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Thanks for this advice. I've decided to visit Maidstone archives myself.

Start a new thread specifically asking for parish registers access, or similar.
Mention, or link, to this thread, but say you are looking for anyone who goes to Maidstone archives, or what you think is necessary.
It is unlikely that anyone will notice your request at the end of these 2 pages who lives in the Maidstone area.

I'm still trying to link my Blatcher family tree back from JB 1667. I am now looking for evidence that John Blatcher born 1617 had a son John in1630 - he was only 13 years old?? I can find no record of this in the Shipborne parish register, which goes up to 1658. I need to check the Parish records at Maidstone archives for Burmarsh and Hunton (John Blatcher 1630 baptised Burmarsh and married Johne Bishoppe 1640 at Hunton, Kent) and also Woodchurch (John Blatcher 1667 baptised Woodchurch Kent, married Elizabeth 1674 Woodchurch). If anyone has access to these Parish records and can check for me, I'd be grateful.

a pleasure Dorothy, I enjoyed digging around the archives :-D

Ann, I am very grateful for your brilliant information. Many thanks. It is wonderful that the Shipbourne records go back that far. I shall happily add this huge amount of information to my family tree and share with other Blatchers.
I wish you well with your own family researches. :-)

Surname Forename Place Occupation Year Appointment Replacing Sessions Folio



Blatcher William Shipborne Farmer 1767 Borsholder William Edlow Jan 15 256
Blatcher William Shipbourne Farmer 1772 Borsholder Thomas Obee Oct 6 539



Appointments
July 1758 - July 1788
This is an index of 1226 appointments registered at the West Kent Quarter Sessions. Most were for the post of Constable, (usually to a Half Hundred or a town) or Borsholder (usually to a parish). "The Parish Chest" by W. E. Tate gives descriptions of these posts.
These records are particularly useful because they usually give occupations.
I have also included persons who took an oath to become a Justice of the Peace.
There are 9 columns but not all will be visible at once.
If you find someone in the index on this page, or if the search facility leads you to this page but the name isn't found on the index, try using Find to search the seventh column labelled 'Replacing'. Note that the name may not be spelled the same way on both the appointment and the discharge.

West Kent Quarter Sessions - Appointments - RootsWeb: Freepages
Return to West Kent Quarter Sessions ... Jan 15 256 Blatcher William Shipbourne Farmer ... Oct 5 252 Simmonds John Shipbourne ...
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com?/~mrawson... - Cached

Cemetery grave monument details
... list of grave monuments in St Giles Cemetery, Shipbourne , Kent ... Harry John Fermor: grand son of Ann Axtell: 1899: 1899 ... father of Ann Blatcher: 287167: Martha Blatcher: mother of ...
www.gravestonephotos.com/public/?cemetery.php?cemetery=2156 - Cached

Blatcher Agnes Tonbridge 1623p |R 21.16 26 |(JF) widow;
Blatcher Joan (Bleacher) Shipbourne 1627p |R 21.297 27 |(JF) widow; ; 26 Dec 1625d
Blatcher Johan (Blacher) Seal 1545d |R 10.144 |(JF) widow; ; 26 Dec 1545d;
Blatcher John Seal 1478 |R 3.206 |(JF) m;
Blatcher John Shipbourne 1582p |R 16.202 13 |(JF) shingler; ;
Blatcher John Shipbourne 1623p |R 21.15 26 |(JF) yeoman;
Blatcher Richard Seal; Shipbourne 1545d |R 10.141 3 |(JF) yeoman; ; 28 Apr 1545d;
Blatcher Richard Shipbourne 1623p |R 21.12 26 |(JF) m;
Blatcher Richard (Blacher) Seal 1480c |R 3.269 |(JF) m;
Blatcher Richard (Blacher) Seal 1481d |R 3.286 |(JF) m;
Blatcher Robert Seal; Shipbourne; 1563pd |R 13.75 7 |(JF) m; ; will dated 3 May 1563, buried 9th May 1563; land in Shipbourne, Sevenoaks, Gravesend
Blatcher Thomas (Blacher) Seal 1476d |R 3.230 |(JF) m; ; 2 May 1476d;
Blatcher Thomas (Blacher) Shipbourne 1531p |R 8.290(2) |(JF) m; 1517d;
Blatcher Thomas (Bletcher) Shipbourne; Smarden 1611/2 |R 20.313 21 |(JF) m;
Blatcher William Tonbridge 1613p |R 20.448 22 |(JF) yeoman;
Blatcher William Tonbridge 1640p |R 22.370 30 |(JF) yeoman;


Index of Kent wills: Surnames starting with B
... and Chevening; large number of parishes in Kent in ... R 3.206 | (JF) m; Blatcher John Shipbourne ...
vulpeculox.net/history/willsb.htm - Cached

So that, as William Blatcher put it in 1613 "those transitory goods which god hath blessed me with may be peaceably enjoyed after my decease by those I so decree".
When was a will written?
Generally when the testator was "impotent and aged" or thought to be dying from ill health. The will of William, above, was written on 11th November and he was buried on 4th December at the age of only forty-nine. But the man who was impotent and aged in January 1585 lived for another year. Younger testators might live for many years after writing their will and sometimes alterations were made to the original rather than have a new will written. Sometimes a testator revokes all previous wills, implying that this was not the first will they had written.


Wills simply explained - Peter Fox's web site - master ...
Which Courts proved wills from West Kent up to 1650? Most ... Sometimes wills were proved locally as, for example, John Blatcher's will in 1582 "in Shipbourne ...
vulpeculox.net/history/willgen.htm - Cached

well how lucky are you to have records going back that far in Shipbourne - wish I had the same for my tree :-) :-)

November 1645
John Blatcher was buryed.
March 1650
George Blatcher & Elizabeth Walmsley / were m ^ rned
February 1655
George the Sonne of George Blacher was baptized.
July 1655
George the Sonne of George Blacher was buryed.



Full text of "Registers of Shipbourne, co. Kent"
Full text of "Registers of Shipbourne, co. Kent" UC-NRLF C E 7MD lflB ... Lycense from Rochester. September. 22. John Blatcher sonne of John Blatcher ...
www.archive.org/stream/?registersofshipb00shiprich/... - Cached
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December 1614
Thomas Blatcher and Dorothy Chambers were maried.
January 1615
Dorothy daughter of Thomas Blatcher was baptised.
September 1617
John Blatcher sonne of John Blatcher was baptised.
January 1618
Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Blatcher was baptised.
March 1619
William the sonne of John Blatcher was baptised.
February 1621
Margaret y e daughter of John Blatcher was baptysed.
February 1623
George y e sonne of John Blatcher was baptized.
April 1623
Richard Blatcher (of Budds) was buryed.
March 1627
Joane Blatcher wid: was buryed.
June 1639
John Ware & Dorothy Blatcher were maryed.
August 1643
Thomas Borden & Margaret Blatcher were maryed
January. 1645
Thomas the sonne of John Blatcher

November 1594
Katherine, daughter of Richard Blatcher baptized.
March 1595
James Blacher buried.
February. 1600
10. Joane Blatcher widowe buried.
July1603
7. Agnes Blatcher widowe was buried.
May 1607
Richard Dauies and Joane Blatcher were maried.
December 1607
Ann : Blatcher was buried
November 1608
Richard Blatcher sen was buried

November. 1581
29. Richarde Blacher and Johane Page married.
August 1581
24. James, sonne of Richarde Blacher baptized.
6. John Blacher of Marches buried.
January 1582
20. Frauncis, daughter of Hellen Blacher wedowe baptized.
Auguste. 1584
1 1. James, sonne of James Blacher shingler buried.
March 1585
7. Nicolas, sonne of Richarde Blacher baptized.
Januarie. 1586
15. William Blatcher buried.
October 1587
15. Stephan Fremlyn and Marie Blacher married.
29. James wooddye and Hellen blatcher widow of John Blatcher married.
March. 1592
14. David, sonne of Richarde Blacher buried.

September. 1576
28. Marie, daughter of John Blacher shingler baptized.

October. 1576
14. The same Marie buried.

I'm picking the above out of this site


Full text of "Registers of Shipbourne, co. Kent"
Full text of "Registers of Shipbourne, co. Kent" UC-NRLF C E 7MD lflB ... Lycense from Rochester. September. 22. John Blatcher sonne of John Blatcher ...
www.archive.org/stream/?registersofshipb00shiprich/... - Cached
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Auguste. 1573
1. Wiftm, sonne of Thomas Blatcher buried.

March. 1574
William Heath sonne of John Heath baptized,
the same day marie Blatcher, daughter of James baptized.

Februarie. 1575
25. Marie, Daughter of John Blatcher baptized.

March. 1575
1. The same Marie blatcher buried.

December. 1571

1. James Blatcher and Anne Brough h married.

Januarie. 1572

1 3. Thomas sonne of James Blatcher baptized.

March.

2. Anne Blatcher Daughter of John Blacher baptized

Auguste. 1572

1. John, sonne of Richarde blatcher baptized.

2. the same John buried.

Januarie. 1566

20. Richard Blatcher and Anne Owtred maried.

May. 1567
25. Dorothie the daughter of John Blacher baptized the same day Margaret

June. 1567

5. the same Dorothie Blacher buried.

1 5. Mary the Daughter of Richard Blatcher baptized.

Name: John Blatcher
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 22 Sep 1617
Christening Place: Shipborne, Kent, England
Father's Name: John Blatcher
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I02503-1
System Origin: England-EASy
GS Film number: 1866581
Reference ID: item 10 p 55

Blatcher
England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
birth: 20 Apr 1669 SAINT PETERS THANET,KENT,ENGLAND
death: 20 Apr 1669
parents:John Blatcher

Marie Blatcher
England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
christening: 25 Feb 1575 SHIPBOURNE,KENT,ENGLAND
death: 01 Mar 1575
parents:John Blatcher

George Blatcher
England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
christening: 02 Feb 1623 SHIPBOURNE,KENT,ENGLAND
parents:John Blatcher

John Blatcher
England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
christening: 22 Sep 1617 SHIPBOURNE,KENT,ENGLAND
parents:John Blatcher

Margaret Blatcher
England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
christening: 06 Feb 1621 SHIPBOURNE,KENT,ENGLAND
parents:John Blatcher

William Blatcher
England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
christening: 12 Mar 1619 SHIPBOURNE,KENT,ENGLAND
parents:John Blatcher

Thomas Blatcher
England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
christening: 18 Jan 1646 SHIPBOURNE,KENT,ENGLAND
parents:John Blatcher