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Abigail HALKE
1708 - 1772 (~ 64 years)
Has 18 ancestors and 9 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Abigail HALKE Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 26 Feb 1707/08 Baptised 10 Mar 1707/08 St. James the Great Church, Elmstead, Kent, England 
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 5 Aug 2015)
"Abigael the Daughter of Mr John Halke & Abigael his wife was born Feb 26 and baptized the March 10 1707"
Gender Female Buried 11 Sep 1772 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Hastingleigh, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 22 Oct 2015)
"Sep. 11. Mrs Abitail Swain, Widow" - under headings 'Buried' and '1772'
Photo of gravestone and transcription of inscription on the Hastingleigh website (no. 130)
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)Person ID I18772 All Last Modified 22 Oct 2015
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 Mr Nicholas SWAINE, d. 23 Oct 1760 Marriage License 21 Apr 1728 - "Swaine, Nicholas, ba., and Abigail Halke spr., both of Hastingleigh. At S. Alphage, Cant. or H. April 21, 1728"
(from Cowper Sixth Series, col. 408)
Married 22 Apr 1728 St. Alphege’s Church, Canterbury, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 5 Aug 2015)
"[April] 22 Nicholas Swaine & Abigail Halke of Hastingleigh wth Lic[ence]" - under heading 'From March 25 1728 to March 25 1729'
It is clear that this Abigail married between her Halke grandfather, Thomas, writing his will in 1725 and addeing a codicil to his will on 3 June 1728, and he actually names her husband, which confirms that it was this Abigail who married as shown here.
Thomas changed his will because he was going to leave £100 pounds to Abigail, but gave it to her during his life instead.
Children9 children Last Modified 6 Aug 2015 Family ID F7418 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 5 Aug 2015)