Gillian, William (who I call William (1) as he was the first of three consecutive William's) was shown as "a Yeoman" and my records, which were passed on by a Linda Savage from Staplehurst, Kent (haven't got her address - sorry), state that "they had a least 4 children": William (2) christened on Dec 15th 1747, Mary Oct 7th 1750, Thomas Nov 5th 1752 and John Jan 25th 1756. William (1) was the son of Thomas Paine (date of birth not known) who married Grace Herneden on Sept 17th 1710 at Ospringe (near Faversham), a long way from Woodchurch. Thomas and Grace had a least three children; Thomas - christened on Sept 27th 1713, John October 2nd 1715 and William (1) Feb 16th 1717. PLEASE NOTE that all three of these children were registered at KINGSNORTH. Hope the latter bits are of use, Phil. ----- To: eng-ken-woodchurch@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-KEN-WOODCHURCH] Plague Hi Philip, I'll have do do a little searching but will get back to you about the plague. Meantime, I don't suppose you have anything on the ancestors of William Paine and Mary Fuggle married Kenardington 2 March 1746 do you? Gillian From: "philip paine" <Philip@ppaine8.wanadoo.co.uk> Reply-To: eng-ken-woodchurch@rootsweb.com To: <eng-ken-woodchurch@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [ENG-KEN-WOODCHURCH] Plague Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 16:32:53 +0100 Hi, I submitted the Paine family-tree but made no mention of a plaque wipe-out, but this story would be of interest to me obviously. Was this a second-coming of plaque as the first was 1348 (I think). P To: eng-ken-woodchurch@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-KEN-WOODCHURCH] Plague I recall someone sending me some family history information, I think on the Paine's, and they were mentioning the fact that almost the entire population of Woodchurch was lost to the plague, I think in the 1700's. Does anyone know anything about this? I'll have to try and track down the note I was sent, but I was just curious if anyone else had information on it. Gillian ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-KEN-WOODCHURCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Former Police Officer Paul Gillespies TAKE BACK THE INTERNET tips and tricks, watch the video now http://safety.sympatico.msn.ca/