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James Knell

Male Bef 1617 -


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  • Name James Knell 
    Born Bef 1617  Brenchley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I4906  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Edmond Knell,   c. 1 Nov 1579, Shipbourne, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 15 Jun 1649, Brenchley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Mother Mary Broke,   b. Bef 1584, , Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 3 Jun 1653, Brenchley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Married 16 Oct 1603  Brenchley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F730  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Margaret,   bur. 17/17 Mar 1646/7, Brenchley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Bef 1647  , Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F2202  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth Skinner,   b. Bef 1634, , Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 5 Nov 1668, Brenchley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 34 years) 
    Married Bef 1654  Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F2212  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Mentioned in father's will. Copy of registered will in the Rochester Consistory Court of Kent, England; FHL film 188801; Document reference DRb/Pwr/23.118 or DRb/Pw/32. My abstract:
      Date of will: 11 Jun 1649
      Edmund Knell of Brenchley, trugger.
      - To be buried in the Brenchley churchyard.
      - Eldest son Roger.
      - Son James
      - Daughters Mercie and Marie
      - Youngest son Thomas
      - Wife Marie
      Probated 8 Jul 1649.

      2. The Brenchley parish record shows two boys christened 30 May 1664, both illegitimate and sons of the widow Mary Parker. She says the first son, Thomas, was the son of James Knell and he was born 6 May 1658. The second son she says was the son of Josias Geffry and he was born 12 Nov 1663.

      MARRIAGE:
      1. No record of the marriage between James Knell and Margaret ___ is found in the Brenchley Church records.