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Elizabeth Clinch

Female 1732 - Bef 1769  (~ 36 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth Clinch 
    Christened 24 Sep 1732  Stockbury, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died Bef 1769  , Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1218  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father William Clinch,   c. 3/03 Jan 1703/4, Bicknor, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 9 Feb 1769, Stockbury, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Mother Ann Knight,   c. 12 Nov 1704, Stockbury, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 15 Oct 1764, Stockbury, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Married 21 Oct 1728  Stockbury, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F822  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James Fuller,   d. Aft 1769, , Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 12 Nov 1753  Saint George Mayfair, Westminster, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F824  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES;
      1. Elizabeth not mentioned in father's will - we can surmise she was deceased by then, so does that make Joseph Fuller the widower per Website http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/extr2.html#clinch Extracts from Kent Wills:
      Source: Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Vol. 98, folio 205, Probate 10 Feb 1769 William Clinch of Stockbury, yeoman, will dated 9 Jan 1769 Daughter Mary, wife of Thomas Hales Daughter Sarey, wife of Benjamin Bannor Stephen Hales, Joseph Fuller [typo: will reads James Fuller] Sons Thomas (executor), John and William Witnessed by Thomas Wyles, Robert Terry and Ann Terry.

      2. 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)"

      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. Ancestry.com's "London, England, Clandestine Marriage and Baptism Registers, 1667-1754": James Fuller and Elizabeth Clinch of Thornham, Kent, marr. 12 Nov 1753 London, England. Place description: May Fair Register. Officiating Minister: Keith (1753 Nov - 1754 Mar).
      Source: Registers of Clandestine Marriages and of Baptisms in the Fleet Prison, King's Bench Prison, the Mint and the May Fair Chapel. Records of the General Register Office, Government Social Survey Department, and Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, Registrar General (RG) series 7. The National Archives, Kew, England.
      Note: Thornham [sometimes spelled Thurnham], is a parish next to Stockbury, Kent, England
      This record is intriguing. I did a wide geographical and broad time search on all Elizabeth Clinches born circa 1732 and it is apparent that Clinch is a very Kentish name with a smattering in Cornwall/Devon. I did however find this Elizabeth Clinch born at Westminister in 1731 added by extraction who would be a likely candidate: Elizabeth Clinch (M9KY-8YM) bapt.19 Mar 1731 at Saint Martin In The Fields, Westminster, London, England.
      On the other hand the marriage record does state she is from Thornham, Kent. Only one Thornham in England in Norfolk, so the corrected Thurnham seems spot on to be in Kent. The baptism for James Fuller, 11 Mar 1754, son of James and Elizabeth Fuller is found in Stockbury, so the 1753 timing looks appropriate for the marriage. They must have moved shortly thereafter from Stockbury since it was the only child born of this couple in this parish. We know Elizabeth was dead by 1769 from her father's will, which does mention James Fuller. The will clinches this (no pun intended) -- I feel this is our Elizabeth, dau. of William Clinch and Ann Knight.
      I wonder what was the background story of the record source: "Registers of Clandestine Marriages and of Baptisms in the Fleet Prison, King's Bench Prison..."
      I feel this is our Elizabeth, dau. of William Clinch and Ann Knight.

      BURIAL:
      1. No record found in Stockbury Church records.