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- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Website of Roy L. Hales accessed 4 Jan 2016 <https://sites.google.com/site/ourkentishgenealogy/surnames/clinch>; Roy is a descendant of William Clinch, son of Stephen Hales and Ann Clinch:
"William Clinch (Our Ancestor) (3 Jan 1703 Bicknor - 9 Feb 1769, Stockbury) married Ann Knight on October 21, 1728. In 1744, William inherited the farm in Deans Bottom and also rented tenement #7 in Stockbury. In his will William left the farm to his son Thomas Clinch, on the condition that he buy out his brothers William and John. Mary and Sarah were each given £15. As both Ann and Elizabeth had married, but were now deceased, William gave their husbands (Stephen Hales & Thomas Fuller, respectively) 10 shillings.
As you can see in his will (below), William Clinch was not able to sign his name. (He left his mark).
Yet he was a prominent figure in Stockbury and one of the 7 allowed to vote when Kent chose two representatives to go to Parliament. The image to the left is from the election held on Pennenden Heath, in Maidstone, on May 1 and 2, 1754. There were three candidates. Lewis Watson and Robert Fairfax were elected.
[Transcription of image:
"Stockbury
Thomas Nicholls, Stockbury, b. & l., his own.
William Clinch, Bredgar, ditto, ditto
Will. Jumper, Esq., Stockbury, ditto, Will. Broad.
Thomas Redman, ditto, ditto, John Waters.
James Rayner, ditto, ditto, his own.
Walter Smith, ditto, ditto, ditto.
George Erll, Lenham, ditto, John Wells."]
[Transcription of image of will:
"In the Name of God Amen.
I William Clinch of the parish of Stockbury in the County of Kent Yeoman being weake in boddey but of a sound and perfect understanding and memorey praised by all mightey God for the Same I do make publish and declear this my Last Will and Testament in maner and forme folowing / that is to Say first and princepaley I Recommend my sole into the hands of Allmighty God who gave it to me / and my bodey to the Earth from whence it was taken when God Shall be pleased to take my Life from me / and my buril to be decent wihout pomp or State, at the discretion of my dear Childrine and as to Such worldly Goods as it hath pleas'd God to bless me with I Give and dispose of in maner and forme folowing, that is to Say I Give to my daughter Mary now the wife of Tho's Hales fifteen pounds, and I give to my daughter Sarey now the wife of Benj'n Banner fifteen pounds / and I Give to Steven Hales ten shillings / and I Give to James Fuller ten Shillings / allto be paid at the End of one hole yeare after my deceses by my Son Thomas Clinch whome I make Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament / and after payment of debts, Legerses, funerell Expences and Charge of proving this my last Will and Testament and all other Charges then to have a true and pertickler Inventorey and Aprisement to be made of all my Goods, Chattels, household, forneytire, wearing aprill, personall estate Beddey money and Effex whatsoever, and to be divided betwene my three Sons / John Clinch, William Clinch, and Thomas Clinch / but and allso I give and desire that Thomas Shall take to himself ten pounds over his Equell Sheear and he Shall Continue in the farme and pay his two Brothers John and William thier parts in five Equell payments in yearley and every Year till the time is Expired begining at one years end after my Desease. I hereby Revoke all former Wills and Testaments by me made at aney time heretofore, in witness whereof I the said William Clinch the testater have to this my last Will an Testament conaind in one Sheat of paper Set and a fixt my hand Seal this ninth day of Janauary in the yeare of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixtey Nine.
William Clinch his (X) mark
Sined sealed pulcied and deleard by the Said William clinch the Testater as and for hi slast Will an testament in the presants of Us the sitnesses here under wrightin.
Thos. Wyles, Robert Terry, Ann X Terrey"]
Their children:
John Clinch (c 16 Feb 1728/29 - May 1798, Stockbury) married Mary Tollast in Bicknor, 7 Jan 1759 [typo]. All of their children were christened in Stockbury: Elizabeth (7 Jan 1759); John (3 May 1761) - died in Hartlip 7 June 1845); Mary (1 May 1763); William (19 Aug 1764); Thomas 20 July 1766); Mary (1 May 1768) married Stephen Wood in Bredgar on 25 July 1797; James (5 Feb 1769) married Sarah Chapman in Bredgar on July 19 1801; David (7 July 1771 - 10 April 1778); Benjamin (19 July 1774)
Ann Clinch (Our Ancestor) (c 17[typo] December 13, 1729 - buried Oct 1, 1765 Stockbury)
Elizabeth Clinch (c Sept 29 1732, Stockbury - before 1769) married Thomas [typo: should be James per the will of William Clinch] Fuller
William Clinch (c 2 Oct 1735 - d. 1808, Stockbury) married Ann Vi[n]son in Stockbury on 19 October 1768. Their first child, Elizabeth, was christened in Stockbury on 12 March 1769. His father died that year and, as specified in the will, Thomas up William's share in the farm. William and Ann Clinch started christening their children in Hartlip after that: William Jones (30 Aug 13[7]3), John (8 Nov 1775); George (1 Jan 1779); Richard (27 June 1782).
Mary Clinch (c July 9, 1738, Stockbury, Kent; d. October 30, 1770, Frinsted) married Thomas Hales
Margaret Clinch (c Sept 21, 1740 - buried August 9, 1741 Stockbury)
James Clinch (c September 17, 1742 - buried March 23, 1748/49 Stockbury)
Sarah Clinch ... ( Abt. 1746; d. June 23, 1798 Stockbury) married Benjamin Banner
Thomas Clinch (c September 14 [sic; should be 18], 1748 buried April 1820) married Mary Pain, in Stockbury, on 30 May 1774. After his father died, Thomas became one of Stockbury's electors. He was the owner/farmer of two properties within the parish and, as of 1782, one of the two assessors for the parish rates. Children: Thomas (3 Oct 1779, Stockbury); Elizabeth (21 July 1782, Stockbury) married Edward Filmer in Stockbury 18 Oct 1803; Sarah (4 July 1784, Stockbury); William (5 Oct 1786, Stockbury); Fanny (1 Feb 1789, Stockbury); Jane (30 Oct 1791, Stockbury); James (23 Feb 1794, Stockbury); Henrietta (25 Dec 1795, Stockbury)
James Clinch (c 18 Sept 1748 - buried March 1749/50 Stockbury)"
2. Website of Roy L. Hales accessed 4 Jan 2016 <https://sites.google.com/site/ourkentishgenealogy/surnames/bannar>; Roy is a descendant of William Clinch, son of Stephen Hales and Ann Clinch:
"Benjamin Bannar Our Ancestor (1738-Dec 8, 1808) married Sarah Clinch (1742- Feb 1810) on 4 Apr 1768. The bride's fathers, William Clinch, and Benjamin's brother John Clinch [typo for Bannar] were witnesses.
Benjamin and Sarah both lost their fathers in 1768. Benjamin's died a little more than a week before their wedding and William Clinch two months after it.
As you can see from the will above, Benjamin and his brother John were to care for their youngest sister Rebekkah. She married John Featherstone, the last witness to that will, on July 2, 1770. He was a smallholder with a house Bredgar, and additional land in Stockbury, who had been fined £10 for poaching in 1762. (Helen Allinson, Bredgar, p 59). Rebecca gave birth to their only child, in Bredgar on 25 Aug 1771. The baby died and, on November 18, 1771, so did Rebekkah. Featherstone was sent to the prison hulk "Caphias" eight years later. A "single woman" by the name of Ann Williamson declared she was the father of her two children. John denied this, but according to the Bastardy Act of 1733, her word was sufficient proof. The court ordered provide a weekly maintenance of 1 shilling, 6 pence. John Featherstone refused, preferring imprisonment to providing for her. He gave his house and lands to his younger brother Stephen, on condition that he took in their mother and gave her £10. Then John Featherstone went off to the hulk. He was never heard from again. (Allinson, pp 58, 59)
The 1778 assessment for repairs to St Mary Magdalene church, in Stockbury, includes 2/- to Benjamin Bannar
Benjamin Bannar renting three parcels in South Green during 1781, the assessments totalled that year was £8, 12 shillings.
At the time of his death, in 1808, Benjamin owned, or rented, 110 acres in South Green, a tenement in Pett's farm, 42 acres in Bredgar, 10 acres of woodland in Borden's wood," 4 acres of meadowland called Anne's Field.
He was also Stockbury's the parish Church warden in 1778, 1786, 1789, 1803-5.
As you can see on the left, Benjamin Banner was one of the eleven Stockbury freeholders allowed to participate in "the Poll for Knights of the Shire, to Represent the County of Kent in Parliament." The electors gathered on Pennenden Heath, in Maidstone, on June 28-30, 1790. Benjamin was one of those who voted on the first day. There were three candidates, only two of which could represent the county. Sir Edward Knatchbull and Filmer Holywood were elected. The last election Benjamin could have voted in took place in 1806, when Knatchbull and William Holywood were sent to parliament. [Website has referenced image.]
Sarah Quaif[sic: typo for Clinch] died in 1808 and Benjamin followed her a little more than a year later. Their tombstone says:
"Sacred to the Memory of Sarah
Wife of Benjamin Banner of this parish
Who died on 6th February 1808 Aged 66 Years
Also the above Benjamin Banner Who died on 5th of December 1810 Aged 70 Years"
Children:
John Bannar (c 20 May 1769 - Feb 1810) - biography follows
Ann Bannar (c 23 Sept 1770-14 May 1777)
Sarah Bannar (1 May 1773-25 Aug 1773)
Benjamin Bannar (28 Aug 1774-26 Oct 1774)
Mary Bannar (2 May 1776-15 May 1777)
Tylden Bannar (c April 1779-6 July 1829) married Ann. church warden 1811.
Elizabeth Bannar (c 14 April 1782)
Rebecca Bannar (c 30 Jan 1784) married William Rayner on 11 Dec 1807
Richard Bannar (1790) married Frances Goodwin on 18 May, 1812"
CHRISTENING:
1. Extraction of the family of William Clinch and Ann Knight from the Stockbury Parish Records (Parish Records FHL film 1473718, it. 2; Bishop's Transcripts FHL film 1737092, it. #3, and Archdeacon's Transcripts FHL film 1752235, #2 -- Note all films should be consulted for research in Stockbury because some are missing pages that others are not):
-15 Oct 1774, Ann Clinch, wife of William, bur.
-9 Feb 1779, William Clinch, Snr., bur.
-16 Feb 1728/9, John Clinch s/o Will: and Ann, bap.; 9 May 1798, John Clinch bur.
-13 Dec 1730, Ann Clinch d/o William and Ann, bap.; 1 Oct 1765, Ann Hales, wife of Stephen, bur.
-No Elizabeth listed bapt. in 1730.
-24 Sep 1732, Elizabeth Clinch d/o William and Ann, bap.
-12 Oct 1735, William Clinch s/o William and Ann, bap.; 1 Oct 1809, William Clinch bur.
-9 Jul 1738, Mary Clinch d/o William and Ann, bap.
-21 Sep 1740, Margaret Clinch d/o William and Ann, bap.; 9 Aug 1741, Margaret Clinch d/o Willm. and Ann, bur.
-17 Oct 1742, James Clinch s/o Will'm and Ann, bap.; 27 Mar 1750, James Clinch s/o William and Ann, bur.
-No Sarah listed bapt. in 1744-1746; Sarah Banner, bur. 12 Feb 1808.
-18 Sep 1748, Thomas Clinch s/o William and Ann, bap.; Thomas Clinch, bur. March 24, 1820, aged 72 years.
Conclusions:
1. In verifying the Parish Records, the Archdeacon's Transcript, and the Bishop's Transcript, there is no record of Sarah's baptism in the estimated time period of 1744 to 1746.
2. In verifying the Parish Records, the Archdeacon's Transcript, and the Bishop's Transcript, there is no evidence that there were two different James Clinches in this family. Some would have us believe that the first James bapt. 17 Oct 1742 was bur. 23 Mar 1748/1749 and the second James was baptized abt 1750 and bur. 27 Mar 1750. What we can confirm is the first baptism and the second burial making these two James actually just one person. Additionally, the burial record calls James as a son and not an infant of his parents.
3. In verifying the Parish Records, the Archdeacon's Transcript, and the Bishop's Transcript, there is no evidence that there were two different Elizabeth Clinches in this family. Some would have us believe that the first Elizabeth was bapt. 13 Dec 1730, the same day as Ann, and that this Elizabeth must have died before 1732 when another Elizabeth is christened into this family. There was only one that is correct is the latter one. The original Parish Record shows the entry in 1730 as Elizabeth which was then crossed out and corrected to say Ann. The Bishop's Transcript picked up Elizabeth and was not also corrected. The Archdeacon's Transcript is missing that year.
MARRIAGE:
1. Stockbury Church Records: Benjamin Bannor and Sarah Clinch, botp, marr. 4 Apr 1768 by banns with WIlliam Clinch and John Bannor as witnesses.
DEATH:
1. Tombstone inscription from FHL book 942.23/S7 V3s "St. Mary Magdalene Stockbury Monumental Inscriptions." Note is appears the reported ages are a bit loose since if they were correct, their births would conflict with siblings whose christening dates are established in the Stockbury Church records. Interestingly the christenings for both of them were not recorded even though their siblings were:
"Sacred to the Memory of Sarah
Wife of Benjamin Banner
of this Parish
who died 6th February 1808
Aged 66 years
Also the above Benjamin Banner
Who died the 5th of December 1808
Aged 70 years"
BURIAL:
1. Internet Find My Past's "Kent Burials Transcriptions": Sarah Banner, bur. 12 Feb 1808 at Stockbury, Kent, England. Stockbury Parish record FHL film 1473718, it. 2 confirms this same date.
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