or was this Robert Dence of Tenterden?
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| 8/35 Thomas Mockett | Yeoman of Smarden, Kent | |||||
| 1685-1733 | Probably son of Samuel and
Susanna Mockett |
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| Age | Source | |||||
| Probably baptised 11 Feb 1685
at Lenham St Mary |
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| Married 1 Mary | K3, K2 | |||||
| Probably
married Mary Lowe 14 June 1710 at Headcorn, ‘both of Smarden’ |
25 |
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| Mary, wife of Thomas, was buried 17 Mar 1720 at Smarden | 35 |
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| Married 2 Mary Burton, widow of Smarden, 29 Sept 1726 at St Margaret Canterbury, by Canterbury Diocese licence | 41 |
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| Father of | Elizabeth 7/18 | c.1732 | 47 |
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| Buried 5 Sept 1733 at Smarden St Michael | 48 |
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| He apparently
acquired a freehold property in the Manor of West Shelve from John Tilby.
It was a messuage, garden, orchard and a piece of land called Broom Croft
alias Stone Stile near Roytons Heath in Lenham containing two acres, rent
6d at the feast of St Michael, which abuts to the Kings Highway towards
the south and to lands belonging to Royton Chapel farm to the east, west
and north (refs. U55/M206 1779, U55/M209 1764) |
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| 1699-1707 |
He was
rated by the Churchwardens of Lenham for a property in Royton division formerly
his father's, rent £2 then £3 (ref. P224/5/3) |
15-23 |
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| 1702 Oct. |
He was
a member of the Homage (jury) at the Court Baron of West Shelve Manor, Lenham.
He apparently owned property in the manor which he later willed to his
daughter (ref. U55/M204 sheet 48) |
17 |
K37 |
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| c.1705 |
He bought
a messuage, garden and orchard called Stone Stile next to Raytons Heath in
Lenham from John Tilby (ref. U55/M204 sheet 52) |
25 |
K37 |
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| 1724 Oct. |
He was
again in the Homage of West Shelve manorial court (ref. U55/M204 sheet 59) |
39 |
K37 |
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| 1726 Sept | A husbandman and widower of Smarden. Marriage bond with Anthony Pimm, a linen weaver of Chilham |
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41 |
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| 1729-1734 | Tenant of land in Smarden owned by Mr Mathews, rent £6 | 44-48 |
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| 1733 Aug | A Yeoman of Smarden. He bequeathed a messuage, barn, garden and five acres of land in Shilham (Chilham near Canterbury?) and a messuage, barn, garden and land in Lenham in the tenure of John Isted, to his daughter Elizabeth. Devised that his daughter may be brought up to 'reading, writing and working'. His friend Daniel Osmer of Smarden, yeoman, executor | 48 |
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| (Note
- Chilham ratebook 1711-1730 too fragile for production, Sept 2021 (ref.
191/11/1)) |
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| 1733 | A Husbandman of Smarden (from his burial) | 48 |
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| 1733 | He had occupied a dwelling with kitchen, washhouse, buttery, best chamber, chamber over wash house and old chamber | K6 | ||||
| 1733 Sept | His will was proved 10 Sept at Canterbury Archdeaconry | K5 | ||||
| 1733 Sept | An inventory of his goods and chattels was appraised by John Austin and Richard Bayley at a total value of £70 16s 1d and exhibited at Canterbury Archdeaconry court | K6 | ||||
| 1739-1740 |
The West
Shelve manorial court believed that he was still tenant of the property in
the manor, occupied by John Highstead, rent 6d. By 1740 the property had
passed to his daughter Elizabeth who had paid the rent but not attended the
court to give fealty (ref. U55/M204 sheet 66, M205 pp.63-67) |
K37 |
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| Wife 8/36 Mary Wood -1732 | ||||||
| Note: | A Mary Wood was baptised 11 Apr 1686 at Smarden, but she married John Greenhill 16 May 1710 at Little Chart | K2, K5 | ||||
| A Mary Wood, daughter of Thomas, was baptised 15 Apr 1696 at
Guildhall Street Independent, Canterbury |
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| Married 1 Mr Burton | K3 | |||||
| 1716 | Of Smarden. Probably married Thomas Burton 28 Dec at Frittenden (Kent FHS transcript but not found in register) | FMP2 | ||||
| 1720 | Thomas Burton, labourer, was buried 22 Apr at Smarden | K2 | ||||
| 1726 | A widow of Smarden, married 2 Thomas Mockett | K3 | ||||
| 1732 | Probably buried 21 Oct at Smarden | K2 | ||||
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| 9/69 Samuel Mockett |
Husbandman
of Lenham, Kent |
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-1729 |
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| Age |
Source |
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| Married
1 Catherine Clark 6 Oct 1678 at Lenham St Mary |
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| [Possibly
married Joan Gartland 15 July 1679 at Hollingbourne?] |
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| Married
2 Susanna Sharpe 9 April 1681 at Canterbury St Andrew,
apparently by licence |
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| Father of |
Samuel |
1682 bapt 10 Apr at Lenham (buried
6 March 1710/11 at Lenham) |
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| Thomas 8/35 |
1684/5 bapt 11 Feb
at Lenham |
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| William? |
1687 bapt 12 June at Lenham |
fmp2 |
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| Elizabeth |
1692/3 bapt 19 March
at Lenham |
K2 |
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| Johan |
1696 bapt 12 Apr at Lenham |
K2 |
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| Catherine |
1699 bapt 13 Aug at Lenham |
K2 |
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| Sara |
1702 bapt 25 Oct at Lenham |
K2 |
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| William |
1707 bapt 8 June at Lenham |
K2 |
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| Buried
22 March 1728/9 at Lenham |
K2 |
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| 1679 |
His wife
Katherine was buried 18 April at Lenham |
K2 |
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| 1681 Apr |
A widower,
husbandman of Lenham (apparently from Canterbury ML dated 7 Apr) |
fmp3 |
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| 1681 |
He was
rated by the Churchwardens for a property in Lusom division of Lenham, rent
£2 (ref. P224/5/3) |
K20 |
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| 1687-1694 |
He was
rated for a property in Lusom division of Lenham, rent now £6 |
K20 |
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| 1696-1698 |
He was
rated as a ‘foreigner’ (outdweller) for property in Lenham, rent £2.
From 1699 Thomas, probably his son, was rated for the property |
K20 |
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| 1699 |
A husbandman
(from his daughter’s baptism) |
K2 |
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| Wife 9/70 Susanna Sharpe | -1736 |
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| 1681 Apr |
Of Lenham,
age 21 (from marriage) |
K2 |
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| 1736 |
Probably
buried 21 Aug at Lenham |
fmp2 |
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| Daughter
Elizabeth |
1693- |
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| 1717 |
Probably
mother of Epps, baseborn baptised Feb 24 at Lenham |
24 |
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| (Note
Peter Epps was a ratepayer in Lenham in the 1690s-1700s. He had two sons
baptised there in 1692-1693 and his son John had a son baptised in 1719) |
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| 7/19 Robert Dence | Yeoman of High Halden, Kent | |||||
| 1738-1811 | Son of Lewis and Elizabeth Dence | |||||
| Age | Source | |||||
| Born 1738. Baptised 13 Aug at Westwell St Mary | K4, K2 | |||||
| Probably married Mary Austen 19 Oct 1762 at Otham St Nicholas by banns | 24 | K2, K5, K4 | ||||
| Father of | Lewis | c.1763 (from age at apprenticeship) | 25 | K5,fm40 | ||
| Mary 6/10 | c.1764 (from age at death) | 26 | K5, B | |||
| Elizabeth | (marr. Thos Rolfe 1791 Tenterden) | K5, K5 | ||||
| Ann | (married Joseph Cox 1795 Headcorn) | K5, K5 | ||||
| Robert | c.1772 (from age at death) | 34 | K5, B | |||
| Rachel | 1775 7 Oct (from baptism in 1804) | 37 | K5, K2 | |||
| Died 20 Nov 1811 age 73. Memorial stone at the Love Lane Baptist graveyard in Headcorn | 73 | K4 | ||||
| A nonconformist, member of the Baptist chapel | K4 | |||||
| 1752 | Apprenticed to John Neve, carpenter
of Tenterden, for 9 years
or was this Robert Dence of Tenterden? |
14 | E40
K2 |
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| 1762 Oct | A batchelor of Otham (15 miles from High Halden) | 24 | K2 | |||
| 1780-1792 | He rented land in High Halden from Miss Mary Waters | 42-54 | K21 | |||
| 1781-1802 | He was rated for property in High Halden, rent c.£25 | 43-64 | K20 | |||
| 1791-1800 | He also rented land from William Harrison, rent £11 | 54-62 | K21 | |||
| 1793 | He bought the property he occupied from Miss Mary Waters | 55 | K21 | |||
| 1793-1808 | He owned and occupied property in High Halden, rent £9 | 55-70 | K21 | |||
| 1801 July | He occupied a messuage or tenement with two dwellings, bullock lodge, closes, garden, orchard and 10 acres of arable, meadow and pasture land in Halden. The property was offered for sale by auction (Kentish Gazette 10 July p.1 and others) | 63 | H61 | |||
| 1802 | He owned property in [High] Halden. Voted for Filmer Honywood Esq in the county poll | 64 | H12 | |||
| 1804-1807 | He was rated for property in High Halden, rent £12 | 66-69 | K20 | |||
| 1807 | A Yeoman of High Halden. He had a messuage, farm and lands estimated at thirty acres in High Halden and Bethersden | 69 | K5 | |||
| 1807 Oct | He left his estate in trust to Thomas Rolfe and John Boorman 6/9 to sell and distribute in five parts to his children Lewis, Mary, Elizabeth, Ann and Robert, the sixth part to invest and pay the interest to his daughter Rachel, and on her death to divide amongst her children, thus bypassing her husband John Rolfe | 69 | K5 | |||
| 1812 May | His will was proved at Canterbury Archdeaconry by 6/9 John Boorman | K5 | ||||
| Wife 7/20 Mary Austen 1733-1812 | ||||||
| 1733 | Born about 1733 (from age at death) | K4 | ||||
| 1762 Oct | A spinster of Otham | 29 | K2 | |||
| 1812 | Died 17 Feb age 78. Memorial stone at the Love Lane Baptist graveyard, Headcorn | 78 | K4 | |||
| Son Lewis c.1763- | ||||||
| c.1763 | Probably born (from age at apprenticeship) | |||||
| 1777 | Possibly apprenticed to Richard Barnard, collar maker of Sutton Valence | c.14 | fmp40 | |||
| 1785 | Possibly of the parish of Hollingbourn, married Elizabeth George Feb 7 at Sutton Valence by banns | 22 | K2 | |||
| 1807 Oct | His eldest daughter Sarah was left £10 in her grandfather's will | K5 | ||||
| Son Robert 1772-1840 | ||||||
| 1804 | Married Charlotte Martin 26 Feb at St James Westminster by banns, both of this parish | 32 | WL2 | |||
| 1840 | Died at Mortlake age 67 (reg. Q1 Richmond) | 67 | B | |||
| Daughter Rachel 1775-1813 | ||||||
| 1797 | Married John Rolfe 16 Aug at Tenterden St Mildred by banns, witness Thomas Rofe | 22 | K2 | |||
| 1804 | Baptised as an adult 1 Jan at Tenterden Presbyterian | 29 | K2 | |||
| 1813 | Of Tenterden, age 37. Buried 2 Jan at Rolvenden | 37 | K2 | |||
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| 8/37 Lewis Dence | Of Westwell, Kent. | |||||
| 1715-1761 | Son of John and Elizabeth Dence | |||||
| Age | Source | |||||
| Baptised 11 Dec 1715 at Lenham St Mary | K2 | |||||
| Married Elizabeth Taylor 2 Oct 1737 at Westwell St Mary | 22 | K2 | ||||
| Father of | Robert 7/19 | 1738, baptised 13 Aug at Westwell | 23 | K2 | ||
| John | 1740, baptised 30 Mar Westwell | 25 | K2 | |||
| Elizabeth | 1742, baptised 9 May Westwell | 27 | K2 | |||
| Mary | 1743, baptised 25 Dec Westwell | 28 | K2 | |||
| Lewis | 1748/9, baptised 12 Feb Westwell | 34 | K2 | |||
| Edward | 1751, baptised 23 June Westwell | 36 | K2 | |||
| Thomas | 1754, baptised 21 July Westwell | 39 | K2 | |||
| Probably buried 20 Nov 1761 at Westwell | 46 | K2 | ||||
| 1738-1761 | Of Westwell (9 miles from Lenham) | 23-46 | K2 | |||
| 1742-1759 |
He occupied
a messuage and three acres of land in Westwell, in the manor of Westwell,
owned by Susanna Hambrooke then Thomas Crouch who married her granddaughter
(U55/M90 no.95, U55/M91 no.39) |
27-44 |
K37 |
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| Wife 8/38 Elizabeth Taylor 1718-1795 | ||||||
| 1718/9 | Possibly baptised 25 Jan at Smarden, dau of John and Elizabeth | K2 | ||||
| 1795 | Possibly buried 13 Dec at Westwell age 77 | 77 | K2 | |||
| Son Lewis Dence 1749-1817 Of Westwell | ||||||
| 1769 | Married Sarah Burgess 6 May at Westwell by banns, witness Edmund Austen | 20 | K2 | |||
| 1769-1776 | Father of Thomas 1769, Sarah 1771, Elizabeth 1773 and Hannah 1776, baptised at Westwell | 20-27 | K2 | |||
| 1783-1789 |
He occupied
a messuage and two acres of land called Osbornes in Westwell, in the manor
of Ripple, owned by Mr John Barton then Mr Iden Walter (ref. U55/M95 no.7,
U55/M96 no.7) |
34-40 |
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| 1792 | Daughter Sarah possibly married Peter Parham 7 July at Westwell | K2 | ||||
| 1817 | Buried Sept 11 at Westwell age 68 | 68 | K2 | |||
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| 9/73 John Dence | Husbandman of Lenham, Kent | |||||
| 1684-1760 | Probably son of John and Mary Dens | |||||
| Age | Source | |||||
| Probably baptised 6 July 1684 at Goudhurst St Mary | K2 | |||||
| Married Elizabeth Lewis 6 Oct 1709 at Lenham St Mary | 25 | K2 | ||||
| Father of | Elizabeth | 1710, baptised 22 Oct in Lenham | 26 | K2 | ||
| John | 1712, baptised 4 Dec in Lenham | 28 | K2 | |||
| Lewis 8/37 | 1715, baptised 11 Dec in Lenham | 31 | K2 | |||
| Martha | 1720, baptised 3 Apr in Lenham (buried 23 May 1721 Lenham) | 36 | K2 | |||
| Mary | 1720, baptised 3 Apr in Lenham | 36 | K2 | |||
| George | 1721/2, baptised 18 Mar in Lenham | 38 | K2 | |||
| Robert | (buried 29 Dec 1723 in Lenham) | K2 | ||||
| Possibly buried 4 March 1760 at Egerton St James (5 miles from Lenham) | 76 | K2 | ||||
| 1709 | A Husbandman (from his marriage) | 25 | K2 | |||
| 1712-1722 | Of Lenham | 28-38 | K2 | |||
| Wife 9/74 Elizabeth Lewis 1682-1761 Daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Lewis | ||||||
| 1682 | Probably baptised 23 Oct at Lenham | K2 | ||||
| 1761 | Possibly buried 14 July at Egerton 'widow old' | 79 | K2 | |||
| Son John Dence 1712-1787 | ||||||
| 1750/1 | Possibly married Ann Petit 29 Jan at Egerton by banns, both of this parish | 38 | K2 | |||
| 1751-1766 | Possibly father of Lewis 1751, John 1753, Elizabeth 1756, Robert 1759 (buried 1760) and James 1766, all baptised at Egerton | 39-54 | K2 | |||
| 1788 | Possibly buried 14 March at Egerton | 75 | K2 | |||
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| 10/145 John Dence | Of Bethersden, Kent. | |||||
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| Age | Source | |||||
| Married Mary Austen 5 June 1683 at Goudhurst (no extra info in the register) | K2 | |||||
| Father of | John 9/73 | 1684, baptised 6 July at Goudhurst | K2 | |||
| Robert | 1686, baptised 18 July at Bethersden | K2 | ||||
| Elizabeth | 1688, baptised 4 Nov at Bethersden | K2 | ||||
| Mary | 1691, baptised 10 May at Bethersden | K2 | ||||
| James | 1693, bapt 9 Apr Bethersden (buried 3 Feb 1717/8 at Bethersden) | K2, K2 | ||||
| Edward | 1695, baptised 5 May at Bethersden | K2 | ||||
| Buried 2 Aug 1693 or 1694 at Bethersden | K2 | |||||
| 1686-1695 | Of Bethersden (15 miles from Goudhurst) | K2 | ||||
| Wife 10/146 Mary Austen | ||||||
| 1683 | Probably of Goudhurst | K2 | ||||
| 1732 | Probably buried (as Mary Dent, widow) 1 May at Bethersden | K2 | ||||
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| 10/147 Thomas Lewis | Of Lenham and Westwell, Kent. | |||||
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| Age | Source | |||||
| Married Elizabeth [Marriage not found 1670-1690 in FMP] | K2 | |||||
| Father of | Elizabeth 9/74 | 1682, baptised Oct 23 at Lenham | K2 | |||
| Thomas | 1684/5, baptised 20 Feb Lenham (burial not found) | K2 | ||||
| Richard | 1686, baptised 26 Dec Lenham | K2 | ||||
| Ursilla | 1688/9, baptised 7 Jan Westwell | K2 | ||||
| Bennett (dau) | 1690/1, baptised 8 Jan Westwell | K2 | ||||
| Thomas | 1693, baptised 8 Dec Westwell | K2 | ||||
| Robert | 1697, baptised 8 Aug Westwell | K2 | ||||
| 1674 |
Possibly
had a house with two hearths in Lenham. He was exempt from the Hearth
Tax (ref. E179/129/747 p.79) |
E24 |
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| 1682-86 | Of Lenham | K2 | ||||
| 1689-97 | Of Westwell | K2 | ||||
| Son?
Thomas Lewis 1693- |
Of Westwell |
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| 1742 |
He occupied
a messuage and land in Woolton Street in Westwell in the manor of Westwell,
owned by Susanna Hambrooke (U55/M90 no.71) |
49 |
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| Son?
Robert Lewis 1697- |
Of Westwell |
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| 1742 |
He occupied
8 acres of land called Fillborow in Westwell in the manor of Westwell,
owned by Mrs Ann Fullager, widow (ref. U55/M90 no.68) |
45 |
K37 |
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| 1765-1771 |
He possibly
occupied property in Westwell in the manor of Ripple, owned by Mr then
Sir Robert Darling and his heirs (ref. U55/M92 no.23, U55/M93 no.23) |
68-74 |
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| 9/67 Walter Chapman | Of High Halden, Kent | |||||
| 1654- | Possibly son of John and Sarah Chapman | |||||
| Age | Source | |||||
| Possibly born 5 Oct 1654 in Benenden, son of John and Sarah | K2 | |||||
| Possibly married Mary Winder 21 Dec 1676 at Goudhurst | 22 | K2 | ||||
| Father of | Martha | 1684, baptised 26 Oct at Biddenden | 30 | K2 | ||
| Sarah 8/34 | 1686/7, baptised 20 Mar High Halden | 33 | K2 | |||
| John | 1689, baptised 7 Apr High Halden | 35 | K2 | |||
| Jane | 1691, baptised 20 Sept High Halden | 37 | K2 | |||
| Susanna | 1695, baptised 21 July High Halden (possibly married John Whitehead 16 June 1715 at High Halden) | 41 | K2, K2 | |||
| Walter | 1700, baptised 25 Aug High Halden | 46 | K2 | |||
| Dorcas | 1703, baptised 2 May High Halden | 49 | K2 | |||
| Possibly buried 8 Jan 1715 or 7 Apr 1723 at High Halden | 61/69 | K2 | ||||
| 1687-1703 | Of High Halden | 33-49 | K2 | |||
| 1695 | A ratepayer of High Halden | 41 | K20 | |||
| Wife 9/68 Mary Winder -1744? | ||||||
| 1744 | Mary Chapman, widow, buried 8 July at High Halden | K2 | ||||