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Thomas GRIGSBY
1735 - 1735 (~ 0 years)
Has 19 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name Thomas GRIGSBY Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 17 Jan 1734/35 St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Marden, Kent, England 
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 14 Mar 2023)
"[Jany.] 17. Edward and Thomas Twin Sons of Edward & Elisabeth Grigsby."
Gender Male Child Status Twin Buried 29 Jan 1734/35 St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Marden, Kent, England - KFHS CD 25 ("Thomas Grigsby" - of Edward and Elisabeth, aff. 18)
Siblings3 brothers and 3 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
John GRIGSBY, b. Est 1530, d. Apr 1600, Marden, Kent, England (Age ~ 70 years) (4 x Great Grandfather) 
Elisabeth MARTIN, bur. 1 Aug 1756, St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Marden, Kent, England (Mother) Person ID I12296 All Last Modified 14 Mar 2023
Father Edward GRIGSBY, bap. 4 Apr 1697, St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Marden, Kent, England , bur. 21 Jul 1787, St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Marden, Kent, England (Age ~ 90 years) Mother Elisabeth MARTIN, bur. 1 Aug 1756, St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Marden, Kent, England Married 22 Oct 1726 All Saints’ Church, Staplehurst, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 24 Sep 2020)
"1726 Octr. 22. Edward Grigsby of Barham & Eliz. Martin of ths Parish"
Edward had presumably found employment in 'Barham' but was marrying someone he knew (or his family knew) from close to the parish where he was born and grew up. The parish of Barham is over 30 miles from Marden, and a rural parish with no particular draw for those looking for work so it seems a surprising place for a young man from Marden to have found work. Maybe the Barham referred to was Barham Court, only 7 miles or so from Marden, or the parish of Burham, about 12 miles.
(This Edward had a 1st cousin Edward, son of his uncle Thomas, alive in 1725 when Thomas wrote his will. He too was born in Marden and so might easily have married someone from the neighbouring parish of Staplehurst. However, it seems most likely it was this Edward who married Elizabeth Martin both from the names of their children (all match siblings of Edward, as well as his parents), and from other marriages one of which might have been his cousin's, but a little early for this Edward).
Family ID F5459 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 14 Mar 2023)