SILLIBOURNE

[jomck]

Thank you so much for your reply Lorayne, I will now piece this into my tree and come back to you for more information when I'm ready, wish there was only one Burkett family in Kent!! 

[lynneewart]

Hi Lorayne,

I'm descended from James Finn who married Elizabeth Sillibourne nee Harnden in 1754. I haven't done much on the Sillibournes but have a copy of Thomas Sillibourne's will (proved 1752). You probably know already that Stephen Sillibourne was married at Sevington by licence to Hester Gorham on 16th March 1779. You may not know that Stephen Sillibourne was a witness at the wedding of James Finn's oldest son James to Mary Sheafe in Aldington in 1781. Also in the Willesborough parish registers I made a note many years ago that in 1819 the incumbant wrote that "Mr Sillibourne has the 18 acre field". I think I worked out at the time that this was along the boundary of the parish with sevington but it was a long time ago and I may be mistaken.

Regards

Lynne

[Lorayne]

Dear Lynne
Thank you so much for your reply. I may not be in touch for a few days, as it is late here (Australia) and I am not very well at the moment. But I am so glad to hear from someone about the Sillibourne Line. Do you know anything about the Finns? As I have a Margaret Finn married to Thomas Sillibourne in 1631 at Great Chart. Her parents were Nicholas Finn (I have his will ) and Alice Arrow. I believe this Thomas Sillibourne was a son of Jermain or German Sillibourne and Elizabeth Williams of Canterbury B.1600. This has been extremely hard, but you can't give up. They are all Thomas Silliboure until Stephen. I do have Thomas Sillibourne's will from 1751. Will talk soon. I am in Australia.

Regards
Lorayne

[lynneewart]

Hi Lorayne,

I hope you're feeling much better soon. Yes, I have done quite a bit of work on the Finns but from the late 1600s onwards mainly - it's a far more common name than Sillibourne and there are so many Finns in the villages around Ashford that in the early records especially it's hard to sort them out. Sillibourne is far less common and even the varients aren't usually that different from each other in my - quite limited - experience in looking at the name.

Warm regards

Lynne

[Gary Allison]

Hi.

My name is Gary in Australia & I have found info re John Steddy & Ann Wrake at Ancestry under Sillibourne. My wife is a descendant of John & Ann & I am wondering what info you might have re Ann Wrake. We have a lot of info re the Steddy family.

Cheers,

Gary.

[lynneewart]

Hi Gary,

I'm sorry I'm not able to help you. My interest in the Sillibournes is through Elizabeth Harnden who married Thomas Sillibourne and then, after she was widowed, married my ancestor James Finn.

Good luck in your researches.

Lynne

[Gary Allison]

Hi Lynne.

Thanks very much for that. Will push on.

Cheers,

Gary.