John BIRCH

Est 1725 - 1812  (~ 83 years)

 Set As Default Person

• Name	John BIRCH
  Relationship	with Teresa Ann GOATHAM
  Born	Est 1725
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1808	Upper Hardres, Kent, England
  	Described as gent of Upper Hardres when he wrote his will (from Tyler abstract)
  Died	Between 1808 and 1812
  	Between making his will and it being proved
  Probate	22 Jan 1812	Archdeaconry Court, Canterbury, Kent, England
  	From Canterbury Probate Records Database (year and court) and Tyler abstract (exact date)
  Siblings	1 brother and 1 sister
  + 1. John BIRCH,   b. Est 1725,   d. Between 1808 and 1812  (Age ~ 83 years) ▻ Susan BAKER,  m. 14 Oct 1756   2. Elizabeth BIRCH,   bap. 1 Jun 1731, All Saints’ Church, Petham, Kent, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Halke BIRCH,   bap. 10 Dec 1741, All Saints’ Church, Petham, Kent, England ,   bur. 18 Sep 1748, All Saints’ Church, Petham, Kent, England  (Age ~ 6 years)
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John BIRCH,   b. Abt 1699,   bur. 28 Apr 1785, All Saints’ Church, Petham, Kent, England  (Age ~ 86 years)  (Father)  Abigail FORDRED,   d. Yes, date unknown  (Grandmother)
  Notes	(Research):Did this John exist? I think so. Unless there is an error in the PRs or my reading of them, this one married the year before his mother died. Otherwise it could be that the John I show as this one's father remarried after Elizabeth née Halke died and with his new wife has the children I attribute to this John. As well as the date problem, it seems to me, though, that it would be strange to name a child Halke, the maiden surname of a former wife, with a new wife.
  Person ID	I18784	All
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	John BIRCH,   b. Abt 1699,   bur. 28 Apr 1785, All Saints’ Church, Petham, Kent, England  (Age ~ 86 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth HALKE,   b. 1 Aug 1704,   bur. 14 Mar 1757, All Saints’ Church, Petham, Kent, England  (Age ~ 52 years)
  Marriage License	26 Nov 1720
  	"Birch, John, of Petham, ba., and Eliz. Halke of Elmstead, spr. At Crundale, E. or Postling. Nov. 26, 1720." (Cowper, 5th series, col. 44)
  Married	6 Dec 1720	Ss. Mary and Radigund’s Church, Postling, Kent, England
  	From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 9 Nov 2021) "John Birch of Pettam & Elizabeth Halke of Elmsted were Maryed Decembr. the sixth 1720" I am guessing that is was this Elizabeth who married John Birch, though her description at the time of marriage as 'of Elmstead' is a strong clue. Unlike her sisters she is not mentioned in her grandfather's will, but he removed one of her sisters after they married and he advanced what he was going to leave. Since Elizabeth married before he wrote his will he had probably given what he would otherwise have left to her when she married. There were lots of children of John and Elizabeth Birch baptised (and a number of burials of children) in Petham in the 20 or so years after the marriage of this John and Elizabeth. However, a John Birch of Petham had married an Elizabeth Spain there in 1714, and I suspect some of the children were the offspring of that couple; it's possible there was 1 or more other couples with the same names that I haven't noticed. For the moment, therefore, I am not adding any children of John and Elizabeth to this tree.
  Family ID	F7439	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susan BAKER,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	14 Oct 1756	Ss. Peter and Paul’s Church, Upper Hardres, Kent, England
  	From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 5 Aug 2015)
  Children	2 children
  + 1. William BIRCH,   bap. 1758, All Saints’ Church, Petham, Kent, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Halke BIRCH,   bap. 7 Sep 1760, All Saints’ Church, Petham, Kent, England ,   d. Dec Q 1842, Elham Reg Dist, Kent, England  (Age ~ 81 years) ▻ Sarah;   Elizabeth FAIRMAN  m. 20 Oct 1784
  Last Modified	5 Aug 2015
  Family ID	F7444	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart