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  • Name Elizabeth Pierce 
    Christened 3 Dec 1587  Challock, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Person ID I905  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Sampson Pierce,   b. Bef 1558, of Challock, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 7/07 Feb 1615/6, Stalisfield, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Mother Ann Craft,   b. Bef 1558, of Challock, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 30 Aug 1598, Challock, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 40 years) 
    Married 21 Sep 1579  Challock, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F641  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edward Clinch,   c. 19 Jun 1586, Otterden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. From 23 Feb 1647 to 21 Sep 1648, Otterden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Married 18 Feb 1608  Stalisfield, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Clinch,   b. Abt 15 Dec 1611, Otterden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 15 Dec 1611, Otterden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     2. Elizabeth Clinch,   c. 12 Jul 1614, Otterden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Sara Clinch,   c. 11 May 1617, Otterden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Edward Clinch,   c. 25 Nov 1620, Otterden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 10/10 Jan 1665/6, Otterden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 45 years)
     5. James Clinch,   c. 8/08 Feb 1623/4, Otterden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Ann Clinch,   c. 4 Aug 1627, Otterden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Solomon Clinch,   c. 10 Jul 1631, Otterden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 28 Oct 1690, Otterden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years)
     8. Symon Clinch,   c. 10 Jul 1631, Otterden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. of Boughton Malherbe, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F637  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Mentioned in husband's 1647 will. Will of Edward Clinch:
      Edward Clinche, Otterden, 1647, 1648, PRC/16/256 C/41648
      Source: "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23183-45291-70?cc=1949814&wc=M68K-Y3D:250713701,250719201,252018301: accessed 2 August 2015), Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury > Wills > 1648, A-Z > images 72 and 73 of 419; County Record Office, Maidstone.
      Dated 23 Feb 1647
      Edward Clinche, yeoman, of Otterden
      - Elizabeth my lovinge wife
      - Daughter An Clinche
      - Elizabeth Clinche the wife of Edwarde Gourny
      - Sons James Clinche, Soloman Clinche, and Simon Clinche
      - Sara Clinche the wife of Nicholas [Meusat?]
      - Edwarde Clinche my eldest son named as executor
      - Bequeaths considerable property in Otterden, Stalisfield, Eastling, and Doddington. Most of the properties have names which I didn't interpret and transcribe.
      - Signed his name.
      Probated 21 Sep 1648.

      2. Will of Sampson Piers [Pierce] of Stalisfield, Kent 1615.
      Source: "England, Kent, Wills and Probate, 1440-1881," accessed 14 January 2016, Kent, Archdeaconry of Canterbury, image 462 of 743; Will: Peirs, Sampson at Stalisfield, written 1615, proved 1615, referencence PRC/17/57/396, original reference PRC/16/154 P/6.
      Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRGP-9BVV?mode=g&i=461&wc=M68K-PP8%3A250713701%2C250719201%2C251294201%3Fcc%3D1949814&cc=1949814
      Extract:
      -Will written 27 January 1615/16
      -Sampson Piers of Stalisfield, Kent, yeoman
      -poor of Stalisfield
      -wife Agnes property until son Gabriel Piers comes to age 21
      -eldest son Gabriel to have the lands etc. in parish of Challock
      -son Michael Piers property in Uppharde? Kent
      -land in Eastry
      -land I bought of my brother Robert Giles [brother-in-law?]
      -son John Piers
      -property in Shadoxhurst, Bekenlden?, Ehcring? and Stalisfield,
      -youngest son George Piers under 21
      -daughter Ursula Piers
      -daughters Elizabeth, Abigail and Anne Piers whom I had by my present wife?
      -daughter Joan the wife of James Wise
      -married daughters
      -nephew Sampson Craft
      -executors son Gabriel Piers and my son-in-law Edward Clinch?
      -Will proved 23 Feb 1615/16

      3. Constructed Family Groups from extracted Otterden Church Records. See notes of Edward Clench (1532-1596 for detailed extractions. Source: FHL film 1752060, item 2, Archdeacon's Transcript of Otterden, Kent, England; begins 1570 but missing 1588/9, 1594/5, 1606/7, 1622/23, 1640/41-1660/61, 1681/82, 1682/83; half year only ofr 1673/74, 1677/78, 1679/80, 1683/84, 1727/28, 1750/51. Source: FHL film 1736930, item 1, Bishop's Transcript of Otterden; begins 1603 but missing 1604/5-1611/12, 1613/14, 1621/22, 1627/28, 1640/41, 1642/43-1661/62, 1675/76, 1696/97...:
      Family 1: Edward and Rose. Edward Clench listed as churchwarden 1581. Edward Clinch signs transcript 1593/94. John Style of Ulcombe wydower and Rose Clynch of Otterynden wydow were maryd 27 May 1596. [Edward is probable son of John and Johan Clench.]
      15 May 1572, Jane Clench, c., d/o Edward Clenche and Roose his wyffe.
      7 Feb 1573/4, Thomassen Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
      6 Nov 1575, John Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 10 Jun 1576. s/o Edward Clench a child.
      16 Nov 1578, Benet Clench, c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
      13 Aug 1581, Margriett Clench c., d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
      19 Jun 1586, Edward Clench, c., s/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
      12 Apr 1589, Elizabeth Clench, c. d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe; bur. 27 Mar 1591, a child, d/o Edward Clench and Roose his wyffe.
      Family 2: John and ???. 12 Sep 1582, John Clenche was buryed 12 Sep 1582..
      12 Aug 1575, Rebecca Clench, a maiden, bur., d/o of John Clench.
      Family 3: Anthony and ???. Antonie Clench, housekeeper, bur. 23 Mar 1609/10. [Probable brother of Edward of Family 1 above and son of John and Johan Clench.]
      Family 3: Edward and [Elizabeth Pierce]:
      15 Dec 1611, "the sonne of Edwarde Clenche still borne" bur.
      12 Jul 1614, Elisabeth Clenche, c., d/o Edwarde Cle. [Clench]. 27 Jan 1639/40, Edward Gurner and Elizabeth Clench, mar.
      11 May 1617, Sara Clinche, c., d/o Edward Clynche.
      25 Nov 1620, Edwarde Clynce [Clynche], c., s/o Edwarde.
      8 Feb 1623/4, James Clynche, c., s/o Edwarde Clynch. Probably the James Clinch, bur. 12 Aug 1688.
      4 Aug 1627, Anne Clynche, c., d/o Edwarde Clynch.
      10 Jul 1631, Solomon & Symon, c., sons/o Edwarde Clench.
      Family 4: Edward and Mary. Edward Clinch, yeamon, bur. 10 Jan 1665/6.
      12 Dec 1661, John, bur., s/o Edward Clinch.
      6 Aug 1663, Samuell, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife.
      10 Jan 1665/6, Elizabeth, c., s/o Edward Clinch and Mary his wife
      Family 5: Solomon and Frances: Solomon Clinch Parish Clark poor bur. [no day or month] 1684/5.
      15 May 1663, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife; bur. 31 May 1663, William, infant s/o of Solomon.
      1 May 1664, William, c., s/o Solomon Clinch and ffrances his wife
      4 Aug 1667, Edward, c., s/o Soloman Clynch and ffrances his wife
      13 Nov 1672, Thomas, c., s/o of Solomon Clinch & ffrancis his wife.
      Probable child b. say 1674, Solomon (no recorded christening). Solomon Clinch a youth bur. 28 Oct 1690.
      Probable child b. say 1676 (no recorded christening). Sarah, bur. 28 May 1689, d/o of Wid. Clinch.
      Unplaced Individuals
      29 Jul 1673, James Clinch, bur., s/o Wm. Clinch.
      31 Jan 1676/7, Edward Clinch and Ruth Stamford, marr.

      4. 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.
      "Edward Clinche, Our Ancestor (c. 19 Jun 1586 - 23 Feb 1647 Otterden) married Elizabeth Piers in Stalisfield, Kent, on 18 Feb 1608. (See page 94 of attached record in Canterbury Online book "Canterbury Marriage Licenses," by Joseph Meadows Cowper, p. 94: "Edward Clinch, of Otterden, and Elizabeth Peirs of Stalisfield. At Stalisfield. Feb. 18, 1608.")
      Edward's will, Dated 23 Feb 1647 states he was a "yeoman, of Otterden" mentions "Elizabeth my lovinge wife," His daughter An Clinche, "Elizabeth Clinche the wife of Edwarde Gourny," "Sons James Clinche, Soloman Clinche, and Simon Clinche," "Sara Clinche the wife of Nicholas [Meusat?]," "Edwarde Clinche my eldest son named as executor," and "
      - Bequeaths considerable property in Otterden, Stalisfield, Eastling, and Doddington.
      Their children, from Otterden's records:
      Elizabeth Clinch, (c. 12 Jul 1614)
      Sara Clinch (c. 11 May 1617)
      Edward Clinch (c. 28 Nov 1620 - bur. 10 Jan 1665) married Mary. In the Kent Quarter Sessions Q/SB/6/59 <http://www.kentarchives.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=Q%2fS%2fB%2f1%2f6%2f59&pos=10> for about 1656 is a petition from "George Bradstreete and Edward Clinch, for discharge as constables of Faversham Hundred and nominating substitutes." Kent Quarter Sessions Q/SO/E1/f.15 <http://www.kentarchives.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=Q%2fS%2fO%2fE%2f1%2ff.15&pos=1>, 8 Jan 1656 - "Edward Clynch, who has served as a constable within the upper half hundred of Faversham, for a year and a quarter, is discharged and Robert Giles [sic], the elder, of Sheldwich, is appointed and ordered to go to a justice of the peace and take the oath of a constable." The Kent Hearth tax assessment of 1664 has two entries for "Edward Clinch," in Eastling and Norton, both for houses with a single chimney. (Duncan Harrington, KENT HEART TAX ASSESSMENT LADY DAY 1664, p 323) states that of Executor of his father's will in 1647. Their son John was buried on Dec 13 1661 <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mrawson/otterden.html>. His will, probated on March 1 1665, names his wife Mary as executrix and mentions children.
      James Clinch (c. 8 Feb 1623) married Margaret. He would have been 33 when his children's baptisms start appearing in the Church Book of Smarten [sic: Smarden] Baptists Church: James (Aug 23, 1656), Joseph (Nov 29, 1658), Joshua (Dec 11, 1660), William (Oct 12 1663), Margaret (Jan 16 1665), Dan (Dec 21 1668) and John (Feb 20 1671). Smarten [sic: Smarden] was the first Baptist church in Kent and its' congregation came from 30 of the surrounding parishes. The were a democratic congregation of farmers and artisans who elected officials with a show of hands. Christopher Blackwood, the first minister, declared that civil magistrates had no more right to punish heretics than they did sick people. He fought in Cromwell's army when they fought in Ireland during 1652. There is a good chance that James Clinch went with him. Cromwell lost the Baptists' support when he declared himself Lord Protector in 1654, though Blackwood dissociated himself from the radical sects who were calling him the "old dragon," "Man of Sin" and "vile person." Some of the more radical Baptists expected the second coming of Christ in 1660. Instead, Charles II was crowned king of England. He had no love of religious dissidents. A third of Scotland's ministers were dismissed because they were Presbyterians. (Fitzroy MacLean, "A Concise History of Scotland," 1970, p. 138) In May, Parliament received a bill for the prompt suppression of Baptists and Quakers. People were fined for attending meetings. The Baptist Minister in Maidstone spent the next 20 years in and out of prison. All of the goods belonging to the Minister of Eyhorne Hundred were seized. London's prisons were filled with religious prisoners. Thus it can be taken as a sign of his courage, that James baptized five of his children during these years. The 1664 assessment says he owned a house with 3 chimneys in Hollingherst. I have no record of him after the baptism of his son John in 1671, but he was presumably alive on September 13, 1688 when James the son of James Clinch <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mrawson/otterden.html>, was buried at Otterden. The boy would have been 34 and left all of his possessions to his mother Margaret. ((PRC17/77/192).
      Ann Clinch (c. 4 Aug 1627)
      Solomon Clinch (Our Ancestor) ( c. 10 Jul 1631 - bur. 28 Oct 1690)
      Symon Clinch (c. 10 Jul 1631) The Kent Hearth tax assessment of 1664 states that Symon Clynch owned a house with one chimney in Boughton Maleherb (Harrington, p 103)
      Further, for James Clinch (4, above) From the National Archives Kew C 6/160/192 <http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5216363>, from 1663:
      Description:
      Short title: Streete v Clinch.
      Plaintiffs: Elizabeth Streete widow.
      Defendants: James Clinch.
      Subject: property in Otterden, Kent.
      Document type: bill, answer."

      MARRIAGE:
      1. Online book "Canterbury Marriage Licenses," by Joseph Meadows Cowper, p. 94: "Edward Clinch, of Otterden, and Elizabeth Peirs of Stalisfield. At Stalisfield. Feb. 18, 1608."