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Elizabeth BIRCH
1731 - Yes, date unknown
Has 20 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name Elizabeth BIRCH Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 1 Jun 1731 All Saints’ Church, Petham, Kent, England 
Gender Female Died Yes, date unknown Siblings2 brothers Patriarch & Matriarch 
John BIRCH, b. Abt 1699, bur. 28 Apr 1785, All Saints’ Church, Petham, Kent, England (Age ~ 86 years) (Father) 
Abigail FORDRED, d. Yes, date unknown (Grandmother)Person ID I18773 All Last Modified 5 Aug 2015
Father John BIRCH, b. Abt 1699, bur. 28 Apr 1785, All Saints’ Church, Petham, Kent, England (Age ~ 86 years) Mother 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.
Family ID F7439 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- "Birch, John, of Petham, ba., and Eliz. Halke of Elmstead, spr. At Crundale,
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Baptised - 1 Jun 1731 - All Saints’ Church, Petham, Kent, England 
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