John CURLING (1696

Events in John CURLING (1696 - 1781)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
		Married Mary KIRBY		Note 1
1696		John CURLING was born	St Laurence	Note 2
1717	21	Birth of son Alexander CURLING	Barham	Note 3
1720	24	Birth of daughter Mary CURLING	Barham	Note 4
25 Aug 1720	24	Death of son Alexander CURLING (aged 3)	Barham	Note 5
1721	25	Death of father John CURLING (aged 50)	St Laurence
06 Apr 1721	25	Death of daughter Mary CURLING (aged 1)	Barham	Note 6
1723	27	Birth of daughter Elizabeth CURLING	Barham	Note 7
1726	30	Birth of son John CURLING	Barham	Note 8
1727	31	Birth of son Kirby CURLING	Barham	Note 9
1732	36	Birth of daughter Hanna CURLING	Barham	Note 10
1765	69	Death of mother Mercy LONG (aged 92)	St Laurence	Note 11
29 Jul 1770	74	Death of wife Mary KIRBY (aged 79)	Barham	aged 78 ex MI at Barham
1781	85	John CURLING died	Barham	Note 12

Note 1: John Curling of Barham married Mary Kerby of St Peters Jan. 10, 1716/17 (by licence) at St. Peter Thanet, ex FMP PR

Note 2: bap St Laurence 27 Jan 1696/7 ex FMP PR

Note 3: baptised 8 Dec 1717 at Barham ex Bob Parsons and Janis Kirby

Note 4: bapt. 1 June 1720 Barham ex Bob Parsons and Janis Kirby

Note 5: Here lieth The Body of Alexander CURLING; he died Aug. 25 1720 aged 2 Years & 9 Months ex http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/MIs/MIsBarham/01.htm

Note 6: On a Flat Stone. Here lieth The Body of Alexander CURLING; he died Aug. 25 1720 aged 2 Years & 9 Months. Also Mary Curling died Apr. 6 1721. Aged 10 Months.

Note 7: baptised 1 Sep 1723 at Barham ex Bob Parsons and Janis Kirby

Note 8: baptised 9 Mar 1725/6 Barham ex Bob Parsons and Janis Kirby and FS beta

Note 9: Carby Curling baptised 16 Nov 1727 at Barham ex Bob Parsons and Janis Kirby.

Note 10: baptised 6 Jul 1732 Barham ex Bob Parsons

Note 11: buried 19 Mar 1765 St Laurence ex FMP PR

Note 12: "To the memory of John Curling, and Mary his wife; he died Jan 24 1781, aged 84; she died died July 29 1770, aged 78".

Personal Notes:

Cotton has John married to Elizabeth Kirby but we can find no record of the marriage or any children of John and Elizabeth Curling that would fit the time scale. We know that a John Curling of Barham married Mary Kirby of St Peters on 10 Jan 1716 at St Peters. Given that Cotton confused William and Henry Harnett as husband of John's sister Elizabeth it is very possible that he confused Elizabeth and Mary Kirby as wife of John. There are several pieces of evidence to support this:
1. John Curling of Barham died Jan 24 1781, aged 84 ie born 1697 which fits well with the son of John and Mercy baptised St Lawrence 27 Jan 1696/7. Assuming he was baptised in his first year he would about 20 when he married (he may have been just 21 as he was not described as a minor).
2. John and Mary had 4 children alive at the time of Mercy’s death as her will states.
3. John and Mary’s first born child was Alexander which was relatively unusual for the Curlings apart from John and Mercy Curling's immediate family where 2 of their other children had a son Alexander - presumably named after Mercy's father Alexander .
4. John's sisters Ann and Mary also moved away from Thanet and were married at Lydden about 5 miles from Barham.

We have found no evidence against this proposal but there are at least two other John Curlings which we cannot yet rule out as the spouse of Mary Kirby, son of:
Roger and Elizabeth bap 24 Oct 1695
Robert and Jane bap 16 Jan 1697

John son of John and Ester bap 10 Oct 1694 is probably ruled out by the will of 1733 of his brother Thomas. This was a Nuncupative Will with no executor or residuary legatee and power was granted to his mother Esther Curling to administer the will and Bridger Curling and Jane Hooper wife of Nicholas Hooper were referred to as the natural and lawful and only brother and sister of the deceased. This suggests Thomas' brother John died before 1733 whereas John Curling who married Mary Kirby lived until 1781.

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