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John BIRCH
Abt 1699 - 1785 (~ 86 years)
Has no ancestors but 14 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name John BIRCH Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1699 - From age at death (as recorded in burial register, assuming it is the correct burial)
Gender Male Died - (After 1757 - living when his wife Elizabeth died (assumed from her burial entry, where she is described as 'wife of ...')
Buried 28 Apr 1785 All Saints’ Church, Petham, Kent, England 
- Probably the burial of this John Birch -
From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 9 Nov 2021)
"[April] 28. John Birch was buried aged 85."
(Probably buried in Petham, there seems to be no other burial of a John Birch that could be him in that parish, although the images of the PR are of poor quality and many entries are not legible)
Person ID I18765 All Last Modified 9 Nov 2021
Family 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.
Children3 children Last Modified 9 Nov 2021 Family ID F7439 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Child - Elizabeth BIRCH - 1 Jun 1731 - All Saints’ Church, Petham, Kent, England 
Child - Halke BIRCH - 10 Dec 1741 - All Saints’ Church, Petham, Kent, England Buried - 28 Apr 1785 - All Saints’ Church, Petham, Kent, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
