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Isabella ("Sibella") HUNT
1734 - 1812 (78 years)
Has 104 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.
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Name Isabella ("Sibella") HUNT Nickname Sibella Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 1734 Baptised 6 Jun 1734 St. Mary’s Church, Lenham, Kent, England 
- KFHS transcript (CD 27)
Gender Female Occupation 1767 Faversham, Kent, England Mantua maker - Sibella had a business in Faversham as a dress maker and had an apprentice, but appears to have moved to Maidstone following her marriage, aged about 34; I don't know whether she continued as a "mantua maker" there.
Sibella's apprentice
Records show that on 1st of June 1767 she paid tax on the money received for taking on Elizabeth Hollingbury as her apprentice.
The date she was taken on is not shown, usually the tax was paid within months of the apprenticeship starting, but it could be years later; the longest I have seen on pages I have looked at where the date of indenture was shown is about 5 years, and this was very unusual. This suggests that Elizabeth would still have been apprenticed to Sibella when she got married. I don't know what happened to the business or Elizabeth at this time.
(Elizabeth may have been the Elizabeth Hollingbury bapt on 3 Apr 1751 or 2 in Boughton under Blean, just outside of Faversham, dau of George and Mary - acc to IGI; if so, she would probably have begun her apprenticeship in 1765 or 6; the IGI also shows an Elizabeth, dau of Geo and Mary - the same couple? - at Graveney, also close to Faversham, on 12 Jan 1755 - could also be this Elizabeth).
Mantua maker
The mantua was a fashionable style of gown, popular for a couple of decades in the late 1600's. During the time of its popularity women gained the legal right to make this loose, flowing gown. Before this time, women could make underwear, but only male tailors were allowed to make upper class clothing and corsets - by law! Women won the right to make unboned gowns during this period, and these women were know as Mantua-makers.
Since the unboned mantua was popular for only a couple of decades, Expanding into other areas was crucial for the female dressmakers' survival once the popularity of the mantua declined, no matter how much the tailors complained, and the women quickly branched out to hats and accessories, and then to other types of clothing.
The term mantua-maker was used for a fashionable dress designer / creator long after the mantua was forgotten, even as late as the 1890's, to be replaced by the more modern term of modiste.
Died 8 Aug 1812 - Possible date from gravestone (unclear)
Buried 12 Aug 1812 All Saints’ Church, Maidstone, Kent, England - From KFHS transcribed data (on CD 26) - Sibellar WIMBLE widow.
Gravestone survives (2016) - attempt at transcription on the KAS website, no. 323 (clearly not easy to read; the first commemorated must be Sibella's husband William, he left one son not a daughter and after 'Sibellar Wimble' I believe it must say something like 'wife of' rather than 'also' as the last date clearly corresponds with Sibella's burial date.
Siblings5 brothers and 6 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
John HUNT, b. Est 1665, d. Yes, date unknown (Grandfather)
Joan BASSILL, b. Abt 1645, (possibly), Charing, Kent, England, bur. 19 Mar 1711/12, St. Mary’s Church, Lenham, Kent, England (Age ~ 67 years) (Great Grandmother) Notes - Sibella subsequently lived in Maidstone following her marriage. Only the baptism of one son has been found, bapt 1771. That same year her father died and she is mentioned in his will. [1]
Person ID I608 All Last Modified 5 Jan 2017
Father Richard HUNT, [Parents?], b. Abt 1701, Maidstone, Kent, England , d. Apr 1771, Lenham, Kent, England (Age ~ 70 years) Mother Isabella BECON, b. Abt 1706, Lenham, Kent, England , d. Abt Feb 1771, Lenham, Kent, England (Age ~ 65 years) Married 15 Feb 1724/25 All Saints’ Church, Canterbury, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 21 Feb 2013):
Under "Marriages" and "1724" - "Richard Hunt & Isabella Beacon both of Lenham _ _ } Feb: .5" - I think that the dot that appears before the 5 is all that remains of a '1', which agrees with the date of the marriage licence.
Marriage License 15 Feb 1724/25 Canterbury, Kent, England [2] - Shows Richard HUNT of Lenham, bachelor and lsabella BEACON, of the same parish, spinster could marry at Lenham or All Saints, Canterbury. Licence issued Feb. 15, 1724.
Family ID F452 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family William WIMBLE, bur. 27 Nov 1798, All Saints’ Church, Maidstone, Kent, England Married 16 Feb 1769 St. Mary of Charity Church, Faversham, Kent, England [3] - Isabella's sister Hester was married to a Thomas Munn; I guess it was this Thomas Munn who was a witness at the wedding.
Children 1. John WIMBLE, b. 1771, Maidstone, Kent, England , d. Yes, date unknownLast Modified 14 Dec 2013 Family ID F456 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Baptised - 6 Jun 1734 - St. Mary’s Church, Lenham, Kent, England 
Occupation - Mantua maker - 1767 - Faversham, Kent, England 
Married - 16 Feb 1769 - St. Mary of Charity Church, Faversham, Kent, England 
Child - John WIMBLE - 1771 - Maidstone, Kent, England 
Buried - 12 Aug 1812 - All Saints’ Church, Maidstone, Kent, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
Sources - [S12] Kevin Hunt's Family Tree, Submitter: Kevin Hunt.
- [S106] Canterbury Marriage Licences - 5th series (images on KFHS CD 18), Joseph Meadows Cowper F.S.A., editor, (Canterbury, Kent: Cross and Jackman, 1905.), 251. (Reliability: 3), 20 Apr 2014.
"Hunt, Richard, of Lenham, ba., and lsabella Beacon, s. p., spr. At L. or All Saints, Cant. Feb. 15, 1724."
PDF p.70 - [S232] Faversham - St Mary of Charity Parish Registers, St. Mary of Charity (Faversham, Kent), (findmypast.com.), "Marriages and Banns, 1754-1801," Marriage of William Wimble to Sibella Hunt; accessed 14 Dec 2013 (Reliability: 3).
William Wimble of the Parish of Maidstone a Batchelor and Sibella Hunt of the Parish of Faversham a Spinster were Married in this Church by Licence this sixteenth Day of February in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and sixty nine by me Richard Marsh Vicar
This Marriage was solemnized between us { WWimble, Sibella Hunt
In the Presence of Thos Munn, Edward Smith
[all signed]
Edward Smith was a witness at many weddings, probably Parisk Clerk.
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