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- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Some patrons have tried to merge this Thomas, who was buried in Brenchley in 1719, to the Thomas Waterman who was chr. 22 July 1665 in Bethersden to John and Mary Waterman. The 1688 will of John is available online at https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-23166-8396-82?cc=1949814&wc=M68K-129:250713701,250719201,251406001 . In this will, John's son Thomas is bequeathed land within Bethersden with no mention of Brenchley in the will. There is a 20 mile distance from Bethersden to Brenchley, so it is within a manageable distance. We also know that the first Watermans to show up in Brenchley is Thomas and Ann for which we only have their burials. Their son Thomas had all his children born there, but he himself was not. Either the parents moved to Brenchley after Thomas' birth or the parents came in their later years to be with their son. Either way both generations end up in Brenchley. More research is needed to more fully follow the Bethersden family to get a better picture of them. The other important point is to find the birth of their son Thomas who we know had to be born no later than 1697 assuming a very minimum at of 21 at time of marriage (1693 would be better since it assumes a more realistic age 25 at marriage). So far a birth in this time frame has not been found in Bethersden which is a definite problem with Bethersden. Also the elder Thomas of Brenchley left no will which would have helped us if he had. We should also look at all other possible Watermans in the expanded area. More research is needed but we can definitely rule out Brenchley for further research in the parish records for earlier Watermans.
2. The following extraction was made from the "Index to the Kent Lay Subsidy Roll of 1334/5," by H.A. Hanley, B.A. and C.W. Chalklin, M.A., B. Litt <http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Pub/KRV/18/7/313.htm> accessed 11 Feb 2016. From this index, the actual entries are found in "The Kent Lay Subsidy Roll of 1334/5," by the same authors <http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Pub/KRV/18/3/058-172.htm> accessed 12 Feb 2016. The second document more fully explains the history of this Lay Subsidy. This was a tax assessed on householders; however, it probably only represents about 50% of the householders since the poorer families were not assessed:
Waterman, Wm., 100 (Hundred of Boctone [Boughton]).
BURIAL:
1. FHL film 992456 for Brenchley Parish. Entry reads simply "[1719] Decr. 26. Thomas Waterman.
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
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