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James STUBBERFIELD
Abt 1666 - 1762 (~ 71 years)
Has 5 ancestors and 921 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name James STUBBERFIELD Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1666 East Farleigh, Kent, England 
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Baptised 21 Sep 1666 St. Mary’s Church, East Farleigh, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 28 Oct 2022)
"James Stuberfield son of Robart Stuberfield and Ann his wife was baptized September 21th 1666."
I suspect that James was the one baptised in East Farleigh in 1666. East Farleigh is about 12 miles from Lenham so not an unreasonable distance to have travelled by the time his daughter was born in 1692.
Aged about 26 when his first known child was born is very likely, and the names of his children also fit well: first 4 children after his wife, his parents and himself.
And importantly, I have not come across another James who could be the son of Robert in the Maidstone area (though I haven't methodically checked every parish)
Gender Male Died Between 1737 and 1762 - Dates - calculated to aid searching: when his wife was buried she was described as "wife of ..." not "widow", implying James was still alive; not likely to have been married at an age less than 20 or to have lived to more than 90 so very unlikely to have died after 1762.
Buried - No sign of burial in Otterden, searched 1737-80; I guess most likely moved to live with a child after being widowed but may have moved for work, or been removed if he became a pauper in old age and didn't have settlement in Otterden.
Siblings3 brothers and 2 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
Robert STUBBERFIELD, bap. 1565, East Peckham, Kent, England, d. Yes, date unknown (Great Grandfather) 
Anne, b. Est 1628, d. Yes, date unknown (Mother)Notes - (Research):
Person ID I7892 All | Teresa's direct ancestors Last Modified 28 Oct 2022
Father Robert STUBBERFIELD, b. Abt 1627, East Farleigh, Kent, England , d. Abt 1680, East Farleigh, Kent, England (Age ~ 53 years) Mother Anne, b. Est 1628, d. Yes, date unknown Married Est 1652 - Estimated date from baptism of first known child.
Family ID F5198 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Audrie SEARS, bur. 30 Nov 1688, St. Mary’s Church, Lenham, Kent, England Married 1 Jan 1687/88 St. James’ Church, East Malling, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 28 Oct 2022)
"168&frac87;
Jan: 1.st married James Stubbersfield & Audrie Seers"
Last Modified 28 Oct 2022 Family ID F5217 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Margarett PACKINGHAM, b. Between 1666 and 1675, d. 1737, Otterden, Kent, England (Age ~ 71 years) Married 31 Jul 1690 St. James’ Church, East Malling, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 28 Oct 2022)
"July 31 married James Stubbersfiel & Margarett Packingham"
(Of 33 marriages on the two facing pages on one of which this marriage is recorded not one bride or groom is recorded as a widow or widower, so it seems clear that this was not being recorded in the register at the time. Hence it is possible that Margaret was not born a Packingham.)
James and Margarett are not likely to have married before Margarett was aged 16, which is very unlikely to have been earlier than 1682 (from date their last known child was baptised), and presumably married by time their first known child was baptised in 1692. If daughter Margret was their first child, then they probably married shortly before this.
Hence the East Malling marriage is a "good fit", date-wise at least. It is somewhat further from Otterden or Lenham, where their children were baptized than was usually the case at this time. However, James may have been a farmer, and farmers did often move further than ag labs; presumably if they didn't inherit a farm the chance of one being available very close to home at the right time was slim.
Also in favour of it being the James and Margaret who married in East Malling who then had a family in Otterden, as well as no other marriage being found, the children baptised in Lenham and Otterden were the only children of a James Stubberfield (or variants) baptised in Kent, 1690-1710.
Possibly the move for James was to the area Margaret was from, maybe she inherited property or it was part of a marriage settlement. (See Margaret's birth notes on some thoughts re her origins).
James and Margaret seem to have moved to Otterden Parish c 1693 and lived there for over 40 years, up to the death of Margaret in 1737.
Since their daugther Elizabeth married yeoman farmer / sometime Wichling churchwarden Edward Springfield I guess they were of similar standing. They may well have farmed at the farm associated with Stubblefield Farmhouse (also marked on OS maps).
Interesting article about Otterden in the KFHS Journal, June 1982, p.235 (PDF p858 on KFHS CD 15)
Hasted's description of Otterden
Otterden Community webpage
pictures of Otterden Church -
Children8 children Last Modified 28 Oct 2022 Family ID F4152 Family Group Page | Family Chart