Sarah JAMES

Sarah JAMES

Female 1740 -

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  • Name Sarah JAMES 
    Christened 6 Jan 1740  Hernhill, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Person ID I2484  Young Kent Ancestors
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 

    Father William JAMES,   b. Abt 1695, of Dunkirk, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 24 Oct 1779, Boughton-under-Blean, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 84 years) 
    Mother Patience,   d. 7 Feb 1745, Boughton-under-Blean, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Abt 1721 
    Family ID F1053  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edward GREGORY,   c. 9 Mar 1740, St. Martin, Canterbury, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 3 Mar 1791, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 50 years) 
    Married 2 Apr 1766  Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Thomas GREGORY,   c. 19 Oct 1766, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 5 Jul 1848, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years)
     2. Sarah GREGORY,   c. 13 Mar 1768, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 25 May 1794, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 26 years)
     3. John GREGORY,   c. 14 Jan 1770, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 4 Oct 1848, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years)
     4. Anne GREGORY,   c. 12 Jul 1772, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 28 Nov 1861, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 89 years)
     5. Edward ^ GREGORY,   c. 1 Oct 1775, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 28 Oct 1796, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 21 years)
     6. Richard GREGORY,   c. 28 Jun 1778, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 7 Jul 1813, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 35 years)
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F1029  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Although I have found no definitive proof that Sarah James was the daughter of William James and Patience of Dunkirk, I do believe that those are her parents. After exhaustive searches of over 200 registers of parishes throughout east Kent I can state that the James surname is not a common one. In fact, the only Sarah James christened during the most likely timeframe for a marriage in 1766, is Sarah the daughter of William and Patience. However, I am not entirely discounting the possibility that our Sarah was the daughter of the Joseph James who also appears in Faversham in 1767 for his marriage to Elizabeth Wraight. Joseph James was recorded as having been aged 79 years at the time of his burial in 1802, placing his birth close to the 1723 time period. His wife, Elizabeth (nee Wraight) was 23 years his junior. Having regard to the lack of a marriage for William and Patience and having regard to the assumption that William was himself born circa 1695, there is ample opportunity, for Joseph of Faversham to have been a child of William and Patience of Dunkirk. Joseph did not leave many clues in the naming of his own children, but the name William does continue amongst his own children and down into the next generation.

      There is only one other James individual who is noted in the Faversham church registers: Mary James married John Clement there in 1757. That couple had at least one child - Philadephia christened 21 March 1759 in Faversham.

      Overall, according to the Land Tax Assessment records there are no James families owning property or residing in Faversham from 1732 through 1762. Unfortunately, there is a gap in the records starting 1763 and continuing through 1779. Joseph James appears as a tenant of Richard Hall, Esq. in property on West Street as of the assessment taken in 1780 and he continued in that occupation until 1793 and possibly beyond. Once again, though, a gap in the records occurs from 1794 through 1830.

  • Sources 
    1. [S33] Bishop's Transcript, England, Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, Canterbury, Kent, England, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Hernhill, Kent, England, LDS Film #1736835, 6 Jan 1740.
      Sarah daughter of William and Patience James, of Dunkirk.

    2. [S34] Parish Register, England, Kent: Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #1886147, 1766, entry #241, 20 Apr 1766.
      Banns of Marriage between Edward Gregory and Sarah James were published on the 30th day of March and on the 6th and 13th of April in the year 1766. Edward Gregory of the parish of Faversham and Sarah James of the parish aforesaid were married in this church [Faversham] by banns this 20th day of April 1766 by me Richard Marsh, Vicar. Witnesses were Edward Smith and Uriah Burr.