AMOS FAMILY

WIGLEY FAMILY HISTORY

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AMOS FAMILY

THE AMOS FAMILY, MOLASH, KENT

● due to lack of space, not all descendants have been shown – for full details

● as the name is fairly common, there may be some mistakes, eg. children shown in one family instead of another

● most of this information was taken from a pedigree dated 2006, which mostly cites an address in Worthing, West Sussex as sources (marked as ^FAM below)– as the images of the original parish records from Canterbury Cathedral Archives are now coming online, it has been possible to find the actual records

GENERATIONS ARE NUMBERED FROM THE FIRST TRACED ANCESTOR, RICHARD AMIS/AMOS I (about 1655-93), AND HAVE THE FOLLOWING COLOUR BACKGROUND:

RICHARD AMIS/AMOS I

GENERATION

baptized 1655, Chilham, Kent^FAM

buried 3 NOV 1693, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT, age about 38

married 30 SEP 1679, Chilham, Kent, ELIZABETH BALDORF^FAM

born about 1655^FAM

died after 1693^{HUSBAND’S DEATH}

nothing more is known about Richard Amos I and Elizabeth Baldorf

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

JOHN AMOS I

baptized 9 FEB 1680, St Peter, Molash, Kent^{IGI FAM}

buried 28 MAR 1681, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT, age 1

previously it was thought that there were 2 Johns, baptized at the beginning of 1680 and 1681 respectively, but as at that time the new year began on 25 MAR, events which took place between 1 JAN and 24 MAR were sometimes described as being in the old and/or the new year, so there was possibly only 1 John - although the baptism records for this period are online, the images are too difficult too read - nothing more is known about them

JOHN AMOS II

ELIZABETH AMOS I

baptized 16 AUG 1685, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

buried 8 NOV 1685?, St Peter, Molash, Kent?,a child?^CERT

nothing more is known about her

RICHARD AMOS II

baptized 10 JAN 1687, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

SEE BELOW

NICHOLAS AMOS I

baptized 3 NOV 1689, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

THOMAS AMOS I

baptized 22 JUN 1693, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

nothing more is known about him

OTHERS?

RICHARD AMIS/AMOS I’s CHILDREN

RICHARD AMOS II

GENERATION

baptized 10 JAN 1687, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

died ?

married 13 JUN 1709, St Peter, Molash, Kent, ANN(E) NORHAM^CERT

born 1690^FAM

died ?

an Ann Norham was baptized 6 DEC 1708, St Peter, Molash, Kent, daughter of John and Ann^CERT, but unless she was baptized as an adult, before getting married, this is not her - nothing more is known about her

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

RICHARD AMOS III

baptized 15 OCT 1711, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

SEE BELOW

THOMAS AMOS II

baptized 30 AUG 1713, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

ADAM AMOS

baptized 8 DEC 1715, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

buried 20 JUL 1799, St Cosmas & Damian, Challock, Kent^CERT, age about 84

JOHN AMOS III

baptized 31 JAN 1720, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

OTHERS?

NICHOLAS AMOS I

GENERATION

baptized 3 NOV 1689, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

died ?

married 23 OCT 1721, Westwell, Kent, MARY PARKER^FAM

born 1700^FAM

died ?

nothing more is known about Mary Parker

PRESENT DAY AMOS FAMILY

RICHARD AMOS II’s CHILDREN

RICHARD AMOS III

GENERATION

baptized 15 OCT 1711, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

died ?

married 24 DEC 1734, St Mary the Virgin, Selling, Kent, SARAH FINN^CERT

born ?

died ?

John Amos IV, baptized 1 OCT 1747, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT, son of Richard, is shown in FamilySearch.org as John Amos, but the original record image shows that the father’s surname is clearly “Amurst” – this point is currently being clarified with other Amos family researchers

nothing more is known about Sarah Finn

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

RICHARD AMOS IV

baptized 30 MAR 1735, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

nothing more is known about them

ANN AMOS

baptized 1 AUG 1736, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

THOMAS AMOS III

baptized 16 APR 1738, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

MARY AMOS I

baptized 1 MAY 1743, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

GODFREY AMOS

baptized 7 APR 1745, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

buried 27 OCT 1825, St James, Sheldwich, Kent, age 80^CERT

SEE BELOW

JOHN AMOS IV

baptized 1 OCT 1747, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

buried 26 JUN 1834, St James, Sheldwich, Kent, age 83^CERT (actually 86)

JOSEPH AMOS I

baptized 11 MAR 1750, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

buried 21 JUL 1793, St Gregory & Martin, Wye, Kent, age 42 (actually 43) [died after a fall from a tree]^CERT

NICHOLAS AMOS II

baptized 31 MAY 1752, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

buried 1 DEC 1812, St Mary the Virgin, Selling, Kent, age 60^CERT

OTHERS?

THOMAS AMOS II

GENERATION

baptized 30 AUG 1713, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

died ?

married 3 NOV 1740, St Lawrence, Godmersham, Kent, SARAH CARE^CERT

born ?

died ?

nothing more is known about Sarah Care

CHILDREN?

ADAM AMOS

GENERATION

baptized 8 DEC 1715, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

buried 20 JUL 1799, St Cosmas & Damian, Challock, Kent^CERT, age about 84

married 12 DEC 1739, St Lawrence, Godmersham, Kent, SUSAN(NAH) COACHMAN^CERT

born 1719^FAM

died 1792^FAM, age about 73 / a Susanna Amos was buried 4 FEB 1792, St Cosmas & Damian, Challock, Kent^CERT – this may be her

nothing more is known about Susan(nah) Coachman

PRESENT DAY AMOS FAMILY

JOHN AMOS III

GENERATION

baptized 31 JAN 1720, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

died ?

married 17 NOV 1748, St Peter, Molash, Kent, SUSANAH MACE^CERT

born 1725^FAM

died ?

nothing more is known about Susanah Mace

PRESENT DAY AMOS FAMILY

RICHARD AMOS III’s CHILDREN

GODFREY AMOS

GENERATION

baptized 7 APR 1745, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

buried 27 OCT 1825, St James, Sheldwich, age 80^CERT

married SARAH GEMMETT/JEMMET^FAM

born 1750^FAM / about 1744?^{DEATH CERT}

a Sarah Amos was buried 7 OCT 1818, St James, Sheldwich, age 74 (so making her born about 1744)^CERT, so this may be her – it is the only burial found online for a Sarah Amos 1810~30 in Sheldwich

FamilySearch.org gives 2 marriage dates, 14 OCT 1770, Selling, Kent (Sarah Gemmett), and 27 OCT 1770, Preston-next-Faversham, Kent (Sarah Jemmet), but the only available image online is of the banns read 30 SEP, 7 and 14 OCT 1770 at Selling, so 27 OCT 1770, Preston-next-Faversham is possibly the date and place of the actual marriage

nothing more is known about Sarah Gemmett/Jemmet

PRESENT DAY AMOS FAMILY

JOHN AMOS IV

GENERATION

baptized 1 OCT 1747, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

buried 26 JUN 1834, Sheldwich, Kent, age 83^CERT (actually 86)

married 29 JAN 1774, St Mary the Virgin, Selling, Kent, ELIZABETH HORTON^CERT

born 1750^FAM

died ?

nothing more is known about Elizabeth Horton

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

MARY AMOS II

baptized 31 JUL 1774, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

12 MAR 1861, Wye, Kent, age 85, buried 18 MAR 1861, St Gregory & Martin, Wye, Kent, age 85 [died of dysentery]^CERTS

SEE BELOW

OTHERS?

JOSEPH AMOS I

GENERATION

baptized 11 MAR 1750, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

buried 21 JUL 1793, St Gregory & Martin, Wye, Kent, age 42 (actually 43) [died after a fall from a tree]^CERT

married 24 JAN 1774, Faversham, Kent, ELIZABETH CHAPMAN^IGI

born 1750^FAM

died ?

nothing more is known about Elizabeth Chapman

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

MARY AMOS III

baptized 4 DEC 1774, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

12 MAR 1861, Wye, Kent, age 85, buried 18 MAR 1861, St Gregory & Martin, Wye, Kent, age 85 [died of dysentery]^CERTS

SEE BELOW

ELIZABETH AMOS II

baptized 8 SEP 1776, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

nothing more is known about them

SARAH AMOS

baptized 24 JAN 1779, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

MATTHEW AMOS

baptized 1 APR 1782, St Peter & Paul, Boughton-under-Blean, Kent^CERT

Q1 1853, East Ashford, Kent^BMD, buried 16 FEB 1853, St Mary, Chilham, Kent, age 70^CERT

SEE BELOW

RICHARD AMOS V

baptized 27 MAR 1785, St Michael & All Angels, Throwley, Kent^CERT

DEATH? Richard Amos Oct-Nov-Dec 1860 Blean

Martha Amos Oct-Nov-Dec 1848 Blean yyy

TO FOLLOW

although son of a Joseph and Elizabeth Amos, it is not definite that he was Joseph I‘s son – but as Molash, Boughton-under-Blean, Wye and Throwley are all within a few kilometres of each other, and as the family seems to have moved around a bit, he may also be, especially as there seems to be a gap in the births between 1782 and 1787 - nothing more is known about him

JOSEPH AMOS II

baptized 9 OCT 1787, St Gregory & Martin, Wye, Kent^CERT

?death? Joseph Amos Jul-Aug-Sep 1861 Gravesend yyy

TO FOLLOW

nothing more is known about them

THOMAS AMOS IV

baptized 8 AUG 1790, St Gregory & Martin, Wye, Kent^CERT

buried 18 NOV 1795, St Gregory & Martin, Wye, Kent, age 5 [“accidentally burnt to death”]^CERT

OTHERS?

NICHOLAS AMOS II

GENERATION

baptized 31 MAY 1752, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

buried 1 DEC 1812, St Mary the Virgin, Selling, Kent, age 60^CERT

married 5 DEC 1778, St Mary the Virgin, Selling, Kent, DORCAS GATES^CERT

born 1758^FAM

buried 19 JAN 1796, St Mary the Virgin, Selling, Kent, age 38^CERT

nothing more is known about Dorcas Gates

PRESENT DAY AMOS FAMILY

JOHN AMOS IV’s or JOSEPH AMOS I’s CHILDREN

MARY AMOS II

GENERATION

baptized 31 JUL 1774, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

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died 12 MAR 1861, Wye, Kent, age 85, buried 18 MAR 1861, St Gregory & Martin, Wye, Kent, age 85 [died of dysentery]^CERTS

MARY AMOS III

baptized 4 DEC 1774, St Peter, Molash, Kent^CERT

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died 12 MAR 1861, Wye, Kent, age 85, buried 18 MAR 1861, St Gregory & Martin, Wye, Kent, age 85 [died of dysentery]^CERTS

married (1) 31 MAY 1794, Boughton Aluph, Kent, JOHN HADGCOCK/HEDGCOCK I^BMD

born ?

died before 1805?^{WIFE’S REMARRIAGE}/ a John Hedgecock was buried 15 APR 1804, St Cosmas & Damian, Challock, Kent^CERT – this may be him

married (2) 18 NOV 1805, Boughton Aluph, Kent, JOHN WIGLEY IV^CERT, son of Charles Wigley II and Sarah Bourn^IGI

baptized 28 NOV 1781, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire^IGI

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died 19 AUG 1864, Dunkirk, Kent, age 83, buried 24 AUG 1864, St Gregory & Martin, Wye, Kent [died of senectus, ie. old age]^CERTS

in both marriage records Mary is shown as of the parish of Boughton Aluph, although neither of her possible fathers is recorded as living there

nothing more is known about John Hadgcock/Hedgcock I

CHILDREN (1^st marriage)

BORN

DIED

NOTES

JOHN HEDGECOCK II

baptized 8 OCT 1798, St Cosmas & Damian, Challock, Kent^CERT

twins - nothing more is known about them

RICHARD HEDGECOCK

2^nd marriage: CHILDREN, SEE WIGLEY FAMILY

JOSEPH AMOS I’s CHILDREN

MATTHEW AMOS

GENERATION

baptized 1 APR 1782, St Peter & Paul, Boughton-under-Blean, Kent^CERT

died Q1 1853, East Ashford, Kent^BMD, buried 16 FEB 1853, St Mary, Chilham, Kent, age 70^CERT

married 13 OCT 1808, St Gregory & Martin, Wye, Kent, HARRIET CARTER^CERT

born 1777?^{DEATH CERT} / 1785^FAM / 1786 (rounded off)^CENSUS

died 1841~51^CENSUS / possibly died Q1 1850, East Ashford, Kent^BMD, buried 9 MAR 1850, St Mary, Chilham, Kent, age 73^CERT

St Mary, Chilham, Kent

burials

East Ashford, Kent R/D deaths

(no ages given)

5 SEP 1846, born about 1829

Q1 1847

none

Q1 1849

9 MAR 1850, age 73 (so born about 1777), address Monkton Street, the same as for Matthew’s burial

Q1 1850

nothing more is known about Harriet Carter

PRESENT DAY AMOS FAMILY

· NOTES:

Roman numerals after a person’s name, eg. Richard I, are purely to distinguish different people with the same name

R/D = Registration District

R/O = Register Office (for an explanation of these two terms, see homepage)

i or i = odd notes

● SOURCE ABBREVIATIONS:

^BMD online birth/marriage/death indexes ^CENSUS various census records ^CERT birth/marriage/death certificate ^FAM family sources

^IGI International Genealogical Index / FamilySearch (not always completely reliable) ^WILL will/letters of administration/probate details

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