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Hester HALKE
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Name Hester HALKE Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 3 Mar 1714/15 - Date from baptism register
Baptised 16 Mar 1714/15 St. James the Great Church, Elmstead, Kent, England
- From the PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 6 Aug 2015)
"Ester the Daughter of John & Abigale Halkes was born March 3d & baptized March 16th. 1714/15"
Gender Female Also known as Ester HALKE Died - Mentioned in her grandfather Halke's will written in 1725
Siblings3 brothers and 3 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch
John HALKE, b. Est 1433, d. 1492, Wye, Kent, England
(Age ~ 59 years) (6 x Great Grandfather) 
Abigail FORDRED, d. Yes, date unknown (Mother)
Person ID I18714 All Last Modified 21 Apr 2018
Father John HALKE, bap. 5 Sep 1671, All Saints’ Church, Petham, Kent, England
, bur. 10 Mar 1723/24, St. James the Great Church, Elmstead, Kent, England
(Age ~ 52 years) Mother Abigail FORDRED, d. Yes, date unknown Marriage License 5 Mar 1699/00 - Hawkes, John, of Petham. ba., and Abigail Fordred of Hackington, spr. At Hackington or Crundale. March 5, 1699
(Cowper, 4th Series, col. 275)
Married 7 Mar 1699/00 St. Stephen’s Church, Hackington, Kent, England
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 7 Aug 2015)
"John Hawkes of Petham and Abigail Fordred of St Stephens were marryed } March.7 1699." - under heading '1699'
Thomas, probably John and Abigail's first child was baptised in Hastingleigh - perhaps this was where Abigail's family then lived. By 1704 they were in the neighbouring parish of Elmstead and appear to have remained there until John's death some 20 years later. However, when daughter Abigail married she was 'of Hastingleigh' so perhaps the family or some of it moved there, possibly to Abigail (the mother's) relations, after losing their husband and father.
John and William inherited property from their grandfather in 1728, and this is probably why they were 'of Petham' at the time of their marriages in the 1730s.
Family ID F7417 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family John GOLDUP, d. Yes, date unknown Marriage License 11 Jul 1735 - "Goldup, John, ba., and Hester Hawks, spr., both of Petham. At S. Alphage, or S. M. Bredin, Cant. or P. July 11, 1735·"
(from Cowper, 6th Series, col. 172)
Married 25 Sep 1735 St. Alphege’s Church, Canterbury, Kent, England
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 6 Aug 2015)
"[Sept:] 25 John Goldup & Hester Hawks of Petham wth Licenc[e]" - under heading 'Marriages 1735'
John and Hester appear to have left Petham as there were no further baptisms of children there after daughter Hester, nor burials.
Children 1. Hester GOLDUP, bap. 19 Dec 1735, All Saints’ Church, Petham, Kent, England
, d. Yes, date unknownLast Modified 10 Sep 2015 Family ID F7451 Family Group Page | Family Chart

