester Cathedral by licence (licence not found) |
30 |
K2 |
| 1732,1734 |
Father of Mary and Bridget, baptised
at Birling |
30,32 |
K2, K5 |
| 1732-1734 |
Known as Armigill Whiting junior
(of his uncle born in 1667?) |
30-32 |
K2 |
1734 May
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He was
a freeholder of Birling and voted in the county poll
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32
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KS12
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| 1735 |
Ann Whiting (probably his wife) was
buried 30 Apr at Birling |
33 |
K2 |
| 1740 Oct |
Armigill Whiting, widower, of Gen
Columbine's Regt of Foot, clandestinely married 3 Hannah Pool
of Southwark at the Fleet Prison |
38 |
fmp2 |
| 1740/1 |
Of Birling. Married 4 Mary
Garrett 9 Feb at Rochester St Margaret by licence (licence not found) |
39 |
K2, K5 |
| 1743,1745 |
Father of Elizabeth and Anthony,
baptised at Birling |
41,43 |
K2, K5 |
1746-1765
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He held
his father’s moiety of the messuage, barn, stables, orchard and 12 acres
of land in Birling Manor and occupied the property (ref. U787/M20)
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45-63
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K37
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| 1748/9 |
On 2 Jan Armigill Whiting of the
10 Regt Tyrawley's was admitted to the Royal Hospital of Army Pensioners
(Chelsea). He was age 49, born in Leybourn, Kent (2 miles from Birling) |
47 |
anc43 |
| 1765 June |
A Yeoman of Birling. His will mentions
his wife Mary, daughters Mary Whiting, Elizabeth Whiting and Bridget wife
of John Burgess (married 1758 at Birling) and son Anthony. He bequeathed
a moiety of his messuage in Birling to wife Mary and son Anthony |
63 |
K5 |
| 1765 |
He was buried 13 June at Birling |
63 |
K2 |
| 1765 |
His will was proved 18 Nov at Rochester
Archdeaconry |
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K5 |
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Son Armigill's son DD Anthony
1745- |
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1765-1784
He and his father’s widow Mary held and occupied the property in Birling
Manor (refs U787/M20, U787/L1/3)
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20-39
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K37
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Married Mary |
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K2 |
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1778-1782 Father of Susanna, Nicholas
and George Wray, baptised at Birling |
33-37 |
K2 |
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1798 He was still a tenant of Birling
Manor (ref. U787/L1/4)
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| 10 /189 Armigill Whiting |
Yeoman of Birling, Kent |
| 1621-1701 |
Son of Armigill Whiting |
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Age |
Source |
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Baptised 6 Jan 1621/2
at Birling |
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K2 |
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Married Mary Green |
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K2, K5 |
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Father of |
Anthony 9/95 |
1659/60 baptised 26 Feb at Birling |
38 |
K2 |
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Armigill |
1661/2 baptised 23 Feb at Birling |
40 |
K2 |
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Mary |
1664/5 baptised 15 March at Birling
(married John Terry) |
43 |
K2, K5 |
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Armigill |
1667/8 baptised 26 Feb at Birling |
46 |
K2 |
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Died between February and May 1701 |
80 |
K5 |
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| 1663/4 Jan. |
He was bequeathed a cottage and four
acres of land in Birling in his father's will (ref. U82/T326) |
12 |
K36 |
| 1664 Mar. |
Of Birling. He had two hearths chargeable
to hearth tax and he was a borsholder (head of a tithing, parish constable) |
43 |
K24 |
| 1665-1680 |
He was rated for property in Birling |
43-59 |
K20 |
| 1671 |
He was one of the Churchwardens in
Birling |
50 |
K20 |
| In 1673 |
an 'Abigall' Whiting was taxed for
three hearths in Birling (ref. E179/129/746 rot.46) |
52 |
E24 |
| 1700/1 Feb |
'The elder', a Yeoman of Birling.
His will of 17 February bequeathed his dwelling and another messuage, an
oasthouse and 22 acres of land and hopground to his sons Anthony and Armigill
share and share alike. Also two more messuages to son Armigill and a little
cottage to Armigill's son Anthony, all in Birling. Also £5 to son
Anthony's wife Bridget and £25 to his daughter Mary, wife of John
Terry of Hamill. The residue to sons Anthony and Armigill who were executors,
and his brother in law Thomas Green to be overseer |
79 |
K5 |
| 1701 May |
His will was proved 2 May at Rochester
Consistory Court by his sons Anthony and Armigill (ref. DRb/Pw/42) |
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K5 |
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| Wife 10/190 Mary
Green 1633-1669 |
Daughter of Thomas Green |
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| 1633 |
Probably baptised 10 Nov in Birling |
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K2 |
| 1669 |
Buried 21 July at Birling |
36 |
K2 |
| 1701 |
Her brother Thomas was overseer of
her husband's will |
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K5 |
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| Son D Armigill
1667-1745 |
Yeoman of Birling |
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Married Elizabeth |
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K2 |
| 1696 Apr. |
Christopher Armigill Whiting married
Elizabeth Tanner 2 Apr at Rochester St Nicholas by licence (licence not
found) |
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K2 |
| 1696/7 |
Father of Anthony baptised 10 Feb
at Birling |
29 |
K2, K5 |
| 1701 May |
He and brother Anthony jointly inherited
messuages, an oasthouse and 22 acres of land in Birling from their father |
34 |
K5 |
| 1701 Nov. |
Yeoman of Birling. He and brother
Anthony signed articles of agreement that they should dwell together and
enjoy joint partnership of the properties that they had inherited from their
father (ref. U82/T323) |
34 |
K36 |
| 1702 |
Father of Mary baptised 13 Nov at
Birling |
35 |
K2 |
| 1702-1758 |
Armigill Whiting(s) were rated for
property in Birling |
35- |
K20 |
1711-1715
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He held
(a moiety) of the messuage, barn, stables, orchard and 12 acres of land
in Birling Manor (ref. U787/M21, M22)
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44-48
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K37
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| 1745 |
Buried 26 Aug at Birling |
78 |
K2 |
1746
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His will
devised his moiety of the messuage etc. in Birling Manor to his son Anthony
(ref. U787/M20)
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K37
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Armigill's son DA Anthony
1696-1751 Yeoman of East Malling |
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1701 He was bequeathed a little cottage
in Birling by his grandfather |
5 |
K5 |
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1724-1746 He was rated as an outdweller
for property in Birling |
28-50 |
K20 |
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1725 'Of Birling'. He married Margaret
Buttonshaw 26 Oct at West Peckham by licence (licence not found) |
29 |
K2 |
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1726-1749 Father of Elizabeth (died),
Margaret (died), Margaret, Elizabeth, Armigill, Anthony, Ann & Mary
(twins), Jane, Susanna and Rebecca (probably died 1753), all baptised at
East Malling |
30-53 |
K2 |
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1734
He was of East Malling with freehold property in Birling
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38
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KS12
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1745 He leased messuages, farm buildings,
an oasthouse and about 100 acres of lands in Leyburn from Charles Whitworth
Esq. (ref U82/T324) |
49 |
K36 |
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1746 He
inherited the messuage etc. in Birling Manor (ref. U787/M20)
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50
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K37
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1749 A yeoman of Lunsford in East
Malling. His will of 10 Nov bequeathed his messuages and lands in Hammill
in Birling to his wife for life then some to son Armigill and others to
son Anthony |
53 |
E5 |
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1751 He was buried 13 April at Birling |
55 |
K2 |
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1751 His will was proved 22 April
at PCC |
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E5 |
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by 1752
he held a moiety of the messuage, barn etc. formerly his father’s, a messuage
and four acres formerly Walter Olive’s and a moiety of four acres of land
late Hubble’s, all in Birling Manor. His will devised the messuage, barn,
etc. and land formerly Olive’s to his son Armigill and the moiety of land
late Hubble’s to his son Anthony (ref. U787/M20)
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K37
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Anthony DA's son DAE
Armigill 1733-1808 Of Lunford in East Malling |
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1752-1761
He held the moiety of the messuage, barn etc. and 4 acres late Olive’s in
Birling Manor (ref. R/U1196/M1)
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19-28
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K37
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1757-1771
Mr Whitting (probably Armigill and brother Anthony) was rated for property
in the lower division of East Malling rent £82, more for Andrew’s
lands rent £18 and more for the Long Mead rent £4
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24-38
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K20
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From
1760 he/they were also rated for more late Pring rent £7 and from
1771 for more late Town rent £34
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27-38
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K20
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1758 He and brother Anthony released
Thomas Buttonshaw, executor of their father's estate, for their share
and their late sister Rebecca's share of the estate (ref. U82/T324) |
25 |
K36 |
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1761-1798
He was ‘of Lunsford’ (R/U1196/M1, U787/L1/3 & 4)
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28-65
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K37
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1761 April He and brother Anthony
signed approval of the East Malling Churchwardens' accounts |
28 |
K20 |
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1762 Married Susanna Allan (age 40)
4 Nov at East Malling by licence |
29 |
K2 |
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1768 He was bequeathed one twelfth
share of his uncle Rev Thomas Buttonsshaw's estate. He was a trustee of
the will (ref. U82/T326) |
35 |
K36 |
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1770 He was one of the executors
of Thomas Buttonshaw (U82/T326) |
37 |
K36 |
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1774-1791 He was rated as an outdweller
for property in Birling |
41-58 |
K20 |
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1776-1777
He was one of the churchwardens of East Malling
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43
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K20
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1784 He
still held the messuage and 4 acres in Birling Manor but the messuage, barn,
etc. had passed to his brother. He also held a messuage and several parcels
of land in occupation of William Jupp and an acre and a half of land planted
with hops called the Bull Hopground late occupied by Richard Knowles (ref.
U787/L1/3)
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51
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K37
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1790 'Hermitage' (Armigill) Whiting
of East Malling had freehold house and land in Birling. He voted in the
county poll |
57 |
K12 |
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1790-1805
He alone (without brother Anthony) was rated for properties in East Malling
rent £113 and more late Town rent £34
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57-72
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K20
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1791-1793
He was one of the churchwardens of East Malling
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58-60
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K20
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1792 His wife Susanna died age 70,
buried at East Malling |
59 |
K2 |
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1801 Gent of Lunford. His will bequeathed
money and properties to his sisters and their children, the four children
of his late nephew Armigill Whiting DAFB and the residue to
his nephew Anthony DAFA |
68 |
E5 |
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1808 He was buried 27 Jan at East
Malling age 74 |
74 |
K2 |
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1808 His will was proved 22 March
at PCC |
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E5 |
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Anthony DA's son DAF
Anthony 1736-1789 Of Boxley |
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1752-1784
He held the moiety of 4 acres late Hubbles in Birling Manor (refs. R/U1196/M1,
U787/L1/3)
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16-48
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K37
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1758 Release to Thomas Buttonshaw
(see brother Armigill above) |
22 |
K36 |
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1761 April. Signed the East Malling
churchwardens' accounts |
25 |
K20 |
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1764 Married Mary Baldock 24 May
at East Malling by licence (licence not found) |
28 |
K2 |
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1765 Father of Anthony DAFA
baptised 8 March at Boxley |
29 |
K2 |
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1766 Father of Armigill DAFB
baptised 31 May at Boxley |
30 |
K2 |
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1768 He was bequeathed one twelfth
share of his uncle Rev Thomas Buttonsshaw's estate (ref. U82/T326) |
32 |
K36 |
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1784 He
was ‘of Boxley’. He now held the messuage, barn, etc. in Birling Manor as
well (ref. U787/L1/3)
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K37
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1789 'From Boxley'. He was buried
10 Feb at East Malling age 52 |
52 |
K2 |
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Anthony DAF's son DAFA
Anthony 1765-1835 |
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1801 A gentleman of Boxley (from
his uncle Armigill DAE's will) |
36 |
E5 |
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1835 'Of London' He was buried 18
July at East Malling age 70 |
70 |
K2 |
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1841 Ann Whiting of Gt Russel Street
Bloomsbury Sq, widow (of Anthony?), indenture with Thomas Whiting yeoman
of Staplehurst and Armigill Whiting gent of Birling (ref. U82/T324) |
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K36 |
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Anthony DAF's son DAFB
Armigill 1766-1800? |
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1794 Married Sarah Jenner 12 Oct
at Aylesford by banns |
28 |
K2 |
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1795 Father of John baptised at Leybourne |
29 |
K2 |
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1797 Son Anthony baptised 19 Feb
at Leybourne, buried 'an infant' 18 Oct at Birling |
31 |
K2, K2 |
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Father of Ann and one other child
(from his uncle Armigill DAE's will) |
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E5 |
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1798 He
was ‘of Boxley’ (ref. U787/L1/4)
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32
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K37
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1800 Possibly buried 1 Jan at Rochester
St Margaret (no extra info in Bishop's Transcript) |
34? |
K2 |
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1801 He was apparently dead (from
his uncle Armigill DAE's will) |
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E5 |
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Armigill and Anthony Whiting
(unidentified) |
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1798 Armigill Whiting, gentleman
of Lunsford in East Malling and Anthony Whiting, gentleman of the same,
leased a messuage, land and an oasthouse in Birling to John Draper (ref.
U82/T323) |
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K36 |
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1799 Armigill Whitting of Lunsford
leased messuages, farm buildings, oasthouses and 62 acres of land in Halling,
Snodland and Paddlesworth to Bryant Dartnall (U82/T324) |
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K36 |
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1807 Armigill and Anthony renewed
the 1798 lease (U82/T323) |
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K36 |
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1809 Anthony Whiting Esq leased messuage,
oasthouse, stable and 32 acres of land in Halling and Snodland to Thomas
Knight (U82/T324) |
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K36 |
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| 11/379 Thomas Green |
of Birling, Kent |
| -1666 |
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Father of |
John |
1627 baptised 22 Apr at Birling |
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K2 |
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Blanch |
1629 baptised 12 Sept at Birling (buried 24 March
1665/6 at Birling) |
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Mary 10/190 |
1633 baptised 10 Nov at Birling |
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K2 |
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Thomas |
1637 baptised 30 July at Birling |
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K2 |
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William |
1640 baptised 27 Sept at Birling |
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K2 |
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Elizabeth |
1643 baptised 6 Aug at Birling (buried 22 Sept
1652 at Birling) |
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K2, K2 |
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Edward |
1650 baptised 19 Jan at Birling |
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K2 |
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He and his daughter Blanch 'of Joons?'
were buried on the 24th March 1665/6 at Birling |
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K2 |
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| Son Thomas 1637- |
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| 1701 |
He was overseer of his brother in
law Armigill Whiting's will |
64 |
K5 |
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Note:
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1711,1726
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A Thomas
Green held a messuage, barn and one acre of land in the manor of Birling late
Mary Green’s (ref. U787/M21, M20)
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K37
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| 11/377 Armigill Whiting |
of Birling, Kent |
| -c.1633 |
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Source |
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Married Elizabeth |
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K36 |
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Father of |
Mary |
1613 baptised 9 Oct at Birling |
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K2 |
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Dorothy |
1615 baptised 26 March at Birling |
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K2 |
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Edward |
1619 baptised 20 June at Birling |
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K2, K36 |
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Armigill 10/189 |
1621/2 baptised 6 Jan at Birling |
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K2 |
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Thomas |
1625 baptised 10 July at Birling |
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K2, K36 |
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Anthony |
1628 baptised 17 Nov at Birling |
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K2, K36 |
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Elizabeth |
1632/3 baptised 17 Feb at Birling |
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K2, K36 |
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| 1633/4 |
His will of 24 Jan bequeathed £30
each to sons Thomas and Anthony and daughter Elizabeth, his houses and
lands to wife Elizabeth for life, a dwelling house called the Little House
with barn and three acres of land to son Edward and a cottage and four acres
of land to son Armigill (ref. U82/T326) |
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| Wife Elizabeth |
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| 1633 |
She was a beneficiary of her husband's
will |
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K36 |
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| Daughters Mary and Dorothy |
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| 1633 |
Apparently deceased, not mentioned
in their father's will |
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