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Sarah Jane Burgess of Kent 1559 – 1635 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1559

Birth Location: Goudhurst, Kent, England

Death Date: 27 Nov 1635

Death Location: Hadlow, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England

Father: Sir Burgess

Mother: Lady Marsh

Spouse(s): William Hadlow

Children(s): Joseph Merriam

In 1559, Sarah Jane Burgess of Kent entered the world in Goudhurst, Kent, England, born to Sir James John Burgess and Lady Margaret Marsh. Sarah Jane Burgess of Kent married William Merriam Jr of Hadlow, and had children including Joseph Merriam. Sarah Jane Burgess of Kent passed away in 1635 in Hadlow, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • In 1559, Sarah Jane Burgess of Kent entered the world in Goudhurst, Kent, England, born to Sir James John Burgess and Lady Margaret Marsh.
  • Sarah Jane Burgess of Kent married William Merriam Jr of Hadlow, and had children including Joseph Merriam.
  • Sarah Jane Burgess of Kent passed away in 1635 in Hadlow, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sarah Kent's Ancestors

Self
Sarah Kent
1559 – 1635
Birth Place: Goudhurst, Kent, England
Parents
Sir James John Burgess
1529 – 1590
Brooke House, Sussex, or Goudhurst, Kent, England
Lady (Margaret) Marsh
1537 – 1563
Goudhurst, Kent, England
Grandparents
Nicholas (Johane) Burges
1500 – 1556
Sterborough, Surrey, England
Johana (de) Rotherfield
1504 – 1558
Brook House, Rotherfield, Sussex, England
Sir (Thomas Kent) Marche
1520 – 1562
Waresly, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Elline) Bradshawe
1515 – 1602
Lancashire, England, Torrisholme
Great-Grandparents
Sir Gainsborough
1463 – 1529
Lady Parr
1478 – 1552
RIchard Carter
1478 – 1537
Margaret Thorpe
1480 – 1574
Sir Marche
1500 – 1525
Lady Seymore
1500 – 1525
Sir Bradshawe
1490 – 1590
Lady Standish
1492 – 1590
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Roger Seymour
1470 – 1509
Sybille Harding
1462 – 1502
Sir Standish
1460 – 1495
Lady Poole
1460 – 1495

Sarah Kent's Descendants

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Sarah (Jane Burgess of) Kent (1559 – 27 Nov 1635) m. William (Merriam Jr of) Hadlow (11 May 1564 – 27 Nov 1635)
  1. 1. Joseph Merriam (1600 – 1 January 1641) m. Sarah Goldstone (1609 – 12 Mar 1671)
    1. 1. John Merriam (1640 – 27 February 1724) m. Mary Cooper (11 Jul 1645 – 1730)
      1. 1. Ann Merriam (7 Sep 1669 – 18 Oct 1733) m. Ensign (Daniel) Brooks (14 November 1663 – 18 Oct 1733)
        1. 1. Job Brooks (16 Apr 1698 – 1697) m. Elizabeth Flagg (25 Jul 1701 – Oct 1788)

Sarah Kent's Timeline

8 Records

1559
1559
Birth of Sarah Jane Burgess of Kent in Goudhurst, Kent, England
Goudhurst, Kent, England
1632
13 Feb 1632
Age 73
Burial of Sarah Jane Burgess of Kent in Kent
Kent
1635
27 Nov 1635
Age 76
Death of Sarah Jane Burgess of Kent in Harlow, Kent, England
Harlow, Kent, England
1635
27 Nov 1635
Age 76
Death of Sarah Jane Burgess of Kent in Hadlowe, Kent, England
Hadlowe, Kent, England
1635
27 Nov 1635
Age 76
Death of Sarah Jane Burgess of Kent in Hadlow, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England
Hadlow, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England
1745
2 Jul 1745
Age 186
Sarah Jane Burgess of Kent was baptized in Luxborough, Somerset, England
Luxborough, Somerset, England
1799
17 Feb 1799
Age 240
Sarah Jane Burgess of Kent was baptized in Barthomley, Cheshire, England
Barthomley, Cheshire, England
1853
28 Aug 1853
Age 294
Sarah Jane Burgess of Kent was baptized in Pannal, St Robert, Yorkshire, England
Pannal, St Robert, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1559
    Event Place: Goudhurst, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 2 Jul 1745
    Event Place: Luxborough, Somerset, England
    Record Source: Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 17 Feb 1799
    Event Place: Barthomley, Cheshire, England
    Record Source: Cheshire, England, Select Bishop's Transcripts, 1576-1933

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 28 Aug 1853
    Event Place: Pannal, St Robert, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Nov 1635
    Event Place: Harlow, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Nov 1635
    Event Place: Hadlowe, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Nov 1635
    Event Place: Hadlow, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 13 Feb 1632
    Event Place: Kent
    Record Source: Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874, The Tyler Collection, The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies; Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874

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