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Hi - I have just seen your post about the Bottle family of Harrietsham. My GG grandmother was Sophia Bottle and I have a tree stretching back to the 1500s. Some of the Bottles emigrated to Canada and my mother was in touch with them for a while. The family is well known - there are records of a water mill owned by Alexander in 18th Century and the family gained a reputation as toolmakers. One story is that the first Bottles to arrive in Stalisfield were three brothers in the late 1400s who had been part of a Scottish lowland family who had been involved in a ownership dispute and their father killed - they were supposed to have an Uncle called Fernandino. My tree is on ancestry - if you are interested in looking let me know your email. The other side of my family from Kent were the Chambers - also seem to have been well known. And it seems that they were quite close to the Bottles. I believe there are still Bottles living in the area - although it is now dominated by teh entrance to the tunnel.