John Harbour

- 1786

• Name	John Harbour
  Born	of East Peckham, Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Apr 1786	Penneden Heath, Kent, England
  Person ID	I2471	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	27 May 2021

  
  

  Family	Margaret Waterman,   c. 1 Nov 1761, East Peckham, Kent, England ,   bur. 13 Dec 1817, Stockbury, Kent, England  (Age ~ 56 years)
  Married	15 Oct 1784	East Peckham, Kent, England
  Last Modified	28 May 2021
  Family ID	F1132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. May have been christened in East Peckham, Kent, England per 1 Sep 2002 Ancestry.com database:380055. No documentation provided except for reference to parish record. 2. The Hales Newsletter, Old Series May 1977 Vol. 6. No. 4: "Who is Margaret Waterman? One problem that has plagued the researchers of the Stephen Hales, Kent, England family for years is that of Margaret Harbour, wife of Stephen. However, the marriage entry in the Parish Register of Stockbury, Kent, which reads: 9 Sep 1789 Stephen Hales of this parish and Margaret Harbour, WIDOW, of this parish. By banns. This entry tells us that Margaret's maiden name was not Harbour, as she was a widow. In looking through the Stockbury Parish Register for burials for a possible reason why Margaret was a widow one finds the interesting entry: 1786 John Harbour, farmer who was hanged Pennenden Heath for stealing 2 cows and a calf from one Luck of Westerham in Kent, 5 April - affidavit. Could John have been the husband of our Margaret? The registers are not clear on this point. If they were this problem would have been solved long ago. A few miles away, however, there is the marriage entry at East Peckham, Kent as follows: 15 Oct 1784 John Harbour and Margaret Waterman. Is this our Margaret Harbour? For her to be our Margaret, we have to look at her age and see if the pieces fit, and in order to do that we have to find her burial. It is known that after the death of Stephen Hales, Margaret Harbour Hales married a third time to James Nichols on 13 November 1797 at Stockbury, Kent. For some reason her burial record had not previously been found. Margaret Nichols was buried at Stockbury 15 December 1817 aged 55 years. For Margaret Waterman Harbour to be our Margaret she would have to have been born approximately 1762. We note that she was in fact christened 1 November 1761 at East Peckham, Kent, the daughter of William and Mary Waterman. The pieces fit. Most likely the wife of Stephen Hales was Margaret Waterman Harbour." BURIAL: 1. Not found FHL film 1752235 item #2, Archdeacon's Transcript of Stockbury. SOURCES_MISC: 1. 18 Dec 2002 website . ACTION: 1. Further research in the Stockbury registers reports a christening for Mary Harber, 5 Aug 1887 with mother "Sophy Harber, widow." (FHL film 1752235) This would seem to suggest that Sophy was perhaps the wife of the hung John Harber/Harbour and not Margaret Waterman. Of course Sophy could be the widow of another ___ Harbour, which perhaps a look at the burials of the Stockbury parish may clear up.