John Estes

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following is excerpted from l-eastes.txt at David Powell's website:

http://roots-boots.net/ft/names.html

(c) David Powell, <roots-boots@hotmail.com>

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Children of Sylvester Eastes and Ellin Martin:

i. Robert Eastes, baptised 10/9/1626, Ringwould, Kent.[3,10,16] Died 1692 and buried 23/6/1692, Waldershare, Kent.[3,6,7,16]

... Married Elizabeth. Elizabeth died 1676 at Waldershare, Kent,[6,7] and buried 8/8/1676.[1]

... Married second Margaret Coachman, 26/6/1688, Hadres, Kent.[1]

... Children: Robert (1652), Elizabeth (1653), Susan (1655), Silvester (1657-1692) of Waldershare, Kent.[6,7,9]

ii. Anne Eastes, baptised 25/11/1627 at Ringwould, Kent.[3,13] Died young.

iii. Silvester Eastes [f/m], baptised 31/5/1629 at Ringwould, Kent.[3,14] Married Mr Nash.[3]

iv. Susan Eastes, baptised 30/3/1631 at Ringwould, Kent.[3,13]

v. Thomas Eastes, baptised 20/1/1633, Ringwould, Kent.[3,10,16] Died 15/4/1682, Pelham, Kent.[1]

... Married Sarah.[6,7]

... Children: John (1665) of Waldershare, Kent,[6,7] and latter of Acrise, Kent.[3]

• vi. Richard Eastes, baptised 5/10/1634, Ringwould, Kent.[1-3,8,10,16]

vii. Mary Eastes, baptised 2/10/1636 at Ringwould, Kent.[3,13]

viii. Anne Eastes, born 1637 at Ringwould, Kent.[3,13] There is some doubt as to whether this child belongs to this family.[1]

ix. Nicholas Eastes, yeoman,[1] baptised 9/12/1638 at Nonington, Kent.[3,10,15]

..... Married Jane Birch.[1] Jane died 1665, Sutton, Kent.[7]

..... Children: John (?-1715) of Sutton, Kent.[7]

x. Elizabeth Eastes, born 1639/1640 at Nonington, Kent.[3,13]

xi. Ellen Eastes, baptised 11/12/1642, Nonington, Kent.[3,13,15] Died 1729[3] and bured 26/12/1729 at St Leonards, Kent.[3,19]

..... Married Moses Eastes, 23/12/1667, at Deal, Kent.[3] Moses was baptised 12/11/1643 at St Leonards, Kent and died at Deal, 19/3/1707-1708[3] & buried 23/3, St Leonards, Kent.[3,19]

..... Children: Richard (1667/1668-1668), Constant (1669-1708), Aaron (1671) & Samuel (1674/1675), of St Leonards, Kent.[3,19]

xii. John Eastes, baptised 29/12/1644 at Nonington, Kent.[3,10,15]

xiii. Abraham Eastes, born 1647 at Nonington, Kent.[3,16]

...... Abraham's birth record does not survive, however he was mentioned in his mother's will.[16] Was a linen weaver at Sandwich, Kent, by 1672.[16]

...... Married Ann Burton (widow), 29/12/1672, at Worth, Kent.[3,16] Abraham emigrated to the American colonies, arriving in the parish of Lyndhaven (Old Westmoreland Co.), Virginia, on 20/4/1682.[17,18] Abraham settled in the parish of St Stevens in King and Queen County, Virginia, USA, where he died in 1720.[5]

...... Married Barbara Brock, 1684, at St Stevens, Virginia.[5,17] Barbara was born in either 1662 or 1667 in King and Queen, County, Virginia, USA, and died 1720 in Amelia County, Virginia.[5]

...... Children: Sylvester (1684), Samuel (1686), Thomas (1688-1744), Mary (1690), Susanna (1692), Robert (1695-1775), Abraham (1697-1759), Richard (1699-1744/1745), John (1701-1771), Elisha (1703-1782), Sarah (1710-1788), Moses (1710-1788) and Barbara (1712-1729), all of St Steven's, King and Queen County, Virginia, British American Colonies.[3,5,16]

[1] Personal communication, Donald Bowler; also in "Estes Trails", 1993, 12#3.

[2] Personal communication, Niel Gunson.

[3] "The English Ancestry of the American Estes", Niel Gunson. Article originally appeared in "Estes Trails". {PO Box 15; Dickson, ACT, 2615; Australia}

[4] The village of Great Hadres no longer exists, but was presumably near present day Upper Hadres.

[5] "Estes Genealogy: Estes families of Old Clay Co, MO, Their Ancestors and Their Descendants", by Edward and Annabelle McAllister, 1968. See also other sources listed in the file <estes-ab.txt>.

[6] From East Kent Parish Records for 1640-1755, published by East Kent FHS, copies of PR's supplied by Alan Dilnot.

[7] From East Kent Parish Records for 1640-1755, published by East Kent FHS, copies of PR's supplied by Josie Morris.

[8] Patricia McCalvey, "Estes Trails", 1992, 11#4.

[9] Kathleen Hollingsbee, "Estes Trails", 1992, 12#1.

[10] International Genealogical Index, LDS; 1994 edition, 1997 addendum (v.4.0); F#:2034820

[11] International Genealogical Index, LDS; 1994 edition, 1997 addendum (v.4.0); 1.F#:458443; 2.F#:452894, P#:0034, O#:22496

[12] International Genealogical Index, LDS; 1994 edition, 1997 addendum (v.4.0); 1.F#:2034581; 2.F#:2034375 (at Great Hadres)

[13] International Genealogical Index, LDS; 1994 edition, 1997 addendum (v.4.0); F#:2034498

[14] International Genealogical Index, LDS; 1994 edition, 1997 addendum (v.4.0); F#:2034486

[15] International Genealogical Index, LDS; 1994 edition, 1997 addendum (v.4.0); Ba:P012951, So:215557, Pr:0472522

[16] "Reminiscences of the Eastes Family in Kent and Australia", Niel Gunson, 1998, and references therein.

[17] "Early Virginia Immigrants", quoted in 'Estes Trails,' October 1981, by Ernest Estes.

[18] Extract from "Cavaliers and Pioneers", posted to Estes mail list by Leo Estes, <leoestes@tminet.com>.

[19] Extract of burials from St Leonard's, Deal. From Margaret Young, <margyoung@austarnet.com.au>. Research by Cliff Minter.

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