FAMILY
John son of Richard Gaskin & Elizabeth Blacketon christened at Dartford on 14 May, 1643, Dartford.
He married Elizabeth Knight in St Nicholas, Rochester, Kent, England 19 Oct 1675. Rochester is about 14 miles east of Dartford, but also a centre in the cloth industry. John and Elizabeth appear to have initially lived across the Medway in Strood. They relocated to Stockbury between 1677 and 1680.
John Gaskin was buried in Stockbury on 2 May 1689.
CHILDREN
- Mary Gaskin Our Ancestor (November 1676, Strood - 22 May 1748 Stockbury)
- John Gaskin (3 April 1681 - 26 May 1740 Stockbury) married
- Robert Gaskin (11 March 1682/83, Stockbury)
- Richard Gasken (21 May 1685 Stockbury) married Hester Tadman in Frinsted on 12 Feb 1712. Their children were christened in Harlip: Richard (1723); Richard (13 Oct 1725), Joseph (3 - 26 July, 1726); Mary (6 Nov 1727); William (10 Aug 1729)
- Thomas Gaskin) (30 May 1688 - 14 July 1708 Stockbury) - Burial record spells name "Gasking"