[Chittenden1 5-12] His widow Joanna married 2nd Abraham Chittenden of Guilford in 1665 as his second wife. Her mother, Joanna, emigrated with the family from England and died in Guilford 1 August 1659.

[1763] Joan Jordan

[NEHGR 55: 213-214] ES of Cranbrook, in his will dated 1 November 1625, proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury 11 December 1626, mentions his wife Joan, his wife's five children, etc. ES married 1) Elizabeth Taylor 30 May 1586 (who was buried 5 March 1598). they had five children baptized at Marden, Kent: Thomas, Marry, Elizabeth, Elizabeth and Edmund between 1587 and 1596.

[TAG 15: 69-80] Joan Jordan married 1) ``Jhon'' Kitchell 17 May 1596 at St George's Church, Beckenham, Kent. They had 4 children recorded at Hayes, Kent: Frances, Elizabeth, Joan, and Robert. John Kitchell was buried at Hayes 20 March 1601/2. JJ married 2) probably Thomas Lake and had a son Richard baptized at Hayes, Kent 13 March 1607/8. It is likely that ES had a second wife, the widow Jane Down. ES of Canterbury and JJ of Shoram married each other as third spouses. The settled at Cranbrook shortly after the death of ES' uncle William Scheafe of Cranbrook in 1616. Children of ES and JJ were Joan, Harman, Jacob, Mary and Mary between c1612 and 1620. Complete will given pp75-80.

[NEHGR 55:210-212] TS and MH had 15 children baptized at St Dunstan's, Cranbrook, Kent: Richard, Edmund, Thomas, Joan, Katherine, John, Alexander, Mary, Harman, Ann, Smauel, William, Benjamin, and Elizabeth. MH died aged 73 having been married nearly 45 years, ``she a grave and charitable matron''. Will printed.

see TAG 22:89-91.

[7049] Elizabeth Andrews

d. bd 15 October 1564

Cranbrook, Co Kent

[NEHGR 55:209]

[NEHGR 55:209-10] Children: Joan, Thomas, Katherine, Margaret, margaret, Alice, William, Mary, and Anne. Will dated 21 June 1557, mentions RS as a clothier, wife Elizabeth and son Thomas (among others). RS of Cranbrook was on the Subsidy Roll in 1545. The church warden's accounts of Cranbrook for 1564-5 record the following: ``received of TS four pounds as a bequest for the burial of his father and mother in the church, and for repairs to the church'' Will printed.

[NEHGR 137:291-305] EAs identity is based on the mention in her will of ``my brother John Androw''. A search of the Andrews wills of likely date reveals but one prospect, Gyles Andrews of Cranbrook.

The will of EA is dated 7 October 1564 and proved 26 November 1564. ``... to my son William my best joined bed with my best featherbed, a bolster and the curtains thereto belonging, and my best covering, and a bed covering, two pair of blankets, two pari of my best sheets, and three pillows cases .... my down bed in my principal chamber, with a flock bed pertaining to the same ... all my stained hangings in my best chamber, and a great chest standing in the said chamber, and new press also standing in the same chamber, my cupboard standing in the hall, and the hangings in the hall ... a standard in the hall, a joined form and three joined stools, five pewter platters, five pewter dishes, 3 saucers and a pewter salt ... four pair of canvass sheets, one of my best table cloths, one of my best towels & two lockeram towels and a dozen of my best napkins, 4 candlesticks and a chafing dish, two brass pans, three dozen trenchers, and a goblet of silver with a cover, and five silver spoons, a spit, a brandiron & a trivet ... a pewter pot and three jug pots. ...''

[14097] Alice Hendley

[NEHGR 55: 209] TS of Cranbrook, in his will proved at Canterbury 10 July 1520 mentions his desire to buried in the church at St Dunstan of Cranbrook within St Thomas's Chancel, before the image of Our Lady of Pity there.

[NEHGR 137:291-305] TS, the first of that name on record at Cranbrook. He was probably a descendant of one of the Flemish cloth manufacturers brought into England by Edward III. A Thomas Scheafe, a marbler, d 1480 at Norwich, testate, leaving a wife Marion but without mention of children. It is possible that Alice was a Hendley as her son Richard made a bequest to his cousin Walter Hendley.