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George WHITEHEAD
1811 - 1882 (70 years)
Has 8 ancestors and 22 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name George WHITEHEAD Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 10 Mar 1811 Chelsfield, Kent, England 
- Date from baptism register
Place from the 1881 census
Baptised 14 Apr 1811 St. Katherine’s Church, Knockholt, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 28 Sep 2022)
"George Son of John and Mary Whitehead born the 10 of March"
The entry for George and one before and after him do not have baptism dates, but they are then followed by an entry ... "born the 2 March and all Baptized 14 of April 1811". Since the entry after this had both a date of brith and baptism I think the 'all' must refer to the preceeding 3 without baptism dates, i.e. including George.
Gender Male Residence 1851 Pratts Bottom, Kent, England - With his wife, 8 children, his mother-in-law and (I think) a brother-in-law, who was also a lodger, William Smith.
Died Dec Q 1882 Bromley Reg Dist, Kent, England - GRO ref: WHITEHEAD, George q4 1882 aged 72 Bromley RD 2a 218
Siblings3 brothers and 5 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
Thomas WHITEHEAD, b. Est 1677, d. Aug 1732 (Age ~ 55 years) (2 x Great Grandfather)
Mary WRIGHT, b. Abt 1781, Halstead, Kent, England, d. Dec Q 1858, Bromley Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age ~ 77 years) (Mother) Person ID I35162 All Last Modified 27 May 2024
Father John WHITEHEAD, [Parents / Wife?], b. Abt 1777, d. Dec Q 1850, Bromley Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age ~ 73 years) Mother Mary WRIGHT, b. Abt 1781, Halstead, Kent, England , d. Dec Q 1858, Bromley Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age ~ 77 years) Married 13 Jun 1808 St. John the Baptist Church, West Wickham, Kent, England - From BTs (transcribed data on FamilySearch)
Shows John Whitehead married Mary Wright, no other information given.
But was it the marriage of this John?
It seems clear that a John Whitehead, born c. 1777, probably in Knockholt, had a wife Mary and the children shown. His death and burial place are right for this John, and the children with him and his wife in 1841 and his widow in 1851, their names and ages in both, and their birthplaces in the latter, fit some of the known children of the Knockholt / Chelsfield family, although they were living at Bromley Common by the time of the censuses.
However, this John (i.e. son fo John and Hannah) had a first cousin John, son of his father's brother James, baptised in Knockholt within a year of this John.
In support of this John (son of John) is his age in the death registration, and a descendant of his son George having a no. of DNA matches with descendants of other sons of John (bap 1731). That both John bap 1731 and this John seem to have moved to Bromley, although the latter not in the lifetime of the former, could also indicate a link.
In favour of it being John the son of James who had the wife and family shown here is the naming of the eldest son James.
The evidence I have found is not conclusive.
NOT this John
There is solid evidence that the John (who I think son of John bap 1731) and wife Mary who had a number of children baptised Knockholt 1808-1825 could not have been the parents of the children baptised in Shoreham 1801-3; they belong to the Halstead family. See the marriage notes for that couple for a full explanation.
Family ID F3156 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Maria SMITH, b. Abt 1810, Chelsfield, Kent, England , d. Jun Q 1890, Bromley Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age ~ 80 years) Children11 children Last Modified 11 Oct 2022 Family ID F3157 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Date from baptism register