1566 - James

CHILDHOOD

James Doe was christened at St James the Baptist in Bredgar, on August 30, 1566. His parents, Nicholas and Elizabeth Doe, had only recently moved to that parish. James was three when the family spent a year in Easling and then spent the next 17 years in Hollingbourne.

MARRIAGE

He married Agnes Wilkyns in Throwley, 17 July 1592. That was her family's parish.

The Does initially settled in Lenham, then moved to Bicknor. His father Nicholas' will, proved in 1601/2, mentioned his son "Jacob (James) Doo of Storkbury?" By the time of his father-in-law John Wilkins' death, in 1604, it was James Doe of Borden.

James was still alive in 1626, when his brother Robert left him ten shillings.

Children:

1. Thomasine Doe, c. 16 Feb 1595, Lenham, Kent, England

1. , bur. 21 May 1621, Milton, Kent, England She was married two years prior to her death: "Kirbie, Robert, of Milton n. Sittingbourne, grocer, widr., about 50, and Thomasine Doe of Borden, maiden, about 28, d. of James Doe, s. p., who consents. At Borden. Aug. 4, 1619." - Canterbury Marriage Licenses.
2. Edward Doe ( b. Bef 1597, of Lenham - d. of Charing) Edward Doe is listed in Bredgar's tax assessment of 1660 and had a house with 6 chimneys in Bredgar in 1664
3. John Doe, Our Ancestor b. Bef 1602, of Bicknor - bur. 14 Feb 1673, Hucking