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 Abt 1695 - 1779 (~ 84 years)
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| Name |
William JAMES |
| Born |
Abt 1695 |
of Dunkirk, Kent, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Buried |
24 Oct 1779 |
Boughton-under-Blean, Kent, England [2] |
| Person ID |
I4521 |
Young Kent Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
20 Mar 2022 |
| Family 1 |
Patience, d. 7 Feb 1745, Boughton-under-Blean, Kent, England |
| Married |
Abt 1721 |
| Children |
| | 1. Joseph JAMES, b. Abt 1723, bur. 25 Dec 1802, Faversham, Kent, England (Age ~ 79 years) |
| | 2. John JAMES, b. Abt 1724, bur. 28 Jun 1799, Boughton-under-Blean, Kent, England (Age ~ 75 years) |
| | 3. William JAMES, c. 2 Nov 1729, Boughton-under-Blean, Kent, England |
| | 4. George JAMES, c. 21 Feb 1732, Boughton-under-Blean, Kent, England |
| | 5. Uriah ^ JAMES, c. 14 Oct 1733, Boughton-under-Blean, Kent, England , bur. 5 Nov 1745, Boughton-under-Blean, Kent, England (Age ~ 12 years) |
| | 6. Zachariah JAMES, c. 13 Nov 1737, Boughton-under-Blean, Kent, England , bur. 12 Mar 1803, Harbledown, Kent, England (Age ~ 65 years) |
| | 7. Sarah JAMES, c. 6 Jan 1740, Hernhill, Kent, England |
| | 8. Mary JAMES, c. Abt 1742 |
| | 9. William JAMES, c. 18 Mar 1744, Boughton-under-Blean, Kent, England |
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| Last Modified |
20 Mar 2022 |
| Family ID |
F1053 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Elizabeth BROTHERDEN |
| Children |
| | 1. Moses JAMES, c. 4 Jul 1746, Boughton-under-Blean, Kent, England |
| | 2. Elizabeth JAMES, c. 29 May 1748, Boughton-under-Blean, Kent, England , bur. 12 Feb 1840, Hernehill, Kent, England (Age ~ 91 years) |
| | 3. Daniel JAMES, c. 23 Jul 1750, Boughton-under-Blean, Kent, England , bur. 7 Mar 1773, Boughton-under-Blean, Kent, England (Age ~ 22 years) |
| | 4. Aaron ^ JAMES, c. 11 Feb 1753, Boughton-under-Blean, Kent, England , bur. 15 Jul 1763, Boughton-under-Blean, Kent, England (Age ~ 10 years) |
| | 5. Thomas JAMES, c. 13 Jul 1755, Boughton-under-Blean, Kent, England |
| | 6. Mary JAMES, c. 29 Oct 1758, Boughton-under-Blean, Kent, England |
| | 7. Samuel JAMES, c. 8 Mar 1761, Boughton-under-Blean, Kent, England |
| | 8. Hester JAMES, c. 11 Sep 1763, Hernhill, Kent, England |
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| Last Modified |
20 Mar 2022 |
| Family ID |
F1706 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- William James is a mystery. I have not found the marriage of William James and Patience despite having searched over 200 registers of parishes in East Kent. The first christening of a child to William and Patience, that I have found, occurs in 1729 with William, Jr.. William, Sr. was born about 1695 if the age of 84 years that had been included in his burial entry is remotely accurate. If one assumes, for the moment, that William, Sr. was born circa 1695 then his marriage to Patience would likely have taken place sometime between 1715 and 1729, when William, Jr. is christened at Boughton-under-Blean.
There are two male James who are presumed to be children of William and Patience: Joseph, who married at Faversham during 1767 and John who married Sarah Harvey circa 1750. There is no hard evidence that exists that confirms either of these associations. However, in the case of Joseph, Sarah appears in Faversham to marry Edward Gregory about 18 months before Joseph marries Elizabeth Wraight. These are the only two James individuals in Faversham during that period. In the case of John James and Sarah Harvey, John names his second daughter Patient and his only son, William. Certainly the estimated range of years in which William, Sr. and Patience could have married leaves open the possibility of not only two unknown children but several others as well.
William, Sr. spent the majority of his adult life living in Dunkirk, an extra-parochial ville in the middle of East Kent. Given the reputation of the inhabitants of Dunkirk I have to wonder why it is that I have not been able to find any hint of a christening for William.
The description of Dunkirk that follows is a portion of the entry found in J. M. Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1870:
"It [Dunkirk] is an extra-parochial ville, which is also a chapelry (church built after 1838). The name Dunkirk was first given to it, about the middle of the last century [18th] by a body of squatters who took free or forcible possession of the land and who became notable for smuggling practices. Many of the persons implicated in the extraordinary outbreak of 1838, connected with Sir William Courtenay or Thoms, were inhabitants of Dunkirk."
From the manorial records (LDS Film #1850144, 1850205-06) of the manor of Darby's Court in Stalisfield it was learned that one Thomas James was a tenant during 1740. The entry in the Court Baron included a statement indicating that the manor had been rented previously by Thomas James' father. Unfortunately, the name of that individual was not recorded. Prior to the James' family occupation of the property in Stalisfield, it had been rented by one William Crowhurst. At the time of the entry in 1740 the occupier of the property was one Thomas Epps.
Also from the manorial records (LDS Film #1850205, specifically) comes the following entry: Robert Hinde and William James, 10 shillings due to the Lord of the manor for 1 messuage called "Belwin", the barns, stables, outhouses, buildings, pastures and marsh, containing approximately 80 acres at St. Thomas the Apostle in Harty. Late in the occupation of John Swift, now deceased, upon whose decease the same property came to and is now legally vested in Robert Hinde and William James. Relief due to the Lord 5 shillings a piece, which was paid, both being admitted tenants of the manor but fealty being respited inasmuch as they were both physically absent from the proceedings.
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- [S74] Proceedings of the Court Baron, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #1850144, 1850205-06, 1740.
1740: Thomas James tenant in Stalisfield, late father's, before William Crowhurst. Occupier Thomas Epps.
Court Baron of Darby's Court
- [S34] Parish Register, England, Kent: Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Boughton-under-Blean, Kent, England, LDS Film #1836199, 24 Oct 1779.
84 years from Dunkirk
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