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Elizabeth HALKE
1704 - 1757 (~ 52 years)
Has 18 ancestors and 14 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Elizabeth HALKE Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 1 Aug 1704 Baptised 13 Aug 1704 St. James the Great Church, Elmstead, Kent, England 
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 5 Aug 2015)
"Elizabeth the daughter of John Halke & Abigail his wife was born August 1 and baptized the 13 of the sd month Anno Dom: 1704"
Gender Female Buried 14 Mar 1757 All Saints’ Church, Petham, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 5 Aug 2015)"Mar. 14 _ _ _ Elisabeth the Wife of John Birch, was buried" - under heading '1757'
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)Notes - (Research):Who was Elizabeth?
The description of her as 'of Elmstead' at the time of her marriage suggests she could have been the Elizabeth daughter of John and Abigail, baptised in Elmsted in 1704. However, when the grandfather of that Elizabeth died in the 1728 he left bequests to other children of his son John, but there is no mention of granddaughter Elizabeth (in the register copy of the will). Petham PRs suggest Elizabeth the wife of John Birch was still living then.
Person ID I18771 All Last Modified 9 Nov 2021
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 BIRCH, b. Abt 1699, bur. 28 Apr 1785, All Saints’ Church, Petham, Kent, England (Age ~ 86 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
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 5 Aug 2015)